现代大学英语精读3(第二版)unit9课后答案
现代大学英语精读课后习题答案
Unit11. By right action, we mean it must help promote personal interest.2. The poverty of the poor was caused by their having too many children.3. The rich were not to blame for the existence of poverty so they should not be asked to undertake the task of solving the problem.4. It is only the result or effect of the law of the survival of the fittest applied to nature or to human society.5. People began to reject Social Darwinism because it seemed to glorify brutal force and oppose treasured values of sympathy, love and friendship. Therefore, when it was mentioned, it was usually the target of criticism.6. The desire to find a way to justify the unconcern for the poor had not been abandoned; it had only been put off.7. Government officials, on the whole, are good; it is very rare that some would pay high prices for office equipment to get kickbacks.8. It is a very popular story and has been accepted by many but it is not true.9. Belief can be useful in the search for truth, but more often than not it is accepted because it is convenient and self-serving.10. George Gilder advances the view that only when the poor suffer from great misery will they be stimulated to make great efforts to change the situation, in other words, suffering is necessary to force the poor to work hard.1. 贫富不均乃共和政体最致命的宿疾;2. 他们的贫穷只是一种暂时性的不幸,如果他们贫穷但却温顺,他们最终将成为世界的主人;3. 热恋的夫妇应该在梅西百货商店过夜,而不是他们的新房;4. 美国这朵玫瑰花以其华贵与芳香让观众倾倒,赞不绝口,而她之所以能被培植就是因为在早期其周围的花蕾被插掉了,在经济生活中情况亦是如此;这是自然规律和上帝的意志在起作用;5.它已成为经济上收入不菲的行业;6. 没有哪种压迫比身无分文更厉害,也没有哪种对思想和行为的束缚比一无所有来得更全面彻底;7. 我们珍惜自由式对的;正因为珍惜自由,我们就不能以此为借口,不给最需要自由的人自由;8. 不管他们生活在埃塞俄比亚,还是在纽约的南部布朗克斯区,甚至是洛杉矶这样的天堂,人们都决心不去为这些人操心;9. 如上述所说,他在华盛顿高层当中有无比的威望;10. 同情心,加上与之相关的社会努力是人们这个年代,最令人不快的行为和行动方针; Unit31. What people do may unintentionally cause droughts, floods, and neat waves.2. The Earth we see in photos, posters, and ads, which appears so beautiful, is not the true reflection of the world we live in, such image lulls us into complacency.3. Human activities have taken place over such large areas and with such intensitythat they have already caused disastrous effects on ecology.4. The fish could play its role because it became a necessary link with the processes preceding it and the processes following it in the ecological system.5. When cars are produced to serve such narrow purposes, it is not surprising that some of their characteristic qualities are harmful to the environment.6. The farmer applied more and more fertilizer, and the production did rise but did not increase at the same rate of the fertilizer.7. People eat plants and animals, and their waste is flushed into the sewer system. After being processed, the waste is still waste. the residue will go into rivers, oceans, and will have harmful effect on the aquatic ecosystem.8. If the ecosystems are not upset by outside intrusion, they will remain the same with very little change.9. The characteristics of the objects and materials in the technosphere are rapid change and great variety.10. If we take side in the war of the two words, we are doing so at the risk of failing to have a clear understanding of the nature and cause of the war, thus, we lose the chance to really solve the grave environmental crisis.1. 我们一直在滥用这股强大的力量,就像传说中的魔术师的师弟一样,并没有意识到我们的这种行为很可能会导致灾难性的后果;2. 即使全球变暖这种灾害永不发生,即使臭氧层空洞仍然只是一种深奥的极地现象,人类的活动已经极大地的改变了全球的条件,这些也许是用照相机拍不出来的;3. 与生态圈相反,技术圈是由线性流程所决定的;4. 现在技术圈运作的能源主要是矿物燃料,一旦用完,永不再生;5. 尼龙不能进行生物分解—也就是说,现存的有机物中还没有发现哪种酶可以分解尼龙;6.~~有生命的东西创造了一系列对生命至关重要的有限但独立的物质和反应;7. 免费的午餐实际上是一种负债,在技术圈中,债务是指已承认但尚未归还的欠款;8. 当债务以技术圈制造的环境污染的形式出现,然后又转嫁到生态圈,这种债务将无法消除,造成破坏是不可避免的;Unit 4 Nettles1. The impact of Mike's leaving on my life was beyond my imagination. I didn't expect that Mike's leaving would have such a tremendous power that it would change the meaning of my existence completely. All my thoughts were about loss of Mike.2. At that time, we were young mothers, and we were supposed to lead a terribly busy life full of confusion and bewilderment caused by giving birth to and raising babies. and our minds were supposed to be fully occupied by how to feed the babies and things like that. However, in the midst of all this we still felt the need to discuss some of the important thinkers of our time like Simone de Beauvoir and Arthur Koestler and T. S. Eliot's sophisticated work "The Cocktail Party".3. I would be frightened, and my fear was not caused by my neighbor's visibly hostile and violent way of life, but by a kind of formless and hidden emptiness and meaninglessness of human existence. What happened around me was totally irrelevant to me, and I felt very isolated and alienated.4. She did not ask me about my new life, either out of subtle consideration for my feeling about this sensitive subject or out of disapproval for my new lifestyle.5. It would be a morally low thing, an indecent thing to commit infidelity in the house of a friend.6. I knew that he was a person who had experienced the worst in life, the hardest experience a person might have to endure.7. They experienced the worst together and they knew what it was like and understood the meaning of that experience. Such an experience posed the gravest test to people. If they stood the test, their friendship or marriage would be strengthened, and a sacred bondage would be formed between them. But if they failed the test, their relationship would be broken and they would be driven apart.8. If they acted on love, they would take risks. They wouldn't do that or go further in their relationship, but they would rather let their love remain as a sweet trickle, which would flow on gently and permanently, and as an underground resource, which would never be fully tapped but would never go dry.1. 这里的每一棵树都表现出某种神态;比如,榆树看上去宁静安详,橡树则咄咄逼人,枫树亲切友好,而山楂树则老气横秋、脾气暴躁;2. 当他喊我的名字时,我会紧张万分,全身蹭地就像过了电似的,一种狂热的忠诚感油然而生;3. 一天早晨,工作全部完成,这是意料中的事;井上了盖子,水泵重新安装好了,大家对清新的井水赞叹不已;4. 我们大约每周都要在我家或她家厨房小聚一次;孩子们总是不断打扰我们,有时我们还会因为缺觉而感到头晕目眩,于是我们就用大量的浓咖啡和香烟给自己提神,开始天南地北地聊天,所谈的话题无所不包：我们的婚姻、奋斗、个人的不足、既有趣又有些丢脸的动机,以及我们曾有过的理想抱负;5. 塞妮给了他干净的床单,免得在他留给我的床上重新叠被、铺床;6. 我睡地很浅,没完没了地做着充满情欲的梦,中间还穿插着令人不快的小情节;7. 紧挨着草地边上的灌木丛看上去似乎无法穿过,但走近了可以看到一些小缺口和窄窄的小径,这是被动物或找高尔夫球的人们踩出来的;8. 看上去,天空的一大部分似乎脱离了主体,喧闹着、果断地压向地面,那形状虽然说不出具体像什么,但像是一种活物的样子;9. 我们拥抱并不是出于身体的渴望,而是庆祝劫后余生的一种表示;Unit 6 Death of a Pig1. The tragedy has an ending---the killing of a pig and the serving of its killing deliberately planned and carried out efficiently, is the most serious type of murder. However,whether pigs should end their lives that way has never been questioned.2. A pig could not ask for any better living conditions;at least no pig has evera word,my pig lived in a pleasant environment.3. A pig couldn’t ask for any better living conditions; at least no pig has ever complained.4. Fred was quite excited about the was down at the pigpen all the time because of his swollen joints,he moved about face set apart the grass along the fence as he moved about. He was like a doctor,with his long, drooping ears dangling like a stethoscope,and he scrabbled on the ground as if he were prescribing some medicine.5. When it was time to dose the pig, Fred became even more excited,and he managed to get through the fence,and acted as if he was taking charge of the medical treatment.7. If a pig dies before he is supposed to, it is a serious matter for the whole community to whole community would share the sadness for his death.8. The purpose of this essay is to show that I am sorry for what has happened to my pig,since I have failed to raise the pig and cannot provide a reason why my pig could’t grow the way other pigs have grown.9. The pig's grave in the woods doesn't have a tombstone,but whenever somebody wants to visit it,Fred will show him the know we will often visit it,separate or together,when we need to ponder over problems or when we are depressed. 1. 他站在那儿,轻轻地吮吸着剩下的油,有几滴从嘴唇边漏了出来;他看着我,害羞的短睫毛下那原本淘气的眼睛里充满了邪恶和憎恨;2. 我们正在经历一段非常反常的天气,闷热且雾气沉沉;浓雾每晚笼罩着村庄,中午的几个小时雾会渐渐散去,但傍晚时又悄悄地潜回,先是覆盖树梢,接着一下子飘过田地,挡住了外面的世界,把整个村庄的房屋、人和动物都裹在其中;3. 对于羞涩的、刚断奶的小猪,这一招常常很有效,能诱使他们吃东西；但对于一头生病的大猪,这个做法却丝毫没有意义,我发出的声音肯定只会让他觉得更难受;4. 看到一头健康的猪精力充沛,人们常常也感到自己也是精力充沛;看到它狼吞虎咽地吃掉槽里的食物,人们就像是预订了今后的大餐;而当这一切突然结束,槽中的食物丝毫没动,任其在阳光下发馊时,猪的不适也就让人觉得自己也不舒服,生活变得失去了安全感,失去了平衡,变得转瞬即逝;5. 现在这头猪的命运和我的命运紧紧地联系在一起,似乎冲洗直肠的橡皮管就是连接我们情感的纽带;从他生病到死去,我无时无刻不想着他;如何想尽办法让他脱离苦海成了我心里想的唯一的事情;6. 这种醒悟来得太过突然,使我深感不安,因为我知道世事难料,在猪身上发生的事情同样也有可能在我身边其他看似平静之处发生;我想忘记这个令人不快的想法,但它总是不停地出现;7. 我们大家凭着紧急情况下所产生的本能的合作精神,在黑暗中默契地配合;猪并没有反抗,屋子笼罩在黑暗中,给人一种安全感和亲切感;8. 关于这最后一幕的描写显得有些冗长——阴沉的天空、杂乱的树丛、即将来临的降雨,以及传说中与尸体作伴的蚯蚓和烤猪时常用作点缀的苹果;Unit 8 A Rose for Emily1. The street used to house only the best then great changes took place:garages and cotton gins were established on the street and their existence wiped out the aristocratic traces in that neighborhood.2. It would not be true to say that miss Emily would have accepted charity.3. What the ladies said meant that they did not in the least believe a man, any man,could keep a kitchen properly.4. The Griersons regarded themselves as very important and the outside world as vulgar and full of people inferior to belonged to two entirely different ,the complaints about the smell served as a link between the two different worlds and compelled miss Emily to deal with the outside world.5. The next day the mayor received two more complaints. One of them was from a man who came and pleaded to the mayor in a shy and timid way.6. People in the town felt that the Grierson family regarded themselves more important than they really deserved to be. The fact that miss Emily great-aunt,old lady Wyatt,had gone crazy had to do with this blind,excessive self-importance.7. Ordinary people often become excited or worried when they get a penny more or a penny poor,now she would learn to appreciate the value of money like other people in the town.8. But there were still others,older people,who said that no matter how sad miss Emily was over her father death,she should not forget she had certain obligations as a member of the nobility,though a real lady would not describe her self-restraint by the expression noblesse oblige.10. And the very old men confused the dates and years of past happenings. To the old people, all the past should be like a road that becomes smaller as it reaches further back. But to those old Southerners, the recent past of ten years or so was like a bottleneck, a narrow passage, things were pleasantly and fondly mixed up together. Like the green grass on the meadow never touched by the winter, their memories of the remote past remained blurred, sweet, romanticized, and unchanged.1. 艾米丽·格里尔森小姐过世了,我们全镇人都去参加她的葬礼;男人们去是出于一种尊敬,因为一座纪念碑倒下了；女人们则大多是出于好奇,想看看她房子里面到底是什么样的;因为除了一位兼任花匠和厨师的老男仆之外,起码有十年没人踏进过她家的大门了;2. 现在艾米丽小姐也加入到那些名门望族代表的行列之中了;他们在令人沉思的雪松的陪伴下长眠于公墓,他们的墓碑周围埋葬着一排排南北战争中在杰斐逊战场上阵亡的南军和北军的无名战士;3. 艾米丽小姐在世时,一直是传统的化身,履行职责和给予关照的对象,这是全镇人沿袭下来的一种义务;4. 老男仆把他们引进光线黯淡的门厅,厅里的楼梯通向更加阴暗的楼上;5. 他们落座时,一股细细的灰尘在他们大腿周围慢慢扬起,尘粒在房间里唯一的太阳光束中缓缓地旋转着;6. 因为她的骨架小,换了别人只是有点富态,而到她身上就显得肥胖了;8. 甚至举行葬礼时这家都没派人出席;9. 艾米丽就那样瞪着她,她的头向后仰,以便能与他对视,一直看得他转移了目光,走进去取了砒霜并包好;Unit 9 The Bluest Eye3. If his needs were physical, she could meet them. She could make him comfortable and give him enough or even more than enough to satisfy his physical needs.4. Geraldine had seen black girls like Pecola at many places and many times in the past.5. On the one hand, they were ignorant and uncomprehending. They did not ask question why their lives were miserable. On the other hand, as they were poverty-stricken and practically had nothing, their eyes revealed their desire for anything that could make their lives easier.6. In the eyes of these girls one can see that they were in despair, without any hope for the future, and that their life was nothing but a waste.1.她们在窗上挂了一块硬纸板做的牌子,上面的三边分别写着10磅,25磅,50磅,第四边写着“不要冰块”;2.她们就读于政府拨地建造的大学以及师范学院;她们学习如何把服务白人的工作做得更细致：学家政是为了给他们烧饭做菜；学当老师是为了教育黑人孩子顺从；学音乐是为了让疲惫的主人身心放松,为他那业已麻木的灵魂提供消遣;3.她只需斜眼看他一下,他就知道该到房后的走廊上去抽烟;4.当她轻轻地抚摸他时,他会满意地舔着毛,伸着懒腰,张开嘴巴;5.小路易把运动场看成是他自己的,小学生们都羡慕他有这么多自由,可以睡懒觉,可以回家吃午饭,放学后还能控制运动场;6.他最喜欢玩“山大王”的游戏,喜欢被他们推下土山坡,让他们滚在他身上;7.她深深得沉浸在对花的欣赏之中,突然,小路易喊道,“给你”8.佩克拉拼命拍门,这让他笑得更厉害了;他尖声笑着,几乎喘不过气;9.不过,头垂得再低,她也看得到雪花纷纷飘落到人行道上并立即消融;。
