现代大学英语精读6课后习题答案

现代大学英语精读课后答案 Lesson Six The Man in the WaterLesson Six The Man in the WaterI. Discuss the following questions:We find heroes in all societies and cultures and at all times. How do you account for that? Many people think that.heroes are "made of special materials", but the author seems to suggest that every one of us has the capacity to be a hero. What do you think of these views?II. Vocabulary1. Practice using the rules of word formation.1) Examine how the words " Immovable" and " Incapable" ore formed. Find out the meaning of the prefixes "Im-" and "in-" with the help of a dictionary.immovable: +incapable: +2) Turn the following words into the opposite by adding either “im-” or “in-” or “un-”.Add more words to the list.(1) able (16) formal(2) adequate (17) fortunate(3) adequate (18) important(4) avoidable (19) just(5) balance (20) material(6) believable (21) measuable(7) comfortable (22) patient(8) competent (23) perfect(9) complete (24) personal(10) conditional (25) pleasant(11) countable (26) popular(12) credible (27) possible(13) curable (28) significant(14) direct (29) valuable(15) equal (30) visible3) Complete the sentences with the words in the brackets in their proper forms.(1) The well of_________ (create) never runs dry as long as you go to it.(2) I think________ (imagine) is more important than knowledge.(3) No matter what __________(achieve) you have made, somebody has helped you.(4) Man's mind once stretched by a new idea will never return to its ________ (origin) size.(5) What the caterpillar (毛毛虫) calls "the end", the butterfly calls "the ______(begin)".(6) Disappointment is the nurse of _________ _(wise).(7) It is true the __________ (present) is coloured by the past. It is also true you can choose the colours of the future.(8) A smile is a __________ (silence) laugh, and a laugh is the music of __________(happy). ,(9) A person who makes a mistake and _______(fail) to correct it will make another in future.(10) __________ (confident) makes us do things well but it is love that makes us do them to perfection.(11) Good temper is like a ____________ (sun) day, it sheds its __________(bright) everywhere.2. Give the opposite of the following.1) employee 10) universal2) to fasten 11) deep3) good (n.) 12) to dress4) identified 13) thoroughly5) indifferent 14) to admit6) movable 15) bride7) personal 16) precious8) responsible 17) silly9) selflessness3. Complete the sentences with the expressions listed below in their proper forms.on behalf of to account for to be known as to be responsible for to stick in the /sb.'s mind to refer to to come to the conclusion to care about1) The Palace Museum, also __________the Forbidden City, was built in the Ming Dynasty.2) She comes from a peasant family and was born and brought up in the countryside. This probably __________ her intense interest in the reform in China's countryside.3) I'm sure that opening ceremony will- ______ people's ___for a long time.4) The word "terrorist" should be well-defined. We can't ___________someone who fights for national independence or freedom as a terrorist.5) After he analyzed me complicated situation there, he __________ that it wouldn't be so easy to find" a peaceful settlement.6) __________laid-off workers, he strongly suggested that a greater effort be made to have them reemployed.7) They refused to take the money, which showed that there are still a lot of decent people in 'this world who ____more ______their good name.8) How do you __________the fact that so many young people are crazy about this novel?9) We are planning an open-book exam which allows learners to __________ their textbook and notes, as well as dictionaries.10) Yes, the owner of that coal mine ______the death of the 43 miners. But no one can yet __________the fact that the owner dared to hide the facts for so long.4. Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions or adverbs.1) Traditionally Chinese people liked to describe the nation a large family.2) They all say that they owe the improvement of their life in recent years ____ the new railway.3) These terrible sandstorms brought the whole nation ____attention,4) ____times of economic difficulties, it is the poor people who usually go _____ first.5) It's not true that all people do things ____self interest.6) I laughed____my friend. But a half-drunk young man thought I was laughing____ him. So he went ____me.7) This kind of cold-blooded mass murder can only set them ____ the whole civilized world.8) She is clinging the hope that her husband may still be alive.9) Although the enemy had better weapons, we had popular support. Therefore we were ableto hold them ____ a standoff.10) ____his nervousness, he kept shaking my hand and wouldn't let go ____it.im-5. Put the Chinese into English.１）空难１２）善恶之分２）人性１３）总统纪念碑３）机尾部分１４）典型的场合４）大冰块１５）普遍的特性５）救生圈１６）公认的英雄６）安全带１７）情感上的震撼７）文化冲突１８）交通高峰期８）９１１航班１９）久久无法忘怀的奇迹９）机械故障２０）佛罗里达航空公司１０）受伤人员２１）责任所在；应该做的１１）伤人的话２２）在有大批人伤亡的事件中6. Complete the sentences based on the Chinese in the brackets.1) It was a cold and foggy day and the plane ___________ (撞了桥), killing most of the passengers and the crew.2) Many times they_________(冒着生命危险) to look for survivor.3) You will be fined if you don’t （系好安全带）while driving.4) When he is extremely angry, Harris is likely to (说出愚蠢的话).5) He tried many times to (考验他们的忠诚) before he sent them on the suicidal mission.6) Peng Sha (作了漂亮的演说) on that occasion7) These brave people were ready to（向死亡挑战）.8) Every year we plant trees to stop the desert. But the desert keeps advancing. We seem to be___________(输了这场战斗). '9) To encourage home consumption, we have ___________（降息) seven times inthe past three years.10) You have to ___________ (明确区分) between short-term interests and long-term interests.11) We can walk right across the river from October to March when the winter cold ___________(将水冰冻).12) They sent ground troops into that country. But very soon they began to ___ (后悔这一举动). They knew they could not win the war.13) The scientists have __________ (试验这种药) on animals. But that's not enough.7. Complete the sentences using the idiomatic expressions of "hand" listed below.in one's hand off hand out of handon one's handson the one handto give sb. a free handout of one's handon the other handto get /gain /have the upper hand1) I’m sorry I don’t know her phone number _____ . I’ll go and check and tell you later.2) The house is too far away from where I work, but, __________, it's cheap.3) I think we ought to and let him carry on the experiment as he thinks best.4) Which side after months of fierce struggle?5) The situation there now is ______. The authorities admit matt they are facing a civil war.6) Don’t ask me. It's ___________. Fei Jia is now in charge.7) We have too many problems _____. We must deal with them one by one.8) At that time, Nanjing was still __________of the Japanese troops.9) __________they must punish the terrorists. But __________they cannot afford to offend all the Muslims. It is very delicate business.8. Give the meanings of the underlined parts in the sentences below. Note how themeanings are different in different contexts.1) You just press this button to start the engine.2) Will you please press the trousers and tie for me?3) Determined to win the competition, we pressed hard.4) We are not going to check in a hotel. We will just pitch a tent in the mountain.5) It was pitch-dark outside.6) She pitched the ball as fast as she could.7) We all pitched in and finished the task ahead of time.8) Sugar is sold by the pound.9) Mary pounded the door with her fists.10) Nellie was very nervous. She could almost hear her heart pounding.11) This dress cost me 100 pounds. /12) He seemed odd in some ways.13) He gets an odd job sometimes, but he can never make enough money to support his family.14) We have Intensive Reading on odd days.9. Give the verb pattern of the underlined part in the sentence below, list other possible verbs, and then put the Chinese Into English, using the pattern and the verbs in the brackets.... it takes the act of the man in the water to remind us of our true feelings in the matter, (para. 8) Verb pattern:Other possible verbs:1) 你们有没有把他的健康状况通知他的家人？(inform)2) 剧中主要人物的故事使我想起了我的童年。

