大学英语精读4第一课_课文分析
大学英语精读4-董亚芬_课文-翻译
1一个大学男孩，不清楚赚钱需要付出艰苦的劳动，被一份许诺轻松赚大钱的广告吸引了。
男孩们很快就明白，如果事情看起来好得不像真的，那多半确实不是真的。
轻轻松松赚大钱“你们该看看这个，”我向我们的两个读大学的儿子建议道。
“你们若想避免因为老是向人讨钱而有失尊严的话，这兴许是一种办法。
”我将挂在我们门把手上的、装在一个塑料袋里的几本杂志拿给他们。
塑料袋上印着一条信息说，需要招聘人投递这样的袋子，这活儿既轻松又赚钱。
(“轻轻松松赚大钱!”) “我不在乎失不失尊严，”大儿子回答说。
“我可以忍受，”他的弟弟附和道。
“看到你们俩伸手讨钱讨惯了一点也不感到尴尬的样子，真使我痛心，”我说。
孩子们说他们可以考虑考虑投递杂志的事。
我听了很高兴，便离城出差去了。
午夜时分，我已远离家门，在一家旅馆的房间里舒舒服服住了下来。
电话铃响了，是妻子打来的。
她想知道我这一天过得可好。
“好极了!”我兴高采烈地说。
“你过得怎么样”我问道。
“棒极了!”她大声挖苦道。
“真棒!而且这还仅仅是个开始。
又一辆卡车刚在门前停下。
”“又一辆卡车”?“今晚第三辆了。
第一辆运来了四千份蒙哥马利-沃德百货公司的广告；第二辆运来四千份西尔斯-罗伯克百货公司的广告。
我不知道这一辆装的啥，但我肯定又是四千份什么的。
既然这事是你促成的，我想你或许想了解事情的进展。
”我之所以受到指责，事情原来是这样：由于发生了一起报业工人罢工，通常夹在星期日报纸里的广告插页，必须派人直接投送出去。
公司答应给我们的孩子六百美金，任务是将这些广告插页在星期天早晨之前投递到四千户人家去。
“不费吹灰之力!”我们上大学的大儿子嚷道。
“六百块!”他的弟弟应声道，“我们两个钟点就能干完!”“西尔斯和沃德的广告通常都是报纸那么大的四页，”妻子告诉我说，“现在我们门廊上堆着三万二千页广告。
就在我们说话的当儿，两个大个子正各抱着一大捆广告走过来。
这么多广告，我们可怎么办”。
“你让孩子们快干，”我指示说。
现代大学英语精读4_lesson1_lesson8课后答案
Key to the Exercises3.15) out of sight16) in this instance17) to think well/ill of sb18) to confront sb with sth19) to lag behind20) to confer sth on sb21) for my money22) to be too much for sb23) to make for24) to set out to do sth25) few and far between26) to aspire to27) at the best of times28) all over again29) to do away with30) to stand to lose4.Increase your vacabulary with the help of the rules of word-building1) Find the most useful derivatives of the following.satisfy: satisfied, satisfying, satisfactory, satisfaction, unsatisfied, dissatisfied resist: resistance, resistant, irresistiblejust: unjust, justice, injustice, justify, justified, justification, justifiable cohere: coherent, coherence, incoherent, incoherencecenter ( v): center (n. ), central, centralize, centralization, decentralize, decentralization visit: visitor, visitation, revisit (The following words are also related to visit: visible, invisible, visibility, vision, visual, television, supervise)integrate: integration, integrated, integral, disintegrate, disintegration, integrityMore Work on theTextVocabulary1.1) into Chinese.1) into Chinese.(1)浴巾(2) (美)小学(3)永恒的真理 (4)文件柜(5)纯属无稽之谈(6)违规行为(7)常客(8)新鲜空气(9)格调很高的独自(一个人唱高调)(10)一种固定的观点(11)时事(当前国外大事)(12)身体障碍(13)可怕吓人的风(14)令人厌恶的景象(15)言语障碍(16)使人兴奋冲动的爱国激情(17)无情的人侵者(18)首相(19)国际联盟(国联)(20)思维过程(思想方式)(21)条理清楚的文章(22)一个完整的体系(23)一位口译好手(24)一种不可阻挡的趋向(25)烂苹果(26)根据事实(启示〉写成的(27)一位点头之交2) into English.(1) to sink one's head(2) to sink the ship(3) to contemplate the meaning of life(4) to catch the light(5) to ruin one's health(6) to ruin the country(7) to bang the desk(8) to playa prominent role(9) to hold a prominent position(10) a pious Buddhist(11) to gain a reputation(12) to satisfy one's ego(13) to give sb the third degree(14) to devise a teaching method(15) to slide a gun into sb's hand2.1) Synonyms.(1) to spring (to jump, to leap)(2) lest (for fear that)(3) utterly (completely)(4) to symbolize (to represent)(5) to sink one's head (to lower ... )(6) to contemplate (to think/ponder)(7) spectacles (glasses)(8) impediment (barrier, obstacle)(9) to collapse (to fall/to tumble down)(10) to ruin (to destroy)(11) to vanish (to disappear)(12) oddly (strangely)(13) to aspire to (to desire/to aim for)(14) to do away with (to eliminate)(15) to stop/give up (smoking) (to quit)(16) deficiency (weakness, fault, shortcoming)(17) folly (stupidity)2) Antonyms.(1) coherent (incoherent)(2) mental (physical)(3) disinterested (interested)(4) hideous (pleasant)(5) settled (unsettled)(6) frequent (infrequent)(7) integration (disintegration)(8) proficient (incompetent)(9) to destroy (to create)(10) to surpass (to lag behind)(11) remorseless (remorseful)(12) to vanish (to appear)(13) accustomed (unaccustomed)(14) irreverent (reverent)(15) few and far between (many, innumerable, countless, numerous) (6) loyalty (disloyalty)(17) contented (discontented)(18) pre-war (post-war)(19) prominent (unimportant)3. Translate1) I knew I could expect my brother to stand by me whatever happened.2) As a general rule, young people tend to be more interested in the present and the future.3) Both sides will stand to lose if they do not compromise.4) It is our hope to integrate all the courses and teaching materials.5) The Chinese written language has been a major factor for integrating our nation.6) In traditional Chinese art, the bamboo stands for moral integrity and uprightness.7) The great majority of the people stand for reform.8) Queen Elizabeth the First ruled England for 45 years, and the country prospered under her rule.9) The truth is always in the hands of a small minority at first. That's the rule.10) Democracy means that the majority rules, but the minority's right to disagree is also respected.These two basic rules are of equal importance.11) A nation cannot be strong unless it is well-integrated economically, politically and culturallyas well as geographically.13) The party was boring, so she slipped out of the room and went home.14) The road was muddy. He slipped and fell into the river.15) One day I was drowning my sorrows in a restaurant because I was broke when he came and slippeda roll of money into my hand.16) The Court of Florida ruled that it was necessary to recount the votes.17) The idea that the sun moves round the earth ruled ancient scholars for more than a thousand years.18) The hutongs are an integral part of old Beijing.19) Days slipped by and I still had not made much progress.20) He weighed every word carefully lest he should make a mistake.21) Her health was such that she would not go out in the sun even in winter lest she got sunstroke.4.1)c.2) A.3) D.4) A.5) B.6) B.7) C.8) B.9) A.10) C.11)D12) A.13) A.14) B.5.1) (1) sexy (2) sexual (3) sexy (4) sexist (5) sexual2) (1) uninterested (2) disinterested (3) disinterested (4) disinterested, uninterested3) (1) Literary (2) literally (3) literate (4) literal (5) literary4) (1) bulging (2) sticking out of (3) bulging (4) bulging (5) sticking out of( 6) protruding, protruding5) (1) slid (2) slip (3) slipped (4) sliding (5) slip6) (1) prestige (2) reputation (3) reputation (4) prestige61) decisive2) sang beautifully3) robust4) soft5) democratic6) eloquent7) have lost his appetite.8) The slice of meat was so thick that it was quite (transparent).9) His room was surprisingly clean and tidy. It was almost as clean as (pigsty).10) Many people are just as original as (parrots).7(1) their(2) even(3) reason(4) disagree(5) to express(6) thinking(7) for(8) dealing with(9) Staying(10) hungry(11) gains(12) born of(13) can(14) superficial(15) whenIII Grammar11) Point out the parallel construction and its grammatical form in each of these sentences.