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Unit4

II Comprehension of the text

1-5 BCADC 6-8 ABD

III Vocabulary Activities

1．1) few

2) A little

3) little

4) few

5) a few , little

6) a few , few

7) little

8) few

2. 1) function

2) corresponded with each other

3) immune to

4) at ease

5) displayed

6) approach

7) puzzle

8) a household word

9) capable of carrying out

10) so much so that

1) a series of

3. 1) a series of

2) approaches

3) are pursuing

4) ambition

5) fame

6) come to terms with

7) work out

8) singled out

9) personality

10) taken apart

11) at ease

12) observe

13) modest

14) application

15) curiosity

16) solutions

4. 1) He writes exclusively for the "Washington Post".

2) The friendship your people have for our people impressed me deeply during my visit in your country./ I was deeply impressed during my visit in your country by the friendship your people have for our people.

3) It took Joe a long time to come to terms with the fact that he would no longer be able to go sailing again.

4) Jim's grandfather believes more in fresh air and exercise than in medicine.

5) Owing to his poor education he was frustrated in his attempt to find a good job.

6) Most American cities are relatively small in terms of population when compared to Chinese cities like Shanghai and Beijing.

IV Enriching Your Word Power

1. 1) emotional

2) angry

3) atomic

4) exclusive

5) famous

6) jealous

7) safe

8) simple

9) important

10) valuable

11) central

12) delightful/delighted

13) feasible

14) fortunate

15) personal

16) capable

17) sandy

18) original

19) curious

20) easy

2.1) typewriter

2) honeymoon

3) airport

4) schoolmaster

5) necklace

6) eyesight

7) loudspeaker

8) sunrise

9) heartbeat

10) blood-test

11) motorcycle

12) crossroad

13) spaceship

14) superpower

15) lifeboat

16) rainstorm

3.1)

handbook/handmade/handsaw/handshake/handwork/handwr iting

2) housebreaker/housekeep/housekeeper/house

arrest/housemate/housework

workbook/workday/workmate/workshop/worksite/worktab le

4) bookkeeper/bookmark/book

review/bookseller/bookshelf/bookstall

riverside/roadside/bedside/dockside/inside/outside 6) classroom/living room/reading room/waiting room/consulting room/dark room

V Usage

1.1) a drop of blood

2) a grain of wheat

3) a length of rope

4) a lump of sugar

5) a ball of string

6) a block of marble

7) a roll of toilet paper

8) a helping of pie

9) a blanket of heavy mist

10) a slice of beef

VI Structure

1. 1) Joe's father was seen to return after dark.

2) The wind was heard to roar through the trees.

3) I don't think Tom can be made to take the boss's orders.

4) The young man was seen to enter the building next to the bank.

5) When she was in Shanghai the actress was heard to say she had long thought of this city as her second home.

6) After the minister of education had finished speaking at the press conference, he was made to answer all sorts of questions.

2.1) The doctor advised (that) Mike (should) stay in hospital until he was fully recovered.

2) Cathy's father insisted (that) she (should) take a two-week rest before going back to work.

3) The chairman of the Trade Union suggested (that) a special committee (should) be set up to look into the problem./ The chairman of the Trade Union suggested

(that) they set up a special committee to look into the problem.

4) The commander ordered (that) our company (should) start the attack before dawn.

5) Knowing Jack to be dishonest, I demanded (that) he (should) tell me nothing but the truth.

6) The dean of the philosophy department requested (that) the visiting scholar (should) give a lecture on Sartre.

VII Cloze

1.1) bewildered

2) impressed

3) modest

4) profound

5) displayed

6) ambition

7) singled out

8) puzzle

9) capable

10) at ease

2) with

3) listened

4) gave

5) told

6) lecture

7) sure

8) Why

9) for

10) agreed

11) two

12) hall

13) before

14) place

15) began

16) single

17) success

18) people

19) shaking

20) followed

22) stopped

23) a

24) listened

25) not

26) nodded

27) did

28) thought

29) but

30) order

31) was

32) answer

VIII Spot Dictation

1) childhood

2) a slow start

3) mathematics

4) grew up

5) devote himself to research

6) world-famous

7) explain

8) you think it's two hours

9) the physical world

10) conquer

IX Translation

1) 那小女孩跑得太快，身体一下失去平衡，跌倒了。

The little girl ran so fast that she was thrown off balance and fell over / down.

2) 他致力于研究工作的精神(devotion to research) 给我留

下了很深印象，但我对他那些深奥的理论丝毫不感兴趣。

I was impressed by his devotion to research but I did not have the slightest interest in his profound theories.

3) 千万别说可能会被人误解的话。

Be sure not to say anything capable of being misunderstood.

4) 我被他们互相矛盾的意见搞糊涂了，不知如何去做才是。

I was so bewildered by their conflicting advice that I did not know how to act/what to do.

5) 起初，这个复杂问题使他们感到灰心丧气，但经过仔细思考后他们终于研究出了解决办法。

At first this complicated problem frustrated them, but after thinking it over carefully they finally worked out a solution.

6) 体育代表团团长在少先队员向他献上一束鲜花时愉快地

笑了。

The head of the sports delegation beamed with delight when a young pioneer presented him with a bunch of flowers.

7) 这学期我们都学习得不错，我真不明白为什么我们的英语老师单单表扬了班长一个人。

I believe in the theory that the higher animals developed from the lower ones.

