Unit One
1. 在举出许多事实并列出一些统计数字后，他终于把他的论点说清楚了。(drive
sth. home)
After citing many facts and giving a number of statistical figures, he
finally drove home his point.
2. 差不多花了半年功夫，咱们才完成了那个研究项目。(more or less)
It took us half a year more or less to carry through the research project.
3. 他说的话如此微妙，咱们很难理解他的真实用意。(subtle)
What he said was so subtle that we could hardly make out his true
intention.
4. 他的新书一针见血地审视了今世的社会问题。(squarely)
His new book looks squarely at the contemporary social problems.
5. 今日的年轻一代对互联网上的最新信息很关注。(be alive to)
The younger generation today are very much alive to the latest
information found on the Internet.
6. 外语是不是在童年更易学好？这是一个观点问题。(a matter of)
It is a matter of opinion whether a foreign language is more easily
learned in one’s childhood or otherwise. 7. 在挫折眼前万万不要丧失信心；鼓起勇气坚定不移地去克服它。(take
1 Unit Five Our Weather and Climate Section I& II Listening and Speaking Talking Face to Face I Warm-up Questions 1. Do you often listen to a weather forecast? Why or why not? 2. What’s the use and importance of a weather forecast? II Class Activities 1. The students read the Mini-Talks after the teacher, and then try to recite them within five minutes in pairs. 2. Students discuss in groups, summarizing the words, phrases and sentences frequently used according to the following topics with the help of the teacher. The students speak out the sentences under the guidance of the teacher, paying attention to the pronunciation and the intonation. 1) Sentences for a weatherman to present weather forecasts: (1) Good morning. This is the local weather report. (2) Here is the national forecast. (3) Now let’s look at the weather across the country. (4) Rains will be expected tomorrow from the south to the north. (5) Snow is going to continue through tomorrow in this area. (6) The weatherman says that frost is on its way. 2) Sentences for talking about weather changes: (1) It’ll be mild, and later turn to partly cloudy, with the southeast wind. (2) Today will be cool and partly cloudy, with a chance of rain this afternoon. (3) Tomorrow will be overcast with drizzle. (4) In the evening there’s good chance that we’ll get some snow. (5) Today is a cloudy and cool day with a low of 12 degrees. (6) The weather will change overnight with a high temperature of zero degrees. 3) Sentences about weather for starting a conversation:
1 Unit 4
1) tend to (l. 1)
a) be likely to; have a tendency to: to: infinitive
People under stress tend to express their full range of potential.
处于压力下的人容易发挥自己全部的潜力
b) to apply one's attention; attend 注意；关心 to: prep
John has no time to tend to his diary. 没有时间留心写日记
Syn: be likely to do
be inclined to do: be [feel] inclined to go by train倾向于坐火车去
2) perennial (l. 10) adj. lasting for a long time or forever; longstanding; lasting or active through the
year or through many years 常绿的
perennial ice and snow 终年不化的冰雪 perennial youth 青春常驻
a perennial herb 多年生的草 annual 一年生的 perennial river 四季不枯竭的河流
3) off the beaten track (l. 11) literally, not on the main highway 人迹罕至的
a beaten track/path: 踏出的路，老路，惯例 has been made by many people walking the same way.
e.g. His colleagues are planning to go somewhere off the beaten track for the summer holidays. 他的同事们正计划到不大有人去的地方度暑假。
新编大学英语（第三版）综合教程 1 课后习题答案Unit 1 Personal Relationships
ExercisesPost-ReadingReading Comprehension11A2 B3 A4 A5B6 C7 A8C2 1 killed 2
wounded 3 arrived 4 girl 5 badly / seriously6 blood 7 none 8 American 9 type 10
orphans11 French 12 difficulty 13 frightened 14 would 15 cried16 Vietnamese 17 found
18 understand 19 willing 20 friend3 Sample V Vietnamese nurse H Heng N Navy
nurse V: Is it hurting Heng H: No. V: So why are you crying Is there anything wrong H:
I’m sad that I will have to leave the world. I’m a little scared before I die. I don’t want to
die but I don’t want my friend to die either. V: Why do you think you are gong to die H:
The doctor said unless I gave my blood to my friend she would certainly die. V: You
must have misunderstood him. You only have to give some of your blood to the girl. This