(1) not by thought; by an invisible and irresistible spring in his neck-two prepositional phrases (contrast)(2) unconscious prejudice; 19norance; hypocrisy-three noun phrases (listing)(3) as proficient as most businessmen's golf; as honest as most politicians' intentions; as coherent as most books that get written-three comparative adjective phrases (listing)(4) all shouting the same thing; all warming their hands at the fire of their own prejudicestwo absolute constructions (listing)(5) watching the crowds cheering His Majesty the King; asking myself what all the fuss was about-two present participle phrases (as object complements, listing)(6) prejudices are called loyalties; pointless actions are turned into customs by repetition- two clauses (listing)(7) three coordinate clauses (listing)(8) to appreciate little that which we have; to long for that which we have not-two infinitive phrases as subject (contrast)(9) to be; not to be-two infinitive phrases as subject (choice)(10) give me liberty; give me death-two imperative clauses (choice)(11) is written without effort; is read without pleasure-two passive verb phrases (contrast)(12) you can fool all of the people some of the time and some of the people all of the time; you can't fool all of the people all of the time-two coordinate clauses connected by "but" (series plus contrast)The first clause itself contains two parallel constructions-all of the people some time; some of the people all of the time-connected by "and" (choice)2) Study and point out the function of the italicized part of these sentences.(1) adjective phrase as subject complement(2) deaf: adjective forming a complement to "someone" with "born"bitterly determined to find out about sound: adjective phrase as complement to "someone"(3) adjective phrase as subject complement(4) adjective phrase as attributive modifying "good life" (an adjective phrase modifying a noun should be placed after the noun)(5) adjective phrase as subject complement21) Thomas Edison says that genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.2) Suzhou is known for its canals, gardens and tree-lined streets.3) The morning was dark, cold with a little snow in the air.4) The unemployed man wanted a job rather than welfare.Or: The unemployed man wanted to find a job rather than to apply for welfare.5) Crawling down a mountain is sometimes harder than climbing up.6) The essay is difficult to understand not because there are a lot of technical terms but becausethere are quite a few involved sentences.Or: The essay is difficult to understand not because of the technical terms 10 it but because of the involved sentences.7) For further information, you can either consult an encyclopaedia or surf the Internet.8) Not only China but also the rest of the world will benefit from her WTO entry. It is a win-winevent.Or: As a win-win event, China's WTO entry will be of benefit to both China and the rest of the world.9) The job of the university is not only making specialists of its students but also helping thembecome civilized citizens.Or: The job of the university is both to make specialists of its students and to help them becomecivilized citizens.10) Going to classes, doing his homework and reading occupy most of his waking hours at college. 31) 20 years later he returned as poor as when he had left.2) He arrived home from a coast-to-coast journey a bag of bones.3) The girl stared at her parents, puzzled, troubled and annoyed.4) The proposal was dismissed as impractical and unfeasible.5) Just some twenty feet away, crouched the wolf, ready to jump on the boy at any moment.6) The audience sat open-mouthed, watching the conjurers performing all sorts of tricks.7) The detective was lying awake in bed, thinking how they could capture the wanted man alive.8) The talk show host was pleased that he had passed through the crowd unrecognized.9) Sincere, compassionate, forgiving, Linda is the soul of the true, the good and the beautiful.10) Diogenes was lying in the sunshine, shoeless, bearded, and half-naked, but contented and happy. 41) You can force a student to attend classes, but you cannot force him to think.Or: You can force a student to attend classes, but not to think.2) The study of literature can help you to understand not only other people but also yourself.3) You can improve your writing by reading good models and by practicing writing.4) In the Middle Ages, people believed that the eatth was flat and that it was the center of the universe.5) I can afford neither the time nor the money to play golf with those big cheeses.6) Xiao Jin could not decide whether to apply for graduate studies right after college or to get ajob first.7) Love cures people-both those who give it and those who receive it.8) Excellent firms don't believe in perfection, only in constant improvement and constant change.9) Many things cannot be learned in the classroom, such as planning one's time, working on one's own and managing one's own affairs.10) In the past ten years people, especially old people, have been concerned more about their healththan about their income.51) looks, being complimented, will say, has come, felt, was, was always looking for, to hurt, wascalled, believed, heard, would come, take, replace, might/would happen, to make, would/might get, to fool, would say.2) became, should be removed, (I) 've learned, wouldn't really want, is, provides, isn't, dies, crashes,will lay, have been lying, find, rotting, sprout, goes on.61) C.2) D.3) B.4) D.5) A.6) C.7) B.8) A.9) C.10) B.1l)C.12) D.13) A.14) B.15) D.16) ALesson Two Waiting for the PoliceKey to exercises1. TranslateInto Chinese1.夜生活2.吃和住3.供吃住的寄宿舍4.一秒钟都不到5.玻璃弹子6.抽打死马（做徒劳无益的事）7.阿司匹林片8.在此情况下9.提前，事先10.走过场11.楼梯间平台的窗户12.紧气氛13.毛线针14.梦游15.