现代大学英语精读第二版课后答案
现代大学英语精读第二版课后答案【篇一：现代大学英语精读第二版课后练习答案】txt>4 translate the following sentences using words and expressions taken from the text.1. 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。
大学英语精读第三册Lesson 9
Vocabulary
1. acquisition [,æ kwɪ'zɪʃən] n. (1) the act of gaining possession of sth. in addition to the company’s property 购置， 购置物 /c u/ e.g. They have made acquisitions in several EU countries. 购买了一些产业 e.g. the acquisition of share by employees 雇员购股 (2) the act of getting sth., esp. knowledge, a skill etc. （知识、技能等的）获得，得到 e.g. language acquisition 语言习得 v. acquire
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Lesson 8—Globalization’s Dual Power
II. Hand in Hand
We can see the five in the sky We feel the ____of our hearts together This is our time to ____ above We know the _____ is here to live forever For all time (Reffrain:) beating rise chance stand
8.depart v. (1) leave someplace and start a trip to another place • e.g. In the morning Mr. McDonald departed for Sydney. (2) do sth. in an unusual and unexpected way • e.g. The new method departs from the old in all respects. • 这种新方法与旧方法在各个方面都不同
现代大学英语听力3原文及答案unit9
Unit 9Task 1【原文】Compere: And now for our first question. It comes from Mrs. June Moore. Mrs. MooreMrs. Moore: Does the panel think that computers will change our livesCompere: Mrs. Moore wants to know if computers will change our lives. Philip BarnesPhilip Barnes: Computers have already changed our lives. Business is more efficient.Planes and trains provide a better service...Miss Anderson: Just a moment, Mr. Barnes. You may be right about business, but how many people have lost their jobs because of computersComputers have changed our lives, but I don't want my life changed. Arthur Haines: Excuse me, Miss Anderson. We're talking about our lives, not your life.The computer will affect everyone in the world. Records can be keptof everything we do. Records will be kept of all our private lives. Inmy opinion, the computer is the greatest disaster of the 20thcentury.Phyllis Archer: Could I interrupt Arthur Haines says the computer is a disaster, but the computer is a machine. It was invented by people; it is used bypeople. If the computer is a disaster, then people are a disaster.Compere: Thank you, Phyllis Archer. Thank you, panel. And thank you, Mrs. Moore.Task 2【答案】A.1) It includes a 9-inch TV screen, a keyboard with 46 numbers and characters on it, a printer, and two disk drives.2) It's all contained right on the floppy disk.3) It’s much better than a typewriter in that one can move words or sentences fro mplace to place or make corrections or changes right on the screen, and never have to erase on paper.4) It can help him make a monthly budget for his household with electronic spreadsheet software.B.1) loads your program into the machine2) typewriter, typewriter,3) turning the computer on and loading a program4) the different things the program can do【原文】Narrator: For Harvey Van Runkle, it was love at first sight, or should we say, love at first byte Really, it is 64,000 bytes—that's the size of the memory on hisnew BANANA-3 personal computer. It all happened by accident. His wife,Charlotte, had sent him out to buy a new toaster, when he found himselfstanding in front of a computer display at the BANANA Computer Store. Salesman: Yes, ladies and gentlemen, this little computer is going to change your lives.Just consider the hardware: You have a 9-inch TV screen. That’s your videodisplay terminal. You have a keyboard with 46 numbers and characters onit. You have a printer that will give you paper printouts of your work inthree colors. You have two disk drives—one inside the computer terminaland one outside. This computer can do anything! Now let’s have a littledemonstration. Who would like to try the new BANANA-3 computer You,sir. You look interested. Step right up and try the BANANA-3.Harvey: What's a d-disk driveSalesman: That's the part of the computer that loads your program into the machine. Harvey: Oh. What's a programSalesman: The program That's your software. That's the instructions. It's all contained right on this floppy disk here. The instructions on this disk tellthe computer what to do.Harvey: Oh, you mean like my wife. She always tells me what to do.Salesman: Exactly. Now what type of program would you like I have word processing,I have electronic spreadsheet...Harvey: What's word processingSalesman: Word processing is using the computer like a typewriter. But it's much better than a typewriter. You can move words or sentences from place toplace or make corrections or changes right on the screen. You never haveto erase on paper. It's a wonderful little program! Would you like to try it,Mr...Harvey: Van Runkle. Harvey Van Runkle. I've never used a computer before... Salesman: It's easy. First we start up the machine, and then boot up a program. Harvey: Boot upSalesman: That's computer talk for turning the computer on and loading a program.There. Now we look at the menu.Harvey: Menu But I just had lunch. I'm not hungry.Salesman: No, no. This is a program menu, not a restaurant menu. It shows the different things the program can do. For example, here we have "file". Ifyou select file, you can choose which of your documents you want towork on. And here’s “edit”. This gives you ways to correct your document. Harvey: Gee, this is great! There's only one problem.Salesman: What's thatHarvey: I don't have any documents. I'm a plumber.Salesman: But you have bills, don't youHarvey: Yeah, but...Salesman: Well, with our electronic spreadsheet software, you can make a monthly budget for your household.Harvey: No. My wife, Charlotte, does that.Salesman: Well, now you can do it, Harvey.Harvey: I don't know...Salesman: And you have friends, don't youHarvey: Yeah, well there's my brother-in-law Bob...Salesman: Great! You can write letters to Bob on your new BANANA-3 computer!Harvey: Okay. How much is itSalesman: Never mind. Do you have a credit cardHarvey: Well, sure...Salesman: Great. Joe, get Harvey here signed up, will you He wants a BANANA-3 witha printer and software. Okay, step right up, ladies and gentlemen. Thiscomputer can do anything!Task 3【答案】A.1) They are important because they are able to measure quantities such as electricity and temperature.2) Digital computers.3) Only one person at a time can use them.4) It is because their owners do not spend enough time learning how to operate them efficiently.5) Each person who uses a minicomputer has a computer terminal that is connected to the minicomputer by interface wires. With the help of the operating system, the CPU is able to divide its time and perform for all the users.B.Similarities and Differences between Microcomputers andThere are two primary kinds of computers: analog computers and digital computers. Unless you are a scientist, you probably will not use analog computers.These computers are important because they are able to measure quantities such as electricity and temperature.In contrast, digital computers perform their tasks by counting. Some digital computers are built to help solve only a specific kind of problem. For example, digital computers that monitor airplanes flying in and out of airports are built only for that task. Most digital computers, though, can be used to help solve many kinds of problems. Among them, microcomputers and minicomputers are two kinds of common digital computers.Microcomputers, also called personal computers, are the newest computers. Many are about the size of a very small television set. Some, however, are so small and light that people can carry them easily on business trips. Because computer manufacturers produce an enormous amount of computer hardware, it is possible for anyone to own and use a microcomputer. Therefore, we now see these machines in many homes, schools, and businesses. There is one disadvantage to these computers, though. Only one person at a time can use them. Also, many people who buy microcomputers do not understand what these machines can and cannot do. Some experts say that almost half of all micro-computers are not used often because their owners do not spend enough time learning how to operate them efficiently.Like microcomputers, minicomputers are used in small businesses. However, they are larger than microcomputers and are used more frequently in large offices and businesses than in small businesses. Another difference is that more than one person can use a minicomputer at the same time. We call this time-sharing. Some minicomputers can have more than a hundred people time-sharing them. Each person who uses a minicomputer has a computer terminal that is connected to the minicomputer by interface wires. But even though more than one person can use a minicomputer, the computer has only one CPU. With the help of the operating system, the CPU is able to divide its time and perform for all the users.Task 4【答案】A.1) It wasn't the typical low mechanical voice that sounded like a record being playedat too slow a speed. It sounded natural. It had charm to it.2) Lupa had once heard that even a sophisticated analog computer couldn't pick up certain subtleties in the English language, no matter how good the programming is.3) When Lupa stood up and walked around the room, it was evident to her that somewhere in the building, listening through an intercom was someone with a microphone.B.1) They're running a contest. The kids are supposed to name me. I'm dreading the whole thing, believe me.2) You know something; I thought you'd be different. Just once today I was hoping I'd get someone who wouldn't try to beat the program.3) You wouldn't happen to know what day of the week September the fourteenth, 1321, fell on, would youIt was a Sunday; but how do you know whether I'm right Thank you for visiting thecomputer exhibit.