大学英语第一册第四单元课文翻译及练习答案

大学英语第三版第一册第四单元课文翻译及练习答案III Vocabulary Activities1．1)g 2)f 3)h 4)i 5)a 6)b 7)c 8)e 9)j 10d)2．1)free 2)accept 3)at least 4)different 5)failure 6)sunset7)quiet 8)in the past 9)unnecessary 10)turn off3．1)involves 2)proposal 3)emotional 4)at first glance 5)actually 6)disturbed7)typical 8)come up with 9)worthwhile 10)Imagination 11)current 12)neighborhood 13)gap 14)activities4．1) come up with some good 2) are prohibited from 3) growing up4) to bring together people 5) in its birth rate 6) in partIV Enriching your wordpower:5．1) honestly 2) dishonest 3) honesty 4) honest 5) honest1) childish 2) childishly 3) child 4) Childhood 5) Childhood1) activities 2) act 3) active 4) act 5) actively 6) Actions 7) activity1) emotional 2) unemotional 3) emotion 4) Emotionally 5) emotional1) acceptable acceptably 2) accept 3) acceptance 4) accept1) distraction 2) distracted 3) distracts 4) distracting 5) distractionsV．Usage1) We're going into town to see a film.2) I learned the news over the radio.3) Because he's able to tell at a glance if it is genuine.4) I'm afraid he's not here at the moment – he's at work.5) Well, at a distance he does look a bit like Tom.6) There were one or two unsatisfactory moments, but on the whole it was very enjoyable.VI Structure1．1) The Johnsons decided to take a ride to the seaside for the weekend.2) Our manager will pay a visit to France this winter.3) He had/took a rest after walking ten miles.4) I had a talk with her yesterday afternoon.5) This morning the technicians had a discussion on/about the question of improving the design of the machine.6) Nathan Hale took a last look at his beautiful country and said that he only regretted he had but one life to lose for his country.2．1) With your support, we might succeed in performing our task.2) Even with air and water, plants still couldn't grow on the moon.3) Without hard work / Without working hard, you will accomplish nothing.4) Without their assistance, he would have found himself in trouble.5) It has been (is) about four and a half years since the Wangs settled down in this country.6) It has been (is) less than three months since she joined the Youth League.7) It has been (is) 20 years since I got to know her in Beijing.8) It has been (is) over a century since the railway was completed.3．1) He proposed that we (should) put on a short play at the English evening.2) I suggest that he (should) visit the Great Wall, the Summer Palace, etc.3) He proposed that the novel (should) be made into a film.4) My proposal is that the dispute (should) be settled by peaceful means.VII Cloze1．1) proposed 2) prohibited 3) social 4) actually 5) rate6) bringing together 7) proposal 8) worthwhile 9) involve2．A1)fun 2)turn 3)in 4)different/interesting 5)make 6)will 7)by/from 8)latest9)and 10)in 11)watch 12)or 13)in 14)to 15)there 16)for 17)may 18)home19)reasonsB1)but 2)used 3)little/bit 4)few 5)little 6)number 7)some 8)while9)any 10)deal 11)no 12)nowVIII．Spot Dictation1) gathered 2) in the habit of 3) on the radio 4) on television 5) comfortably6) trouble 7) art 8) more and more 9) problems 10) however perfectlyIX．Translation1) 接受这份工作就得经常在周末上班，但约翰并不在意。

To take this job would involve working on weekends frequently, but John didn't mind.2) 众所周知，肺癌至少部分地是由于吸烟过多而引起的。

It is well known that lung cancer is caused at least in part by smoking too much.3) 我祖父母说，发明电视的那个人曾住在他们那个地段。

My grandparents said that the man who invented television had once lived in their neighborhood.4) 我提议咱们会后马上去办公室找史密斯教授，邀请他参加我们的英语晚会。

I propose that we go to find Prof. Smith in his office right after the meeting and invite him to our English evening.5) 她因那病开过两次刀，身体十分虚弱，几乎站不起来。

Having been operated on twice for the disease, she was so weakened that she could barely stand up.6) 教育家们认为，伴随着电视机长大的一代人，在电视机前花的时间太多，以致没有足够的时间学习了。

Educators think that the generation growing up with television spend so much of their time in front of the TV that they do not have enough time to study.7) 我真希望你能拿出一个比这更好的解决办法(solution) 来。

I do hope that you can come up with a better solution than this one.8) 乍一看，这幅画并不好，但经过仔细观察，我们才发现它的确是一幅杰作(masterpiece)。

At first glance the picture didn't look very good, but after examining it carefully, we found that it was indeed a masterpiece.附: Reading Activity及Guided WritingExercise A：1) docile obedient 听话的2) wretched very unhappy 很不开心3) inconsolable not to be comforted 没法安慰的4) antenna a wire put up on top of a house to receive television broadcasts 天线5) old-fashioned thinking too much of old ways and ideas; keeping to old ways or ideas 守旧的6) enormous very powerful; very, very large 巨大的7) unanswerable that can not be answered 没法回答的Exercise B1) T.2) F. The author thought it was very expensive, but that didn't matter – it was wonderful.3) F. The author didn't argue with his parents because he was a good, docile son.4) T.5) F. The parents bought a TV finally because they didn't want their daughters to be too unhappy.6) F. Her eyes were shiny with excitement.7) T.8) T.9) F. Americans watch TV 30 hours a week, so they are still interested in it; but they take it for granted.10) T.11) T.12) T.Exercise C1) 她说她决不再去学校了，还说生活中没有电视机活着不值得。