大学英语精读 (2)
现代大学英语(第二版)精读2 (2)
现代大学英语（第二版）精读2一、课程介绍《现代大学英语（第二版）精读2》是一门高等教育中的英语课程，旨在提高学生的英语阅读和理解能力。
本课程通过引导学生阅读各种英文原著文学作品，并学习相关的英语语法和词汇知识，培养学生对英文文学的欣赏和分析能力。
二、课程目标本课程的目标是使学生能够： - 熟练阅读和理解英文原著文学作品； - 掌握相关的英语语法和词汇知识； - 培养对英文文学的欣赏和分析能力； - 提高写作和口语表达能力。
三、课程内容本课程主要包括以下几个模块的学习内容：1. 文学作品阅读本模块将引导学生阅读经典的英文原著文学作品，如莎士比亚的戏剧作品、狄更斯的小说作品等。
通过深入理解这些文学作品的内容和语言风格，学生将提高他们的阅读和理解能力。
2. 语法和词汇学习本模块将重点学习与文学作品相关的语法和词汇知识。
通过学习这些知识，学生将能够更好地理解文学作品，并提高他们的写作和口语表达能力。
3. 文学分析和评论本模块将引导学生分析和评论阅读过的文学作品。
学生将学会通过分析作品的形式、结构、语言和主题等方面，深入理解文学作品的内涵和艺术价值。
四、教学方法和学习策略本课程将采用以下教学方法和学习策略：1. 讲授和讨论教师将通过讲授和讨论的方式，向学生介绍相关的文学作品和语法知识，并引导学生深入理解和思考。
2. 阅读和写作练习学生将通过大量的阅读和写作练习，巩固他们的阅读理解和写作能力。
3. 分组讨论和演讲学生将被分成小组，在小组中进行文学作品的分析和讨论，并进行相应的演讲，提高他们的口语表达能力和团队合作能力。
4. 独立研究和报告学生将被要求进行独立研究，并撰写相关的报告，提高他们的独立思考和写作能力。
五、课程评价与考核本课程的评价与考核主要包括以下几个方面：1.平时成绩：包括课堂参与、作业完成情况等。
2.阶段性考试：对学生的英语阅读和理解能力进行测试。
3.期末考试：综合考察学生对课程内容的掌握情况，包括阅读理解、文学分析和写作能力。
大学英语精读2课文翻译
Unit1 The Dinner Party 晚宴那个美国人没有参加这场争论，他只是注视着在座的其他客人。
在他这样观察时，他发现女主人的脸上显出一种奇异的表情。
她两眼盯着正前方，脸部肌肉在微微抽搐。
她向站在座椅后面的印度男仆做了个手势，对他耳语了几句。
男仆两眼睁得大大的，迅速地离开了餐室。
在座的客人中除了那位美国人以外谁也没注意到这一幕，也没有看到那个男仆把一碗牛奶放在紧靠门边的走廊上。
那个美国人突然醒悟过来。
在印度，碗中的牛奶只有一个意思——引蛇的诱饵。
他意识到餐室里一定有条眼镜蛇。
Unit2 Lessons from Jefferson 杰斐逊的遗训杰斐逊的勇气和理想主义是以知识为基础的。
他懂得的东西也许比同时代的任何人都要多。
在农业、考古学和医学方面他都是专家。
在人们普遍采用农作物轮作和土壤保持的做法之前一个世纪，他就这样做了。
他还发明了一种比当时任何一种都好的耕犁。
他影响了整个美国的建筑业，他还不断地制造出各种机械装置，使日常生活中需要做的许多工作变得更加容易。
在杰斐逊的众多才能中，有一种是最主要的：他首先是一位优秀的、不知疲倦的作家。
目前正在第一次出版的他的全集将超过五十卷。
他作为一个作家的才能很快便被发现了，所以，当1776年在费城要撰写《独立宣言》的时刻来到时，这一任务便落在了他肩上。
数以百万计的人们读到他写的下列词句都激动不已：“我们认为这些真理是不言而喻的：一切人生来就是平等的……”Unit3 My First Job 我的第一份工作在我等着进大学期间，我在一份地方报纸上看到一则广告，说是在离我住处大约十英里的伦敦某郊区，有所学校要招聘一名教师。
我因为手头很拮据，同时也想做点有用的事，于是便提出了申请，但在提出申请的同时我也担心，自己一无学位，二无教学经验，得到这份工作的可能性是微乎其微的。
然而，三天之后，却来了一封信，叫我到克罗伊登去面试。
这一路去那儿原来还真麻烦：先乘火车到克罗伊顿车站，再乘十分钟的公共汽车，然后还要至少步行四分之一英里。
大学英语精读2
大学英语精读21. 他们利用我们求助无门的困境把我们公司接管了。
They took advantage of our helpless situation and took over our company.2. 虽然我们面前仍有困难，但我肯定我们中国人有智慧靠自己实现国家的和平统一。
Although there are still difficulties ahead of us, I am sure that we Chinese people will have the wisdom to bring about the peaceful unification of our country on our own.3. 只强调国内生产总值是错误的，它会引起很多严重问题。
It is wrong to put emphasis on nothing but GDP. It will give rise to many serious problems.4. 他喜欢炫耀他的财富，但是这完全是徒劳的，人们仍然像躲避毒药那样躲避他。
He loves to show off his wealth, but this is all in vain. People still avoid him as though he were poison.5. 他不久就爱上了这个村子。
他决心和村民一起把这个地方变成一个花园。
He soon fell in love with the village and was determined to make it a beautiful garden together with other villagers.6. 我们必须花更多的钱来和全球气温上升作斗争。
另外，我认为我们还必须采用严厉的法律措施。
这不只是一个钱的问题。
We must spend more money fighting against global warming. Inaddition, we must resort to tough laws. It is not just a matter of money.7. 当警察到达学校的时候，学生和老师还在一种茫然不知所措的状态。
大学英语精读第二册
▪ 纽约市的五大自治州之一，主要领土为曼哈顿岛。该岛于 1626年由荷属西印度公司从印第安人处购买，只用了价 值24美元的珠子，布匹和小饰物。之后在那里建起了一 座叫新阿姆斯特丹的城市。1664年英国人夺取该城，并 重新起名为纽约。
▪ 如今，曼哈顿有铁路，地铁，客机和轮渡等多种交通设备 外，还有7座桥梁以及4个地下通道与其他区以及新泽西 州相接。这里有世界上最活跃的码头，境内的摩天大楼包 括帝国大厦、世界贸易中心的高塔及克莱斯勒大厦。洛克 菲勒中心由16幢大厦组成，其中包括70层楼高的RCA大 厦。此外，还有联合国大厦、圆形竞技场展览中心以及麦 迪逊广场公园娱乐中心。
▪ (他拿定主意立刻行动。) ▪ 2. I had not the smallest doubt that you were
telling lies. ▪ (我从没想到你在撒谎。)
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▪ 3. The fact that the prisoner was guilty was clear to everyone.
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name after: give the same name as
照…命名，用…的名字命名
▪ e.g. ▪ The park was named after Dr. Sun Yat-sen. ▪ (这个公园是以孙中山先生的名字命名的。) ▪ The capital of the United States is named
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Information about the author
▪ Art Buchward(1925- ): ▪ 美国著名的幽默专栏作家和报纸撰稿人。
每天，他的政治幽默专栏出现在全美上百 家报纸上。通常，他的专栏的写作对象是 政客和名人，政界时事和新闻纪事。他的 专栏作品被收集成册且再版。
最新现代大学英语精读2课文文本
Lesson OnePre-class Work Read the text a third time. Learn the new words and expressions listed below.Glossaryaccomplishment n. the act of finishing sth. completely and successfully; achievementacquire v. to gain; to get for oneself by one's own workarrogantly adv. behaving in a proud and self-important wayaspirin n. 阿司匹林（解热镇痛药）assume v. to take as a fact; to supposeavailable adj. able to be used or easily foundbachelor n. ～'s degree: the first university degreebeanpole n. (infml) a very tall and thin personbull n. a male cowcertify v. to state that sth. is true or correct, esp. after some kind of testcivilized adj. educated and refined; having an advanced cultureclient n. a person who pays for help or advice from a person or organizationcontinuity n. the state of being continuouscyanide n. 