【原文】Lupa laughed. She liked the voice that had been selected for the computer. It wasn't the typical low mechanical voice that sounded like a record being played at too slow a speed. It sounded natural. It had charm to it."Do you have a name" Lupa asked."Not yet," the computer answered. "They're running a contest. The kids are supposed to name me. I'm dreading the whole thing, believe me."Now Lupa thought this was clever, the way they had programmed the computer. She wondered if there was some way to screw up the program. She had once heard that even a sophisticated analog computer couldn't pick up certain subtleties in the English language, no matter how good the programming is, so she decided to give it a try."My paws give me pause," she said.The computer was silent."My paws give me pause," Lupa repeated. "It's a clause without claws."Lupa waited in silence for a response."You know something," the computer said. "I thought you'd be different. Just once today I was hoping I'd get someone who wouldn't try to beat the program."Lupa smiled. "This was marvelous," she thought to herself. "They'd thought of everything.""Sorry," she said. "Mi dispiace.""Ah, you speak Italian," the computer said with some sarcasm."Qui, d'accord," Lupa answered. "C'est vrai.""And French, too. Your French is better than your Italian. Though neither one is great. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to shut down. It's closing time."Lupa stood up and walked around the room. It was evident to her that somewhere in the building, listening through an intercom was someone with a microphone. She thought about how to test for this."You wouldn't happen to know what day of the week September the fourteenth, 1321, fell on, would you" Lupa asked."It was a Sunday," the computer answered, "but how do you know whether I'm right Thank you for visiting the computer exhibit."Task 5【答案】A.1) b) 2) c)B.1) F 2) F 3) F 4) T【原文】Hello. I think we can begin now if you're ready. Um, today I want to talk to you about computers, about the impact of computers on how we talk, on the ways we talk. Now of course we all know that computers have changed our lives in many ways. Stop and think for a minute about how we use computers in our everyday life. It's hard to think of anything we do that hasn't been changed by computers. For example, computers allow us to get money directly from our bank accounts at cash machines. At hospitals, computers help doctors understand what is wrong with patients. We can use computers to help us decide which color to paint our houses, which hair styles to have, or which dresses or suits would look good on us--lots of professional and personal uses. Computers are simply a part of our lives, and, I think it is safe to say, they will continue to be. What I'd like to look at today is how the use of computers has had an impact on our language--how computers have changed the expressions we say, the words we use.First, let me give you some examples. These are examples from English that I'd like you to think about. The first example is this. Someone at an office says, "We'd like to have the project online by next Monday." In computer talk "online" means started or working. So this statement means that we'd like to have the project started and going by next Monday.The second example is from a discussion or seminar. Someone might say, "Let's take this discussion offline until tomorrow." To take a computer "offline" means to disconnect it or take it out of the system. What do you think it means to take a discussion offline To take a discussion "offline" means to stop talking about it. This example means "let's stop discussing this now and talk about it tomorrow."The third example is: "I'll try to interface my plans with yours." To "interface", in computer talk, means to do something so that different computer parts or software can work together. So "I'll try to interface my plans with yours" means that "I'll try to change my plans to fit with yours." People still say, of course, "I'll try to change my plans to fit with yours." But now we might also start to hear people say, "I'll try to interface my plans with yours," or "Let's see if we can interface our schedules so that we can meet next week."Let’s try one more example. Our fourth example might take place at home. Someone says,” I just can’t access where I left my car keys.” In computer talk to “access” something means to make information available. If I can’t access where I left my keys, I don’t have this information available for me to use. What would be another way to say this Of course, we could also say, “I can’t remember where I put my keys.”Task 6【答案】1) Cyber ethics.2) It will focus on teaching educators how to teach their students cyber ethics.3) Because it’s not done verbally so that people can overhear it; they think it’s anonymous on the Internet.4) She was a former principal and an adjunct professor at Marymount University,teaching curriculum development and technology in the classroom.5) Young computer users do not see hacking, e-mail threats, cyber talking,Intellectual Property Rights violations and virus distribution as crimes.6) She said that it is something that needs to be instructed as routine curriculum, and student should know that these behaviors are as unacceptable in cyberspace as in the physical realm.【原文】Although schools are doing a better job at teaching children how to use the Internet, they are not addressing cyber ethics. "Cyber Ethics: Teaching Responsible Use of Technology" will focus on teaching educators how to teach their students cyber ethics.When typical crimes are committed on the Internet, students do not see them as a crime, said Cherie Geide, the conference director."They don't see anything wrong with it because they see it as a prank. It's more unacceptable to do it verbally where people can overhear it. They think it's anonymous on the Internet," said Geide, a former principal and an adjunct professor at Marymount University, teaching curriculum development and technology in the classroom.Geide said young computer users do not see hacking, e-mail threats, cyber talking, Intellectual Property Rights violations, such as in software or music, and virus distribution as crimes."This is something that needs to be instructed as routine curriculum," she said, "that this behavior is as unacceptable in cyberspace as in the physical realm.Task 7【答案】A.1) It's Microsoft's SANTA that the kids can't resist; it's the ultimate software with atraditional twist—recommended by no less than the jolly old elf, and on the package, a picture of Santa himself.2) Father did last-minute Internet shopping; Mum and I had just settled down for a long winter’s nap.B.1) not a creature was stirring, except father's mouse. The computer was humming; the icons were hopping2) were hung next to the modem with care in the hope that Santa would bring new software3) were nestled all snug in their beds, with visions of computer games filling their leads4) now had been re-routed to Washington State where Santa's workshop had been moved by Bill Gates5) now finds he's a new billionaire; with a shiny red Porsche in place of his sleigh, anda house on Lake Washington just down the way from where Bill has his mansion; preens in black Gucci boots and red Calvin Klein jeans6) no more dolls or tin soldiers or little toy drams, only compact disk ROMs with the Microsoft label7) a new Christmas star, owned by the Microsoft guy8) turned on with a Jingle-Bells sound, as I sprang from my bed and was turning around9) a smiling Bill Gates next to jolly old Santa, two arm-in-arm matesexclaim in voices so bright, have a Microsoft Christmas, and to all a good night【原文】It was the night before Christmas, and all through the house not a creature was stirring, except father's mouse. The computer was humming; the icons were hopping, as father did last-minute Internet shopping.The stockings were hung next to the modem with care in the hope that Santa would bring new software. The children were nestled all snug in their beds, with visions of computer games filling their leads.The letters to Santa had been sent out by Mum, to, which now had beenre-routed to Washington State where Santa's workshop had been moved by Bill Gates. All the elves and the reindeer had had to skedaddle to flashy new quarters in suburban Seattle.Alter living a life that was simple and spare, Santa now finds he's a new billionaire; with a shiny red Porsche in place of his sleigh, and a house on Lake Washington just down the way from where Bill has his mansion. The old fellow preens in black Gucci boots and red Calvin Klein jeans.No more dolls or tin soldiers or little toy drams will be under the tree, only compact disk ROMs with the Microsoft label. So spin up your drive from now on, Christmas runs only on Windows 95.It's Microsoft's SANTA that the kids can't resist; it's the ultimate software with a traditional twist—recommended by no less than the jolly old elf, and on the package,a picture of Santa himself."Get 'em young, keep 'em long" is Microsoft's theme; and a merger with Santais a marketer's dream. "To the top of the NASDAQ! To the top of the Dow! Now dash away! Dash away! Dash away—wow!"And Mum in her handkerchief and me in my cap, had just settled down for a long winter's nap. When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter, the whirr and the hum of our satellite platter. As it turned toward that new Christmas star in the sky, the SANTALITE owned by the Microsoft guy. As I sprang from my bed and was turning around, my computer turned on with a Jingle-Bells sound.And there on the screen was a smiling Bill Gates next to jolly old Santa, two arm-in-arm mates. And I heard them exclaim in voices so bright, have a Microsoft Christmas, and to all a good night!Task 8【答案】A.1) You would need a computer because of its "memory" and speed; a computer can consider more factors than a person can.2) The reservation clerk uses a machine to record information about where you wantto go and the flight number of the plane that will take you to your destination.3) The computer not only determines what seats are available at what prices, but it also prints the tickets at the same time.B.1) there is a limit to the number of considerations the human mind can2) analyzing this factor in relation to information about the business that has already been programmed3) in which computers are being4) whether or not there is space for youC. See the last paragraph but one in the script.