现代大学英语精读5_课后答案

现代大学英语精读5

第一课 where do we go from here?

Ⅰ解释词语

1.manhood (人格) the state of being a man

2.white lie(善意的谎言)harmless or trivial lie,i e , one told in order to

avoid hurting somebody

3.black sheep(害群之马)person regarded as a disgrace or a failure by

other members in his family or group

4.to upset(打败)to defeat

5.affirmation(证实)stating something as truth firmly and forcefully

6.to strain(竭尽全力)to make the greatest possible effort

7.off base(误认)mistaken

8.a want of(缺少)lack of

9.ringing cry(战斗口号)rallying call

Ⅱ英译英

1. It is not a easy job to educate those people who have been taught for

over centuries that they were inferior and of no importance to see that

they are humans the same as other people.

2. Just when black people break the mental shacles imposed on them by

white supremacists, if you really respect yourself, thinking that you are a

Lesson1

1. The job of arousing manhood within a people that have been taught for so many centuries

that they are nobody is not easy.

It is no easy job to educate a people who have been told over centuries that they were

inferior and of no importance to see that they are humans, the same as any other people.

2. Psychological freedom, a firm sense of self-esteem, is the most powerful weapon against the

long night of physical slavery.

If you break the mental shackles imposed on you by white supremacists, if you really respect

yourself, thinking that you are a Man, equal to anyone else, you will be able to take part in

the struggle against racial discrimination.

3. The Negro will only be free when he reaches down to the inner depths of his own being and

signs with the pen and ink of assertive manhood his own emancipation proclamation.

Lesson 1

Vocabulary

1. Manhood:the state of being human

2. White lie:harmless or trivial lie，esp．one told in order to avoid hurting sb．

3. black sheep：person regarded as a disgrace or a failure by other members of his family or group

4. To upset: to defeat

5. Affirmation:stating sth．as truth firmly and forcefully

6. To strain: to make the greatest possible effort

7. Off base: mistaken 8. (a) want (of) : lack of

9. Ringing cry: rallying call

Paragraph

1. The job of arousing manhood within a people that have been taught for so many centuries

that they are nobody is not easy.

It is no easy job to educate a people who have been told over centuries that they were inferior and of no importance to see that they are humans, the same as any other people.

2. Psychological freedom, a firm sense of self-esteem, is the most powerful weapon against the

Lesson 1

Key to explanation

1. It is no easy job to educate a people who have been told over centuries

that they were inferior and of no importance to see that they are humans,

the same as any other people.

2. If you break the mental shackles imposed on you by white

supremacists, if you really respect yourself, thinking that you are a Man,

equal to anyone else, you will be able to take part in the struggle against

racial discrimination.

3. The liberation of mind can only be achieved by the Negro

himself/herself. Only when he/she is fully convinced that he/she is a

Man/Woman and is not inferior to anyone else, can he/she throw off the

manacles of self-abnegation and become free.

4. Power in the best form of function is the carrying out of the demands

of justice with love and justice in the best form of function is the