氰化物democratic adj. based on the idea that everyone should have equal rights and should be involved in making important decisions 民主的disaster n. a sudden event such as a flood, storm, or accident which causes great damage or suffering. Here: a complete failuredrugstore n. (AmE) a shop which sells medicine (and a variety of other things)enroll v. to officially arrange to join a school or universityexpertise n. skill in a particular fieldexpose v. to enable sb. to see or experience new things or learn about new beliefs, ideas, etc.faculty n. (AmE) all the teachers of a university or collegefragment n. a small piece of sth.generate v. to producegrind v. to crush into small pieces or powder by pressing between hard surfaceship n. the fleshy part of either side of the human body above the legshumanity n. the qualities of being humanimplicitly adv. in an implied way 含蓄地inevitable adj. certain to happen and impossible to avoidliteral adj. in the basic meaning of a wordmaintain v. to continue to have as beforeNeanderthal n. an early type of human being who lived in Europe during the Stone Agenevertheless adv. in spite of that; yetpeculiar adj. belonging only to a particular person; special; oddpenetrating adj. showing the ability to understand things clearly and deeplypest n. (infml) an annoying personpharmacy n. a shop where medicines are prepared and sold. Here: the study of preparing drugs or medicines philosophy n. the study of the nature and meaning of existence, reality, etc. 哲学pill n. a small solid piece of medicine that you swallow wholepreside v. to lead; to be in chargeprofessional adj. relating to the work that a person does for an occupation, esp. work that requires special trainingpursuit n. the act of trying to achieve sth. in a determined waypush-button adj. using computers or electronic equipment rather than traditional methodsqualified adj. having suitable knowledge or experience for a particular jobrear v. to care for a person or an animal until they are fully grownresources n. possessions in the form of wealth, property, skills, etc. that you have 资源savage n. an uncivilized human beingscroll n. Here: a certificate of an academic degreesemester n. one of the two periods into which the year is divided in American high schools and universities (=term in BrE) sensitive adj. able to understand or appreciate art, music or literatureshudder v. to shake uncontrollably for a momentspecialize v. to limit all or most of one's study to particular subjects 专修species n. (infml) a type; a sortspecimen n. Here: a person who is unusual in some way and has a quality of a particular kindspiritual adj. related to your spirit rather than to your body or mindstore v. to keepsuffice v. to be enoughProper Names : Aristotle 亚里士多德Bach 巴赫Chaucer 乔叟Dante 但丁Einstein 爱因斯坦Hamlet 哈姆雷特Homer 荷马La Rochefoucauld 拉罗什富科Shakespeare 莎士比亚Virgil 维吉尔Another School Year — What ForJohn CiardiRead the text once for the main idea. Do not refer to the notes, dictionaries or the glossary yet.Let me tell you one of the earliest disasters in my career as a teacher. It was January of 1940 and I was fresh out of graduate school starting my first semester at the University of Kansas City. Part of the student body was a beanpole with hair on top who came into my class, sat down, folded his arms, and looked at me as if to say "All right, teach me something." Two weeks later we started Hamlet. Three weeks later he came into my office with his hands on his hips. "Look," he said, "I came here to be a pharmacist. Why do I have to read this stuff" And not having a book of his own to point to, he pointed to mine which was lying on the desk.New as I was to the faculty, I could have told this specimen a number of things. I could have pointed out that he had enrolled, not in a drugstore-mechanics school, but in a college and that at the end of his course meant to reach for a scroll that read Bachelor of Science. It would not read: Qualified Pill-Grinding Technician. It would certify that he had specialized in pharmacy, but it would further certify that he had been exposed to some of the ideas mankind has generated within its history. That is to say, he had not entered a technical training school but a university and in universities students enroll for both training and education.I could have told him all this, but it was fairly obvious he wasn't going to be around long enough for it to matter. Nevertheless, I was young and I had a high sense of duty and I tried to put it this way: "For the rest of your life," I said, "your days are going to average out to about twenty-four hours. They will be a little shorter when you are in love, and a little longer when you are out of love, but the average will tend to hold. For eight of these hours, more or less, you will be asleep." "Then for about eight hours of each working day you will, I hope, be usefully