【原文】Suppose you are a manufacturer of bicycles. You are trying to decide whether or not to build a larger factory or to buy more machines. You could just say to yourself, "Business has been good. We've sold a lot of bicycles recently, so I think we ought to expand our plant."Or you could consider such questions as the following: How much would the changes cost Can the bicycle-riding population be expected to increase or decrease Many such questions would have to be answered, but there is a limit to the number of considerations the human mind can take into account.In a situation like this, you would need a computer. Because of its "memory" and speed, a computer can consider more factors than a person can. Does the bicycle manufacturer wonder how the weather will affect bicycle sales The computer can tell him by analyzing this factor in relation to information about the business that has already been programmed into the computer.This is just one of many situations in which computers are being used today. This new servant of man is only about twenty-five years old, but it has already changed the lives of more than 200 million Americans. Wherever the citizen turns, he finds a computer working.Computers are used when one reserves space on an airplane. Walk into any airline office. Before selling you a ticket, the reservation clerk uses a machine that looks like a typewriter to record information about where you want to go and the flight number of the plane that will take you to your destination. This information is sent instantly to a central computer that may be many kilometers away from the airline office. Within seconds, the computer informs the clerk whether or not there is space for you on that plane.Such reservation systems are now in increasing use. They are also employed by hotels, by com-panics that rent cars, and by offices that sell tickets to theaters and sports events. The computer not only determines what seats are available at what prices, but it also prints the tickets at the same time.When computers are used in the way just described, some part of the system can actually be seen. Usually what one sees is a machine that looks like a typewriter; it is called a computer terminal. But computers are also used in unseen ways. For example, they determine how much time there should be between traffic signals to prevent traffic problems and to keep millions of cars moving in an orderly flow. When you buy an automobile, a factory process that is controlled by a computer enables you to obtain a car with your own choice of colours and special features in just a few weeks' time. In medical laboratories, computers have reduced the errors in testing, and they have saved doctors countless hours of work. Before long, medical histories of all Americans will be kept in computer "banks". If a person becomes ill far from his home, local doctors will be able to get his medical record immediately. In science, the computer has performed in minutes experiments which would have required thousands of hours of work by human hands and minds.The United States is not the only country affected by the "computer revolution". All the major countries of the world have computers, and the developing countries areincreasingly aware that computers play a big part in their economic advancement.Task 9【答案】A. 1) a) 2) b) 3) c)B. 1) T 2) F 3) FC.1) potential criminals: Computer crime2) using less obvious and less easily remembered passwords that allow access to3) limit the user's access to information as well as the operations the userD.Courts are being tougher and computer security is improving. Computer security is getting more sophisticated. For example, less obvious passwords are being used, and access-control software and "dial back" systems have been developed. Scrambling devices and audit trails are also available.【原文】Let's talk a little now about what is being done to stop computer crime. First, the courts are getting much tougher on hackers. They are punishing computer criminals more severely. They are trying to send a strong message to potential criminals: Computer crime is serious. If you're caught doing it, you'll be punished. This is seen as a way of preventing hacking.Computer security is getting more sophisticated. It's being improved by using less obvious and less easily remembered passwords that allow access to systems. These passwords should be given to the minimum number of people.Access-control software is becoming more common. This software limits the user's access to information as well as the operations the user can perform. So, for example, access control software might only let users read certain files or programs, but not let them input data, and may keep them out of other files entirely.Then there are "dial back" systems that ask the user or caller for a password. The system then checks the password in a directory and calls the user back at his or her telephone number. This stops hackers who are calling from another number from gaining access to the system.Scrambling devices are also being developed by computer engineers. These devices scramble messages so that hackers can't understand them. Data can be unscrambled and used only if the scrambling key is known by the user. Scrambling is a very effective way of protecting information.Audit trail software is also now available. Audit trails monitor the use of a computer and alert owners to any attempt to enter their computer system. It is usually possible to identify any user who gained access to the system and when the access occurred, making it possible to trace the hacker.Well, those are some of the major things that are happening at the present time in order to decrease computer crime. None of them is completely satisfactory, but together they are certainly helping. These changes, as well as the improvements that are certain to come, should influence people to stop hacking by making it less profitable and more risky.Task 10【原文】"The astronauts are returning to earth at exactly 5:24. Splashdown will be in the Pacific, 427ciles west of Hawaii."You have often heard announcements like this on television. Scientists can tell us exactly when pace-capsule will arrive on the moon, for instance, and exactly when it will return. They can calculate things like this to the nearest second. How do they do it Well, of course, they use mathematics. We can all do simple sums on paper, but we must use computers for extremely difficult calculations. Perhaps you have seen mechanical calculating machines in banks and offices. Computers aren't mechanical. They don't have wheels and gears in them. Instead, they work on electrical circuits and can do difficult calculations at tremendous speed. They can work 100 million times faster than the human mind!。
现代大学英语听力3原文及答案unit9
Unit 9Task 1【原文】Compere: And now for our first question. It comes from Mrs. June Moore. Mrs. Moore?Mrs. Moore: Does the panel think that computers will change our lives?Compere: Mrs. Moore wants to know if computers will change our lives. Philip Barnes?Philip Barnes: Computers have already changed our lives. Business is more efficient. Planes and trains provide a better service... Miss Anderson: Just a moment, Mr. Barnes. You may be right about business, but how many people have lost their jobs because of computers?Computers have changed our lives, but I don't want my lifechanged.Arthur Haines: Excuse me, Miss Anderson. We're talking about our lives, not your life. The computer will affect everyone in the world.Records can be kept of everything we do. Records will be keptof all our private lives. In my opinion, the computer is thegreatest disaster of the 20th century.Phyllis Archer: Could I interrupt? Arthur Haines says the computer is a disaster, but the computer is a machine. It was invented bypeople; it is used by people. If the computer is a disaster,then people are a disaster.Compere: Thank you, Phyllis Archer. Thank you, panel. And thank you, Mrs. Moore.Task 2【答案】A.1) It includes a 9-inch TV screen, a keyboard with 46 numbers and characters on it, a printer, and two disk drives.2) It's all contained right on the floppy disk.3) It’s much better than a typewriter in that one can move words or sentences from place to place or make corrections or changes right on the screen, and never have to erase on paper.4) It can help him make a monthly budget for his household with electronic spreadsheet software.B.1) loads your program into the machine2) typewriter, typewriter,3) turning the computer on and loading a program4) the different things the program can do【原文】Narrator: For Harvey Van Runkle, it was love at first sight, or should we say, love at first byte? Really, it is 64,000 bytes—that'sthe size of the memory on his new BANANA-3 personal computer.It all happened by accident. His wife, Charlotte, had sent himout to buy a new toaster, when he found himself standing in frontof a computer display at the BANANA Computer Store. Salesman: Yes, ladies and gentlemen, this little computer is going to change your lives. Just consider the hardware: You have a 9-inchTV screen. That’s your video display terminal. You have akeyboard with 46 numbers and characters on it. You have a printerthat will give you paper printouts of your work in three colors.You have two disk drives—one inside the computer terminal ando ne outside. This computer can do anything! Now let’s have alittle demonstration. Who would like to try the new BANANA-3computer? You, sir. You look interested. Step right up and trythe BANANA-3.Harvey: What's a d-disk drive?Salesman: That's the part of the computer that loads your program into the machine.Harvey: Oh. What's a program?Salesman: The program? That's your software. That's the instructions.It's all contained right on this floppy disk here. Theinstructions on this disk tell the computer what to do. Harvey: Oh, you mean like my wife. She always tells me what to do. Salesman: Exactly. Now what type of program would you like? I have word processing, I have electronic spreadsheet...Harvey: What's word processing?Salesman: Word processing is using the computer like a typewriter. Butit's much better than a typewriter. You can move words orsentences from place to place or make corrections or changesright on the screen. You never have to erase on paper. It's awonderful little program! Would you like to try it, Mr... Harvey: Van Runkle. Harvey Van Runkle. I've never used a computer before...Salesman: It's easy. First we start up the machine, and then boot up a program.Harvey: Boot up?Salesman: That's computer talk for turning the computer on and loadinga program. There. Now we look at the