大学英语第一册第四单元课文翻译及练习答案.doc

大学英语第三版第一册第四单元课文翻译及练习答案III Vocabulary Activities11)g 2)f 3)h 4)i 5)a 6)b 7)c 8)e 9)j 10d)21)free 2)accept 3)at least 4)different 5)failure 6)sunset7)quiet 8)in the past 9)unnecessary 10)turn off31)involves 2)proposal 3)emotional 4)at first glance 5)actually 6)disturbed7)typical 8)come up with 9)worthwhile 10)Imagination 11)current 12)neighborhood 13)gap 14)activities 41) come up with some good 2) are prohibited from 3) growing up 4) to bring together people 5) in its birth rate 6) in partIV Enriching your wordpower:51) honestly 2) dishonest 3) honesty 4) honest 5) honest 1) childish 2) childishly 3) child 4) Childhood 5) Childhood1) activities 2) act 3) active 4) act 5) actively 6) Actions 7) activity 1) emotional 2) unemotional 3) emotion 4) Emotionally 5) emotional 1) acceptable acceptably 2) accept 3) acceptance 4) accept 1) distraction 2) distracted 3) distracts 4) distracting 5) distractions VUsage1) Were going into town to see a film.2) I learned the news over the radio.3) Because hes able to tell at a glance if it is genuine.4) Im afraid hes not here at the moment hes at work.5) Well, at a distance he does look a bit like Tom.6) There were one or two unsatisfactory moments, but on the whole it was very enjoyable. VI Structure11) The Johnsons decided to take a ride to the seaside for the weekend.2) Our manager will pay a visit to France this winter.3) He had/took a rest after walking ten miles.4) I had a talk with her yesterday afternoon.5) This morning the technicians had a discussion on/about the question of improving the design of the machine.6) Nathan Hale took a last look at his beautiful country and said that he only regretted he had but one life to lose for his country. 21) With your support, we might succeed in performing our task.2) Even with air and water, plants still couldnt grow on the moon.3) Without hard work / Without working hard, you will accomplish nothing.4) Without their assistance, he would have found himself in trouble. 5) It has been (is) about four and a half years since the Wangs settled down in this country.6) It has been (is) less than three months since she joined the Youth League.7) It has been (is) 20 years since I got to know her in Beijing.8) It has been (is) over a century since the railway was completed. 31) He proposed that we (should) put on a short play at the English evening.2) I suggest that he (should) visit the Great Wall, the Summer Palace, etc.3) He proposed that the novel (should) be made into a film.4) My proposal is that the dispute (should) be settled by peaceful means. VII Cloze11) proposed 2) prohibited 3) social 4) actually 5) rate6) bringing together 7) proposal 8) worthwhile 9) involve 2A1)fun 2)turn 3)in 4)different/interesting 5)make 6)will 7)by/from 8)latest9)and 10)in 11)watch 12)or 13)in 14)to 15)there 16)for 17)may 18)home19)reasonsB1)but 2)used 3)little/bit 4)few 5)little 6)number 7)some 8)while9)any 10)deal 11)no 12)now VIIISpot Dictation1) gathered 2) in the habit of 3) on the radio 4) on television 5) comfortably6) trouble 7) art 8) more and more 9) problems 10) however perfectly IXTranslation1) 接受这份工作就得经常在周末上班，但约翰并不在意。To take this job would involve working on weekends frequently, but John didnt mind.2) 众所周知，肺癌至少部分地是由于吸烟过多而引起的。It is well known that lung cancer is caused at least in part by smoking too much.3) 我祖父母说，发明电视的那个人曾住在他们那个地段。My grandparents said that the man who invented television had once lived in their neighborhood.4) 我提议咱们会后马上去办公室找史密斯教授，邀请他参加我们的英语晚会。I propose that we go to find Prof. Smith in his office right after the meeting and invite him to our English evening.5) 她因那病开过两次刀，身体十分虚弱，几乎站不起来。Having been operated on twice for the disease, she was so weakened that she could barely stand up.6) 教育家们认为，伴随着电视机长大的一代人，在电视机前花的时间太多，以致没有足够的时间学习了。Educators think that the generation growing up with television spend so much of their time in front of the TV that they do not have enough time to study.7) 我真希望你能拿出一个比这更好的解决办法 (solution) 来。I do hope that you can come up with a better solution than this one.8) 乍一看，这幅画并不好，但经过仔细观察，我们才发现它的确是一幅杰作 (masterpiece)。At first glance the picture didnt look very good, but after examining it carefully, we found that it was indeed a masterpiece. 附: Reading Activity及 Guided WritingExercise A：1) docile obedient 听话的2) wretched very unhappy 很不开心3) inconsolable not to be comforted 没法安慰的4) antenna a wire put up on top of a house to receive television broadcasts 天线5) old-fashioned thinking too much of old ways and ideas; keeping to old ways or ideas 守旧的6) enormous very powerful; very, very large 巨大的7) unanswerable that can not be answered 没法回答的 Exercise B1) T.2) F. The author thought it was very expensive, but that didnt matter it was wonderful.3) F. The author didnt argue with his parents because he was a good, docile son.4) T.5) F. The parents bought a TV finally because they didnt want their daughters to be too unhappy.6) F. Her eyes were shiny with excitement.7) T.8) T.9) F. Americans watch TV 30 hours a week, so they are still interested in it; but they take it for granted.10) T.11) T.12) T. Exercise C1) 她说她决不再去学校了，还说生活中没有 电视机活着不值得。2) 我认为好就好在很多人都很关心电视的影 响，而且对我们不喜欢的东西也有能力加以改变。3) 他们认为电这玩意儿会使很多事情变得太 容易，并会破坏他们的生活方式。4) 也许他们更乐于守在家里看电视。Guided Writing1) Tom is a newcomer to our class.2) The fact is, I never liked him.3) I began to feel sick when we went into the classroom.4) It was his habit to sit at the table by the window.5) At one time extinction threatened the panda.6) He was frightened by the mysterious sound behind him.7) In this modern world, people never walk when they can ride.8) Without a doubt, this month has been the coldest January on record. / This month has certainly been the coldest January on record.9) It was the most interesting book I had ever read.10) We asked Mr. Wilson for advice because he is such a wise man.11) Many children like collecting stamps.12) After studying history in the afternoon and English in the evening, I treated myself to a movie. 课文翻译Unit4在美国，许多人把大部分空闲时间花在看电视上。的确，电视里有很多值得一看的节目，包括新闻、儿童教育节目、讨论当前社会问题的节目、戏剧、电影、音乐会等等。然而，人们也许不该在电视机前花费那么多的时间。如果我们被迫要找一些其他的活动，那我们可以做些什么呢？对这一问题，梅耶先生做了一番想象。Turning Off TV: A Quiet Hour我想建议每天晚上一播完晚间新闻，美国所有的电视台都依法停播六十至九十分钟。让我们认真而通情达理地看一下，如果这一建议被采纳的话，会有什么样的结果。千家万户也许会利用这段时间真正地团聚一番。没有电视机的干扰，他们晚饭后也许会围坐在一起，当真交谈起来。众所周知，我们的许多问题事实上是所有的问题，从代沟、高离婚率到某些精神病至少部分地是由于没能交流思想而引起的。我们谁也不把自己心头的