employed. Assume you have gone through pharmacy school —or engineering, or law school, or whatever —during those eight hours you will be using your professional skills. You will see to it that the cyanide stays out of the aspirin, that the bull doesn't jump the fence, or that your client doesn't go to the electric chair as a result of your incompetence. These are all useful pursuits. They involve skills every man must respect, and they can all bring you basic satisfactions. Along with everything else, they will probably be what puts food on your table, supports your wife, and rears your children. They will be your income, and may it always suffice.""But having finished the day's work, what do you do with those other eight hours Let's say you go home to your family. What sort of family are you raising Will the children ever be exposed to a reasonably penetrating idea at home Will you be presiding over a family that maintains some contact with the great democratic intellect Will there be a book in the house Willthere be a painting a reasonably sensitive man can look at without shuddering Will the kids ever get to hear Bach"That is about what I said, but this particular pest was not interested. "Look," he said, "you professors raise your kids your way; I'll take care of my own. Me, I'm out to make money.""I hope you make a lot of it," I told him, "because you're going to be badly stuck for something to do when you're not signing checks."Fourteen years later I am still teaching, and I am here to tell you that the business of the college is not only to train you, but to put you in touch with what the best human minds have thought. If you have no time for Shakespeare, for a basic look at philosophy, for the continuity of the fine arts, for that lesson of man's development we call history —then you have no business being in college. You are on your way to being that new species of mechanized savage, the push-button Neanderthal. Our colleges inevitably graduate a number of such life forms, but it cannot be said that they went to college; rather the college went through them — without making contact.No one gets to be a human being unaided. There is not time enough in a single lifetime to invent for oneself everything one needs to know in order to be a civilized human.Assume, for example, that you want to be a physicist. You pass the great stone halls of, say, M. I. T., and there cut into the stone are the names of the scientists. The chances are that few, if any, of you will leave your names to be cut into those stones. Yet any of you who managed to stay awake through part of a high school course in physics, knows more about physics than did many of those great scholars of the past. You know more because they left you what they knew, because you can start from what the past learned for you.And as this is true of the techniques of mankind, so it is true of mankind's spiritual resources. Most of these resources, both technical and spiritual, are stored in books. Books are man's peculiar accomplishment. When you have read a book, you have added to your human experience. Read Homer and your mind includes a piece of Homer's mind. Through books you can acquire at least fragments of the mind and experience of Virgil, Dante, Shakespeare — the list is endless. For a great book is necessarily a gift; it offers you a life you have not the time to live yourself, and it takes you into a world you have not the time to travel in literal time. A civilized mind is, in essence, one that contains many such lives and many such worlds. If you are too much in a hurry, or too arrogantly proud of your own limitations, to accept as a gift to your humanity some pieces of the minds of Aristotle, or Chaucer, or Einstein, you are neither a developed human nor a useful citizen of a democracy.I think it was La Rochefoucauld who said that most people would never fall in love if they hadn't read about it. He might have said that no one would ever manage to become human if they hadn't read about it.I speak, I'm sure, for the faculty of the liberal arts college and for the faculties of the specialized schools as well, when I say that a university has no real existence and no real purpose except as it succeeds in putting you in touch, both as specialists and as humans, with those human minds your human mind needs to include. The faculty, by its very existence, says implicitly: "We have been aided by many people, and by many books, in our attempt to make ourselves some sort of storehouse of human experience. We are here to make available to you, as best we can, that expertise."Lesson Twoalert adj. watchful and ready to meet dangerbirch n. 