飞机翼展Into English1.to whip up a little interest2.to keep the ball rolling3.to set the ball rolling4.an eccentric millionaire5.to allot capital6.to tighten one’s belt7.to make a remark8.to stretch out one’s hand9.to moisten one’s lips10.to complain of the weather11.to plunge the stick into the sand12.to turn on me13.to get on one’s nerve14.to put something out of someone’s mind15. to come off the hook16.to do a crossword puzzle17.to blow one’s nose18.to powder one’s nose19.to give an alibi2. Replace the italicized derogatory words int eh following sentences with commendatory ones.1. slim2. robust3. famous4. orator5. wonderful/terrific/superb/excellent6. beauty7. mansion8. innocent; kind-hearted9. principle10. revolutionaries11. debates12. boom13. thrifty; honesty or common decency14. Discussion15. Stability16. regulate3. Translate1.It is a miracle how our company has become a multinational in such a short span of time.2.The average life span in that country has increased from 42 years to 50 years in a matterof two decades.3.The conflict between the two countries has spanned more than half a century.4.There are four bridges spanning the river.5.I’m much obliged to you. Without your help, I would never have finished the book.6.No, you are not obliged to go to the party. You don’t have to go if you don’t want to.7.She’s always ready to oblige when people come to her for help.8.In the valley is a small lake right between a meadow and a hill. It is a perfect spotfor a picnic.9.Sitting in a shady spot, he soon dozed off.10.He criticized me on the spot when he saw me throw a plastic bad down by the roadside.11.It was a white shirt with blue spots. It looked quite pretty.12.The detective spotted the suspect, and he walked over and arrested him.13.One of the balloons popped, and it gave me quiet a start.14.It is very impolite to keep popping in and out of the classroom when the class is stillgoing on.15.When he saw the young man ready to pay for the BMW in cash, his eyes almost popped outof his head.16.In those countries, water is worth a lot more than oil. Friends will often bring tendollars’ worth of water as a gift.17.When this project is completed, it will benefit about a hundred thousand people. It willbe well worth the effort and investment.18.This movie is not worth seeing twice. In fact, it is not worth seeing at all.19.I think it is worthwhile to visit that place. I hear they have kept all their traditionalhouse intact – houses that were built in Ming-Qing styles.20.Jia Baoyu was sick and tired of being his father’s worthy son. He yearned for freedom.4. Put the most appropriate words in the blanks.1-6 B D A B B D7-12 B A CC A D5. Tell the difference between the following pairs or groups of words.1. 1) earnest/ serious2) serious3) serious4) earnest/serious5) serious2. 1) make full use of2) took advantage of3) take advantage of4) take full advantage of/ make full use of5) take advantage of6) make some use of3. 1) weird2) strange3) eccentric4) odd5) strange/unusual/odd; peculiar/weird4. 1) advise2) advised3) suggest4) proposed5) suggest6) propose7) proposes/suggests5. 1) always/constantly2) regularly3) normally/usually4) constantly5) always6) regularly; always7) normally/usually6. Study the following sentences and point out what it is that is being exaggerated. 1.how startled she was2.the fat that she never seemed to stop knitting3.how he has been touring the world to give lectures for money4.how all food is removed or destroyed leaving nothing for the enemy5.his poor shooting6.his chronic tardiness7.his dumbness8.the strong smell of the cheese9.his eagerness to please powerful people10.his complete absence of moral considerations in his attempt to grab money11.my hunger12.difficulties in life13.the number of people14.the amount of medicine15.the heavy pompous word7. Choose the best word or phrase for each blank from the four supplied in brackets.1.While2.average3.under4.being5.mutual6.favorable7.account8.status9.relate10.stay11.On12.actual13.friendly14.nervousness15.inMore work on the Text1.Grammar in context1.1) In the circumstances: explanatory2) approximately: explanatory3) as you know: afterthought4) and Mr. Houghton was ruined, there was no doubt about that: afterthought5) he explained: afterthought6) the trick of interrupting here: explanatory7) in fact: transitional8) I’ve often wondered: afterthought9) for his part: transitional10)it’s true: afterthought11) if anyone should ask my opinion: afterthought12) ‘for its part’ and ‘on the other hand’: both transitional2.Study and summarize ways of making suggestions.Using a question:1)Shouldn’t…2)Shall we…5)Why don’t you/weUsing an imperative sentence:6) Suppose we…7) Let’s…Using ‘suggest/propose’’3)I propose…4) I suggested…2.Insert the appropriate parenthetical expression into the sentences from the list below.1.In fact2.Especially at an advanced level3.It was that long, I am sure4.Of course5.However6.On the other hand7.I suppose8.Forty-five years ago9.Whether invited or not10.For example11.Voluntarily orinvoluntarily12.It had been tested only onceplete the senteces below by translating the Chinese in the brackets.1.I suggest/propose we break up for two weeks.2.Shouldn’t we get a lawyer3.Why don’t you go and have a look in4.Suppose we take/ Let’s take5.Why don’t we just stay home/ Let’s just stay home6.Take a shortcut through the sports-ground7.We propsoe that the UN security Council meet at the earliest possible time8.Shouldn’t they be informed of9.Let’s/ why don’t we draw lots10.Shall we set a limit4.Translate1.It seems the patient has no relatives in this city.2.It’s easy to make friends but difficult to keep them.3.He can always understand what his friends are thinking andworrying about.4.Perhaps it wasn’t Xiao Jiang at all who had left the taprunning all night.5.The boy had no idea how he had become an old man in half a day.6.I wonder how Wang Ning has been doing in London. I havent heardfrom him for almost a year.7.It doesn’t matter what family you were born into. The realtest is how far you can go from where you started.8.She simply couldn’t believe what she saw. It was onlyyesterday that the twin towers were standing there.9.Juror No. 8 pointed out that it might have been someone elsewho had stabbed the boy’s father to death.10.In the market economy, it is primarily by idividuals andfirms rather tha by government agencies that decisions about what to produce, how much to produce are made.5.1. are making, were considered, are, are being used, don’t compact, have, starting, do2. will work, is, are , reproduces, deplete, is, are fueled, add3. can move, don’t tear, skin, will never take, are6.1-5 C D B C A6-10 D C A B B11-16 D A D C A B1. Translate 1) into Chinese (1) 专业的历史工作者 (2) 基于常识的反应 (3) 事物的这种状况 (4) 意见不一的历史学家 (5) 已经准备好了的现成的东西 (6) 一个个人喜好不同的问题 (7) 截然不同的观点 (8) 民间故事 (9) 书面文件 (10) 过去的遗留物 (11) 人的动机和行为 (12) 复杂和精细 (13) 商船 (14) 一旦发生潜艇战 (15) 一个粗糙的理论 (16) 好战的行为；战争行为 (17) 宣传机器 (18) 德国外交部长 (19) 实力平衡 (20) （事物的）因果 (21) 海岸炮兵 (22) 终极关怀 (23) （事物的）近因 (24) 人们常说的一句话 (25) 不会出错的解释 (26) 绝对有效的模式 (27) 永不停止的探索 (28) 一个难以达到但又十分诱人的目标2. Give synonyms and antonyms of the following. 