Unit11. Virtue is ... self-centered.Key: By right action, we mean it must help promote personal interest. 2.... (Poverty) was a product of their excessive fecundity...Key: The poverty of the poor was caused by their having too many children. 3. ...the rich were not responsible for either its creation or its amelioration.Key: The rich were not to blame for the existence of poverty so they should not be asked to undertake the task of solving the problem.4. It is merely the working out of a law of nature and a law of God.Key: It is only the result or effect of the law of the survival of the fittest applied to nature of to human society.5. It declined in popularity, and references to its acquired a condemnatory tone.Key: People began to reject Social Darwinism because it seemed to glorifybrutal force and oppose treasured values of sympathy, love and friendship.Therefore, when it was mentioned, it was usually the target of criticism.6. ...the search for a way of getting the poor off our conscience was not at an end; it was only suspended.Key: The desire to find a way to justify the unconcern for the poor had not been abandoned; it had only been put off.7. ...only rarely given to overpaying for monkey wrenches, flashlights, coffee makers, and toilet seats.Key: Government officials, on the whole, are good; it is very rare that some would pay high prices for office equipment to get kickbacks.8. This is perhaps our most highly influential piece of fiction.It is a very popular story and has been accepted by many but it is not true.9. Belief can be the servant of truth---but even more of convenience.Key: Belief can be useful in the search for truth, but more often than not it is accepted because it is convenient and self-serving.10. George Gilder... Who tells to much applause that the poor must have the cruel spur of their own suffering to ensure effort...Key: George Gilder advances the view that only when the poor suffer from great misery will they be stimulated to make great efforts to change the situation, in other words, suffering is necessary to force the poor to work hard.Unit21. But these marks of wild country called to may father like the legendary siren song.Key: Though the place was not pleasant or disagreeable, my father was deeply attracted to it precisely because of its unexplored, uncultivated natural state, and the challenge.2. "I'm afraid the day's going to catch us," I explained, wondering what great disaster might befall us if it did.Key: As a little girl, I believed my father's words, and was genuinely afraid of the possible disaster--if we didn't hurry up, the day would catch us and terrible things might happen.3. ...from time to time he was halfheartedly sought for trial, though few crimesseemed to lead directly to his door.Key: In this place, though the police wound make some effort without real earnest to investigate Watson and bring him to court, there seemed to be little concrete evidence to prove that he was responsible for certain illegal activities.4. The stranglehold Watson had over this section of Florida was not dissimilar to the unscrupulous activities of certain lawmen, other legal crooks, and even governors that our state was to suffer through its history.Key: The control Watson had over this part of Florida was much similar to the dishonest or illegal activities of the law-enforcing officials and governors which Florida witnessed in the 20th century.5. There was the little shack, not the most gracious of living quarters, and there was a murderer for our nearest and only neighbor, about thirty miles away.Key: Before the family built their own house, they lived in a shabby cabin at Gopher Key, close to the merciless Watson.6. King Richard in his gluttony never sat at a table more sumptuous than ours was three times a day...Key: We had abundant food on the island, and even the meals enjoyed by King Richard, who was famous for his love of food, couldn’t possibly compare with ours. 7. Despite the unrelenting heat, we were happy to be let off from our hours of school indoors, sessions which our mother kept every day, rain or shine.Key: Although it was very hot outside in the sun, we were happy to be dismissed from my mother's sessions indoors. we would have to read and write with her every day no matter what the weather was like.Unit31…. Even droughts, floods and heat waves may become unwitting acts of man.Key: What people do may unintentionally cause droughts, floods and heat waves.2. But this image, now repeatedly thrust before us in photographs, posters, and advertisements, is misleading.Key: The Earth we see in photos, posters, and ads, which appears so beautiful, is not the true reflection of the world we live in, such image lulls us into complacency.3. The technosphere has become sufficiently large and intense to alter the natural processes that govern the ecosphere.Key: Human activities have taken place over such large areas and with such intensity that they have already caused disastrous effects on ecology.4. ...which could establish itself only because it fitted properly into the preexisting system.Key: the fish could play its role because it became a necessary link with the processes preceding it and the processes following it in the ecological system.5. Defined so narrowly, it is no surprise that cars have properties that are hostile to their environment.Key: When cars are produced to serve such narrow purposes, it is not surprising that some of their characteristic qualities are harmful to the environment.6. Yields rose, but not in proportion to the rate of fertilizer application...Key: the farmer applied more and more fertilizer, and the production did risebut did not increase at the same rate of the fertilizer.7...their waste is flushed into the sewer system altered in composition but not in amount at treatment plant...Key: People eat plants and animals, and their waste is flushed into the sewer system. After being processed, the waste is still waste. the residue will go into rivers, oceans, and will have harmful effect on the aquatic ecosystem.8. Left to their own devices, ecosystems are conservative...Key: If the ecosystems are not upset by outside intrusion, they will remain the same with very little change9. In contrast to the ecosphere, the technosphere is composed of objects and materials that reflect a rapid and relentless process of change and variation.Key: The characteristics of the objects and materials in the technosphere are rapid change and great variety.10. But this is done only at the cost of understanding.Key: if we take side in the war of the two words, we are doing so at the risk of failing to have a clear understanding of the nature and cause of the war, thus, we lose the chance to really solve the grave environmental crisis.Unit 4 Nettles1. How all my own territory would be altered, ad if a landslide had gone through it and skimmed off all meaning except loss of Mike.Key: The impact of Mike's leaving on my life was beyond my imagination. I didn't expect that Mike's leaving would have such a tremendous power that it would change the meaning of my existence completely. All my thoughts were about loss of Mike.2. During that time of life that is supposed to be a reproductive daze, with the woman's mind all swamped by maternal juices, we were still compelled to discuss Simone de Beauvoir and Arthur Koestler and "The Cocktail Party".Key: At that time, we were young mothers, and we were supposed to lead a terribly busy life full of confusion and bewilderment caused by giving birth to and raising babies. and our minds were supposed to be fully occupied by how to feed the babies and things like that. However, in the midst of all this we still felt the need to discuss some of the important thinkers of our time like Simone de Beauvoir and Arthur Koestler and T. S. Eliot's sophisticated work "The Cocktail Party".3. ...I would be frightened, not of any hostility but of a kind of nonexistence.Key: I would be frightened, and my fear was not caused by my neighbor's visibly hostile and violent way of life, but by a kind of formless and hidden emptiness and meaninglessness of human existence. What happened around me was totally irrelevant to me, and I felt very isolated and alienated.4. She did not ask me---was it delicacy or disapproval? ---about my new life.Key: She did not ask me about my new life, either out of subtle consideration for my feeling about this sensitive subject or out of disapproval for my new life style.5. It would be a sleazy thing to do, in the house of his friends.Key: It would be a morally low thing, an indecent thing to commit infidelity in the house of a friend.6. I knew now that he was a person who had hit rock bottom.Key: I knew that he was a person who had experienced the worst in life, the hardest experience a person might have to endure.7. He and wife knew that together and it bound them, as something like that would either break you apart or bind you, for life.Key: They experienced the worst together and they knew what