综英 4 Unit9

Unit 9 How I Found My VoiceI.Vocabulary:I. Explain the underlined part in each sentence in your own words.1. severe2. smoothness in speaking3. colleague4. close relationship based on common interest5. forced me to do anything6. animatedII. Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word or phrase from the box in its appropriate form.1. retreat2. pressed3. gritted4. critique5. classics6. kinship7. is dubious about 8. round upIII. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words.1. narrative2. critical3. fortunate4. abundance5. worship6. dramatically7. fluent 8. resurrectionIV. Choose the word that can replace the underlined part in each sentence without changing its original meaning.1. A2. B3. C4. D5. A6. C7. B8. DV. Give a synonym or an antonym of the word underlined in each sentence in the sense it is used.1. Antonym: mild (agreeable, gentle)2. Synonym: passionate (enthusiastic, ardent)3. Synonym: comment (assessment, evaluation)4. Synonym: doubt (uncertainty)5. Antonym: certain (definite, positive)6. Synonym: scornful (mocking)7. Synonym: instruction (teaching, tuition)8. Synonym: enjoy (appreciate)VI. Explain the meaning of the underlined part in each sentence.1. place2. preserve3. whereas4. Despite5. very well6. extensionGrammar exercisesI. Note the use of the italicized parts in the following sentences.Can and could can express ability, permission and possibility. In Sentence 1, could expresses possibility. In sentence 9, can expresses permission. In Sentence 8, could see shows the action is in progress. In Sentences 3, 4 and 5, could expresses the general past ability, while in Sentences 2, 6, 7 and 10, could is used in the negative sentences to refer to the past ability, general or specific.II. Correct the errors, where found, in the following sentences.1. I can feel something crawling up my leg.2. He ran very fast and was able to catch the bus.3. By the time she finishes her course, she will be able to speak English well.4. P5. In yesterday's competition, Jane was able to spell the new words without makinga single mistake.6. P7. I talked for a long time, and in the end I was able to make her believe me.8. PIII. Rewrite the sentences where could can be used.1. Could we meet again tomorrow?2. She could sing like an angel when she was a kid.3. John was so drunk that he couldn't open the door.4. /5. /6. You could talk with your teacher.7. No one knows where he is. He could be in Paris. He could be in London.8. Could I use your phone?IV. R ewrite the following short dialogue. Try to make the tone sound more tentative.A: Excuse me, would you open this door?B: I'm afraid it's locked. Shall I get the key?A: Please, if you wouldn't mind, as quickly as you can.V. Insert the adjectives or adverbs given in brackets in the correct positions.1. Three pretty little French girls came to tea yesterday.2. I spent a long happy time living in Germany years ago.3. I have hardly ever worked so hard as I did yesterday.4. We rarely get more than three consecutive days of hot weather in summer.5. There were two hard wooden chairs in the waiting room.6. Mary has often spoken of your kindness to her when she was staying in Austria some years ago.7. Everybody concerned must be ready to leave at 8:30 tomorrow.8. We have not yet obtained all the information you requested yesterday.VI. Make sentences of your own after the sentences given below, keeping the underlined structures in your sentences.(Reference version)1. In its present state, the economy couldn't stand another rise in interest rates.2. He stood as if rooted to the ground.Translation exercisesI. Translate the following sentences into Chinese.1. 从那生活温暖而舒适的鲶鱼之乡搬到气候严酷而且人似乎也大不相同的北方，是一件令人不安的事。

