大学英语精读第二册 Unit One
外教社大学英语精读第2册第1单元参考答案
外教社大学英语精读第2册第1单元参考答案Comprehension of the Text21.c2.b3.a4.d5.d6.b7.a8.cVocabulary41.extremely2.hazard3.pollute4.originally5.indicate6.survive7.atmosphere 8.conclusion 9.proceed 10.conference51.had paid attention to2.notice3.had noticed4.Pay attention to5.noticed6.attention has been paid to61.cost2.spend3.cost4.spend5.paid6.had been paid7.pay 8.pay 9.cost 10.has spent7.1.polluted2.indicated3.conclusion, hazard4.known as5.giving off6.type7.based on8.crashing into9.deadly 10.originally11.stick up 12.proceeded 13.as to 14.smashed(was/got smashed)81.The earth's surface is mostly composed of water.2.Ice and snow on the roads both create hazards for drivers during the Christmas season.3.The youngest child survived the earthquake, but the rest of the family died.4.Crime has made some streets in many American cities unfit to live.5.Several cars crashed into each other on the highway due to the fog.6.The rider of the motorbike made a signal with his arm for a left turn. Word Building9acceptance guideappearance performancearrive proposaldepend refusedifference removedisturb signalexist surviveconference insist101.dressmaker2.troublemaker3.weedkiller4.recordholder5.timekeeper6.a perso n who owns land7.a person who sells books8.a person whose work is building ships9.a person whose job is to drive a taxicab 10.an instrument for opening cans111.Henry couldn't take part in the sports meet because of his broken leg.2.We were sorry to hear that Mr. Davidson had to retire at the age of fifty because of his poor health.3.They didn't go to the concert because of the heavy snow.4.It was because of the noise that I couldn't fall asleep.121.It is rather difficult to pronounce.2.It is easy to explain as far as I know.3.It is as difficult to manage as Henry's.4.It will be fit to wear if you shorten the sleeves.5.To tell the truth, it is impossible to answer.6.It is not possible to see in advance.131.as far as I am concerned.2.As far as we students are concerned.3.As far as the method itself is concerned.4.As far as ability is concerned.5.as far as the acting and music are concerned.6.As far as the stucture is concerned.Cloze14(A)1.feasibility2.based on3.conclusions4.unfit5.polluted6.deadly7.atmosphere8.extremely 9.For another 10.survive 11.set back 12.proceed(B)1.he2.it3.danger4.problem5.different6.but7.others8.changing9.that10.continue 11.ourselves 12.future 13.ask 14.people 15.world 16.today17.necessary 18.environment 19.world 20.in 21.around 22.prevent 23.at24.protect 25.everyone 26.saveTranslation151.Gases such as carbon monoxide, emitted by factories and automobiles/cars, have seriously polluted the atmosphere.2.The industrial engineer's letter indicates that he doubts the feasibility of the plan.3.Many parents in the United States set aside a fund for their children's education before they are born.4.I have made sure that her conclusion is based on facts.5.The medical team, composed of three doctors and two nurses, set off for themountain(ous) area a few days ago.6.The village is named after the high mountain that stands in front of it.7.He was ill for about a week, which has really set him back in his studies.8.The war that broke out between the North and the South in 1861 is known in history as the American Civil War.7Reading ActivityExercise A1.smoke and fog2.that attracts3.suspicion4.from the senses5.not comfortable6.endure hardship or pain7.surgery8.being pollutedExercise B1.F2.T3.F4.F5.T6.F7.T8.TExercise C1.烟雾曾是洛杉矶的一大景观，如今却在全国各地－－从蒙大拿州的比尤特到纽约市－－随处可见；人们越来越习惯于受污染的天气，现在要他们呼吸点别的什么玩意儿，反而十分困难了。
大学英语精读第二册unit1
TEXT
A heated discussion about whether men are braver than women is settled in a rather unexpected way.
The Dinner Party
I first heard this tale in India, where it is told as if true -- though any naturalist would know it couldn't be. Later someone told me that the story appeared in a magazine shortly before the First World War. That magazine story, and the person who wrote it, I have never been able to track down.
6、spacious a.
7、bare a.
8、marble n.
9、rafter n.
10、veranda n.
6、big; having much space 广阔的；宽阔的 7、not covered (with a carpet); empty 不铺地毯的；赤裸的；光秃的 8、大理石 9、one of the sloping beams that support 椽 10、游廊，走廊，阳台
11、spirited a.
12、outgrow vt.(outgrew,outgrown)
13、era n.
14、reaction n./react vi.
