高级英语第一册Lesson1-6课后问答题、英英解释_中英翻译、英中翻译答案.doc

课后问题答案：Unit 1 The Middle Eastern Bazaar1) What is a bazaar? Can you name some of the Middle Eastern countries in which such bazaars are likely to be found?A bazaar is a market or street of shops and stands in Oriental countriesSuch bazaars are likely to be found in Afghanistan，the Arabian Peninsula，Cyprus，Asiatic Turkey and Egypt2) Name all the markets in the bazaar. What kind of economy do you think they represent? Give facts to support your view.The bazaar includes many markets：clothmarket，copper smithsmarketcarpetmarket，foodmarket，dyemarket，potterymarket，carpentersmarket，etcThey represent the backward feudal economy3) Could a blind man know which part of the bazaar he was in? How?A blind man could know which part 0f the bazaar he was in by his senses of smell and hearingDifferent odours and sounds can give him some ideas about the various parts 0f the bazaar4) Why is the cloth-market muted?Because the earthen floor，beaten hard by countless feet，deadens the sound of footsteps，and the vaulted mudbrick walls and roof have hardly and sounds to echo. The shop-keepers also speak in slow, measured tones, and the buyers follow suit.5) What scene do you find most picturesque in the bazaar? Why?The place where people make linseed oil seems the most picturesque in the bazaar. The backwardness of their extracting oil presents an unforgetable scene.Unit 2 Hiroshima - the Liveliest” City in Japan1) Can you guess the writers occupation, and perhaps, his nationality?The writer must be an American journalist or reporter. 2) What do you think was the aim of the visit?The aim of the visit, I think, was to gather information about Hiroshima today. 3) What thoughts were on his mind? Were there other visitors from abroad? Did they share his views? How do you know?A lot of sad thoughts were on his mind. There were other visitors from abroad who didnt share his views. The first paragraph shows this to us clearly. 4) What was his attitude towards Hiroshima?He felt a sense of guilt. 5) Were the Japanese preoccupied with the same thoughts as the writer was ?The Japanese were not preoccupied with the same thought as the writer was. 6) Was Hiroshima in any way different from other Japanese cities?Hiroshima was different from other Japanese cities in that it was destroyed by an atomic bomb on August 6, 1945. 7) The bomb was dropped on Hiroshima in August 1945. How has the city been rebuilt since then?Since then, it has been rebuilt with hard work and with the help of education, science and technology. 8) Even in this short description one may find some of the problems of Japan, or at least, of Hiroshima. Can you say what they are?One is an obvious conflict between western influences and the traditional customs. Another is that the impact of the 1945 bomb attack is still felt or seen till now. 9) Why didn t the writer ask the patients of the atomic ward the questions he had prepared in advance? Because he thought it was unnecessary to do so since the answers were obvious after his talk with the patients. 10) What was the answer he read in every eyeThe answer was the Hiroshima was not the liveliest city in Japan.Unit 3 Ships in the Desert 1) Why did the writer go to the Aral Sea? What did he see there?The writer went to the Aral Sea to search for the underlying causes of the environmental crisis. What he saw there was hot dry sand. 2) What was the tunnel through time the scientist was digging? It was the annual layers of ice in a core sample dug from the glacier. 3) What were scientists doing in the Antarctic region? Scientists were monitoring the air several times a day to chart the course of the climate change. 4) Why would the thinning of the polar ice cap be disastrous to the world? Because the polar cap plays a crucial role in the worlds weather system, the thinning of the polar cap might cause flood in many places of the world. 5) How will the destruction of the Amazon rain forest affect the earths ecological balance? There are more different species of birds in each square mile of the Amazon than exist in all of North America. The destruction of the Amazon rain forest will mean silencing thousands of songs we have never even heard. 6) What does the writer call ghosts in the sky? How are they formed? The writer calls noctilucent cloudsghosts in the sky. As a result of pollution, the clouds occasionally appear when the earth is first cloaked in the evening darkness. And they appear more often because of a huge buildup of methane gas in the atmosphere. 7) Why does the writer say our response to these signals is puzzling”? Because we are not yet awakened to take effective measures to deal with the climate change. 8) What causes global warming? Why is it considered a strategic threat? Carbon dioxides ability to trap heat in the atmosphere causes global warming. Because global warming seriously threatens the global climate equilibrium that determines the pat- tern of winds, rainfall, surface temperatures, ocean cur- rents, and sea level. These in turn determine the distribution of vegetative and animal life on land and sea and have a great effect on the location and pattern of human societies. 9) What are the two key factors that define the physical reality of our relationship to the earth? What dramatic changes have occurred in these two key factors? Carbon dioxides ability to trap heat in the atmosphere causes global warming. Because global warming seriously threatens the global climate equilibrium that determines the pat- tern of winds, rainfall, surface temperatures, ocean cur- rents, and sea level. These in turn determine the distribution of vegetative and animal life on land and sea and have a great effect on the location and pattern of human societies. 