1) synonyms(1) elusive : puzzling, baffling(2) intriguing: fascinating(3) evident: clear, plain, obvious, noticeable(4) ultimate: final, last(5) to revise: to correct, to change, to alter, to modify, to rewrite(6) to probe: to dig into, to investigate, to look into(7) belligerent: warlike, warring, aggressive, hostile(8) in addition to: besides, apart from, plus(9) in the event of: in the case of, should sth occur(10) nonetheless: nevertheless, in spite of that, just the same2）into English (1) to gain new insights (2) to revise one ’s ideas (3) to trace the cause (4) to begin from this premise (5) to open fire on/at (6) to give equal weight to sth (7) to support a certain view (8) to influence the government (9) to destroy the balance of power (10) to form an alliance (11) to repay the loans (12) to contemplate war (13) to fill in the gaps (14) to conclude the quest (15) to view sth from a certain perspective (16) to benefit from the comparison (17) to eliminate from the comparison (18) to dig into the problem (19) to be immersed in a vast sea (20) to stem from a different point of view (21) to be destined to do sth (22) to ignore the fact (23) to make an assumption (24) to defeat the enemy (25) to win back one ’s lost territory (26) to sink a boat (27) to intercept the secret message (28) to piece together evidence (29) to approximate the truth (30) to master new techniques(11) to conclude ( the quest) : to end (the search / probing)(12) to denote: to refer to(13) persuasively: convincingly(14) more or less: on the whole, generally speaking(15) moreover: in addition, besides, apart from that, what’s more(16) by way of: through2)antonyms(1)to be faulted: to be praised(2)exhilarating: depressing(3)unquestioned: doubtful(4)validity: unsoundness, weakness(5)premise: conclusion(6)motivation: effect(7)proportionate: disproportionate(8)pro-British: anti-British(9)to take into account: to ignore(10) crude (theory): a well-developed (theory), a sophisticated (theory)(11) confused: clear, clear-minded(12) professional: non-professional, amateurish3.Replace the words in bold type with words and phrases you know that convey more or lessthe same meaning.1)simple/primitive; told; thick2)pondering/thinking about; future/fate; insignificant3)completely/entirely; different/opposite4)consider/regard; look at; angles/points of view5)knows very well; growing/increasing; complaints6)besides/apart from; easy; in the case of/if there is7)purposely paid no attention to8)generally/on the whole; however/but; come from/originate from9)absolutely reliable; wipe out/get rid of; bound to4.Translate1)The cause of the aircraft crash is so far unknown.2)The cause of global warming is still hotly debated among scientists.3)He devoted all his life to the cause of environmental protection.4)The river has caused us a lot of trouble in history.5)What do you think caused the upsurge in international terrorism?6)We must try and unite with those who have opposed us.7)There is always opposition to any progress and reform.8)Some people are always opposed to new things.9) A lot of those loans were never repaid. That high ratio of bad debts finally led tothe financial crisis in this second economic power in the world.10)The Business Bank now offers a special loan to students who can’t pay for theireducation.11)The boy asked Mrs. Stow for the loan of her binoculars.12)She concluded her speech by saying that she hoped she could come again some day andsee more of the country.13)As soon as they concluded the investigation, they were to report to the SecurityCouncil.14)During his visit, he will conclude a new trade agreement with India.15)Based on those reasonable doubts, the jury had to conclude that the boy was not guilty.16)She is flying to New York by way of Tokyo.17)I’d like to say a few words about the situation in the sixties of the last centuryby way of an introduction to the movie.18)They decided to recall their ambassador by way of protest.5.Put the most appropriate words in the blanks.1)while/although; to2)over/about; with3)to; in4)led to/resulted in/caused5)with; lends/gives/brings6)from; in7)as to; of8)in the even of; survive9)to; to; study10)out; in11)in; weight/priority12)denote; of13)immersed/buried; more or less14)rather; the more15)at; stems from/comes from/originates from/results from16)base; filled inLesson Four A Drink in the PassageI. Oral work (omitted)II. Vocabulary Test:1 Translate1) into Chinese.(1)难以解决的两难困境(2)一本难以看懂的书(3)一个爱交际的女人(4)黑市(5)黑色幽默(6)害群之马2) into English(1)to celebrate its Golden Jubilee(2)to excite admiration(3)to touch the conscience(4)to win the prize(5)to receive a reprimand(6)to omit the words2. Study the difference between the following pairs or groups of words.1)(1)renounce (2)announce (3)renounce (4)denounced2)(1)avoid; prevent (2)prevent (3)avoid (4)averted/ avoided/ preventedIII. Grammar work1. Complete the following sentences with the right from of the verb in the brackets. (1) is (2) are (3)was (4)frightens2. Translate the sentences into English.1) Using “It is/ was said/ believed, etc.” to express general beliefs.(1)It’s widely rumored that Linda’s getting promoted.(2)It is estimated that the project will cost RMB three billion.(3)It is assumed that the Labor Party will remain in power.(4)It was proposed a few years ago that the president be elected for one term only. 2) Paying special attention to subject-verb agreement.(1)The jury is having trouble reaching a verdict.(2)Whenever either of us is in a tight corner, we always come to each other’s help.(3)Statistics are facts obtained from analyzing information given in numbers.(4)Statistics is a branch of mathematics concerned with the study of information that is expressed in numbers.3. Put in appropriate connectives.(1)as , where , that/which, if/ whether, but , if.4. Complete each of the following sentences with the most likely answer.(1) B (2)A (3)A四册六单元课后习题答案Key to the exercisesVocabulary1. Translate.2) into Chinese.(1)非理性因素 (2)过去的好日子 (3)思想模式(4)旧的故事 (5)思路 (6)鲜明的对比(7)强烈的满足感 (8)感情上的联想 (9)一场恶吵(10)酸葡萄 (11)—毫无根据的意见 (12)社会地位(13)重要而有说服力的因素 (14)怀疑的余地 (15)一种教条的观点(16)大学者们／大才子们 (17)不可避免的结果 (18)长期的斗争(19)互相矛盾冲突的观点 (20)鲜明的例子 (21)根深蒂固的信仰(22)仅仅是断言2) into English.(1) to classify propositions (2) to hold an opinion(3) to establish convictions (4) to reverse the process(5) to question the truth (6) to adopt a new belief ,(7) to demonstrate the contrary (8) to credit the fact(9) to entertain an opinion (10) to acquire wealth(11) to extend the term (12) to abandon belief(13)to value their respect (14) to belittle their opinions(15) to make an allowance (16) to alter our thought patterns(17) to take the same course (18) to parrot others' ideas2. Put appropriate prepositions or adverbs in the blanks.1) out/:over 2) on/upon 3) at; about 4) off 5) on; off 6) out; as 7) as; ou t 8) off 9) as; out 10) on; as 11) off; as 12) at; as 13) as; out 14) out; o ut3. Replace the words and expressions italicized with suitable words and exp ressions from the text.1) meet with; proposition; bare assertion 2) accept a view uncritically; res ts upon; mere3) deeply-rooted propositions; established 4) hold opposite views; conflicti ng interests5) parroting; tend to; such ideas as fit in with 6) conceive of; consistent with7) is also true of; make allowance for 8) stock subjects; going to the dogs 9) in fashion; a strong argument in its favor 10) bear grudge against; or as the case may be11) belittle; are jealous of 12) attribute to13) As a rule; would be the last person to 14) consists in; shaking off15) In light of; on our guard 16) left us with no doubt4. Translate.。