menu.Harvey: Menu? But I just had lunch. I'm not hungry.Salesman: No, no. This is a program menu, not a restaurant menu. It shows the different things the program can do. For example, here wehave "file". If you select file, you can choose which of yourdocuments you want to work on. And here’s “edit”. This givesyou ways to correct your document.Harvey: Gee, this is great! There's only one problem.Salesman: What's that?Harvey: I don't have any documents. I'm a plumber.Salesman: But you have bills, don't you?Harvey: Yeah, but...Salesman: Well, with our electronic spreadsheet software, you can make a monthly budget for your household.Harvey: No. My wife, Charlotte, does that.Salesman: Well, now you can do it, Harvey.Harvey: I don't know...Salesman: And you have friends, don't you?Harvey: Yeah, well there's my brother-in-law Bob...Salesman: Great! You can write letters to Bob on your new BANANA-3 computer!Harvey: Okay. How much is it?Salesman: Never mind. Do you have a credit card?Harvey: Well, sure...Salesman: Great. Joe, get Harvey here signed up, will you? He wants a BANANA-3 with a printer and software. Okay, step right up, ladiesand gentlemen. This computer can do anything!Task 3【答案】A.1) They are important because they are able to measure quantities such as electricity and temperature.2) Digital computers.3) Only one person at a time can use them.4) It is because their owners do not spend enough time learning how to operate them efficiently.5) Each person who uses a minicomputer has a computer terminal that is connected to the minicomputer by interface wires. With the help of the operating system, the CPU is able to divide its time and perform for all the users.B.Similarities and Differences between Microcomputers andThere are two primary kinds of computers: analog computers and digital computers. Unless you are a scientist, you probably will not use analog computers. These computers are important because they are able to measure quantities such as electricity and temperature.In contrast, digital computers perform their tasks by counting. Some digital computers are built to help solve only a specific kind of problem. For example, digital computers that monitor airplanes flying in and out of airports are built only for that task. Most digital computers, though, can be used to help solve many kinds of problems. Among them, microcomputers and minicomputers are two kinds of common digital computers.Microcomputers, also called personal computers, are the newest computers. Many are about the size of a very small television set. Some, however, are so small and light that people can carry them easily on business trips. Because computer manufacturers produce an enormous amount of computer hardware, it is possible for anyone to own and use a microcomputer. Therefore, we now see these machines in many homes, schools, and businesses. There is one disadvantage to these computers, though. Only one person at a time can use them. Also, many people who buy microcomputers do not understand what these machines can and cannot do. Some experts say that almost half of all micro-computers are not used often because their owners do not spend enough time learning how to operate them efficiently. Like microcomputers, minicomputers are used in small businesses. However, they are larger than microcomputers and are used more frequently in large offices and businesses than in small businesses. Anotherdifference is that more than one person can use a minicomputer at the same time. We call this time-sharing. Some minicomputers can have more than a hundred people time-sharing them. Each person who uses a minicomputer has a computer terminal that is connected to the minicomputer by interface wires. But even though more than one person can use a minicomputer, the computer has only one CPU. With the help of the operating system, the CPU is able to divide its time and perform for all the users.Task 4【答案】A.1) It wasn't the typical low mechanical voice that sounded like a recordbeing played at too slow a speed. It sounded natural. It had charm to it.2) Lupa had once heard that even a sophisticated analog computer couldn't pick up certain subtleties in the English language, no matter how good the programming is.3) When Lupa stood up and walked around the room, it was evident to her that somewhere in the building, listening through an intercom was someone with a microphone.B.1) They're running a contest. The kids are supposed to name me. I'm dreading the whole thing, believe me.2) You know something; I thought you'd be different. Just once today I was hoping I'd get someone who wouldn't try to beat the program. 3) You wouldn't happen to know what day of the week September the fourteenth, 1321, fell on, would you?It was a Sunday; but how do you know whether I'm right? Thank you for visiting the computer exhibit.【原文】Lupa laughed. She liked the voice that had been selected for the computer. It wasn't the typical low mechanical voice that sounded like a record being played at too slow a speed. It sounded natural. It had charm to it."Do you have a name?" Lupa asked."Not yet," the computer answered. "They're running a contest. The kids are supposed to name me. I'm dreading the whole thing, believe me." Now Lupa thought this was clever, the way they had programmed the computer. She wondered if there was some way to screw up the program. She had once heard that even a sophisticated analog computer couldn't pick up certain subtleties in the English language, no matter how good the programming is, so she decided to give it a try."My paws give me pause," she said.The computer was silent."My paws give me pause," Lupa repeated. "It's a clause without claws."Lupa waited in silence for a response."You know something," the computer said. "I thought you'd be different. Just once today I was hoping I'd get someone who wouldn't try to beat the program."Lupa smiled. "This was marvelous," she thought to herself. "They'd thought of everything.""Sorry," she said. "Mi dispiace.""Ah, you speak Italian," the computer said with some sarcasm."Qui, d'accord," Lupa answered. "C'est vrai.""And French, too. Your French is better than your Italian. Though neither one is great. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to shut down. It's closing time."Lupa stood up and walked around the room. It was evident to her that somewhere in the building, listening through an intercom was someone with a microphone. She thought about how to test for this."You wouldn't happen to know what day of the week September the fourteenth, 1321, fell on, would you?" Lupa asked."It was a Sunday," the computer answered, "but how do you know whether I'm right? Thank you for visiting the computer exhibit."Task 5【答案】A.1) b) 2) c)B.1) F 2) F 3) F 4) THello. I think we can begin now if you're ready. Um, today I want to talk to you about computers, about the impact of computers on how we talk, on the ways we talk. Now of course we all know that computers have changed our lives in many ways. Stop and think for a minute about how we use computers in our everyday life. It's hard to think of anything we do that hasn't been changed by computers. For example, computers allow us to get money directly from our bank accounts at cash machines. At hospitals, computers help doctors understand what is wrong with patients. We can usecomputers to help us decide which color to paint our houses, which hair styles to have, or which dresses or suits would look good on us--lots of professional and personal uses. Computers are simply a part of our lives, and, I think it is safe to say, they will continue to be. What I'd like to look at today is how the use of computers has had an impact on our language--how computers have changed the expressions we say, the words we use.First, let me give you some examples. These are examples from English that I'd like you to think about. The first example is this. Someone at an office says, "We'd like to have the project online by next Monday." In computer talk "online" means started or working. So this statement means that we'd like to have the project started and going by next Monday.The second example is from a discussion or seminar. Someone might say, "Let's take this discussion offline until tomorrow." To take a computer "offline" means to disconnect it or take it out of the system. What do you think it means to take a discussion offline? To take a discussion "offline" means to stop talking about it. This example means "let's stop discussing this now and talk about it tomorrow."The third example is: "I'll try to interface my plans with yours." To "interface", in computer talk, means to do something so that different computer parts or software can work together. So "I'll try to interface my plans with yours" means that "I'll try to change my plans to fit with yours." People still say, of course, "I'll try to change my plans to fit with yours." But now we might also start to hear people say, "I'll try to interface my plans with yours," or "Let's see if we can interface our schedules so that we can meet next week."Let’s try one more example. Our fourth example might take place at home. Someone says,” I just can’t access where I left my car keys.” In computer talk to “access” something m eans to make information a vailable. If I can’t access where I left my keys, I don’t have this information available for me to use. What would be another way to say this? Of course, we could also say, “I can’t remember where I put my keys.”Task 6【答案】1) Cyber ethics.2) It will focus on teaching educators how to teach their students cyber ethics.3) Because it’s not done verbally so that people can overhear it; they think it’s anonymous on the Internet.4) She was a former principal and an adjunct professor at MarymountUniversity, teaching curriculum development and technology in the classroom.5) Young computer users do not see hacking, threats, cyber talking,Intellectual Property Rights violations and virus distribution as crimes.6) She said that it is something that needs to be instructed as routine curriculum, and student should know that these behaviors are as unacceptable in cyberspace as in the physical realm.