10) What solutions does the writer put forward to our ecological problems? The writers solution to our ecological problems is to reinvent and finally heal the relationship between human beings and the earth by carrying out a careful reassessment of all the actors that led to the relatively recent dramatic change in the relationship.Unit4 Everyday Use for your grandmama 1) In real life what kind of woman is the motherIn real life the mother was a large, big-boned woman with rough, man-working hands. 2) What kind of woman would Dee like her mother to be? Dee like her mother to have a slender figure and a fair skin, glistening hair and a quick and witty tongue. 3) How does the mother act when she meets a strange white man? When she meets a strange white man, she always avoids looking him in the eye and is ready to go away. 4) What kind of girl is Maggie? Maggie is an innocent, timid and kind-hearted girl。 5) Why do you think colored people asked fewer questions in 1927? Because they were more seriously looked down upon by white men at that time, and they were not as awaken as they are today. 6) Why does the mother say Dee will never bring her friends to visit them? What does this tell about Dee? Give other instances to prove your point. Because Dee doesnt like her friends to see the poor state her family is in, which she thinks is shameful. This tells us that Dee is somewhat a snob. Another instance to prove this is that she wants nice things. 7) Why did Dee want the quilt so much? Because it was old and stitched by hand instead of by machine. So that she could use them for decoration showing to the people she was associated with. 8) Why did Maggie want the quilt? Maggie wanted the quilt because she could remember her grandma better, who taught her to do needle work. 9) Why did Dee visit her mother and sister? Because she wanted to get some valuable heritages of the family, mainly out of her vanity. 10) What is the mothers feeling toward Dee? How is it changed in the course of the story? At first the mother liked Dee because of her beauty, taste, and education. But with the development of the story, her love was transferred to a dislike because of Dees egotism, which was obviously revealed when she insisted on taking the quilts while her sister Maggie gave up keeping it willingly to satisfy her desire. 11) What is implied by the subtitle for your grandmama? Its implied that the story is written in honor of the grandma mentioned in it and that the ordinary old thing may be something precious for the young. Unit 5 Speech on Hitlers Invasion of the U.S.S.R. 1) When and how did the Germans attack the Soviet Union? Germany attacked Russia on an enormous front by air on Sunday, June 22. 2) What was Churchills reaction to the news of Hitlers invasion of Russia? Why? He was not surprised at the news, because he had thought that the Germans would attack the Soviet Union. 3) Why did Churchill side with the Soviet Union since he had always been an avowed enemy of communism? Because he had only one purpose, the destruction of Hitler, who he thought was the worst in the world。 4) What policy did Churchill declare Britain would pursue? The policy that Churchill declared Britain would pursue was to destroy Hitler and wipe off every single trace of the Nazi regime. 5) What, according to Churchill, was Hitlers motive in invading Russia? Do you agree with him? According to Churchill, Hitlers invasion of Russia served as the first step for his invasion of Britain, thus controlling of the Western Hemisphere.Unit 6 BLACKMAIL 1) Did Ogilvie deliberatedly delay his call at the Croydons suite? Why? 1)Yes, he did, because he wanted to make them more anxious. 2) Why did the Duchess send her maid and secretary out? Because she didnt like her maid and secretary to know what they would talk to the detective. 3) Why do you think Ogilvie was being deliberately offensive to the Croydons in the beginning? Because he thought that he knew their secret and that he was in an advantageous position. 4) How did the Duchess know where the Duke had gone the night the accident occurred? She found a note made but not destroyed by her husband. 5) How did Ogilvie come to suspect the Croydons of the hit- n run crime? He found that on the night the couple entered the hotel through the basement instead of the lobby, both very much shaken. 6) what is a brush trace? A brush trace is a mark left on something when lightly touched or rubbed. 7) What made the Duchess jump to the conclusion that Ogilvie had come to blackmail them? Ogilvie came to talk with them rather than go to report to the police. 8) Why didnt the police come immediately to the hotel to check the cars? They had to spend one day or two investigating in the suburban areas. 9) Why couldnt the Duchess get her car repaired discreetly in New Orleans? Because every repair shop had been told to report to the police when a car needing fixing like theirs came in. 10) Why did the Duchess decide to make the detective drive their car north? She thought that was safe for them by making use of the detectives avidity. 11) Why did the Duchess offer Ogilvie twenty-five thousand dollars instead of the ten thousand the detective asked for? Originally, the detective asked for ten thousand only to keep silent and not to report to the police. But now the Duchess was asking him to drive their car north and she was ready to offer such a large sum. She knew the detective was greedy. Given so much money, he would do as she told him to. 12) Did Ogilvie accept the Duchess offer? Yes, Ogilvie accepted the Duchess offer.第一课 Paraphrase1. Little donkeys make their way among the pushing crowd of people and go through them. 2. Then as you walk deeper into the market , the noise of the entrance slowly disappears and you come to the quiet cloth-market. 3. They reduce the number of their choices and begin to bargain with the seller seriously in order to lower the price. 