大学英语精读第四册八单元课后习题答案

1、大学英语精读第四册八单元课后习题答案Key to the exercises1. Translate.1 into Chinese.(1有力的工具(2时髦字眼(3资金流(4债券融资(5股票投资/股本投资(6跨境兼并与收购(7经常项目赤字(8国际收支(赢余 (9一切靠关系的资本主义(10规模经济(11零部件的制造(12可怕的前景(13一个言之成理的假设(14民众强烈的反应(15转基因食品(16缺少共同的议事日程/纲领(17腐蚀本地(本国文化(18申请加入(19极力扩大势力(20推广技术2 into English.(1 a double-edged sword (2 national sover

2、eignty(3 a daunting question (4 trade negotiations(5 economic unification (6 ever-declining costs(7 consumer confidence (8 economic forecasts(9 undersea cables (10 in one critical respect(l1 an economic entity (12 financial markets(13 multilateral institutions (14 an ensuing financial crisis(15 bank

3、 loans (16 after adjusting for inflation(17 abrupt surges of global capital (18 the Institute of International Finance (19 a full-scale economic downturn (20 office buildings(21 inept policies (22 lopsided trade flows(23 boom-bust cycles (24 management skills(25 product design (26 unpredictable cons

4、equences(27 high-cost industries (28 the OECD2. Replace the words and expressions italicized with suitable words and ex pressions from the text.1 push/drive/spur 2 increased/heightened/enhanced3 cause/rouse/arouse/stimulate/give rise to; 4 improve5 protect/defend/preserve/guard 6 get involved in/par

5、ticipate in/integrate with/l ink up7 develop into/grow into/escalate into/rapidly become8 ignore/pay no attention to 9 surpassed/left far behind10 fought for/supported/stood up for/advocated/promoted11 slowed down/impeded/obstructed/hindered/prevented/held back12 keep abreast of/keep up with13 cut/l

6、ower/ lessen; remove/ lift/eliminate3. Translate.1 Our company projects an 8% growth rate next year.2 China is projected to be the workshop of the world in 10 years. But thatshould not make us smug.3 You can project your slides onto the wall.4 He tried to project himself in the election campaign as

7、a strong man.5 I sometimes try to project myself into the future when I shall become a mother myself.6 The building of the dam is a multibillion-dollar project.7 We have a strong team of six people working on this project.8 I'm greatly relieved to hear the news.9 One way to relieve your distress

8、 is to keep yourself busy.10 Diogenes would relieve himself by the roadside just like a dog.11 I am on duty from six to twelve, and then Xiao Wang will come to relie ve me.12 The general was relieved of his command for disobedience.13 This is just a pain-reliever. It gives you relief, but it does no

9、t cure the di sease.14 Finally she came back safe and sound. We all sighed with relief.15 To my great relief, the tumor turned out to be benign.16 The people in the flooded area are well taken care of. Government relief arrived just in time.17 We must try to win them over or at least neutralize them

10、 so that we can completely isolate the main enemy.18 The inflation largely neutralized the pay raise.19 As a judge, you should be strictly neutral.20 A general feeling of optimism prevailed when the reform started.21 It remains to be seen whether globalization will prevail over nationalism.22 There

11、is little prospect of rain in the next few days.23 I am quite sure that our tourist industry has bright prospects.4. Put the most appropriate words in the blanks.1-5 CBABC 6-11 ACBCAB5. Note the difference between the following pairs or groups of words.1 (1 alien (2 alien (3 foreign (4 foreign; fore

12、ign (5 alien2 (1 surpass (2 exceeded (3 surpassed (4 exceeding (5 surpass (6 exceedi ng3 (1 in (2 in (3 of4 (1 threat (2 menace/threat (3 threat (4 menace/threat (5 threat5 (1 deadly (2 deadly (3 dead (4 dead (5 dead7. Choose the best word or phrase for each blank from the four supplied in brackets.

13、(1 for (2 Surprisingly (3 however (4 different (5 Usually(6 have (7 material (8 given (9 how much (10 To read(11 each (12 as (13 decrease (14 nature (15 varyGrammar3. Complete the sentences with the right time expressions from brackets. 1 before 2 During, regularly 3 in, until 4 after 5 over/at 6 Du

14、ring7 In 8 at once, 9 For, year after year, every six months 10 At4. Translate using proper time expressions or time clauses.1 Throughout the long journey home,the injured girl was taken good care of by her friends and by quite a number of strangers.2 My grandpa said that the first time he set foot

15、on the coastal town 30 years before,he fell in love with it.3 On January 8, 1642,Galileo died; at the end of the year, a boy, Isaac Newton, was born in England on Christmas Day.4 In his old age,when praised for his great contributions, Newton said that he was not particularly talented, and that he s

16、aid only “the power of patientthought.”5 Thousand of flood fighters worked on the dam day and night in the summer of 1998, and vowed to defend their city at any cost.6 Turn on the tap and let the water run until it gets warm.7 When they grew up,babies born at the turn of the century will see the who

17、le Chinese nation enjoying a respectable standard of living.8 Yesterday they stayed up until the small hours of the morning, waiting anxiously for the election results.9 Back in the 1970s,there were people who suggested that China introduce the market economy.10 Every ten minutes, the nurse would come to see if the mother and baby were all ri