it was like and understood the meaning of that experience. Such an experience posed the gravest test to people. If they stood the test, their friendship or marriage would be strengthened, and a sacred bondage would be formed between them. But if they failed the test, their relationship would be broken and they would be driven apart.8. Not risking a thing yet staying alive as a sweet trickle, an underground resource. With the weight of this now stillness on it, this seal.Key: If they acted on love, they would take risks. they wouldn't do that or go further in their relationship, but they would rather let their love remain as a sweet trickle, which would flow on gently and permanently, and as an underground resource, which would never be fully tapped but would never go dry.Unit 81、But garages and cotton gins had encroached and obliterated even the august names of that neighborhood.1.The street used to be house only the best families. But then great changes took place: garages and cotton gins were established on the street and their existence wiped out the aristocratic traces in that neighborhood .2、Not that Miss Emily would have accepted charity.2.It would not be true to say that miss Emily would have accepted charity.3、“Just as if a man ---any man ---could keep a kitchen properly,”the lady said........3.What the ladies said meant that they did not in the least believe a man, any man, could keep a kitchen properly.4、It was another link between the gross, teeming world and the high and mighty Griersons.4.The Griersons regarded themselves as very important and the outside world as vulgar and full of people inferior to them. They belonged to two entirely different worlds. However, the complaints about the smell served as a link between two different worlds and compelled Miss Emily to deal with the outside world.5、The nest day he received two more complaints,one from a man who came in diffident deprecation.5.The next day the mayor received two more complaints. One of them was from a man who came and pleaded to the mayor in a shy and timid way.6、People in our town,remembering how old lady Wyatt,her great--aunt,had gone completely crazy at last,believed that the Griersons held themselves a little too high for what they really were.6.People in the town felt that Miss Emily's great-aunt, old lady wyatt, had gone crazy had to do with this blind, excessive self-importance.7、Now she too would know the old thrill and the old despair of a penny more or less.7.Ordinary people often become excited or worried when they get a penny more or a penny less. Being poor, now she would learn to appreciate the value of money like other people in then town.8、But there were still others,older people, who said that even grief could not causea teal lady to forger noblesse oblige---without calling it noblesse oblige.8.But there were still others, older people, who said that no matter how sad Miss Emily was (over her father' death ),she should not forget she had certain obligation as a member of the nobility, though a real lady would not describe her self-restraint by the expression noblesse oblige.9、We were glad because the two female cousins were even more Grierson than Miss Emily had ever been.9.We were glad because the two cousins were even more stubborn and self-important than Miss Emily.10、.......and the very old men........confusing time with its mathematical progression,as the old do,to whom all the past is not a diminishing road but,instead,a huge meadow which no winter ever quite touches,divided from them now by the narrow bottle--neck of the most recent decade of years.10.And the very old man confused the dates and years of past happenings. To the old people, all the past should be like a road that becomes smaller and smaller as it reaches further back. But to those old southerners, the recent past ten years or so was like a bottleneck, a narrow passage, or a tunnel. Beyond that narrow passage, the remote past because a huge level meadow where things were pleasantly and fondly mixed up together. Like the green grass on the meadow never touched by the winter, their memories of the remote past remained blurred, sweet, romanticized, and unchanged.Lesson 91 Perhaps because they don’t have hometowns, just places where they were born. But these girls soak up the juice of their hometowns, and it never leaves them.Key: This is perhaps because they only have places of birth, but not places where they feel at home and which they identify themselves with. But these girls are strongly influenced by their hometown, and the influence stays with them forever even after they leave their hometown.2 Wherever it erupts, this Funk, they wipe it away; where it crusts, they dissolve it; wherever it drips, flowers, or clings, they find it and fight it until it dies.Key: The brown girls try hard to repress their emotions and passions. However, these natural human emotions cannot be wiped out totally. Sometimes they will emerge and burst out. And they will develop, become stronger and stay with them. So wherever and whenever this funk bursts out, the brown girls will do their best to stifle it.3 As long as his needs were physical, she could meet them-comfort and satiety.Key: If his needs were physical, she could meet them. She could make him comfortable and give him enough or even more than enough to satisfy his physical needs.4 She had seen this little girl all of her life.Key: Geraldine had seen black girls like Pecola at many places and many times in the past.5 Eyes that questioned nothing and asked everything.Key: On the one hand, they (girls like Pecola) were ignorant and uncomprehending. They did not ask question why their lives were so miserable. On the hand, as they were poverty-stricken and practically had nothing, their eyes revealed their desire for anything that could make their lives easier.6 The end of the world lay in their eyes, and the beginning, and all the waste in between.Key: In the eyes of these girls one can see that they were in despair, without any hope for the future, and that their life was nothing but a waste.7 The girls grew up knowing nothing of girdles, and the boys announced their manhood by turning the bills of their caps backward.Key: As the girls were growing into young women, they had never worn girdles to make their figure look slimmer, and thus more elegant; and when the boys grew up, they just began to wear their caps with the bills turned backward to indicate that they had become adults.Unit 121、2、So I ordered Easter lamb in the certainty of knowing I would ger;and it was so. 1.2.I knew that Easter lamb was tasty so asked for a portion and the roast lamb was really good.2、They say you cannot drink of Greek water without getting typhus,but I did.3.4.People say that water in Greece is seriously contaminated and if you drink such water, you are most likely to get typhus. I drank Greek water but I did not get typhus.3、.......(she) had an odd knack of encouraging cities which ought to bow to the King of to do the same.5.6.She had a clever and unusual way of persuading other city-states to follow her example and refuse to surrender to the advancing Persian army.4、5、Athens was shinning Athens, the Athens of history,shinning in the mind.7.The author is referring to the important role of Athens in history, the brilliant culture Athens stood for, and the great thinkers Athens produced. 5、.........who watched one another as much aas they watched the enemy.8.These troops were not united. They were suspicious of each other 's willingness to fight and guarded against one another just as they guarded against the invading army. 6、7、Nature has not done her best here for the story of that battle.9.The physical feature of the place is not imposing. Such a setting does not match the significance of the battle.7、8、If you go to the Hot Gates,take some historical knowledge and your imagination with you.10.11.When you visit the Hot Gates, the place does not seem to be a likely site for sucha historic event. In order to reconstruct the scene of 2500 years ago, you need imagination and knowledge of history.8、The men in the pass would not recognize the obvious.12.The Greek soldiers holding the past refused to admit defeat the vast numbers facing them.9、10、If I could climb cliffs less easily now,it was possible that I could understand war better.13.I was no longer so young and energetic as I had been twenty years ago so i might not be able to climb cliffs easily. But i might have an advantage which i could not have had twenty years ago. That is, i took part in the WWII and i knew what war was like and what war meant. My understanding of the war 2,500 years ago might be deeper.10、11、A little of Leonidas lies in the fact that I can go where I like and write what I like.14.The freedom enjoyed in England and other Western countries might not have developed if the Persians had won, thereby subjecting Greece to the domination of a large despotic empire whose value were not those which led to the development of the west.15.。