大学英语精读第4册课文翻译及课后答案
大学英语精读第四册课文翻译Unit 1两个大学男孩 不清楚赚钱需要付出艰苦的劳动 被一份许诺轻松赚大钱的广告吸引了。
男孩们很快就明白 如果事情看起来好得不像真的 那多半确实不是真的。
轻轻松松赚大钱约翰•G•哈贝尔“你们该看看这个 ”我向我们的两个读大学的儿子建议道。
“你们若想避免因为老是向人讨钱而有失尊严的话 这兴许是一种办法。
”我将挂在我们门把手上的、装在一个塑料袋里的几本杂志拿给他们。
塑料袋上印着一条信息说 需要招聘人投递这样的袋子 这活儿既轻松又赚钱。
“轻轻松松赚大钱!” “我不在乎失不失尊严 ”大儿子回答说。
“我可以忍受 ”他的弟弟附和道。
“看到你们俩伸手讨钱讨惯了一点也不感到尴尬的样子 真使我痛心 ”我说。
孩子们说他们可以考虑考虑投递杂志的事。
我听了很高兴 便离城出差去了。
午夜时分 我已远离家门 在一家旅馆的房间里舒舒服服住了下来。
电话铃响了 是妻子打来的。
她想知道我这一天过得可好。
“好极了!”我兴高采烈地说。
“你过得怎么样?”我问道。
“棒极了!”她大声挖苦道。
“真棒!而且这还仅仅是个开始。
又一辆卡车刚在门前停下。
”“又一辆卡车?”“今晚第三辆了。
第一辆运来了四千份蒙哥马利-沃德百货公司的广告 第二辆运来四千份西尔斯-罗伯克百货公司的广告。
我不知道这一辆装的啥 但我肯定又是四千份什么的。
既然这事是你促成的 我想你或许想了解事情的进展。
”我之所以受到指责 事情原来是这样 由于发生了一起报业工人罢工 通常夹在星期日报纸里的广告插页 必须派人直接投送出去。
公司答应给我们的孩子六百美金 任务是将这些广告插页在星期天早晨之前投递到四千户人家去。
“不费吹灰之力!”我们上大学的大儿子嚷道。
“六百块!”他的弟弟应声道 “我们两个钟点就能干完!”“西尔斯和沃德的广告通常都是报纸那么大的四页 ”妻子告诉我说 “现在我们门廊上堆着三万二千页广告。
就在我们说话的当儿 两个大个子正各抱着一大捆广告走过来。
这么多广告 我们可怎么办?”“你让孩子们快干 ”我指示说。
现代大学英语精读4 第一课翻译
Thinking as a Hobby思考作为一种嗜好还是个孩子的时候我就得出了思考分三种等级的结论。
后来思考成了嗜好，我进而得出了一个更加离奇的结论，那就是：我自己根本不会思考。
那个时候我一定是个很让大人头疼的小孩。
当然我已经忘记自己当初在他们眼里是什么样子了,但却记得他们一开始在我眼中就是如何不可理喻的。
第一个把思考这个问题带到我面前的是我文法学校的校长，当然这样的方式，这样的结果是他始料不及的。
他的办公室里有一些小雕像，就在他书桌后面一个高高的橱柜上面。
其中一位女士除了一条浴巾外一丝不挂。
她好象被永远地冻结在对浴巾再往下滑的恐惧中了。
而不幸的是她没有手臂，所以无法把浴巾拉上来。
在她的身边蜷伏着一头美洲豹，好象随时都会往下跳到档案橱柜最上层的抽屉上去，我懵懵懂懂地把那个抽屉上标着的"A-AH"理解成为猎物临死前绝望的哀鸣/惨叫。
在豹子的另一边端坐着一个健硕的裸体男子，他手肘支在膝头，手握拳托着腮帮子，全然一副痛苦不堪的样子。
过了一些时候，我对这些雕像有了一些了解,才知道把它们放在正对着犯错的孩子的位置是因为对校长来说这些雕像象征着整个生命。
那位裸体的女士是米洛斯的维纳丝。
她象征着爱。
她不是在为浴巾担心，而是忙着显示美丽。
美洲豹象征着自然，它在那里显得很自然而已。
那位健硕的裸体男子并不痛苦，他是洛丁的思索者，一个纯粹思索的象征。
要买到表达生活在你心中的意义的小石膏像是很容易的事情。
我想我得解释一下，我是校长办公室的常客，为我最近做过或者没做的事情。
用现在的话来说我是不堪教化的。
其实应该说，我是顽劣不羁，头脑迷糊的。
大人们从来不讲道理。
每次在校长桌前接受处罚，那些雕像在他上方白晃晃地耀眼时，我就会垂下头，在身后紧扣双手，两只鞋不停地蹭来蹭去。
校长透过亮晶晶的眼镜片眼神暗淡地看着我，：“我们该拿你怎么办呢？”哦，他们要拿我怎么办呢？我盯着旧地毯更狠命地蹂躏我的鞋。
“抬起头来，孩子！你就不能抬起头来吗？”然后我就会抬起头来看橱柜，看着裸体女士被冻结在恐惧中，健硕的男子无限忧郁地凝视着猎豹的后腿。
精读4 第一课 thinking as a hobby
Thinking as a Hobby 思考作为一种嗜好还就是个孩子得时候我就得出了思考分三种等级得结论。
后来思考成了嗜好，我进而得出了一个更加离奇得结论，那就就是：我自己根本不会思考。
那个时候我一定就是个很让大人头疼得小孩。
当然我已经忘记自己当初在她们眼里就是什么样子了,但却记得她们一开始在我眼中就就是如何不可理喻得。
第一个把思考这个问题带到我面前得就是我文法学校得校长，当然这样得方式，这样得结果就是她始料不及得。
她得办公室里有一些小雕像，就在她书桌后面一个高高得橱柜上面。
其中一位女士除了一条浴巾外一丝不挂。
她好象被永远地冻结在对浴巾再往下滑得恐惧中了。
而不幸得就是她没有手臂，所以无法把浴巾拉上来。
在她得身边蜷伏着一头美洲豹，好象随时都会往下跳到档案橱柜最上层得抽屉上去，我懵懵懂懂地把那个抽屉上标着得"A-AH"理解成为猎物临死前绝望得哀鸣/惨叫。
在豹子得另一边端坐着一个健硕得裸体男子，她手肘支在膝头，手握拳托着腮帮子，全然一副痛苦不堪得样子。
过了一些时候，我对这些雕像有了一些了解,才知道把它们放在正对着犯错得孩子得位置就是因为对校长来说这些雕像象征着整个生命。
那位裸体得女士就是米洛斯得维纳丝。
她象征着爱。
她不就是在为浴巾担心，而就是忙着显示美丽。
美洲豹象征着自然，它在那里显得很自然而已。
那位健硕得裸体男子并不痛苦，她就是洛丁得思索者，一个纯粹思索得象征。
要买到表达生活在您心中得意义得小石膏像就是很容易得事情。
我想我得解释一下，我就是校长办公室得常客，为我最近做过或者没做得事情。
用现在得话来说我就是不堪教化得。
其实应该说，我就是顽劣不羁，头脑迷糊得。
大人们从来不讲道理。
每次在校长桌前接受处罚，那些雕像在她上方白晃晃地耀眼时，我就会垂下头，在身后紧扣双手，两只鞋不停地蹭来蹭去。
校长透过亮晶晶得眼镜片眼神暗淡地瞧着我，：“我们该拿您怎么办呢？”哦，她们要拿我怎么办呢？我盯着旧地毯更狠命地蹂躏我得鞋。
新起点大学英语精读第四册Unit1BigBuckstheEasyWay剖析
Unit One:Big Bucks the Easy WayTwo college-age boys, unaware that making moneyusually involves hard wor k, are tempted by anadvertisement that promises them an easy way toearn a lot of money. The boys soon learn that ifsomething seems to good to be true , it probably is.BIG BUCKS THE EASY WAYJohn G. Hubbell"You ought to look into this," I suggested to our twocollege-age sons."It might be a way to avoid the indignity of having to ask for money all theti me." I handed them some magazines in a plastic bag someone bad hung on our doorknob. Amessage printed on the bag offered leisurely, lucrative work ( "Big Bucks the Easy Way!") ofdelivering more such bags."I don't mind the indignity," the older one answered."I can live with it," his brother agreed."But it pains me," I said，"to find that you both have been panhandling so long that it no longerembarr asses you."The boys said they would look into the magazine-delivery thing. Pleased, I le ft town on abusiness trip. By midnight I was comfortably settled in a hotel ro om far from home. The phonerang. It was my wife. She wanted to know how my day had gone."Great!" I enthused. "How was your day?" I inquired."Super!" She snapped."Just super! And it's only getting started. Another truck just pulled upout fron t.""Another truck?""The third one this evening. The first delivered four thousand Montgomery Wa rds. The secondbrought four thousand Sears, Roebucks. I don't know what thi s one has, but I'm sure it will befour thousand of something. Since you are re sponsible, I thought you might like to knowwhat's happening.What I was being blamed for, it turned out, was a newspaper strike which m ade it necessary tohand-deliver the advertising inserts that normally are inclu ded with the Sunday paper. Thecompany had promised our boys $600 for deli vering these inserts to 4,000 houses by Sundaymorning."Piece of cake!" our older college son had shouted." Six hundred bucks!" His brother had echoed,"And we can do the job in two hours!""Both the Sears and Ward ads are four newspaper-size pages," my wife infor med me."Thereare thirty-two thousand pages of advertising on our porch. Even as we speak, two big guys arecarrying armloads of paper up the walk. What do we d o about all this?""Just tell the boys to get busy," I instructed."They're college men. They'll do what they have todo."At noon the following day I returned to the hotel and found an urgent messag e to telephonemy wife. Her voice was unnaturally high and quavering. There had been several more truckloadsof ad inserts."They're for department stores, dime stores, drugstores, grocery stores, auto stores and so on. Some are whole magazine sections. We have hundreds of t housands, maybemillions, of pages of advertising here! They are crammed wa ll-to-wall all through the house instacks taller than your oldest son. There's on ly enough room for people to walk in, take oneeach of the eleven inserts, roll them together, slip a rubber band around them and slide theminto a plasti c bag. We have enough plastic bags to supply every takeout restaurant inA merica!" Her voice kept rising, as if working its way out of