桦树bough n. a main branch of a treecabin n. a small roughly built housechase v. to drive away; to cause to leavecreek n. a long narrow streamcrouch v. to lower the body close to the ground by bending the knees and backcub n. a young meat-eating wild animal like bear, lion, tiger, wolf, etc.detain v. to keep sb. from leaving during a certain timedim v. to become less brightdoc n. (infml AmE) a doctordrift v. to be driven along by windflake n. a very small flat thin piece that breaks away easily from sth. else; snow ～: 雪花grasshopper n. 蚱蜢howl n. a long loud cry, esp. made by wolves as in pain, anger, etc.leap v. to jump high into the airlick v. to move the tongue across the surface of sth. in order to eat it or clean itmantle n. a loose outer sleeveless garment. Here it is used figuratively.meadow n. a field with wild grass and flowersmischievous adj. eager to have fun by playing harmless tricksmuzzle n. the nose and mouth of an animal such as a dog, a wolf or a horsenumb adj. unable to feel anything because of coldnesspace n. a single step in running or walkingpartner n. sb. who does the same activity with you 伙伴paw n. an animal's foot that has nails or clawspierce v. to make a hole in or through (sth.) using sth. with a sharp pointpine n. 松树poke v. to push or move sth. through a space or openingpuppy n. a young dog ("puppy-wool" here refers to the wool of the wolf cub)realize v. to understandrestless adj. unwilling or unable to stay quiet and stillrifle n. a type of gun fired from the shoulderrocket n. 火箭rooster n. (AmE) a cockrumble n. a deep continuous rolling soundshack n. a small and not very strong buildingshiver v. to shake, esp. from cold or fearslash v. to make a long deep cut with sth. sharp like a knifesmother v. to cover thicklysnarl n. a low angry sound while showing the teethsoaked adj. very wet with some liquidspear v. 用鱼叉刺spurt v. to come out quickly and suddenly in a thin, powerful streamsquat v. to sit with your knees bent under you, your bottom off the ground, and balancing on your feet 蹲；蹲坐squirrel n. a small animal with a long furry tail that climbs trees and eats nuts 松鼠stir v. to move slightlythicken v. to become thickerthrill v. to feel very happy and excitedtoll n. to take a ～: to have a very bad effect on sb. or sth.trapper n. a person who catches wild animals for their furunchained adj. without a chainwhimper v. to make low crying soundswiggle v. (infml) to move in small movements from side to side, or up and downwolf n. a wild animal that looks like a large dog and lives and hunts in groupswool n. the soft thick hair of sheep and some goats (Here it refers to the hair of the wolf.)Text A Maheegun My Brother Eric AclandThe year I found Maheegun, spring was late in coming. That day, I was spearing fish with my grandfather when I heard the faint crying and found the shivering wolf cub.As I bent down, he moved weakly toward me. I picked him up and put him inside my jacket. Little Maheegun gained strength after I got the first few drops of warm milk in him. He wiggled and soon he was full and warm.My grandfather finally agreed to let me keep him. That year, which was my 14th, was the happiest of my life.Not that we didn't have our troubles. Maheegun was the most mischievous wolf cub ever. He was curious too. Like looking into Grandma's sewing basket — which he upset, scattering thread and buttons all over the floor. At such times, she would chase him out with a broom and Maheegun would poke his head around the corner, waiting for things to quiet down.That summer Maheegun and I became hunting partners. We hunted the grasshoppers that leaped about like little rockets. And in the fall, after the first snow our games took us to the nearest meadows in search of field mice. By then, Maheegun was half grown. Gone was the puppy-wool coat. In its place was a handsome black mantle.The winter months that came soon after were the happiest I could remember. They belonged only to Maheegun and myself. Often we would make a fire in the bushes. Maheegun would lay his head between his front paws, with his eyes on me as I told him stories.It all served to fog my mind with pleasure so that I forgot my Grandpa's repeated warnings, and one night left Maheegun unchained. The following morning in sailed Mrs. Yesno, wild with anger, who demanded Maheegun be shot because he had killed her rooster. The next morning, my grandpa announced that we were going to take Maheegun to the north shack.By the time we reached the lake where the trapper's shack stood, Maheegun seemed to have become restless. Often he would sit with his nose to the sky, turning his head this way and that as if to check the wind.The