精读6课后习题参考答案Lesson twoParaphrase1.Though the place was not pleasant and disagreeable，my father was deeply attracted to itprecisely because of its unexplored, uncultivated natural states, and the challenge.2.As a little girl, I believed my father’s words, and was genuinely afraid of the possibledisaster-if we didn’t hurry up, the day would catch us and terrible things might happen.3.In this place, though the police would make some effort without real earnest to investigateWatson and bring him to court, there seemed to be little concrete evidence to prove that he was responsible for certain illegal activities.4.The control Watson had over this part of Florida was much similar to the dishonest or illegalactivities of the law-enforcing officials and governors which Florida witnessed in the twentieth century.5.Before the family built their own house, they lived in a shabby cabin at Gopher Key, close tothe merciless Watson.6.We had abundant food on the island, and even the meals enjoyed by King Richard, who wasfamous for his love of food, couldn’t possibly compare with ours.7.Although it was very hot outside in the sun, we were happy to be dismissed from my mother’sstudy sessions indoors. We would have to read and write with her every day no matter what the weather was like.Phrase1.在谢尔曼蒋军的行军路线上2.每人一张轻便的帆布折叠床3.补充我们的食品4.作为特别的款待5.自由放牧的牛群6.一个臭名昭著的亡命之徒7.一切照常8.定期往来运输9.由隔板搭成的简陋的小屋10.在我们全家人的悉心照料下Sentence1.这是一种田园式生活，我们和亲戚们住得很近，享受着小镇生活所能给予我们的舒适和安全。

