综合教程6-unit-9答案

Unit Nine: How to Grow OldTEXT COMPREHENSIONIV. Explain in your own words the following sentences taken from the text.1.The other thing one should avoid is being emotionally attached to young people, from whomone hopes to draw energy and vigor.2.… and it is in this area of impersonal interests (such as academic and artistic interests) that thewisdom you have accumulated in your life can be practiced without putting any pressure on your children and grandchildren.LANGUAGE WORKI. Explain the underlined parts in each sentence in your own words.1). Although both my parents died young, I have done well in this respect as regards my other ancestors→ with reference to/relating to2). Of remoter ancestors I can only discover one who did not live to a great age, and he died of a disease which is now rare, namely, having his head cut off.→ ancestors who lived a long time ago; specifically3). She used to relate how she met in Italy an elderly gentleman who was looking very sad.→ tell4). I have seventy-two grandchildren, and if I were sad each time I parted from one of them, I should have a dismal existence!→ bid farewell to/were separated from; a miserable life5). I never do anything whatever on the ground that it is good for health, though in actual fact the things I like doing are mostly wholesome.→ for the reason that; healthful6). Psychologically there are two dangers to be guarded against in old age.→ we should prevent from happening/we should watch out for7). ... you are likely to become a burden to them, unless they are unusually callous.→ heartless/indifferent8). In the young there is a justification for this feeling.→ good reason9). And if, with the decay of vitality, weariness increases, the thought of rest will not be unwelcome.→ tiredness10). The best way to overcome it ... is to make your interests gradually wider and more impersonal, until bit by bit the walls of the ego recede, and your life becomes increasingly merged in the universal life.→what distinguishes your own self from others gradually disappears or becomes less and l ess distinct; becomes increasingly one with/becomes increasingly blended with4. Explain the meaning of the underlined part in each sentence.1). We owe it to our descendants to leave them a clean world to live in.→ future generations/children and grandchildren2). I think next time we need any decorating we’ll get it done professionally.→ by skilled people3). Her absorption in her work is so great that she thinks about nothing else.→ engrossment in, or preoccupation with her work4). Continued rapid growth in consumer spending will suck in more imports.→ draw in/encourage5). I’m not very good where money is concerned.→ when dealing with money6). Taxpayers should claim as many allowable expenses as possible against their taxed income.→ expenses on which no taxes are paid7). Her actions were quite justifiable in the circumstances.→ There was a good reason for her actions8). He won’t be contented until he’s upset everyone in the office.→ satisfied9). On his wall he has a poster of Marilyn Monroe, her lips forever parted in anticipation.→ separated/open10). I suspect he cheats the taxman.→ avoids paying taxes by using illegal methodsTRANSLATIONI. Translate the following sentences into English, using the words or phrases given in brackets.1). 她和他在一起生活度日艰难。

(existence)→ She had a hard existence with him.2). 至于你刚才提出的问题，我将另外撰文回答。

(as regards)→ As regards the questions you raised just now, I will answer them in another article.3). 这听起来也许很无情，但我才不在乎他是否无家可归呢。

(callous)→It might sound callous, but I don’t care if he’s homeless.4). 他对老板的尊敬几乎到了低声下气的地步。

(abject)→ He is almost abject in his respect for his boss.5). 痛苦的记忆渐渐从她脑海里消退。

(recede)→ The painful memories gradually receded in her mind.6). 我们应该避免对他们的挑衅作出过度的反应。

(guard against)→ We should guard against overreactions to their provocation.7). 你最好关心关心自己的事而不是我的事！(concern oneself with)→You’d better concern yourself with your own business and not mine!8). 该影片是一部有益的家庭娱乐剧。

(wholesome)→ The film is good wholesome family entertainment.9). 学校中止了给那位学生提供的助学金，理由是他去年的成绩不够好。

(on the ground that) → The university has stopped providing financial support to that student on the ground that his performance in the past year was not good enough.10). 为了帮助那些国有小公司渡过经济危机，政府把它们合并成为一家大公司。

(merge)→ The government merged those small state-owned firms into a large company in order to help them survive the economic crisis.II. Translate the following passage into English.My mother, dead now to this world but still roaming free in my mind, wakes me some mornings before daybreak. “If there’s one thing I can’t stand, it’s a quitter.”I have heard her say that all my life. Now, lying in bed, coming awake in the dark, I feel thefury of her energy fighting the good-for-nothing idler within me who wants to go back to sleep instead of tackling the brand-new day.Silently I protest: I am not a child anymore. I have made something. of myself. I am entitled to sleep late.“Russell, you’ve got no more gumption than a bump on a log.”She has hounded me with these battle cries since I was a boy in short pants.“Make something of yourself!”“Don’t be a quitter!”“Have a little ambition, Buddy.”参考译文我母亲早已不在人世，但她仍时时自由地浮现在我心中，有时早晨天还未亮就把我唤醒.“我最最不能容忍的就是半途而废的人。