the range of the h uman ear. "Allthis must be delivered by seven o'clock Sunday morning." "Well, you had better get those guys banding and sliding as fast as they can, and I'll talk to youlater. Got a lunch date.When I returned, there was another urgent call from my wife."Did you have a nice lunch?" she asked sweetly. I had had a marvelous stea k, but knew betterby now than to say so."Awful," I reported. "Some sort of sour fish. Eel, I think.""Good. Your college sons have hired their younger brothers and sisters and a couple ofneighborhood children to help for five dollars each. Assembly lines h ave been set up. In thelanguage of diplomacy, there is 'movement.'" "That's encouraging.""No, it's not," she corrected."It's very discouraging. They're been as it for hours. Plastic bagshave been f illed and piled to the ceiling, but all this hasn't made a dent, not a dent, in t hesituation! It's almost as if the inserts keep reproducing themselves!" "Another thing," she continued."Your college sons must learn that one does not get the bestout of employees by threatening them with bodily harm.Obtaining an audience with son NO. 1, I snarled,"I'll kill you if threaten one of those kids again!Idiot! You should be offering a bonus of a dollar every hour to the worker who fills the mostbags."But that would cut into our profit," he suggested."There won't be any profit unless those kids enable you to make all the delive ries on time. Ifthey don't, you two will have to remove all that paper by your selves. And there will be noeating or sleeping until it is removed."There was a short, thoughtful silence. Then he said,"Dad, you have just worked a profound change in my personality.""Do it!""Yes, sir!"By the following evening, there was much for my wife to report. The bonus p rogram hadworked until someone demanded to see the color of cash. Then so me activist on the work forceclaimed that the workers had no business settlin g for $5 and a few competitive bonuses whilethe bossed collected hundreds of dollars each. The organizer had declared that all the workerswere entitled to $5 per hour! They would not work another minute until the bosses agreed. The strike lasted less than two hours. In mediation, the parties agreed on $ 2 per hour.Gradually, the huge stacks began to shrink.As it turned out, the job was completed three hours before Sunday's 7 a.m. d eadline. By thetime I arrived home, the boys had already settled their accou nts: $150 in labor costs, $40 for gasoline, and a like amountfor gifts—boxes of candy for saintly neighbors who had volunteered station wagons and helpin delivery and dozen roses for their mother. This left them with $185 each — about two-thirds the minimum wage for the 91 hours they worked. Still, it was "enough", as one of themput it, to enable them to "avoid indignity" for quite a while.All went well for some weeks. Then one Saturday morning my attention was d rawn to the oddgoings-on of our two youngest sons. They kept carrying carto n after carton from variouscorners of the house out the front door to curbside . I assumed their mother had enlisted themto remove junk for a trash pick up. Then I overheard them discussing finances."Geez, we're going to make a lot of money!""We're going to be rich!"Investigation revealed that they were offering " for sale or rent" our entire libr ary."No! No!" I cried. "You can't sell our books!""Geez, Dad, we thought you were done with them!""You're never 'done' with books," I tried to explain."Sure you are. You read them, and you're done with them. That's it. Then you might as wellmake a little money from them. We wanted to avoid the indig nity of having to ask you for……"New Wordsbuckn. (sl.) U.S. dollarplastica. 塑料的n. (pl) 塑料doorknobn. 门把手leisurelya. unhurried 从容的，慢慢的leisuren. free time 空闲时间，闲暇lucrativea. profitable有利的；赚钱的painvt. cause pain topanhandlevi. (AmE) beg. esp. on the streetsdeliveryn. delivering (of letters, goods, etc.)投递；送交enthusevi. show enthusiasminquirevt. asksupera. (colloq.) wonderful, splendid; excellentsnapvt. say(sth.) sharply 厉声说insertn. 插页normallyad. in the usual conditions; ordinarily 通常companyn. 公司echovt. say or do what another person says or does; repeat 附和；重复adn. (short for) advertisementinformvt. tell; give information 告知porchn. (AmE) veranda 门廊armloadn. as much as one arm or both arms can hold; armfulwalkn. a path specially arranged or paved for walking 人行道unnaturallyad. in an unnatural way 不自然地quavervi. (of the voice or sound) shake; tremble颤抖truckloadn. as much or as many as a truck can carrydepartment storen. store selling many different kinds of goods in separate departments 百货公司dimen. coin of U.S. and Canada worth ten centsdime storen.(AmE) a store selling a large variety of low-priced articles; variety store 廉价商品店；小商口店drugstoren.(AmE) a store that sells not only medicine, but also beauty products, film, ma gazines, andfood 药店，杂货店groceryn. a store that sells food and household supplies 食品杂货店sectionn. part of subdivision of a piece of writing, book, newspaper, etc.; portion（文章等的）段落；节；部分cramvt. fill too full; force or press into a small space 把……塞满；把……塞进stackn. an orderly; heap or group of things 一叠（堆、垛等）bandn. flat, thin piece of material 带；带状物vt. tie up with a band捆扎rubber bandn. 橡皮筋takeouta. （餐馆）出售外卖菜的rangen. the distance at which one can see or hear （听觉、视觉等）的范围marvel(l)ousa. wonderful; astonishingsteakn. 牛排；大块肉（或鱼）片soura. 酸的eeln. 鳗鲡diplomacyn. 外交encouraginga. 鼓舞人心的dentn. a hollow in a hard surface made by a blow or pressure; initial progress 凹痕，凹坑，初步进展reproducevt. produce the young of (oneself or one's own kind) 生殖，繁殖bodilya. of the human body; physicalharmn. damage or wrong 伤害audiencen. the people gathered in a place to hear or see; a chance to be heard 观众；听众；陈述意见的机会snarlvt. speak in a harsh voice 咆哮着说bonusn. an extra payment to workers 奖金thoughtfula. give to or indicating thought 沉思的，思考的cashn. money in coins or notes 现金activistn. a person taking an active part esp. in a political movement激进分子work forcen. total number of workers employed in a particular factory, industry or area 工人总数；劳动人口competitivea. 竞争的organizern. person who organizes things 组织者mediationn. 调解partyn. one of the people or sides in an agreement or argument 一方；当事人graduallyad. slowly and by degrees.graduala.shrink (shrank, shrunk)vi. become less or smaller 减少；变小n. fixed limit of finishing a piece of work 最后期限station wagonn. 小型客车，客货两用车minimum (pl. minima or minimums)n. the smallest possible amount, number, etc. 