Unit 1一、词汇短语estranged[ɪˈstreɪndʒd] adj. 分居的；疏远的，不和的；（与某事物）脱离的，决裂的v. 使疏远，使离间；使隔离（estrange的过去式和过去分词）【例句】She felt estranged from her former existence. 她感到自己已脱离了过去的生活方式。

inflected [ɪnˈflektɪd]adj. 屈折的；字尾有变化的v.弯曲；曲折（inflect的过去式）【例句】L atin is a more inflected language than English. 拉丁语比英语词尾变化多。

circuitry [ˈsɜːkɪtri] n. 电路；电路系统；电路学；一环路【例句】The computer’s entire circuitry was on a single board. 电脑的全部电路都在一块板上。

neural [ˈnjʊərəl] adj. 神经的，神经系统的【词组】n eural pathways in the brain大脑里的神经通路icon[‘aɪkɑn]n.图标；肖像；偶像；象征；圣像【搭配】cultural, national icon 文化偶像、国家象征patronize [ˈpætrənaɪz]vt.惠顾；赞助【例句】I’ll never patronize that store again.我再也不去光顾那家商店了。

【派生】patronizing adj. 要人领情的；屈尊俯就的exploit [ɪkˈsplɔɪt] vt.剥削；利用；开发；开采n. 业绩；功绩；功勋【例句】Television advertisers can exploit a captive audience. 电视广告商能利用被动观众。

【派生】exploitative adj.剥削的；利用的；开发资源的exploitation n.开发，开采；利用；广告推销filial [ˈfɪliəl] adj. 子女（应做）的，孝顺的【例句】My husband is a filial son.我丈夫是一个孝顺的儿子。