warmth of the stove soon brought sleep to me. But something caused me to wake up with a start. I sat up, and in the moon-flooded cabin was my grandfather standing beside me. "Come and see, son," whispered my grandfather.Outside the moon was full and the world looked all white with snow. He pointed to a rock that stood high at the edge of the lake. On the top was the clear outline of a great wolf sitting still, ears pointed, alert, listening."Maheegun," whispered my grandfather.Slowly the wolf raised his muzzle. "Oooo-oo-wow-wowoo-oooo!"The whole white world thrilled to that wild cry. Then after a while, from the distance came a softer call in reply. Maheegun stirred, with the deep rumble of pleasure in his throat. He slipped down the rock and headed out across the ice."He's gone," I said."Yes, he's gone to that young she-wolf." My grandfather slowly filled his pipe. "He will take her for life, hunt for her, protect her. This is the way the Creator planned life. No man can change it."I tried to tell myself it was all for the best, but it was hard to lose my brother.For the next two years I was as busy as a squirrel storing nuts for the winter. But once or twice when I heard wolf cries from distant hills, I would still wonder if Maheegun, in his battle for life, found time to remember me.It was not long after that I found the answer.Easter came early that year and during the holidays I went to visit my cousins.My uncle was to bring me home in his truck. But he was detained by some urgent business. So I decided to come back home on my own.A mile down the road I slipped into my snowshoes and turned into the bush. The strong sunshine had dimmed. I had not gone far before big flakes of snow began drifting down.The snow thickened fast. I could not locate the tall pine that stood on the north slope of Little Mountain. I circled to my right and stumbled into a snow-filled creek bed. By then the snow had made a blanket of white darkness, but I knew only too well there should have been no creek there.I tried to travel west but only to hit the creek again. I knew I had gone in a great circle and I was lost.There was only one thing to do. Camp for the night and hope that by morning the storm would have blown itself out. I quickly made a bed of boughs and started a fire with the bark of an old dead birch. The first night I was comfortable enough. But when the first gray light came I realized that I was in deep trouble. The storm was even worse. Everything had beensmothered by the fierce whiteness.The light of another day still saw no end to the storm. I began to get confused. I couldn't recall whether it had been storming for three or four days.Then came the clear dawn. A great white stillness had taken over and with it, biting cold. My supply of wood was almost gone. There must be more.Slashing off green branches with my knife, I cut my hand and blood spurted freely from my wound. It was some time before the bleeding stopped. I wrapped my hand with a piece of cloth I tore off from my shirt. After some time, my fingers grew cold and numb, so I took the bandage off and threw it away.How long I squatted over my dying fire I don't know. But then I saw the gray shadow between the trees. It was a timber wolf. He had followed the blood spots on the snow to the blood-soaked bandage."Yap... yap... yap... yoooo!" The howl seemed to freeze the world with fear.It was the food cry. He was calling, "Come, brothers, I have found meat." And I was the meat!Soon his hunting partner came to join him. Any time now, I thought, their teeth would pierce my bones.Suddenly the world exploded in snarls. I was thrown against the branches of the shelter. But I felt no pain. And a great silence had come. Slowly I worked my way out of the snow and raised my head. There, about 50 feet away, crouched my two attackers with their tails between their legs. Then I heard a noise to my side and turned my head. There stood a giant black wolf. It was Maheegun, and he had driven off the others."Maheegun... Maheegun...," I sobbed, as I moved through the snow toward him. "My brother, my brother," I said, giving him my hand. He reached out and licked at the dried blood.I got my little fire going again, and as I squatted by it, I started to cry. Maybe it was relief or weakness or both — I don't know. Maheegun whimpered too.Maheegun stayed with me through the long night, watching me with those big eyes. The cold and loss of blood were taking their toll.The sun was midway across the sky when I noticed how restless Maheegun had become. He would run away a few paces —head up, listening — then run back to me. Then I heard. It was dogs. It was the searching