15、crisis n.(pl.crises/'kraisi:z/)
大学英语精读第二册 Unit One：Is There Life on Earth？
大学英语精读第二册 Unit One：Is There Life onEarth？TEXTIt is humorous essay. But after reading it you will surely find that the author is most serious in writing it.Ts There Life on Earth?There was great excitement on the planet of Venus this week. For the first time Venusian scientists managed to land a satellite on the plant Earth, and is has been sending back signals as well as photographs ever since.The satellite was directed into an area know as Manhattan (named after the great Venusian astronomer1 Prof. Manhattan, who first discovered it with his telescope 20,000 light years ago).Because of excellent weather conditions and extremely strong signals, Venusian scientists were able to get valuable information as to the feasibility of a manned flying saucer landing on Earth. A press conference was held at the Venus Institute of Technology."We have come to the conclusion, based on last week'ssatellite landing," Prof. Zog said, "that there is no life on Earth.""How do you know this?" the science reporter of the Venus Evening Star asked."For one thing, Earth's surface in the area of Manhattan is composed of solid concrete and nothing can grow there. For another, the atmosphere is filled with carbon monoxide and other deadly gases and nobody could possibly breather thisair and survive.""What does this mean as far as our flying sauce program is concerned?""We shall have to take our own oxygen with us, which means a much heavier flying saucer than we originally planned.""Are there any other hazards that you discovered in your studier?""Take a look at this photo. You see this dark black cloud hovering2 over the surface of Earth? We call this the Consolidated3 Edison Belt. We don't know what it is made of, but it could give us a lot of trouble and we shall have to make further tests before we send a Venus Being there.""Over here you will notice what seems to be a river, but the satellite findings indicate it is polluted and the water is unfit to drink. This means we shall have to carry our own water, which will add even greater weight to the saucer.""Sir, what are all those tiny black spots on the photographs?""We're not certain. They seem to be metal particles that move along certain paths. They emit gases, make noise and keep crashing into each other. There are so many of these paths and so many metal particles that it is impossible to land a flying saucer without its being smashed by one.""What are those stalagmite projections4 sticking up?""They're some type of granite5 formations that give off light at night. Prof. Glom has named them skyscrapers6 since they seem to be scraping the skies.""If all you say is true, won't this set back the flying saucer program several years?""Yes, but we shall proceed as soon as the Grubstart gives us the added funds.""Prof. Zog, why are we spending billions and billions of zilches to land a flying saucer on Earth when there is nolife there?"Because if we Venusians can learn to breathe in an Earth atmosphere, then we can live anywhere."NEW WORDShumorousa. funny; that makers7 people laugh 幽默的humorn.essayn. 散文，随笔excitementn. the state or quality of being excitedplanet。
大学英语精读2 Unit 1
Did the hunter manage to ~the wounded deer?
Part two
Question for thinking
1. What was the subject of discussion between the young girl and the major? 2.What is their point of view respectively?
naked
bare feet
bald
3.Word formation
1)-al:can be added to nouns to form adj. with the meaning “of”, e.g. colonial=of a colony natural=of nature 2)-ous:can also be added to nouns to form adj. with the meaning “having much”, “full of”, e.g. spacious=having much space joyous=full of joy; causing joy
She has outgrown her passion for music.
7. jumping-on-a-chair-at-the-sight-of-a-mouse
This is a compound adjective formed from an attributive clause (the era) when they would jump on a chair at the sight of a mouse
中国铁娘子。
张海迪 (a famous writer)
大学英语精读2 中英对照
没人能呼吸这种空气而生存。”
“What does this mean as far as our flying saucer program is concerned?”
“这对我们的飞蝶计划意味着什么呢？”
从此卫星便一直不断地发回信号和照片。
The satellite was directed into an area known as Manhattan
卫星被发射到一个叫曼哈顿的地区
(named after the great Venusian astronomer Prof. Manhattan,
based on last week's satellite landing ,”Prof. Zog said,
根据一周进行的卫星地球着陆，”佐格教授说，
that there is no life on Earth.”
地球上不存在生命现象。”
“How do you know this?”
For the first time Venusian scientists managed to land a satellite on the planet Earth,
那里的科学家首次成功地将一颗卫星送上了地球，
and it has been sending back signals as well as photographs ever since.
“何以见得呢？”
the science reporter of the Venus Evening Star asked.
【精品】现代大学英语第二版精读2unit1课文翻译
Let me tell you one of the earliest disasters in my career as a teacher. It was January of 1940and I was fresh out of刚刚做完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." Twoweeks later we started Hamlet. Three weeks later he came into my office with his hands on hiships. "Look," he said, "I came here to be a pharmacist. Why do I have to read this stuff" Andnot having a book of his own to point to, he pointed to mine which was lying on the desk.给你们讲讲我刚当老师时候的一次失败经历吧。
那是1940年的1月，我从研究生院毕业不久，在堪萨斯城大学开始第一学期的教学工作。
一个瘦高，长得就像顶上有毛的豆角架一样的男学生走进我的课堂，坐下，双臂交叉放在胸前，看着我，好像在说：“好吧，教我一些东西。
”两周后我们开始学习《哈姆雷特》。
大学英语精读第二册第一、二课课文翻译
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The dinner party晚宴1. I first heard this tale in India, where is told as if true—though any naturalist would know it couldn’t be. Later someone told me that the story appeared in a magazine shortly before the First World War. That magazine story, and the person who wrote it, I have never been able to track down.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。
2.The country is India.A colonial official and his wife are giving a large dinner party. They are seated with their guests—officers and their wives, and a visiting American naturalist—in their spacious dining room, which has a bare marble floor, open rafters and wide glass doors opening onto a veranda.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。
大学英语精读Book2 Unit1
Characters (or People)
1. Who held the party?
A colonial official and his wife.