Unitl1.Virtue is …self-centered.By right action, we mean it must help promote personal interest. 2•…(Poverty) was a product of their excessive fecundity...The poverty of the poor was caused by their having too many children.3....the rich were not responsible for either its creation or its amelioration.The rich were not to blame for the existence of poverty so they should not be asked to undertake the task of solving the problem.4.It is merely the working out of a law of nature and a law of God.It is only the result or effect of the law of the survival of the fittest applied to nature of to human society.5.It declined in popularity, and references to its acquired a condemnatory tone・People began to reject Social Darwinism because it seemed to glorify brutal force and oppose treasured values of sympathy, love and friendship. Therefore, when it was mentioned, it was usually the target of criticism.6....the search for a way of getting the poor off our conscience was not at an end; it was only suspended・The desire to find a way to justify the unconcern for the poor had not been abandoned; it had only been put off.7....only rarely given to overpaying for monkey wrenches, flashlights, coffee makers, and toilet seats.Government officials, on the whole, are good; it is very rare that some would pay high prices for office equipment to get kickbacks.8.This is perhaps our most highly influential piece of fiction.It is a very popular story and has been accepted by many but it is not true.9.Belief can be the servant of truth…but even more of convenience.Belief can be useful in the search for truth, but more often than not it is accepted because it is convenient and self-serving.10.George Gilder... Who tells to much applause that the poor must have the cruel spur of their own suffering to ensure effort...George Gilder advances the view that only when the poor suffer from great misery will they be stimulated to make great efforts to change the situation, in other words, suffering is necessary to force the poor to work hard.Unit 21.But these marks of wild country called to may father like the legendary siren song. Though the place was not pleasant or disagreeable, my father was deeply attracted to it precisely because of its unexplored, uncultivated natural state, and the challenge.2.H rm afraid the day f s going to catch us/1 I explained, wondering what great disaster might befall us if it did.As a little girl, I believed my father's words, and was genuinely afraid of the possible disaster—if we didn't hurry up, the day would catch us and terrible things might happen.3....from time to time he was halfheartedly sought for trial, though few crimes seemed to lead directly to his door.In this place, though the police wound make some effort without real earnest to investigate Watson and bring him to court, there seemed to be little concrete evidence to prove that he was responsible for certain illegal activities.4.The stranglehold Watson had over this section of Florida was not dissimilar to the unscrupulous activities of certain lawmen, other legal crooks, and even governors that our state was to suffer through its history.The control Watson had over this part of Florida was much similar to the dishonest or illegal activities of the law-enforcing officials and governors which Florida witnessed in the 20th century.5.There was the little shack, not the most gracious of living quarters, and there was a murderer for our nearest and only neighbor, about thirty miles away.Before the family built their own house, they lived in a shabby cabin at Gopher Key, close to the merciless Watson.6.King Richard in his gluttony never sat at a table more sumptuous than ours was three times a day…We had abundant food on the island, and even the meals enjoyed by King Richard, who was famous for his love of food, couldn^t possibly compare with ours.7.Despite the unrelenting heat, we were happy to be let off from our hours of school indoors, sessions which our mother kept every day, rain or shine.Although it was very hot outside in the sun, we were happy to be dismissed from my mothers sessions indoors, we would have to read and write with her every day no matter what the weather was like.Unit3l....even droughts, floods, and heat waves may become unwitting acts of man.What people do may unintentionally cause droughts, floods, and heat waves.2.But this image, now repeatedly thrust before us in photographs, posters, and advertisements, is misleading.The Earth we see in photos, posters, and ads, which appears so beautiful, is not the true reflection of the world we live in, such image lulls us into complacency.3.The technosphere has become sufficiently large and intense to alter the natural processes that govern the ecosphere.Human activities have taken place over such large areas and with such intensity that they have already caused disastrous effects on ecology.4....which could establish itself only because it fitted properly into the preexisting system.The fish could play its role because it became a necessary link with the processes preceding it and the processes following it in the ecological system.5.Defined so narrowly, it is no surprise that cars have properties that are hostile to their environment.When cars are produced to serve such narrow purposes, it is not surprising that some of their characteristic qualities are harmful to the environment.6.Yields rose, but not in proportion to the rate of fertilizer application...The farmer applied more and more fertilizer, and the production did rise but did notincrease at the same rate of the fertilize匚7...their waste is flushed into the sewer system altered in composition but not in amount at treatment plant…People eat plants and animals, and their waste is flushed into the sewer system. After being processed, the waste is still waste, the residue will go into rivers, oceans, and will have harmful effect on the aquatic ecosystem.8.Left to their own devices, ecosystems are conservative...If the ecosystems are not upset by outside intrusion, they will remain the same with very little change9.In contrast to the ecosphere, the technosphere is composed of objects and materials that reflect a rapid and relentless process of change and variation.The characteristics of the objects and materials in the technosphere are rapid change and great variety.10.But this is done only at the cost of understanding.If we take side in the war of the two words, we are doing so at the risk of failing to have a clear understanding of the nature and cause of the war, thus, we lose the chance to really solve the grave environmental crisis.Unit 4 Nettles1.How all my own territory would be altered, ad if a landslide had gone through it and skimmed off all meaning except loss of Mike.The impact of Mike's leaving on my life was beyond my imagination. I didn't expect that Mike's leaving would have such a tremendous power that it would change the meaning of my existence completely. All my thoughts were about loss of Mike.2.During that time of life that is supposed to be a reproductive daze, with the woman's mind all swamped by maternal juices, we were still compelled to discuss Simone de Beauvoir and Arthur Koestler and "The Cocktail Party11.At that time, we were young mothers, and we were supposed to lead a terribly busy life full of confusion and bewilderment caused by giving birth to and raising babies, and our minds were supposed to be fully occupied by how to feed the babies and things like that. However, in the midst of all this we still felt the need to discuss some of the important thinkers of our time like Simone de Beauvoir and Arthur Koestler and T. S. Eliots sophisticated work "The Cocktail Party n.3•…I would be frightened, not of any hostility but of a kind of nonexistence.I would be frightened, and my fear was not caused by my neighbor's visibly hostile and violent way of life, but by a kind of formless and hidden emptiness and meaninglessness of human existence. What happened around me was totally irrelevant to me, and I felt very isolated and alienated・4.She did not ask me—was it delicacy or disapproval? -一about my new life.She did not ask me about my new life, either out of subtle consideration for my feeling about this sensitive subject or out of disapproval for my new life style.5.It would be a sleazy thing to do, in the house of his friends.It would be a morally low thing, an indecent thing to commit infidelity in the house of a friend.6.1 knew now that he was a person who had hit rock bottom.I knew that he was a person who had experienced the worst in life, the hardest experience a person might have to endure.7.He and wife knew that together and it bound them, as something like that would either break you apart or bind you, for life.They experienced the worst together and they knew what it was like and understood the meaning of that experience. Such an experience posed the gravest test to people. If they stood the test, their friendship or marriage would be strengthened, and a sacred bondage would be formed between them. But if they failed the test, their relationship would be broken and they would be driven apart.8.Not risking a thing yet staying alive as a sweet trickle, an underground resource. With the weight of this now stillness on it, this seal.If they acted on love, they would take risks, they wouldn't do that or go further in their relationship, but they would rather let their love remain as a sweet trickle, which would flow on gently and permanently, and as an underground resource, which would never be fully tapped but would never go dry.Unit 51 ….the national rejection of dogmatic preconceptions about the nature of the social and economic orderThere are such prejudices in an arrogant manner about the characteristic of the social order and economic order and they take it for granted. The country just rejected such prejudice.2. Nor can one suggest that Americans have been consistently vulnerability to secular ideology ever afterNo one can say that Americans have never been tempted by the approach of understanding, preserving or transforming the world according to rigid dogmas.3- ..and any intellect so shaped was ...ever afterA mind influenced by Calvinist theology would surely find it somewhat difficult to resist other ideological temptations to ideological thinking.4.Pragmatism is no more wholly devoid...experiencePragmatism is not completely free from abstract ideas just as ideology is not completely free from experience, that is to say, abstract ideas have a place in pragmatism just as experience has a role in ideology.5.As an ideologist, however, Jefferson.•••historical curiosityAs a man following a fixed set of beliefs, Jefferson is only an interesting historical figure. His beliefs are out of date and are irrelevant to present-day reality.6- ...whose central dogma is confided to the custody of an infallible priesthoodTheir central beliefs are imprisoned by the whole body of priests who are always effective.7....where free men may find partial truths, but where ...on Absolute TruthIn this universe a person whose mind is unconstrained may be able to discover relation truths but no man on earth can claim that he has already grasped the one and only truth.8.But ideology is a drug; no matter how ...it still persists.Ideology has the characteristic of a narcotic. In spite of the fact that it has been provedwrong many times by experience, people still long to commit themselves to ideology.9....the only certainty in an absolute system is the certainty of absolute abuse.The only thing that is sure of a despotic system is the unrestricted exercise of powe r. 10・ The distinctive human triumph..」ies in the capacity to understand the frailty of human striving ...nonethelessThe most outstanding achievement of humanity is they know that no matter how hard they try, they cannot achieve Absolute truth, yet they continue to make great efforts and refuse to give up.Unit71.For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human life.As a result of technological development, human belongs now have the power to put an end to poverty and human, misery, but at the same time they also possess the power to destroy the whole world, rendering it uninhabitable and lifeless.2....unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of those human rights...We do not want to see or to allow the slow destruction of those human rights.3.To those peoples in the huts and villages of half.....of mass misery, we pledge our best efforts to help them help themselves...To the people of the underdeveloped countries living in poverty in rural areas, we are committed to helping them to rid themselves of mass poverty by their own efforts.4.But this peaceful revolution of hope cannot become the prey of hostile powers.But we should not let any communist power take advantage of this alliance for progress to expand its influence.5.And let every other power know that this....of its own house.We want to make clear to the communist powers that Americas are the Americas of the Americans. Do not attempt to penetrate into this area.6....before the dark powers of destruction••…or accidental self-destruction.Before the world is destroyed by a nuclear war launched in a preemptive attack or caused by accident.7....yet both racing to alter the uncertain...of mankinds final war.Yet both sides attempt to get an edge in the nuclear arms race so as to break the mutual deterrence which has so far prevented the outbreak of a nuclear wa匚8....civility is not a sign of weakness, and sincerity is always subject to proof.To be ready to negotiate and establish friendly relations does not mean that we are weak or afraid. Declarations of sincere intention have to be tested by actions.9.Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors.Let the two sides use the fruits of science for the benefit of humanity rather than using high-tech weapons to kill and destroy.10・...each generation of Americans has been summoned to give testimony to its national loyalty.There have been occasions for each generations of Americans to be called upon to fight and die for their country.。