party! I put the last of my birch bark on the fire and fanned it into life.The sound of the dogs grew louder. Then the voices of men. Suddenly, as if by magic, the police dog team came up out of the creek bed, and a man came running toward my fire. It was my grandfather.The old hunter stopped suddenly when he saw the wolf. He raised his rifle. "Don't shoot!" I screamed and ran toward him, falling through the snow. "It's Maheegun. Don't shoot!"He lowered his rifle. Then I fell forward on my face, into the snow.I woke up in my bedroom. It was quite some time before my eyes came into focus enough to see my grandfather sitting by my bed."You have slept three days," he said softly. "The doc says you will be all right in a week or two.""And Maheegun" I asked weakly. "He should be fine. He is with his own kind."Lesson Threeapproval n. official permissionbond n. a written document in which a government or company promises to pay back money that it has borrowed, often with interest 债券certainty n. the state of being certaincommit v. to do sth. wrong or illegalcontribution n. sth. you say or do in order to help make sth. successful 贡献convict v. to find sb. guilty of a crime, esp. in a court of lawn. a person who has been found guilty of a crime and sent to prisoncostly adj. having a high price; expensivecourt n. a place where legal matters are decided by a judge and jurycurrent adj. belonging to the present timedecade n. a period of 10 yearsdeter v. to discourage; to persuade sb. not to do sth., by making him realize it will be difficult or will have unpleasant resultsdismiss v. to ～a court case: to stop a court case before a result is reachedelite adj. considered to be the best of their kind 属于精英的，最好的estimate n. a calculation of a quantity or number 估计evidence n. the information used in a court of law to try to prove sth.execute v. to kill sb. as a lawful punishment for a serious crimefeasible adj. able to be carried out or donefeature n. a typical part or qualityillustrate v. to show sth. by giving related examplesimprison v. to put in prisoninmate n. one who is kept in a prisonmaximum adj. the largest number or amountnonetheless adv. in spite of that; yet; neverthelessnontraffic adj. not related to trafficobservation n. what one has noticedoffender n. sb. who is guilty of a crime; a criminaloffense n. an illegal action or a crimeper prep. for eachpersonnel n. all the people employed in a particular organizationprecisely adv. exactlyprior adj. happening beforeproperty n. belongings; possessionsprosecute v. to bring a criminal charge against sb. in a court of lawrate n. the speed at which sth. happens over a period of timereality n. the real situation; the real state of affairsreject v. to refuse to acceptSaudi Arabia 沙特阿拉伯severity n. the state of being severesocial adj. relating to societysolution n. a way of solving a problem or dealing with a difficult situationstatistics n. facts shown in numbersteenage adj. aged between 13 and 19theft n. the crime of stealingtough adj. determined and strictvictim n. a person who suffers as a result of other people's criminal actions, etc.violence n. the use of force to hurt other people physicallyvoter n. a person who has the legal right to vote, esp. in a political electionwitness n. a person who tells in a court of law what he saw or what he knows about a crimeProper Name Alcatraz 阿尔卡特拉兹（美国圣弗兰西斯科湾——即旧金山湾——的小岛，1933—1963年为一座联邦监狱所在地。
大学英语精读(2)答案
大学英语精读（2）1．第1题The music was so loud. That's __________ he left the party so early.A.howB.whyC.whatD.when您的答案：B题目分数：3.0此题得分：3.02．第2题Can you find out where __________ her pen?A.Alice had putB.had Alice putC.Alice has putD.has Alice put您的答案：C题目分数：3.0此题得分：3.03．第3题I will give this book to ___________ wants to have it.A.whomeverB.whoeverC.whateverD.wherever您的答案：B题目分数：3.0此题得分：3.04．第4题Hans has a new car. I wonder when __________ it.A.he boughtB.did he buyC.buysD.he is buying您的答案：A题目分数：3.0此题得分：3.05．第5题We don't doubt __________ he can make a good job of it.A.ifB.thatC.whatD.why您的答案：B题目分数：3.0此题得分：3.06．第6题No one was aware ____________Jane had gone.A.where thatB.of the placeC.of whereD.the place您的答案：C题目分数：3.0此题得分：3.07．第7题The news____________ to the Great Wall during the summer holidays made us very happy.A.what we would goB.how we would goC.that we would goD.where we would go您的答案：C题目分数：3.0此题得分：3.08．第8题I was sure __________ I would overcome all these difficulties.A.whatB.thatC.whichD.whether您的答案：B题目分数：3.0此题得分：3.09．第9题Do ___________ you are told; otherwise you will be punished.A.thatB.whatC.whichD.which您的答案：B题目分数：3.0此题得分：3.010．第10题He told me the news ___________ our team had won the game.A.aboutB.ofC.asD.that您的答案：D题目分数：3.0此题得分：3.011．