Section B

Exercise A

1-5 BACBA 6-10 ACCBA

Exercise B

1.在他颇有建树的一生中，他常常觉得自己渺小无用。“艾

而佛雷德.诺贝尔，”他曾这样写道他自己，“本该在呱呱坠地之时就让一位好心的医生给弄死。”

2.他从未上过学，全靠自学成才，20岁时，便成了一名技术

娴熟的化学师，通晓数国语言，能熟练地说瑞典语、俄语、德语、法语和英语。

3.他的过人之处实际上就在于他有杰出的才能，把一个具有

独创性的科学家和一个具有远见卓识的实业家的品质融为一体。

4.他郁郁寡欢，总在探索人生的意义，从青年时代起便对文

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5.他在遗嘱中将钱留出来，为在物理、化学、生理学、医学

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大学英语精读三课后翻译题及答案 UNIT1-P16 1.发言人明确表示总统在任何情况下都不会取消这次旅行。 The spokesman made it clear that the President would not cancel the trip under any circumstances. 2. 杰克对书架上那些书一本也不了解，所以他的选择是很随意的。 Jack didn’t know anything about any of the books on the bookshelf, so his choice was quite arbitrary. 3.随后发生的那些事件再次证明了我的猜疑是对的。 The subsequent events confirmed my suspicions/ confirmed me in my suspicions once again. 4.我认为我们应该鼓励中学生在暑假找临时工作。 I think we should encourage high school students to find temporary jobs during their summer holidays. 5.令我们吃惊的是，这位常被赞为十分政治的州长竟然是个贪官。 To our surprise, the governor who had often been praised for his honesty turned out to be a corrupt official. 6.只有少数工人得到提升，与此同时却又数百名工人被解雇。 A few workers were promoted, but meanwhile hundreds of workers were dismissed. 7.如果有机会，约翰也许已成为一位杰出的画家了。 Given the chance, John might have become an outstanding painter. 8.数小时后，有人看见那个男孩在林子里瞎转。 Several hours later, the boy was found wandering around in the woods. UNIT3-P59 1.许多美国大学生申请政府贷款交付学费。 Many American students apply for government loans to pay for their education/tuition. 2. 除阅读材料外，使用电影和录像会激发学生学习的兴趣。 Besides reading materials, the use of films and videotapes can stimulate students' interest in a subject. 3.这位律师试图说服陪审团他的当事人是无辜的。 The attorney/lawyer tried to convince the jury of his client's innocence. 4. 提问常常会引起创造的火花。 Asking questions often generates the spark of creativity. 5.我已经把我的简历寄往几家公司，但尚未收到回复。 I have sent off my resume to several corporations, but haven't yet received a reply. 6. 她的结论是建立在对当前国际情况进行了认真的分析的基础上的。 Her conclusion is built on a careful analysis of current international affairs. 7.我们满怀期望地来参加会议，离开时却大失所望。 We came to the meeting full of expectations, yet we left very disappointed. 8.暂时他只得接受了一份给一家化妆品公司发促销传单的活儿。

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Unit 1 When Dad told us about the delivery work it sound easy,just a piece of cake.The trouble was,we di dn’t take care to inquire just how much material was involved.Before long trucks seemed to be pul ling up outside our house all day long,leaving stacks of advertsing.It seemed we would have no ch ance of meeting the deadline.Then we had this mavelous idea.Hiring local kids to help would enab le us to get the job done on time.True,it would cut into our profits,but there was no alternative.Thi ngs seemed to be going well ,but then we had trouble over a pay claim .Our workers demanded fiv e dollars an hour,but fortunately for us they were ready to settle for less.As for us,when we finally settle our account we ended up earning less than the minimum wage for all our efforts.I guess we s hould have know better than to believe that big bucks come easy. Unit 2 While it is often said that love makes the world go round,scientists take a less romantic view.To t hier minds,energy is the fundamental force at work.All animal life is demending on obtaining suffi cuent energy from food.Deer,like other wild animals,do htis through eating as much food as possib le in the summer,when food reserve are abandant.Any excess of energy over thier current needs is despoited in the body in the form of fat.Then when food become scarce in the winter,they can live off the fat.In addition,nature help them to survive the winter by slowing down thier metabolism,as sisting them to pull through the cold weather.However,when the winter is particularly harsh,deer may have to draw on the fat they have bulit up more heavily.Under such conditions,only deer in g ood condition are able to survive to give brith to a new generation Unit 3 In his essay George Orwell starts off by citing Bernard Shaw’s remark that people are more supers titious today than they were in the Middle Ages.They promptly accept the opinions of experts with out asking any questions themselves.Obviously Shaw exaggerates just in order to prove his point t hat we should not always fall back on the theories of well-known authorities.Rather,we should aim at finding out some things for ourselves.By way of illustration,Orwell outline arguments against t he Flat Earth and the Oval Earth theories,thus throwing light on the fact that much of our knowled ege actually rests on authority rather than on reasoning or on experiment.Finally,Orwell draws his conclusion that ours is acredulous age partly because we have such an exceptionally heavy burden of knowledge. Unit4 The last time Lyz saw her husband was as he waved goodbye to her from the steps of their house. He was due to fly off on business later that day.Unluckily for him his flight was collided and he fo und himself having to take United Flight 93the following day.It was from on board that ill-fated fli ght that he telephoned with the news that hijackers had threatened to blow up the airfraft.Cursing his bad luck,he nonetheless realized that his fate was in the rear of.Hoping that the terrorists were bluff when they claimed to have a bomb,he and some other passengers decided to act.Without hun ging up,he set off with others to attack the hijackers.From the telephone came the sound of scream s.Then silence.Lzy still finds it hard to make sence of what happened that day,what lady behind th e terrorist’ mission.All that she is certain of is how enormously proud she is of her husband how bl ess she was tohave been his wife. Unit 5 Whether or not to tell the seriously ill abous their true condition has long been a dilemma for medi cal professionals.Many doctors believe that concealing the facts from those patients will benefit th