大学英语精读6答案【篇一：大学英语精读第三册第三版答案】第三版unit11) accent2) turn against3) a couple of4) takes his time5) fate6) confirmed7) witness8) subsequent9) stands a chance10) trial1) belief2) brilliant3) employment4) has saved up5) stood a chance6) were awarded7) presumably8) conducted9) casual10) around (which student life) revolves1) joe wrote to say that he had to put off his visit because of his illness.2) despite the noise, they went on working as if nothing were happening.3) traffic was held up for several hours by the accident.4) called (up) on to speak at the meeting, i couldnt very well refuse.5) mrs. stevenson looked in the cupboard and found there was not a single lump of sugar left.6) it was the rumor that turned joe against his twin brother.7) we wondered how sara was getting on in her new job.8) although anne agreed with me on most points, there was one on which she was unwilling to give in.9) visitors could photograph almost anything here without having to ask for permission.10) whether we make an excursion or stay home will dependon tomorrows weather.1) uncertain，unafraid，unacceptable，unfamiliar，unequal；2) unanswered，unattached，unknown，undecided，unexpected；3) unhappily，unskillfully，unconsciously，unnecessarily，uncomfortably；4) unsay，undress，untie，unlock，unload。

Unit 6Preview1. Listen to the recording of the text and choose the statement that best reflects your understanding.1. D2. C3. A4. C5. DVocabulary1. Become familiar with the rules of word formation.1. Give the corresponding nouns for the following verbs.1. strain 7. realization 13. assurance2. teasing/tease 8. burial 14. astonishment3. dawn 9. scattering/scatter 15. expectation4. Death 10. grasp 16.insurance5. leak 11. appreciation 17. reflection6. inspection 12. flight 18. belief2. Give the corresponding verbs for the following nouns.1. stream 6. Accept2. state 7. encounter3. relate 8. Collect4. form 9. radiate5. recognize 10. identify3. Decide whether the missing letter is e, o or a.（注意：在不发音的e结尾的动词后面加er, or或ar时，应先删去该字母e；在以重读闭音节结尾的动词后面加er, or或ar时，如结尾只有一个辅音，则该辅音必须双写。

）1. reporter 10. supporter 19. composer2. professor 11. visitor 20. interpreter3．Editor 12.1iar 21.beggar4．Adviser 13. seller 22. sailor5．Robber 14. murderer 23. announcer6. actor 15.traveler 24. manager7. aggressor 16. scholar 25. invader8. beginner 17. author 26. creator9. passenger 18. successor 27. dealer4. Translate the following expressions, paying attention to the different use of the suffix “-ful”.1．令人羞愧的结果 10.带着哭腔；声泪俱下地2．满满一碗米饭 11.吃一大口3．色彩鲜艳的衣服 12.一厢情愿的想法4．一个令人快乐的人 13.有希望的形势5．满满一篮子的苹果 14.一屋子的客人6．满满一盒巧克力 15.一调羹油7．一小撮人 16.一大捧书8．一条有帮助的建议 17.痛苦的记忆9．一个有害的习惯 18.活泼的性格5. Fill in the blanks with correct forms of the appropriate words listed below.1 acceptance2 occurrence3 astonishing, unrecognizable4 appreciative, expectations5 identical, identify, identifications2. Give corresponding synonyms and antonyms for the following words.SynonymsAntonyms3. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the appropriate phrases and expressions listed below. Note that some of them may be used more than once.1. After all, regarded as2. regarded as / in a sense, consists of3. for ages, at once4. were astonished at, After all5. calls for, on their part/ in turn6. dawned on, in case, melt into7. reflect on, in relation to, calls for8. cut, in, on their part/ in turn, work out4. Fill in the blanks with the correct prepositions or adverbs.1 off/ out2 off3 out/through4 through5 to, through6 to7 with8 on9 to 10 with5.Translate the following sentences into English using the words and expressions listed below.1. 当我们到达目的地时，我们发现这块地上已经没有任何建筑，只有一些石头散落在地上。