第11题He _______ many beautiful post cards to us.A.takesB.showsC.obtainD.has您的答案：B题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.012．第12题We will soon ______ the airport.A.arrive inB.arrive atC.reach toD.arrive您的答案：B题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.013．第13题There is a ________ of two hours in the 7:40 train.A.delayteterD.decay您的答案：A题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.014．第14题I doubt __________ he will lend you the book.A.whetherB.whenC.thatD.which您的答案：A题目分数：3.0此题得分：3.015．第15题Word has come __________ some guests from Canada will visit our school.A.whatB.thatC.whetherD.when您的答案：B题目分数：3.0此题得分：3.016．第16题___________ is unknown to me.A.Where he isB.Where is heC.He is whereD.Is he where您的答案：A题目分数：3.0此题得分：3.017．第17题___________ is a fact that English is accepted as an international language.A.WhatB.ThisC.ThatD.It您的答案：D题目分数：3.0此题得分：3.018．第18题You can't imagine how ___________ when they received these gifts.A.they were excitedB.excited they wereC.excited they haveD.they were how excited您的答案：B题目分数：3.0此题得分：3.019．第19题After he ______ that unforgettable love, he became afraid of it.A.feelB.feltC.experienceD.experienced您的答案：D题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.020．第20题I have _______ a taxi for you.A.arrangeB.planC.arrangedD.planned您的答案：C题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.021．第21题They ______ good friends and often visited each other.A.are used toB.are used to beed to beinged to be您的答案：B题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.022．第22题Students in his class cannot understand what ____________.A.does the sentence meanB.means this sentenceC.this sentence meansD.is the meaning of the sentence您的答案：C题目分数：3.0此题得分：3.023．第23题This is __________ I want to tell you.A.itB.thatC.whichD.what您的答案：D题目分数：3.0此题得分：3.024．第24题I wonder how many years ago____________.A.did your father retireB.your father retiredC.has your father retiredD.your father has retired您的答案：B题目分数：3.0此题得分：3.025．第25题__________ the old man's sons wanted to know was __________the gold had been hidden.A.That ... whatB.What ... whereC.What ... thatD.That ... where题目分数：3.0此题得分：3.026．第26题__________ you don't like him is none of my business.A.WhatB.WhoC.ThatD.Whether您的答案：C题目分数：3.0此题得分：3.027．第27题You should fill in the application _______ very carefully.A.fileB.letterC.visaD.form您的答案：D题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.028．第28题John is busy ______ his girlfriend ______ her paper.A.help…withB.to help…withC.helping…withD.to help…您的答案：C题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.029．第29题We must do well __________ the boss assigns us to do.A.thatB.whateverC.whicheverD.those题目分数：3.0此题得分：3.030．第30题have not found my book yet. In fact, I'm not sure ____________ I could have done with it.A.ifB.whetherC.howD.what您的答案：D题目分数：3.0此题得分：3.031．第31题I have no idea_________ they have kept in touch with me by E-mail since last year.A.whatB.howC.thatD.when您的答案：C题目分数：3.0此题得分：3.032．第32题Never hesitate to ask about ____________.A.that you don' t understandB.what you don' t understandC.which you don' t understandD.what don' t you understand您的答案：B题目分数：3.0此题得分：3.033．第33题The reason I plan to go is ____________if I don't.A.because she will be unhappyB.that she will be unhappyC.what she will be unhappyD.for she will be unhappy题目分数：3.0此题得分：3.034．第34题Andy will ______ at the train station on Sunday.A.see him offB.see himC.see off himD.see him away您的答案：A题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.035．第35题The big tree _______ a lot of apples.A.bearsB.wearsC.growsD.takes您的答案：A题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.036．第36题The reason we're so late is ____________.A.for the car breaks downB.due to the car breaking downC.that the car broke downD.because the car broke down您的答案：C题目分数：3.0此题得分：3.037．第37题Do you know ____________?A.when does the party startB.whether the party startsC.what time the party startsD.if the party starts可编辑您的答案：C题目分数：3.0此题得分：3.038．第38题It makes no difference to me _________ he will come or not.A.howB.whyC.whenD.whether您的答案：D题目分数：3.0此题得分：3.039．第39题__________ we need more practice is quite clear.A.WhatB.ThatC.WhichD.When您的答案：B题目分数：3.0此题得分：3.040．第40题It happened __________ Lisa wasn't there at that time.A.whetherB.ifC.thatD.why您的答案：C题目分数：3.0此题得分：3.0作业总得分：100.0作业总批注：.精品文档，欢迎下载。
(整理)大学英语精读2课文翻译全.
Unit1 The Dinner Party关于男人是否比女人更勇敢的一场激烈争论以一种颇为出人意料的方式解决了。
晚宴莫娜·加德纳我最初听到这个故事是在印度，那儿的人们今天讲起它来仍好像确有其事似的——尽管任何一位博物学家都知道这不可能是真的。
后来有人告诉我，在第一次世界大战之前不久，一家杂志曾刊登过这个故事。
但登在杂志上的那篇故事以及写那篇故事的人，我却一直未能找到。
故事发生在印度。
某殖民地官员和他的夫人正举行盛大的晚宴。
筵席设在他们家宽敞的餐室里，室内大理石地板上没有铺地毯；屋顶明椽裸露；宽大的玻璃门外便是走廊。
跟他们一起就坐的客人有军官和他们的夫人，另外还有一位来访的美国博物学家。
席间，一位年轻的女士同一位少校展开了热烈的讨论。
年轻的女士认为，妇女已经有所进步，不再像过去那样一见到老鼠就吓得跳到椅子上；少校则不以为然。