Essay: Vocabulary: Exercises: Information Collection: PPT Producer:Warming--up QuestionsDo you possess any jewelry with pearls?If no, do you want one?Why?Rings EarringsNecklaces Pendants吊坠Bracelets手镯Background 1,Author➢John Ernst Steinbeck, Jr.(February27, 1902 –December 20, 1968) wasone of the most famous Americanwriter of the 20th century.➢Steinbeck's novels dealing with the economic problems of rural labor.➢He is widely known for the PulitzerPrize-winning novel The Grapes ofWrath (1939), East of Eden (1952) andthe novella Of Mice and Men (1937).➢As the author of twenty-seven books, including sixteen novels, six non-fiction books, and five collections of shortstories, Steinbeck received the NobelPrize for Literature in 1962.2,The Pearl➢The Pearl is a novella by American author John Steinbeck, published in1947. It is the story of a pearl diver,Kino, and explores man's nature aswell as greed and evil.➢Steinbeck's inspiration was a Mexican folk tale from La Paz, Baja CaliforniaSur, Mexico, which he had heard in a visit to the formerly pearl-rich region in 1940.➢In 1947, it was adapted into a Mexican film named La perla.➢The story is one of Steinbeck's most popular books and has been widelyused in high school classes.3,La perla➢La perla ("The pearl")is a1947 Mexican film.➢The story is based on thenovella The Pearl by JohnSteinbeck, who also co-wrotethe screenplay for the movie.Skimming(5 minutes)➢What do we know about Kino?A poor fisherman/lives in a brush house/has a child/in great need of money➢What was the news in the town?(sum in a sentence) Kino, a fisherman, had found the Pearl of the World.➢Which people were particularly interested in the Pearl? The priest/the shopkeepers/the doctor/the beggars/the agents of the buyer of pearlsPart Division of the Text Directions: Please divide the text into 3 parts andsummarize the main idea of each part. Part1(Para.1)The news travels very fast in the town.Part2(Para.2--Para.5)How the townspeople react towards the news.Part3(Pare.6)Analysis of people's reaction.Further UnderstandingNews seems to move faster than small boys can scramble and dart to tell it, faster than women can call it over the fences.(L4)Small boys are always unable to keep quietabout anything they know, and tend to runaround talking about it; women are likewise supposedly good at spreading news through gossiping; but the news that Kino had a largeand valuable pearl traveled faster than either....the nerves of the town were pulsing and vibrating with the news--Kino had found the Pearl of the World.(L7) Paraphrase this sentence:The town was alive with thenews that Kino had found thePearl of the World.Background Information:Kino found the Pearl of theWorld when he was out fishing,but before he reached home,the news had already spreadthrough the whole town andwas on everyone's lip.Before panting little boys could strangleout the words, their mothers knew it.(L8)Paraphrase this sentence:The mothers had already learned the newsbefore their sons could stammer it out.The news swept on past the brush houses,and it washed in a foaming wave into the town of stone and plaster.(L9) Paraphrase this sentence:The news spread from one brush house to anotherand continued to travel fast into the town.Every man suddenly became related to Kino's pearl, ... ,so taht he became curiously every man's enemy.(L38)Background Information:In the following part,various people attempt tomurder Kino for the pearl,but they all fail.VocabularyScramble(L4)V.1.to move quickly, especially with difficulty(迅速而吃力地）爬，攀登she managed to scramble over the wall.她好不容易翻过了墙。

HOW I FOUND MY VOICEJames Earl Jones1 Today I am known for my voice as much as for my acting. It has been my good fortuneto receive jobs such as the speaking role of Darth Vader in George Lucas’s Star Wars trilogy and the voice-over announcer for CNN cable television. I also narrated Aaron Copland’s Lincoln Portrait on a compact disc I recorded with the Seattle Symphony. Perhaps my greatest honor came when I was asked to read the New Testament on tape.◆trilogy: n. a group of three books, films/movies, etc. that have the same subject or characters(书籍、电影等的)三部曲；三部剧◆voice-over: n. 1) information or comments in a film/movie, television programme, etc. that aregiven by a person who is not seen on the screen(电影或电视节目的)解说；画外音e.g. She earns a lot of money doing voice-overs for TV commercials.她为电视广告作解说收入很高。

◆CNN: Cable News Network 有线电视新闻网（美国广播公司，向全世界播送节目）◆narrate: v. 1) (formal) to tell a story 讲(故事)；叙述syn: relatee.g. She entertained them by narrating her adventures in Africa.她讲述她在非洲的历险来使他们开心。