【原文】Although schools are doing a better job at teaching children how to use the Internet, they are not addressing cyber ethics. "Cyber Ethics: Teaching Responsible Use of Technology" will focus on teaching educators how to teach their students cyber ethics.When typical crimes are committed on the Internet, students do not see them as a crime, said Cherie Geide, the conference director."They don't see anything wrong with it because they see it as a prank. It's more unacceptable to do it verbally where people can overhear it. They think it's anonymous on the Internet," said Geide, a former principal and an adjunct professor at Marymount University, teaching curriculum development and technology in the classroom.Geide said young computer users do not see hacking, threats, cyber talking, Intellectual Property Rights violations, such as in software or music, and virus distribution as crimes."This is something that needs to be instructed as routine curriculum," she said, "that this behavior is as unacceptable in cyberspace as in the physical realm.Task 7【答案】A.1) It's Microsoft's SANTA that the kids can't resist; it's the ultimatesoftware with a traditional twist—recommended by no less than the jolly old elf, and on the package, a picture of Santa himself.2) Father did last-minute Internet shopping; Mum and I had just settled down for a long wint er’s nap.B.1) not a creature was stirring, except father's mouse. The computer was humming; the icons were hopping2) were hung next to the modem with care in the hope that Santa would bring new software3) were nestled all snug in their beds, with visions of computer games filling their leads4) now had been re-routed to Washington State where Santa's workshop had been moved by Bill Gates5) now finds he's a new billionaire; with a shiny red Porsche in place of his sleigh, and a house on Lake Washington just down the way from where Bill has his mansion; preens in black Gucci boots and red Calvin Klein jeans6) no more dolls or tin soldiers or little toy drams, only compact disk ROMs with the Microsoft label7) a new Christmas star, owned by the Microsoft guy8) turned on with a Jingle-Bells sound, as I sprang from my bed and was turning around9) a smiling Bill Gates next to jolly old Santa, two arm-in-arm mates exclaim in voices so bright, have a Microsoft Christmas, and to all a good night【原文】It was the night before Christmas, and all through the house not a creature was stirring, except father's mouse. The computer was humming; the icons were hopping, as father did last-minute Internet shopping.The stockings were hung next to the modem with care in the hope that Santa would bring new software. The children were nestled all snug in their beds, with visions of computer games filling their leads.The letters to Santa had been sent out by Mum, to santatoyshop.northpole., which now had been re-routed to Washington State where Santa's workshop had been moved by Bill Gates. All the elves and the reindeer had had to skedaddle to flashy new quarters in suburban Seattle.Alter living a life that was simple and spare, Santa now finds he's a new billionaire; with a shiny red Porsche in place of his sleigh, and a house on Lake Washington just down the way from where Bill has his mansion. The old fellow preens in black Gucci boots and red Calvin Klein jeans.No more dolls or tin soldiers or little toy drams will be under the tree, only compact disk ROMs with the Microsoft label. So spin up your drive from now on, Christmas runs only on Windows 95.It's Microsoft's SANTA that the kids can't resist; it's the ultimate software with a traditional twist—recommended by no less than the jolly old elf, and on the package, a picture of Santa himself."Get 'em young, keep 'em long" is Microsoft's theme; and a merger with Santa is a marketer's dream. "To the top of the NASDAQ! To the top of the Dow! Now dash away! Dash away! Dash away—wow!"And Mum in her handkerchief and me in my cap, had just settled down for a long winter's nap. When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter, the whirr and the hum of our satellite platter. As it turned toward that new Christmas star in the sky, the SANTALITE owned by the Microsoft guy. As I sprang from my bed and was turning around, my computer turned on with a Jingle-Bells sound.And there on the screen was a smiling Bill Gates next to jolly old Santa, two arm-in-arm mates. And I heard them exclaim in voices so bright, have a Microsoft Christmas, and to all a good night!Task 8【答案】A.1) You would need a computer because of its "memory" and speed; a computer can consider more factors than a person can.2) The reservation clerk uses a machine to record information about where you want to go and the flight number of the plane that will take youto your destination.3) The computer not only determines what seats are available at what prices, but it also prints the tickets at the same time.B.1) there is a limit to the number of considerations the human mind can2) analyzing this factor in relation to information about the business that has already been programmed3) in which computers are being4) whether or not there is space for youC. See the last paragraph but one in the script.【原文】Suppose you are a manufacturer of bicycles. You are trying to decide whether or not to build a larger factory or to buy more machines. You could just say to yourself, "Business has been good. We've sold a lot of bicycles recently, so I think we ought to expand our plant."Or you could consider such questions as the following: How much would the changes cost? Can the bicycle-riding population be expected to increase or decrease? Many such questions would have to be answered, but there is a limit to the number of considerations the human mind can take into account.In a situation like this, you would need a computer. Because of its "memory" and speed, a computer can consider more factors than a person can. Does the bicycle manufacturer wonder how the weather will affect bicycle sales? The computer can tell him by analyzing this factor in relation to information about the business that has already been programmed into the computer.This is just one of many situations in which computers are being used today. This new servant of man is only about twenty-five years old, but it has already changed the lives of more than 200 million Americans. Wherever the citizen turns, he finds a computer working.Computers are used when one reserves space on an airplane. Walk into any airline office. Before selling you a ticket, the reservation clerk uses a machine that looks like a typewriter to record information about where you want to go and the flight number of the plane that will take you to your destination. This information is sent instantly to a central computer that may be many kilometers away from the airline office. Within seconds, the computer informs the clerk whether or not there is space for you on that plane.Such reservation systems are now in increasing use. They are also employed by hotels, by -panics that rent cars, and by offices that selltickets to theaters and sports events. The computer not only determines what seats are available at what prices, but it also prints the tickets at the same time.When computers are used in the way just described, some part of the system can actually be seen. Usually what one sees is a machine that looks like a typewriter; it is called a computer terminal. But computers are also used in unseen ways. For example, they determine how much time there should be between traffic signals to prevent traffic problems and to keep millions of cars moving in an orderly flow. When you buy an automobile, a factory process that is controlled by a computer enables you to obtain a car with your own choice of colours and special features in just a few weeks' time. In medical laboratories, computers have reduced the errors in testing, and they have saved doctors countless hours of work. Before long, medical histories of all Americans will be kept in computer "banks". If a person becomes ill far from his home, local doctors will be able to get his medical record immediately. In science, the computer has performed in minutes experiments which would have required thousands of hours of work by human hands and minds.The United States is not the only country affected by the "computer revolution". All the major countries of the world have computers, and the developing countries are increasingly aware that computers play a big part in their economic advancement.Task 9【答案】A. 1) a) 2) b) 3) c)B. 1) T 2) F 3) FC.1) potential criminals: Computer crime2) using less obvious and less easily remembered passwords that allow access to3) limit the user's access to information as well as the operations the userD.Courts are being tougher and computer security is improving. Computer security is getting more sophisticated. For example, less obvious passwords are being used, and access-control software and "dial back" systems have been developed. Scrambling devices and audit trails are also available.【原文】Let's talk a little now about what is being done to stop computer crime. First, the courts are getting much tougher on hackers. They are punishing computer criminals more severely. They are trying to send a strong message to potential criminals: Computer crime is serious. If you're caught doing it, you'll be punished. This is seen as a way of preventing hacking.Computer security is getting more sophisticated. It's being improved by using less obvious and less easily remembered passwords that allow access to systems. These passwords should be given to the minimum number of people.Access-control software is becoming more common. This software limits the user's access to information as well as the operations the user can perform. So, for example, access control software might only let users read certain files or programs, but not let them input data, and may keep them out of other files entirely.Then there are "dial back" systems that ask the user or caller for a password. The system then checks the password in a directory and calls the user back at his or her telephone number. This stops hackers who are calling from another number from gaining access to the system.Scrambling devices are also being developed by computer engineers. These devices scramble messages so that hackers can't understand them. Data can be unscrambled and used only if the scrambling key is known by the user. Scrambling is a very effective way of protecting information.Audit trail software is also now available. Audit trails monitor the use of a computer and alert owners to any attempt to enter their computer system. It is usually possible to identify any user who gained access to the system and when the access occurred, making it possible to trace the hacker.Well, those are some of the major things that are happening at the present time in order to decrease computer crime. None of them is completely satisfactory, but together they are certainly helping. These changes, as well as the improvements that are certain to come, should influence people to stop hacking by making it less profitable and more risky.Task 10【原文】"The astronauts are returning to earth at exactly 5:24. Splashdown will be in the Pacific, 427ciles west of Hawaii."You have often heard announcements like this on television. Scientists can tell us exactly when pace-capsule will arrive on the moon, for instance, and exactly when it will return. They can calculate things like this to the nearest second. How do they do it? Well, of course, they use mathematics. We can all do simple sums on paper, but we must use computers for extremely difficult calculations. Perhaps you have seen mechanical calculating machines in banks and offices. Computers aren't mechanical. They don't have wheels and gears in them. Instead, they work on electrical circuits and can do difficult calculations at tremendous speed. They can work 100 million times faster than the human mind!。