他说：“一遇到危急情况，女人的反应便是尖叫。
而男人虽然也可能想叫，但比起女人来，自制力却略胜一筹。
这多出来的一点自制力正是真正起作用的东西。
”那个美国人没有参加这场争论，他只是注视着在座的其他客人。
在他这样观察时，他发现女主人的脸上显出一种奇异的表情。
她两眼盯着正前方，脸部肌肉在微微抽搐。
她向站在座椅后面的印度男仆做了个手势，对他耳语了几句。
男仆两眼睁得大大的，迅速地离开了餐室。
在座的客人中除了那位美国人以外谁也没注意到这一幕，也没有看到那个男仆把一碗牛奶放在紧靠门边的走廊上。
那个美国人突然醒悟过来。
在印度，碗中的牛奶只有一个意思——引蛇的诱饵。
他意识到餐室里一定有条眼镜蛇。
他抬头看了看屋顶上的椽子——那是最可能有蛇藏身的地方——但那上面空荡荡的。
室内的三个角落里也是空的，而在第四个角落里，仆人们正在等着上下一道菜。
这样，剩下的就只有一个地方了——餐桌下面。
他首先想到的是往后一跳，并向其他人发出警告。
但他知道这样会引起骚乱，致使眼镜蛇受惊咬人。
于是他很快讲了一通话，其语气非常威严，竟使得所有的人都安静了下来。
大学英语精读第二册(第三版)答案
大学英语精读第二册（第三版）book2Unit1答案上海外语教育出版社一）1. bare2. empty3. empty4. bare5. empty6.empty二）1. shortly2.track down3.faint4.motioned5.at the sight of6.feel like7.slamming8.rang out9.contract10.made for11.heated12.emerged三）1. host2. sprang up/rang out3. impulse4. came to5. track down6. unexpected7. outgrow8. widened9. shortly10. emerge / spring up11. at the sight of12. made for13. crisis14. colonial四）1. Jimmy has outgrown the shirts his aunt made for him a few years ago.2. Does the doctor think the elderly lady is likely to survive the operation / it is likely that the elderly lady will survive the operation?3. The other day your cousin paid us an unexpected visit.4. Don't you see the nurse motioning us to be silent?5. Her face lit up with joy at his return.6. The sound of her footsteps grew fainter as she walked farther away.五）1.Additional advantageousAnxious conditionalCourageous curiousDangerous educationalEmotional famousIndustrial intentionalMedical mountionousMusical mysteriousNational occasionalPersonal practical2.Heated coloredpigtailed giftedbearded pointedexperienced agedskilled diseased六）1.The people questioned gave very different opinions on the issue.2. Can you see the man climbing on that rock?3. Several days passed before they came up with a satisfactory solution to the problems discussed.4. We were woken early by the sound of the birds singing.5. The chairman made it clear that those objecting should explain their reasons.6. After a day’s work, I felt I had little energy left.7. I knew of some of the athletes taking part.8. The success obtained surprised those who had given up the project as impossible. 七）1. During the time that2. As long as3. Although4. as long as5. whereas6. Although7. whereas8. Although1. They frightened the child into telling the truth.2. He tricked her into marrying him by pretending that he was the son of a millionaire.3. My tactless words forced the old gentleman into buying something he could not possibly afford.4. He finally talked me into accepting his terms.5. The girl persuaded her father into giving up smoking.6. Their severe criticism shocked her into realizing her selfishness.1. Guests are to be back in the hotel by twelve o’clock.2. An investigation is to be made next week.3. I am to meet them at the airport.4. You are to finish your homework before you watch TV.5. The medicine is to be taken three times a day after meals.6. Bob and Susan are to get married in October八）1.hosts2.heated3.argument4.impluse5.shortly6.emerged7.slam8.crawled9.crisis1.corner2.attention3.noticed4.shining5.directed6.there7.bed8.snake9.its10.feet11.from12.however13.do14.as15.forward16.neither17.still18.if19.through20.floor21.pulling22.under23.cried24.out25.to27.made28.eyes九）1.do the cooking3.hardly thought so3.settled down4.half expected5.equipment6.boiled over7.why things were so quiet8.burning9.greeted10.battlefield十）1.她砰地关上门，一声不吭地走了，他们之间那场争执就此结束。
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大学英语精读
引言
大学英语精读是大学英语教学中的重要一环，旨在帮助学生提升阅读理解能力，培养英语思维能力，拓宽知识视野。
本文将介绍大学英语精读课程的重要性，教学目标，以及一些学习技巧和资源。
重要性
大学英语精读是培养学生综合英语应用能力的重要途径之一。
通过精读文本，
学生可以提高对词汇、语法的理解和应用。
同时，精读课程还能帮助学生培养阅读的习惯和技巧，提高阅读速度和理解能力。
在现代社会中，英语已成为国际交流和商务合作的重要工具。
良好的英语阅读
能力将给学生带来更多的机会和挑战。
通过大学英语精读的学习，学生不仅可以更好地理解英语原文，还能够更高效地获取信息和分析问题。
教学目标
大学英语精读的教学目标主要包括以下几个方面：
1.提高学生阅读理解能力。
通过精读文本，学生将学习如何正确理解文
本中的信息，提取关键词汇和句子，并准确回答相关问题。
2.培养学生英语思维能力。
精读课程将引导学生采用英语思维的方式进
行阅读，培养学生用英语思考和表达的能力。
3.拓宽学生的知识视野。
大学英语精读课程涉及各个领域的英语原文，如文学、科技、商务等，学生可以通过阅读这些原文拓展自己的知识储备。
学习技巧
为了更好地学习大学英语精读，学生可以采用以下几种学习技巧：
1.提前预习。
在上课前，学生可以提前预习课文，了解文章的主题和大意。
可以先快速浏览一遍文章，标记出关键词汇和句子，为后续的阅读做好准备。
2.注重词汇积累。
词汇是阅读的基础，学生应该注重积累常见的词汇量。
可以通过背诵单词卡片、使用词汇书或者参加词汇训练班等方式进行词汇积累。
3.高效阅读。
在阅读过程中，学生可以使用一些阅读技巧，如扫读、略读、精读等。
根据需要，选择不同的阅读方式，可以较快地获取信息和理解文章的主要内容。
4.组织读后反思。
阅读完一篇文章后，学生可以进行读后反思，思考自己对文章的整体理解程度，复述文章的主旨大意，总结出关键信息。
学习资源
为了更好地学习大学英语精读，学生可以利用以下学习资源：
1.教材和课本。
大学英语精读教材是学生的主要学习资源，其中包含了大量的阅读材料和练习题。
学生可以结合教材进行系统的学习和训练。
2.在线资源。
互联网上有很多英语学习网站和平台，如Coursera、英
语伦巴等，这些平台上有丰富的英语阅读材料和课程资源，学生可以通过注册学习账号，充分利用这些资源。
3.阅读社区。
学生可以加入一些阅读社区，如语音语义交流群、阅读俱
乐部等。
在这些社区中，学生可以与其他英语读者分享学习经验和解答疑问，激发学习兴趣。
结论
大学英语精读课程是大学英语教学中至关重要的一环。
通过精读文本，学生可以提高阅读理解能力，培养英语思维能力，并拓宽知识视野。
学生可以通过采用合适的学习技巧和资源，更好地学习大学英语精读课程，取得更好的学习效果。