Reading 11Your answer Correct answer1. illustrate illustrate2. scarcely scarcely3. retain retain4. eliminate eliminate5. proficiency proficiency6. sufficient sufficient7. representation representation2Your answer Correct answer(1) proficiency proficiency(2) sufficient sufficient(3) representation representation(4) eliminate eliminate(5) retain illustrate(6) scarcely scarcely(7) illustrate retaining31. One of the most frustrating parts of learning a foreign language is feeling stupid when youcan't understand something.Your replacement:Your answer Correct answerisolated dumb2. I have to admit that English spelling is difficult for foreigners to understand.Your replacement:Your answer Correct answerconcede concede3. 3 After I accidentally spilt tea on my painting, the picture was a shape that was difficult to seeclearly.Your replacement:Your answer Correct answerblurred blurred4. I need to read and learn again the vocabulary before the next lesson.Your replacement:Your answer Correct answermanipulate revise5. I have a hard time with PowerPoint slides sometimes because it's difficult for me to manage tocontrol and arrange both text and images.Your replacement:Your answer Correct answerrevise manipulate6. I don't think you stop learning when you leave university. Learning should be a continuousprocess throughout your life.Your replacement:Your answer Correct answerongoing an ongoing7. It's difficult to learn listening and speaking as separate skills. To be good at one, you shouldwork on both.Your replacement:Your answer Correct answerdumb isolated8. During my speech, I made a terrible and embarrassing mistake when I mispronounced animportant word.Your replacement:Your answer Correct answerdisgraceful disgraceful4abbab aaaaaReading 21Your answer Correct answer1. elite elite2. infringe infringe3. descendant descendant4. unity unity5. statesman statesman21. Winston Churchill was a leading in Britain during the first half of the 20th century.Your answer Correct answerstatesman statesman2. It's understandable to envy the, who seem to have more privileges and opportunities.Your answer Correct answerelites elite3. I will leave my house and land to my when I die.Your answer Correct answerdescendant descendants4. It's difficult to maintain amongst such different groups with different goals.Your answer Correct answerinfringe unity5. Newspaper reporters have to be careful that they don't upon the privacy of the people thatthey write about.Your answer Correct answerunity infringe31. It is difficult to imagine how much slower communication was during the time period of thetelegraph.Your replacment:Your answer Correct answerepoch epoch2. He worked hard to argue against my claim, but I knew I had the truth on my side.Your replacment:Your answer Correct answerrefute refute3. The manager is supposedly responsible for losing nearly eight per cent of this year's profits.Your replacment:Your answer Correct answerallegedly allegedly4. I was proud to have my article accepted for publication in one of the leading scientific monthlypublications.Your replacment:Your answer Correct answerjournals journals4aabab bbLanguage use1I'm planning to live in South America for the next two years, so I guess there's nothing for it but to learn Spanish.I failed the exam, and my teacher says that there's nothing for it but to take it again.By the time we got to the theatre, the concert had already started and we couldn't get in, so there was nothing for it but to turn around and go home.Because I wasn't earning enough money at my job, there was nothing for it but to take a second job on the weekend.My computer crashed and I lost my essay, so there was nothing for it but to write it again.2I would drink soda water only if I were dying of thirst in the desert.I could marry you only if you were the last man on earth.I would jog only if someone ran behind me and beat me with a stick to make me do it.I would watch romantic comedies only if my girlfriend begs me.I would take care of a dog only if someone paid me.3Our teacher said we had to write a ten-page essay about the book we read. That's quite a few pages for a book report.In the summer, temperatures in Hangzhou can reach 42 degrees. That's quite a little hot for me.If you are not surrounded by city lights, it's possible to see around 6,000 stars at night without a telescope. That's quite a few stars.In 2008, there were about 93,000 scheduled airline flights per day. That's quite a few flights.Ladies and gentlemen, I'd like to say a few words about the topic of global warming.41. It is believed that the meeting will help between the two countries.Your answer Correct answer(1) promote promote(2) growth understanding2. It is difficult to a conversation with all this noise around us.Your answer Correct answer(1) carry carry(2) on on3. Stress at work can often be into your home life.Your answer Correct answer(1) turned carried(2) down over4. The Department of Education has launched a(n) aimed at immigrants who want to learn English.Your answer Correct answer(1) personal advertising(2) remarks campaign5. Stressful environments lead to unhealthy behaviours such as poor eating habits, which increasethe risk of heart disease.Your answer Correct answer(1) turn in(2) to turn6. It took him the whole evening to pack all his.Your answer Correct answer(1) campaign personal(2) sales belongings7. The is aimed at teenagers to warn them of the dangers of tobacco.Your answer Correct answer(1) campaign anti-smoking(2) advertising campaign5你听说过万里长征吗？和学汉语相比，那简直就是在公园里漫步，不值一提。