现代大学英语精读三第二版课后翻译答案解析
范文范例参考范文范例参考完美Word 格式整理版格式整理版 现代大学英语精读三课后翻译答案Unit 1Your collage years1. 他对他的研究如此专心致志，从来没有过很快就要退休的念头。
He is so devoted to his research that the idea that he will soonhave to retire never occurs to him.2. 很多人都曾说过，如果没有有效的制约，我们都有滥用权力的倾向。
Many people have observed that, without effective checks, we have a tendency to abuse our power.3. 有些国家拒绝卷入这一争端，而且他们对外国的干涉非常反感。
Some countries refuse to get involved in this dispute and they resent any foreign interference.4. 控制沙尘暴需要大量的工作和资金。
The control of the sand storms will involve a tremendous amountof work and money.5. 你们用这些技术的时候，必须考虑到当地的条件。
You have to take into consideration the local conditions when you apply these technologies.6. 所有的申请者都必须填好这些表格，然后邮寄50美元的报名费。
All applicants will have to fill out this form and mail in an application fee of 50 dollars. 7.他根据对孩子们行为的观察得出结论：学习是一种自然的乐趣。
现代大学英语精读3第二版答案
现代大学英语精读3第二版答案【篇一：现代大学英语精读第二版unit3 答案】ht form or derivative of the words inbrackets1, the interior decoration (decorate) of this hotel will be in traditional (tradition) chinese style.2. the building is functional (function). there is nothing very decorative decorate) in it.3, we need someone like her with managerial (manage) skills. she studied hotel management (manage) in hong kong.4, those gentle rolling (roll) hills are a delightful (delight) sight. 5, occasionally (occasion), he would show remarkable creativity (create). 6, he looks all right. but he is rather forgetful (forget) these days. it is quite troublesome (trouble).7, his father is a highly respected (respect) professor who has won admiration (admire) for his impressive (impress) academic achievement. 8, proportionately (proportion), female studentsstill surprising (surprise) outnumber male students in our university.9, never act on impulse (impulse). impulsive (impulse) people always do things they will regret later.10, skydiving (skydive) must be an exhilarating (exhilarate) experience. 二，translate the following sentences into english他们都伸长脖子想看个究竟，就好像被一跟无形的绳子牵着。
大学英语精读 第三册 Unit Nine
Unit Nine:The Death of HitlerTextIn the last days of World War 11, Adolf Hitler and his closest associates had sought shelter in a command bunker before the fall of Berlin. He knew that defeat was close at hand and that he must prepare for his own death. Here is a detailed description of how he ended his life. The Death of HitlerWilliam L. ShirerDuring the afternoon of April 29, news arrived at the bunker where Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun were separated from the outside world. Mussolini, Hitler's fellow fascist dictator and partner in aggression, had met his end, and it had been shared by his mistress, Clara Petacci. They had been caught by Italian guerrillas on April 27 while trying to escape to Switzerland and executed after a brief trial. On the Saturday night of April 28 the bodies were brought to Milan in a truck and dumped on the town square. The next day they were strung up by the heels from lampposts and later cut down so that throughout the rest of Sunday, they lay in the gutter. On May Day Benito Mussolini was buried beside his mistress in the paupers' plot of a Milan cemetery. In such a horrible climax of degradation Mussolini and Fascism passed into history.It is not know how many of the details of Mussolini's shabby end were communicated to the Fuehrer. One can only guess that if he heard many of them he was only strengthened in his resolve not to allow himself or his bride to be made a spectacle —— not their live selves or their bodies.Shortly after receiving the news of Mussolini's death, Hitler began to make the final preparations for his. He had his favorite Alsatian dog poisoned and two other dogs in the household shot. Then he called in his two remaining women secretaries and handed them capsules of poison to use if they wished to when the advancing Russians broke in. He was sorry, he said, not to be able to give them a better farewell gift, and he expressed his appreciation for their long and loyal service. Evening had now come, the last of Adolf Hitler's life. He instructed Mrs. Junge, one of his secretaries, to destroy the remaining papers in his files, and he sent out word that no one in the bunker was to go to bed until further orders. This was interpreted by all as meaning that he judged the time had come to make his farewells. But it was not until long after midnight, at about 2:30 AM of April 30, as several witnesses recall, that the Fuehrer emerged from his private quarters and appeared in the general dining passage where some 20 persons, mostly the women members of his group of associates, were assembled. He walked down the line shaking hand with each andmumbling a few words that were inaudible. There was a heavy film of moisture on his eyes and, as Mrs. Junge remembered, "They seemed to be looking far away, beyond the walls of the bunker."After he retired, a curious thing happened. The tension which had been building up to an almost unendurable point in the bunker broke, and several persons went to the canteen —— to dance. The weird party soon became so noisy that word was sent from the Fuehrer's quarters requesting more quiet. The Russians might come in a few hours and kill them all —— though most of them were already thinking of how they could escaped —— but in the meantime, for a brief spell, now that the Fuehrer's strict control of their lives was over, they would seek pleasure where and how they could find it. The sense of relief among these people seems to have been enormous, and they danced on through the night.Berlin was no longer defensible. The Russians already had occupied almost all of the city. It was now merely a question of the defense of he Chancellery. It too was doomed, as Hitler and Bormann learned at the situation conference at noon on April 30, the last that was ever to take place. The Russians were just a block away. The hour for Adolf Hitler to carry out his resolve had come.His bride apparently had no appetite for lunch that day, and Hitler took his meal with his two secretaries and with his vegetarian cook, whoperhaps did not realize that she had prepared his last meal. While they were finishing their lunch at about 2:30 PM, Erich Kempka, the Fuehrer's chauffeur, who was in charge of the Chancellery garage, received an order to deliver immediately 200 liters of gasoline in cans to the Chancellery garden. Kempka had some difficulty in rounding up so much fuel, but he managed to collect some 180 liters and with the help of three men carried it to the emergency exit of the bunker. While the oil to provide the first for the Viking funeral was being collected, Hitler, having done with his last meal, fetched Eva Braun for another and final farewell to his most intimate collaborators: Dr. Goebbels, Generals Krebs and Burgdorf, the secretaries, and Miss Manzialy, the cook.They finished their farewells and retired to their rooms. Outside in the passageway, Dr. Goebbels, Bormann and a few others waited. In a few moments a revolver shot was heard. They waited for a second one, but there was only silence. After a decent interval they quietly entered the Fuehrer's quarters. They found the body of Adolf Hitler sprawled on the sofa dripping blood. He had shot himself in the mouth. At this side lay Eva Braun. Two revolvers had fallen to the floor, but the bride had not used hers. She had swallowed poison.It was 3:30 PM on Monday, April 30, 1945, ten days after Adolf Hitler's fifty-sixth birthday, and twelve years and three months to the daysince he had become Chancellor of Germany and had instituted the Third Reich. It would survive him but a week.NEW WORDSbunkern. strongly-built shelter for soldiers, esp. one built underground 地堡fascista. 法西斯主义的n. 法西斯分子dictatorn. a ruler who has absolute power over a country, esp. one who has obtained such power by force 独裁者partnern. 伙伴aggressionn. the starting of a war, fight, or quarrel without just cause 侵略mistressn. 情妇a. 意大利的n. 意大利人；意大利语guer(r)illan. 游击队员executevt. kill (sb.) by law; carry out, perform 处死；实施，执行executivea. & n.dumpvt. drop or unload (sth.) in a heap or carelessly 倾倒stringvt. hang with a string or ropeheeln. （脚）后跟lamppostn. post for a street lamp 路灯柱n. a person with no means of livelihood, esp. one who is supported by charity 贫民plotn. a piece of land (usu. small)cemeteryn. place for burying the dead 公墓；墓地horriblea. causing a feeling of great shock, fear or dislikehorror n.climaxn. the point of greatest interest or intensity 高潮degradationn. 羞辱Fascismn. 法西斯主义shabbya. dishonourable; mean; worn out 不光彩的；卑鄙的；破旧的n. （德）元首strengthenv. make or become strong(er) 加强resolven. resolution 决心briden. a girl or woman just married or about to be married 新娘spectaclen. an object of contempt or disrespect; a public show or scene 引入鄙视的对象；场面preparationn. things done to get ready for sth.Alsatiana. 阿尔萨斯的n. 阿尔萨斯狼犬poisonvt. 毒死，放毒n. 毒药n. goodbyeappreciationn. understanding of the qualities or worth of sth.; grateful feelings 欣赏；感激loyala. true to one's friends, group, country, etc. faithful 忠诚的instructvt. give orders or directions to 命令；指示filen. 卷宗；档案wordn. orderinterpretvt. explain or tell the likely meaning of (sth.)interpretation n.privatea. personal; one's own 私人的；个人的ad. chiefly; almost allassociaten. a person connected with another, esp. in workassemblevt. gather or collect together 集合inaudiblea. that can not be heardmoisturen. slight wetness; water or other liquid spread in small drops in the air or on a surface 潮湿，湿气retirevi. withdraw; go away 退出unendurablea. unbearablecanteenn. a place in a military camp, factory, etc. where people may buy and eat food, meals, drinks, sweets, etc. 食堂a. strange; unnaturalrequestvt. Demand politely 请求meantimen. & ad. (in) the time betweenspelln. a period of timestricta. rigid 严厉的reliefn. the fact or state of lessening or freeing from anxiety, fear, or pain （忧虑等的）减轻，解除enormousa. very largedefensiblea. that can be defendedvt. cause to suffer sth. unavoidable and unpleasant, such as death or destructionnoonn. middayapparentlyad. evidently; it seems (that)apparent a.vegetariana. relating to a person who eats vegetables but no meat （有关）素食的chauffeurn. a person employed to drive someone's carlitern. （容量单位）升gasolinen. 汽油n. 燃料intimatea. close in relationship 亲密的collaboratorn. partner in an activity 协作者，同伙passagewayn. 走廊revolvern. 左轮手枪decenta. right and suitable 合宜的；得休的intervaln. time between two events 间隔sofan. 沙发dripv. fall or let fall in dropsswallowvt. 吞咽chancellorn. chief minister of state (in some countries e.g. Germany)总理（或首相）institutevt. set up for the first time 建立PHRASES & EXPRESSIONSmeet one's enddiestring uphang (sth.) high with strings; put to death by hanging 用绳吊起；吊死call inask to come or go inbreak inenter a building by force （非法）强行进入build upincrease, strengthen graduallyin the meantimemeanwhilein charge ofresponsible forround upcollect, gather together 集拢have done withfinish with; stop doing or using 结束；终止to a/ the dayexactly (in time)Switzerland瑞士Milan米兰（意大利城市）劳动节the Fuehrer元首（纳粹统治时期对希特勒的称呼）Junge荣格（姓氏）Berlin柏林（德国首都）the Chancellery（德国）总理府Bormann鲍曼（姓氏）Erich Kempka埃里希.肯普卡Viking（八至十世纪劫掠欧洲海岸的）北欧海盗Goebbels戈培尔（姓氏）克莱勃斯（姓氏）Burgdorf布克道夫（姓氏）Manzialy曼齐阿里（姓氏）the Third Reich 第三帝国。