最低限度的量、数等minimum wagen. the lowest wage permitted by law or by agreement for certain work 法定最工资odda. strange; unusualgoings-onn. activities, usu. of an undesirable kindcartonn. a cardboard box for holding goods 纸板箱（或盒） curbsiden. the area of sidewalk at or near curb（curb: 人行道的镶边石）enlistvt. obtain the support and help of; cause to join the armed forces 取得……的支持和帮助；征募trashn. waste material to be thrown away; rubbish垃圾pickupn. a small light truck with an open back used for light deliveries 小卡车；轻型货车overhearvt. hear by chance; hear without the knowledge of the speaker(s)无意中听到；偷听到financen. money matters; (used in pl.) money;(science of ) the management of funds财政；钱财；金融geezint.哎呀，呀salen. the act of selling sth.Phrases & Expressionsbring or come to a stop （使）停下a piece of cake(informal) sth. very easy to doeven asjust at the same moment asknow better thanbe wise or experienced enough not (to do sth.) 明事理而不至于be atbe occupied with, be doingmake a dent (in)make less by a very small amount; reduce slightly; make a first step toward s success(in)减少一点；取得初步进展cut intoreduce; decrease 减少have no businesshave no right or reason 无权，没有理由settle foraccept, although not altogether satisfactory （无可奈何地）满足于settle one's accountpay what one owes 结帐quite a whilea fairly long timedraw(sb.'s) attention tomake sb. notice, or be aware offor saleintended to be soldfor rentavailable to be rentedbe done withstop doing or using; finish 做完，不再使用may/might/could as wellwith equal or better effect 不妨，还不如，最好Proper NamesMontgomery Ward蒙哥马利—沃德百货公司Sears, Roebuck西尔斯—罗百克百货公司。
大学英语精读第三版第四册课文及课文翻译
大学英语精读第三版第四册课文及课文翻译Unit 1TextTwo college-age boys, unaware that making money usually involves hard work, are tempted by an advertisement that promises them an easy way to earn a lot of money. The boys soon learn that if something seems to good to be true, it probably is.BIG BUCKS THE EASY W AYJohn G. Hubbell"You ought to look into this," I suggested to our two college-age sons. "It might be a way to avoid the indignity of having to ask for money all the time." I handed them some magazines in a plastic bag someone bad hung on our doorknob. A message printed on the bag offered leisurely, lucrative work ("Big Bucks the Easy Way!") of delivering more such bags."I don't mind the indignity," the older one answered."I can live with it," his brother agreed."But it pains me," I said，"to find that you both have been panhandling so long that it no longer embarrasses you."The boys said they would look into the magazine-delivery thing. Pleased, I left town on a business trip. By midnight I was comfortably settled in a hotel room far from home. The phone rang. It was my wife. She wanted to know how my day had gone."Great!" I enthused. "How was your day?" I inquired."Super!" She snapped. "Just super! And it's only getting started. Another truck just pulled up out front.""Another truck?""The third one this evening. The first delivered four thousand Montgomery Wards. The second brought four thousand Sears, Roebucks. I don't know what this one has, but I'm sure it will be four thousand of something. Since you are responsible, I thought you might like to know what's happening.What I was being blamed for, it turned out, was a newspaper strike which made it necessary to hand-deliver the advertising inserts that normally are included with the Sunday paper. The company had promised our boys $600 for delivering these inserts to 4,000 houses by Sunday morning."Piece of cake!" our older college son had shouted." Six hundred bucks!" His brother had echoed, "And we can do the job in two hours!""Both the Sears and Ward ads are four newspaper-size pages," my wife informed me. "There are thirty-two thousand pages of advertising on our porch. Even as we speak, two big guys are carrying armloads of paper up the walk. What do we do about all this?""Just tell the boys to get busy," I instructed. "They're college men. They'll do what they have to do."At noon the following day I returned to the hotel and found an urgent message to telephone my wife. Her voice was unnaturally high and quavering. There had been several more truckloads of ad inserts. "They're for department stores, dime stores, drugstores, grocery stores, auto stores and so on. Some are whole magazine sections. We have hundreds of thousands, maybe millions, of pages of advertising here! They are crammed wall-to-wall all through the house in stacks taller than your oldest son. There's only enough room for people to walk in, take one each of the eleveninserts, roll them together, slip a rubber band around them and slide them into a plastic bag. We have enough plastic bags to supply every takeout restaurant in America!" Her voice kept rising, as if working its way out of the range of the human ear. "All this must be delivered by seven o'clock Sunday morning.""Well, you had better get those guys banding and sliding as fast as they can, and I'll talk to you later. Got a lunch date.When I returned, there was another urgent call from my wife."Did you have a nice lunch?" she asked sweetly. I had had a marvelous steak, but knew better by now than to say so."Awful," I reported. "Some sort of sour fish. Eel, I think.""Good. Your college sons have hired their younger brothers and sisters and a couple of neighborhood children to help for five dollars each. Assembly lines have been set up. In the language of diplomacy, there is 'movement.'""That's encouraging.""No, it's not," she corrected. "It's very discouraging. They're been as it for hours. Plastic bags have been filled and piled to the ceiling, but all this hasn't made a dent, not a dent, in the situation! It's almost as if the inserts keep reproducing themselves!""Another thing," she continued. "Your college sons must learn that one does not get the best out of employees by threatening them with bodily harm.Obtaining an audience with son NO. 1, I snarled, "I'll kill you if threaten one of those kids again! Idiot! You should be offering a bonus of a dollar every hour to the worker who fills the most bags."But that would cut into our profit," he suggested."There won't be any profit unless those kids enable you to make all the deliveries on time. If they don't, you two will have to remove all that paper by yourselves. And there will be no eating or sleeping until it is removed."There was a short, thoughtful silence. Then he said, "Dad, you have just worked a profound change in my personality.""Do it!""Yes, sir!"By the following evening, there was much for my wife to report. The bonus program had worked until someone demanded to see the color of cash. Then some activist on the work force claimed that the workers had no business settling for $5 and a few competitive bonuses