2. Who were present at the party?
Their guests and a visiting American naturalist. All together there are 21 persons.
Background Information
National Flag
The colors of the Indian flag were taken from the flag of the Indian National Congress. Dark orange represents courage and sacrifice. Green represents faith, fertility( 丰 饶 ） , and chivalry （ 骑 士 精 神 ） . White represents truth and peace. The emblem（徽 章） in the center is a wheel of life believed by Buddhists.
Background Information
Location and Capital India, officially called Republic of India, is a country in southern Asia, located on the subcontinent ( 次 大 陆 ） of India. It is bounded on the north by Afghanistan(阿富 汗), China, Nepal (尼泊尔), and Bhutan (不丹) ;on the
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Consolated Edison Belt
(爱迪生联合电气公司带) 这是一个作者杜撰出来的名词，由人们熟悉的两 个名词范爱伦辐射带(Van Allen Belt)和爱迪生联 合电气公司(Consolated Edison)构成的。 范爱伦辐射带是指环绕地球的两个辐射区，它是 James 以首先发现这两个辐射带的美国科学家James A. Van Allen的名字命名的。爱迪生联合电气公司是 一个联合的电气公司群体。最大的一家是托马斯. 爱迪生所建。 这些电厂使用大量的煤炭作为燃料，造成这一地 区的严重的空气污染。作者杜撰这一名词表明如 果人类不注重环保，那么日后我们的地球上空将 有一个由煤灰和烟雾所组成的污染带。
Manhattan (曼哈顿)
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。
南方和北方之间于一八六一年爆发的那场战争 在历史上称为“美国内战”。
8. The war that broke out in 1861 between the North and the South is known as “the American Civil War” in history.
同位语从句
6. The village was named after the high mountain sticking up in front of it.
他病了一个月左右,这使他在学习上耽误了很多。 （which）
7. He has been ill for about a month, which set him back a lot in his studies.
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。
manage: v. 设法完成，做成
name after: give the same name Hale Waihona Puke s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 after its first president George Washington. (美国首都是以第一任总统乔治.华盛顿的名 字命名的)
工厂和汽车发出的一氧化碳一类气体严重污染了大气。
1. The carbon monoxide from factories and cars seriously polluted the atmosphere.
那位工业管理工程师的来信表明，他对该项计 划是否可行有怀疑。
2. The letter from that industrial administration engineer indicates that he is doubtful about the feasibility of the plan.
几天前，由三位医生和两名护士组成的医 疗队出发到山区去了。
5. The medical team, which was made up of three doctors and two nurses, left for mountain areas several days ago.
这个村庄是以矗立在它前面的那座高山命名的。
Manhattan (曼哈顿)
曼哈顿有文化中心的美称，主要因为该区有下列机构：林 肯艺术表演中心、美国自然历史博物馆、大都会艺术博物 馆等。教育机构有哥伦比亚大学，市立大学亨特学院与纽 约大学。纽约公立图书馆是美国最大的研究图书馆之一。 百老汇地区包括有国家戏剧中心等。 纽约的金融和商业中心亦在曼哈顿。纽约股票交易中心和 美国许多大银行的主要办公大楼亦位于此区的华尔街 。 在商业区和住宅区的中间地带有全国最大的成衣业；麦迪 逊街成为广告与公共关系的代名词。 曼哈顿亦居美国出版中心的领导地区，美国国内4个主要 的广播网和3个 主要的电视网总部设在这里。
同位语从句一般由连词that引导，从句表达同位 词的具体内容，与表示修饰限定的定语从句不同。 另外，that引导同位语从句时虽然that没有什么实 际的意思，也不在它所引导的从句中做什么成分， 但是却不能省略。 e.g. 1. He came to the decision that he must act at once. (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。)
美国许多父母在孩子出生之前就为他们的教育 留出一笔专款。
3. Many American parents set funds aside for their children’s future education, even before they are born.
我已了解清楚，她的结论是事实为根据的。 4. I have made it clear that her conclusion is based on facts.
3. The fact that the prisoner was guilty was clear to everyone. (每个人都很清楚：这个囚犯有罪。) 4. I have a feeling that our team will win. (我感到我们队会赢。) 注意： 有时，同位语从句可以和同位词分 开，特别是同位语在主语部分，而谓语动 词又较短时。e.g. 4. The suggestion was made that they should leave tomorrow. (有人建议我们明天走。)
Background Information
Venus (金星) 它是太阳系中距离太阳第二近的行星，它在夜空中比 其它的行星或恒星明亮，其亮度仅次于太阳和月亮。日出 时它 被称为 “启明星”，日落时被称为“黄昏星”。金 星大气层中约95%为二氧化碳，其余大部分为氮。金星的 大气状况使生命不可能在金星上存在。 作者选用金星作为故事的发生场所，当金星人说“如 果金星人能学会在地球浑浊的大气中呼吸的话，他们就能 在任何地方生存”时，我们就能深刻体会到作者对地球的 环境污染问题的担忧了 。