4. He will ask higher price for the item than usual and refuse to reduce the price by any significant amount in the bargaining. 5. When you walk close to the copper-smiths market, you can hear distinctly the noise of ringing, banging and clashing.第二课 Paraphrase1. The Japanese men with serious expressions were so absorbed in talking with eachother that they ignored the other people around then. 2. As soon as he saw the traveler, the taxi driver immediately opened his door. 3. The traditional floating houses among high modern buildings represent the constant struggle between old tradition and new development. 4. Upon thinking of meeting the mayor wearing socks only, I felt embarrassed. 5. The few Americans and Germans seemed just as restrained as I was. 6. After three days in Japan, I get quite used to bowing to people as a ritual to show gratitude. 7. I was on the point of showing my assent by nodding when I suddenly realized what his words meant which shocked me out of my sad dreamy thinking. 8. I thought for some reason or other no harm had been done to me. 第三课 Paraphrase1. it was not at all possible to catch a large amount of fish 2. following the layers of ice in the core sample, his finger came to the place where the layer of ice was formed 20 years ago 3. keeps its engines running for fear that if he stops them, the metal parts would be frozen solid and the engines would not be able to start again 4. bit by bit trees in the rain forest are felled and the land is cleared and turned into pasture where cattle can be raised quickly and slaughtered and the beef can be used in hamburgers 5. since miles of forest are being destroyed and the habitat for these rare birds no longer exists, thousands of birds which we have not even had a chance to see will become extinct 6. thinking about how a series of events might happen as a consequence of the thinning of the polar cap is not just a kind of practice in conjecture(speculation), it has got practical value 7. we are using and destroying resources in such a huge amount that we are disturbing the balance between daylight and darkness 8. or we have been so accustomed to the bright electric light that we fail to understand the threatening implication of these clouds 9. to put forward the question in a different way 10. and greatly affect the living places and activities of human societies 11. we seem unaware that the earths natural systems are delicate 12. and this continuing revolution ahs also suddenly developed at a speed that doubled and tripled the original speed 第四课 Paraphrase1、 she thinks that her sister has a firm control of her life 2、 she could always have anything she wanted, and life was extremely generous to her 3、 the popular TV talk show star, Johnny Carson, who is famous for his witty and glib tongue, has to try hard if he wants to catch up with me 4、 it seems to me that I have talked to them always ready to leave as quickly as possible 5、 she imposed on us lots of falsities 6、 imposed on us a lot of knowledge that was totally useless to us 7、 she is not bright just as she is neither good-looking or rich 8、 Dee wore a very long dress even in such a hot day 9、 you can see me trying to move my body a couple of seconds before I finally manage to push myself up 10、 soon as he knows that wont do for Maggie, so he stops trying to shake hands with Maggie 11、 as I see Dee is getting tired of this, I dont want to go on either. In fact, I could have traced it far back before the Civil War along the branches of the family tree12、 now and then he and Dee communicated through eye contact in a secretive way 13、 if Maggie put the old quilts on the bed, they would be in rags less than five years 14、 she knew this was Gods arrangement 第五课 Paraphrase1. Hitler was hopping that he attacked Russia; he would win in Britain and the US the support of those who were enemies of communism. 2. Winant said the United States would adopt the same attitude. 3. In this way, my life is made much easier in this case; it will be much easier for me to decide on my attitude towards events. 4. I will not take back a single word of what I have said about communism. 5. I can see the German bombers and fighters in the sky, who, after suffering severe losses in the aerial battle of England, now feel happy because they think they can easily beat the Russian air force without heavy loss. 6. We shall be more determined and shall make better and fuller use of our resources. 7. Let us strengthen our unity and our efforts in the fight against Nazi Germany when we have not yet been overwhelmed and when we are still powerful. 第六课 Paraphrase1. The house detectives small narrow eyes looked her up and down scornfully from his fat face with a heavy jowl. 2. This is a pretty nice room that you have got. 3. The fat body shook in a chuckle because the man was enjoying the face that he could afford to do whatever he liked and also he was appreciating the fact that the Duchess knew why he had come. 4. He had an unnaturally high-pitched voice. When he spoke now, he lowered the pitch. 5. Ogilvie spat out the words, throwing away his pretended politeness. 6. The Duchess was supported by her arrogance coming from parents of noble families with a history of three centuries and a half. She would not give up easily. 7. It is no use. What you did just now was a good attempt at trying to save the situation. 8. “That is more acceptable,” Ogilvie said. He lit another cigar,” now we are making some progress.” 9. he looked at the duchess sardonically as if he wanted to see if she dared to object to his smoking. 10. The house detective made noises with his tongue to show his disapproval. 第一课 翻译：1. 此时显现在我脑海中的这个中东集市，其入口处是座古老的砖石结构的哥特式拱门。在炎炎的烈日和耀眼的阳光下，你经过一个大型露天广场，走进一个凉爽、幽暗的洞穴。 2.对顾客来说，不到最后一刻是不能让店主猜到她心里究竟喜欢什么、想买什么的。 3.而