while the bossed collected hundreds of dollars each. The organizer had declared that all the workers were entitled to $5 per hour! They would not work another minute until the bosses agreed.The strike lasted less than two hours. In mediation, the parties agreed on $2 per hour. Gradually, the huge stacks began to shrink.As it turned out, the job was completed three hours before Sunday's 7 a.m. deadline. By the time I arrived home, the boys had already settled their accounts: $150 in labor costs, $40 for gasoline, and a like amountfor gifts—boxes of candy for saintly neighbors who had volunteered station wagons and help in delivery and dozen roses for their mother. This left them with $185 each — about two-thirds the minimum wage for the 91 hours they worked. Still, it was "enough", as one of them put it, to enable them to "avoid indignity" for quite a while.All went well for some weeks. Then one Saturday morning my attention was drawn to the odd goings-on of our two youngest sons. They kept carrying carton after carton from various corners of the house out the front door to curbside. I assumed their mother had enlisted them to remove junk for a trash pickup. Then I overheard them discussing finances."Geez, we're going to make a lot of money!""We're going to be rich!"Investigation revealed that they were offering " for sale or rent" our entire library."No! No!" I cried. "You can't sell our books!""Geez, Dad, we thought you were done with them!""You're never 'done' with books," I tried to explain."Sure you are. You read them, and you're done with them. That's it. Then you might as well make a little money from them. We wanted to avoid the indignity of having to ask you for……"一个大学男孩，不清楚赚钱需要付出艰苦的劳动，被一份许诺轻松赚大钱的广告吸引了。
大学英语精读第四册UNIT1课后阅读WinterIce-CreamMan
大学英语精读第四册UNIT1课后阅读WinterIce-CreamManWinter Ice-Cream ManI had spplied for and obtained the job on Friday,received a day's training on Saturday,and now,on Sunday,as I was about to take out an ice-cream van for the first time on my own,I was horrified to see snow starting to fall.The streets and roads were swiftly blanketed.As I left home after breakfast,I shivered inwardly as well as outwardly;I was gloomy at the thought that not for this Sunday morning was the leisurely reading of Sunday papers to the accompaniment of extra cups of tea.I would have given much to have been able to call off the whole thing.But I needed the job;and I had to pay the tuition which was due the next month.Strangely enough,after the first painful day alone in the cold,snowy suburbs,I found myself doing the work quite happily in what turned out to be the coldest and snowiest weather for several years.The first day was long and lonely.I had very few customers until the late afternoon and I began to have a strong nostalgia for my own fireside as I sat in my little box on wheels and saw the houses beginning to light up at tea-time;especially when members of various families came out for ice-cream and fled back happily in the gathering darkness to their own particular oasis of warmth and light.Then,too,I had to learn to manage my tail-heavy vehicle--the ice-cream cabinet was at the back--on the icy roads and at the same time try to remember my route and stopping-places.Twice during the next two weeks I was caught in severesnowstorms;in both cases in late afternoon when dusk was falling.“The first time,fortunately,I had with me an experienced senior inspector who showed me how to get up a hill in deep snow.He skillfully drove the van to an acute angle to the pavement and used the curb for the rear wheels to push against.This sent the van several feet up the hill before it started to slide back to the curb at a higher point than our starting point.We gradually went up the hill--even if rather hard.”The second time I was caught in a snowstorm I found myself stuck in a valley from which all roads led steeply,and I finished up with the van at an angle on the wrong side of the road.Waiting for a large delivery van to slide by me so that I could try my “curb-pushing” method of hill climbing,I heard a faint tapping on the closed sliding window on the opposite side of the van--the normal serving side.I looked across from the driver's seat,but could see no one.The near-by street lamp shed little on the scene through the white screen of falling snow.The tapping came again,louder and more insistent.I went across and opened the window.A voice said firmly:“Four six-penny ices,please.”I stared in amazement.A queue extended backwards across the road,its tail lost to view in the driving snow.My customers,adults as well as children,had seen me from their houses and had come out,still in sweaters and slippers,with no extra protection against the snow.That afternoon I did more trade stuck therein the snow than when I stopped at the proper stopping places and chimed my arrival.My tutor,the previous driver,had declared several times that those who really like ice-cream would go to considerable trouble to obtain it.How right he was!One of my regular customers,who was a retired confectioner,told me of another sales factor in bad weather.He said that many people did not buy confectionery in advance.Rain or snow kept them from their usual Sunday afternoon walk or even from a tea-time trip to their nearest shop;if they were unable to fetch chocolate and sweets,ice-cream available right outside their homes was an sdmirable and easy substitute.What he said was true.Icy winds apart,bad weather in the form of fog,rain or snow,never did reduce sales.One aspect of retail selling was the getting of orders for regular ice-cream deliveries at a set time--usually for use as a sweet at lunch or dinner,or as an extra when viewing television.On one occasion when I had moved through a road in the morning and got a provisional order for that day from one housewife,I returned doubtfully at one o'clock in the midst of a snowstorm quite expecting her to cancel the order.To my surprise she doubled her provisional order and asked for a regular weekly visit.It was her busy morning and she was grateful for one less thing to do.Indeed,rarely were these regular orders cancelled,and in bad weather they formed a steady source of income.In the evening they solved an awkward problem,as casual selling,even though I kept to customary arrival times,needed some sort of notice to be given that I was outside with the van.I ried to keep my chimes reasonable,but I always too noisy for those who did not require ice-cream and never loud enough for those who did.。
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