现代大学英语精读第二版-课后练习答案 - 副本
参考答案（Unit 1—8）4 Translate the following sentences using words and expressions taken from the text.1. 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 abou t 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。
大学精读book3unit9答案
大学英语精读第三版(上海外语教育出版社董亚芬主编)第三册Book3 Unit9答案1) recruit recruit2) has thrown herself into3) reality4) contrast5) transport6) additional7) make concessions8) be kept secret/ be kept a secret9) dissolve10) theme11) in honor of12) overflowed1) is stuffed/ is often stuffed2) turn a blind eye to3) Scarcely4)handful5)upset6)have access to7)bound for9)made a name for himself10)swell11)in tune12)striking1) lived through/ had lived through2) is running out3) turn out4) brought back5) call up6) for paid7) think up8) sent off9) took in10) figure out1)technician2)composer3)survivor4)painter5)waiter/waitress7)New Yorker8)mountaineer9)pianist10)Italian11)tourist12)prisoner13)electrician14)European15)beggar16)investor17)singer18)liar2.Study the following words, and then explain how they are formed, what the commonly shared element is and what it means:略1) unless they are doing damage2) unless the pay is too low/ if the pay is not too low3) if I didn't have this cold4) unless it rains5) unless there's a plane strike/ a strike at the airport6) unless you're too tired/ if you're not too tired7) unless she changed her mind8) if he doesn't have an accident soon1) Pupils went on the outing as planned despite the rain.2) Despite a thorough search in the mountain, no trace of the missing climber has been found.3) John still managed to eat a huge lunch despite having had a snack less than an hour before.4) Despite repeated assurances that the product is safe, most people have stopped buying it.5) He went to work as usual despite the fact that his doctor had told him to rest.1) Since you're in charge2) Since I've read this novel3) Since the decision has been made4) Since you have learned the rules5) Since I have retired1) These musical instruments were believed to be made in Asia Minor in the fifteenth century.2) Their government is said to be sending two representatives to the regional conference to be held in Bangkok next month.3) The death toll from the earthquake is reported to have risen to five thousand or more4) The blackout in a busy section of the town last night is said to have resulted from a terrorist attack .5) Emma is thought to have made a serious mistake by refusing to reach a compromise with heropponents.1)in contrast2)reality3)Amid4)stage5)threw themselves into6)kept a secret7)additional8)instrument9)triumph10)audience11)swelled12)passion13)pay for1)how2)got3)women4)ordered5)an6)who7)had8)these9)said10)from11)with12)hand13)no14)hair15)a16)it17)delight18)tears19)At20)there21)later22)found23)on24)still25)lifting26)heads27)alive28)full29)contained30)did31)at32)feet33)smokingDictationThe Terezin concentration camp was established by the Nazis in an 18th century fortress in Czechoslovakia on November 24, 1941. More than 150,000 Jews passed through the camp during its four-year existence, which was used as a holding area for eventual murder in Auschwitz. By 1943, rumors began circulating in the international community that the Nazis were exterminating Jews in gas chambers, and that the conditions of the concentration camps did not permit survival. The Nazis rebuilt parts of this camp to serve as a "showpiece" for propaganda purposes. Flowers were planted there. Shops, schools, and a cafe were built. When an investigating commission of the International Red Cross came to visit, they did not see a typical concentration camp. In July 1944 the Nazis made a documentary propaganda film about life in this camp. After the movie was completed, most of the Jewish "actors" were shipped to their death at Auschwitz.翻译今年三月初的一个美好夜晚，我和我的家人到上海大剧院（Shanghai Grand Theater）看著名的音乐剧（musical）《剧院魅影》（#The Phantom of the Opera#）。
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Unit 9 Vocabulary1(P215)Into Chinese1.有力的工具2.时髦的字眼3.资金流4.债券融资5.产权投资6.跨国兼并与收购7.往来账目赤字8.收支盈余9.裙带资本主义10.规模经济11.零部件生产12.吓人的前景13.有道理的假设14.强有力的反对15.转基因作物16.缺少共同的议事日程17.腐蚀当地文化18.声请加入19.极力夸大某人的势力20.推广技术Into English1.a double-edged sword2.national sovereignty3.a daunting question4.trade negotiation5.economic unification6.ever-declining costs7.consumer confidence8.economic forecast9.economic entities10.multilateral institutions 11.ensuing financial crisis12.after adjusting for inflation13.a full-scale economic downturn14.lopsided trade flows15.boom-bust cycle16.management skill17.product design18.unpredictable consequence19.high-cost industries20.the OECD2.(P216)1.propel/push/ spur2.The amount we benefit;neutralized;heighten/intensify3.inspire/rouse/stimulate/stire/give rise to/lead to4.expected/estimated/projected/forecast;help to improve/contribute to improving/favor a rise in5.shield/defend/preserve;reduce/lower;phase out/lift/eliminate6.championed/advocated/stood for/fought for/supported;trade liberalization;engage with/integrate with/link up with/participate in7.develop into/snowball until it becomes/grow into/escalate into;slump/recession/depression/crisis8.disregard/ignore9.dwarfed/exceeded10.retarded/impeded/obstructed/hindered/prevented/held back3(P217)l.0ur company projects an 8% growth rate this year,up by 2% compared with last year.2.China is projected to increasingly favor more and more cross-border mergers and acquisitions.3.The slides projected on the screen showed that he tried to project himself as a strong man in the election campaign.4.He was greatly relieved to hear that the authorities had accepted his recommendation and the multibillion-dollar project had been postponed indefinitely.5. Dr Nelson had been operating on one wounded soldier after another for five hours. Therefore we all sighed with relief when Dr Mason was able to come to relieve him.ernment relief is like a pain-killer. It gives you relief,but it does not cure the disease. Besides,you can easily get hooked on it.7.Private businesses are not asking the government to shield them against competition. They just hope not to be discriminated against.8.We must try to win them over or neutralize them so that we can completely isolate the main enemy.9.Judging by the rate of inflation so far,perhaps it is necessary to raise interest rates again so that the recent pay raise will not be completely neutralized.10.A general feeling of optimism when the reform stared. People all believed that there were bright prospects for our modernization.4(P217)1-11CBABC ACBCA B5(P218)1(P218)1.alien2.foreign3.foreign4.foreign5.alien2(P219)1.surpass2.exceeded3.surpassed4.exceeding5.surpass6.exceeding3(P219)1.consist in2.consist in3.consist of4(P219)1.threat2.menace/threat3.threats4.menace/threat5.threat5(P219)1.deadly2.deadly3.dead4.dead/deadly5.deadGrammar1(P220)1 (P.220)The kind of noun that is generally used as subject in such sentence refers to a fact, an idea or equivalents. Words that can be followed by an appositive clause can generally be used with be + predicative clause.1. Nouns that refer to facts or equivalents: question, reality, addiction, truth (1, 6, 5, 8)2. Nouns that refer to opinions or equivalents: answer, danger, presumption. significance (2, 3,4,7)3. Nouns that refer to feelings or equivalents: worry, regret (9, 10)2 (P.220)1. whether we are going to be the servants or the masters of technology2. My answer is that it is neither; love is simply a strong feeling of deep affection3. that its facilities are superb but the fares are a bit too high4.that they can hardly cope with the need of resources of the ever-growing population5. that it has some functions of a computer like Web browsing6.whether temporary employees could enjoy social security benefits as permanent staff7. that this area will sooner or later turn desert8. that man is descended from the apes9. how important decisions are made here10. that the teacher-student relationship is so harmonious both in and after class2(P221)1 (P. 221)1. subject我们所说的那个市场2. object of the preposition "about" 教育家喜欢称之为“顿悟”的那个概念3. predicative (没有)人们通常认为士兵所具有的样子4. object of the preposition “of”你们叫天气的那东西5. predicative有些人所说的那种酷爱读书的人6. predicative第欧根尼自诩的那种人7. object of the preposition “in”生态学家所说的“极大而独立的自然保护区”8. object of the preposition “to”我所认为的那个现实世界2 (P. 222)1. What you call works of art2. what their friends considered only "pocket money"3. What other people considered pressure4. what the media termed the toughest war on drugs so far5. what we called traitors6. what she termed “an error of judgment”7. what his wife calls a total workaholic8. what people consider normal behavior9. what people used to regard as the most important virtues10. what they term a love-hate relationship3(P. 222)1. This is a simple sentence.Subject: Ever declining costs for communication and transportationPredicate verb: favoredQualifier: before the InternetObject: more global commerceParenthesis: from jet planes, batter undersea telephone cables and satellites ( The prepositional phrase, separated from the rest of the sentence by dashes, explains how the ever declining costs are achieved. )2. This is a complex sentenceSubject: companiesPredicate verb: seekQualifier: By trying to maximize their presence in as many nations as possible (an adverbial modifying the predicate verb "seek")Object: to achieve economies of scale and to stay abreast of technological changes Parenthesis: that is, to lower costs through higher sales and production volumes (used to explain “ to achieve economies of scale ” )Qualifier: that can now occur almost anywhere (a relative clause modifying “ technological changes ” )4 (P. 222)“你的嘴说:‘不，不，不’，可你的眼睛却说:‘是，是.是’。