Unit 9 How I found My VoiceParagraph 1-2trilogy 三部曲n. (pl. trilogies) a group of three related literary or operatic works; a group of three books, films/movies, etc. that have the same subject or characters1.stutter 口吃[SYN] stammerverb(1)vt. & vi. to have difficulty speaking because you cannot stop yourself from repeatingthe first sound of some words several timesCollocation:stutter + speech e.g. ‘W-w-what?’ he stuttered.stutter sth. e.g. I managed to stutter a reply.(2)vi. ( of a vehicle or an engine ) to move or start with difficulty, making short sharpnoises or movementse.g. The car stuttered along in first gear.noun [ singular ]a speech problem in which a person finds it difficult to say the first sound of a word andrepeats it several timese.g. He had a terrible stutter.2.the voice-over announcer 画外音播音员the unseen announcer who makes a commentary or gives an explanation which is heard as part of a film or television programComparison:newscaster, host/hostessParagraphs 3-223.snicker 窃笑verb [ intransitive ]Collocation: snicker at …嘲笑某人/事to laugh in a quiet unpleasant way, especially at sth rude or at sb's problems or mistakese.g. Although his friends snickered, they were till impressed.[SYN] titter 偷笑noun4.in public：If you do sth. in public, people in general will hear about it or see it.e.g.She was too proud to show her grief in public.On this occasion, we departed from our normal practice of holding the meetings in public.Antonym: in privatee.g.Cecil can be very rude in private, though in public he is usually polite.5.traumatic: a. 不顺心的,受创伤的,外伤的AmE / trae’mætik /adjective(1)extremely unpleasant and causing you to feel upset and/or anxious; distressing;emotionally disturbinge.g. a traumatic experienceDivorce can be traumatic for everyone involved.(2)[ only before noun ] ( psychology or medical ) connected with or caused by traumatraumatic amnesia (外伤性健忘症)e.g.The onset of depression often follows a traumatic event.抑郁症发作常常发生在遭受创伤之后。

Unit9一、英译汉1、It was traumatic moving from the warm,easy ways of catfish country to the harshclimate of the north,where people seemed so different.从那生活舒适而温暖的鲶鱼之乡搬到气候严酷而且人似乎也大不相同的北方，是一件令人不安的事。

2、I stood amazed and floated back to my desk in a daze,and wild applause.我惊讶地站着，然后在一片热烈的掌声中恍恍惚惚地飘回到我的座位上。

3、That awful feeling of of my voice being trapped got worse as I grew older.随着年龄的增长，我那种嗓音被卡在喉咙里的感觉变得更加糟糕了。

4、Though my mentor could no longer see,he was still living in a world vibrant withall of the beautiful treasures he had stored.尽管我的老师再也看不见了，他却依然生活在一个充满着他以前收藏的奇珍异宝的世界里。

二、汉译英1、随着经济的发展，大量农民从乡村涌进城市打工。

(flood)With the development of economy, large numbers of farmers flooded from the countryside into cities to seek a job.2、他年纪虽小，但评委们一致认为他在本次国际钢琴比赛上的表现已经接近完美。

(come close to)Young as he is, all judges share the opinion that his performance at theinternational piano competition has come close to perfection.3、也许是因为喝了烈性酒的关系，她在去伦敦的路上一直恍恍惚惚的。

综合英语教程4第三版unit9The Idiocy of U课文精解My Idea of a Happy Family1.All happy families resemble one another；every unhappy family is unhappy in its own fashion.①幸福的家庭有同样的幸福，而不幸的家庭则各有各的不幸。

此句出自列夫托尔斯泰的《安娜·卡列尼娜》。

②列夫·托尔斯泰（Leo Tolstoy）是俄国小说家、评论家、剧作家和哲学家，同时也是非暴力的基督教无政府主义者和教育改革家。

著有《战争与和平》、《安娜·卡列尼娜》和《复活》等经典长篇小说。

③《安娜·卡列尼娜》讲述的是发生在19世纪俄国的一个悲剧爱情故事。

故事围绕着安娜·卡列尼娜进行。

她为了佛伦斯基抛弃了她的家庭。

但是他们之间的爱情并没有让她感到幸福，因为佛伦斯基因频繁地参加社交活动，而疏远了安娜。

最后，不堪忍受内心嫉妒的折磨，安娜卧轨自杀。

Husband and Wife in a Cross-Cultural Marriage文章是关于具有不同文化背景的丈夫和妻子对于家庭问题的不同看法。

①在美国文化中，家庭只包括父母和孩子；而在中国文化中，家庭是由父母、孩子和关系密切的亲属共同构成的大家庭。

②美国的婚姻文化更强调个人的独立性，而中国则更注重对于和家庭成员之间的联系。

③西方的婚姻观认为应该由新娘支付婚礼的费用；而中国的传统婚姻观认为应该由新郎承担一切婚礼开销。

A Cornucopia of Thanks1.Cornucopia原意指“哺育宙斯的羊角”，现用于作为丰收富裕的象征。

2.I am thankful for Velcro tennis shoes.Velcro 瑞士生产钩毛搭扣的一个品牌，现用于指该品牌下的所有产品。

3.I am thankful for swim diapers，because every time my son wanders into water in plain disposables，he ends up wearing a blimp the size of，say，New Jersey，on his bottom.plain disposable指的是普通的游泳纸尿裤。