现代大学英语6练习册答案Unit 1: Discovering the WorldExercise 1: Vocabulary1. a) The spectacular view from the mountaintop was breathtaking.2. b) The archaeological findings suggest a rich history of the area.3. c) The diverse wildlife in the rainforest is truly remarkable.4. d) The innovative design of the building has won several awards.5. e) The unprecedented growth of the company has surprised many.Exercise 2: GrammarFill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs in parentheses.1. The company has expanded its operations to several new countries.2. She was preparing dinner when the phone rang.3. By the time you arrive, the guests will have left.4. The project has been underway for six months already.5. If it rains tomorrow, we will cancel the picnic.Exercise 3: Reading ComprehensionRead the passage and answer the questions.1. What is the main topic of the passage?- The main topic is the exploration of the Amazon rainforest.2. Who led the expedition in the passage?- Dr. Smith led the expedition.3. What discovery did the team make during their exploration? - The team discovered a new species of orchid.4. How did the local community benefit from the expedition?- The local community benefited from the increased awareness and protection of the environment.5. What challenges did the team face during their journey?- The team faced challenges such as harsh weatherconditions and difficult terrain.Unit 2: Technology and InnovationExercise 1: Vocabulary1. a) The new app has become very popular among teenagers.2. b) The invention of the wheel was a significant milestonein human history.3. c) The prototype of the new device was tested for several months.4. d) The algorithm used by the software is highly efficient.5. e) The patent for the new technology was granted last year. Exercise 2: GrammarRewrite the sentences in the passive voice.1. Scientists have discovered a new type of bacteria.- A new type of bacteria has been discovered by scientists.2. The company will launch the new product next month.- The new product will be launched by the company next month.3. They have built a new bridge over the river.- A new bridge has been built over the river.4. She is writing a novel.- A novel is being written by her.5. We will repair the car tomorrow.- The car will be repaired tomorrow.Exercise 3: Reading ComprehensionRead the article and answer the questions.1. What is the main focus of the article?- The main focus is on the impact of artificialintelligence on the job market.2. What does the author suggest about the future of jobs?- The author suggests that many jobs will be automated,but new opportunities will also arise.3. What is the role of education in adapting to technological changes?- Education plays a crucial role in equipping individuals with the skills needed for the future job market.4. What is the term for the process where machines take over jobs traditionally done by humans?- The term is "automation."5. What does the author recommend for individuals to stay relevant in the job market?- The author recommends continuous learning and adapting to new technologies.结束语以上就是现代大学英语6练习册的部分答案，希望能够帮助到正在学习这门课程的同学们。

Unit11. V irtue is ... self-centered.By right action, we mean it must help promote personal interest.2.... (Poverty) was a product of their excessive fecundity...The poverty of the poor was caused by their having too many children.3. ...the rich were not responsible for either its creation or its amelioration.The rich were not to blame for the existence of poverty so they should not be asked to undertake the task of solving the problem.4. It is merely the working out of a law of nature and a law of God.It is only the result or effect of the law of the survival of the fittest applied to nature of to human society.5. It declined in popularity, and references to its acquired a condemnatory tone.People began to reject Social Darwinism because it seemed to glorify brutal force and oppose treasured values of sympathy, love and friendship. Therefore, when it was mentioned, it was usually the target of criticism.6. ...the search for a way of getting the poor off our conscience was not at an end; it w as only suspended.The desire to find a way to justify the unconcern for the poor had not been abandoned; it had only been put off.7. ...only rarely given to overpaying for monkey wrenches, flashlights, coffee makers, and toilet seats.Government officials, on the whole, are good; it is very rare that some would pay high prices for office equipment to get kickbacks.8. This is perhaps our most highly influential piece of fiction.It is a very popular story and has been accepted by many but it is not true.9. Belief can be the servant of truth---but even more of convenience.Belief can be useful in the search for truth, but more often than not it is accepted because it is convenient and self-serving.10. George Gilder... Who tells to much applause that the poor must have the cruel spur of their own suffering to ensure effort...George Gilder advances the view that only when the poor suffer from great misery will they be stimulated to make great efforts to change the situation, in other words, suffering is necessary to force the poor to work hard.11. But these marks of wild country called to may father like the legendary siren song.Though the place was not pleasant or disagreeable, my father was deeply attracted to it precisely because of its unexplored, uncultivated natural state, and the challenge.12. "I'm afraid the day's going to catch us," I explained, wondering what great disaster might befall us if it did.As a little girl, I believed my father's words, and was genuinely afraid of the possible disaster--if we didn't hurry up, the day would catch us and terrible things might happen.13. ...from time to time he was halfheartedly sought for trial, though few crimes seemed to lead directly to his door.In this place, though the police wound make some effort without real earnest to investigate Watson and bring him to court, there seemed to be little concrete evidence to prove that he wasresponsible for certain illegal activities.14. The stranglehold Watson had over this section of Florida was not dissimilar to the unscrupulous activities of certain lawmen, other legal crooks, and even governors that our state was to suffer through its history.The control Watson had over this part of Florida was much similar to the dishonest or illegal activities of the law-enforcing officials and governors which Florida witnessed in the 20th century.15. There was the little shack, not the most gracious of living quarters, and there was a murderer for our nearest and only neighbor, about thirty miles away.Before the family built their own house, they lived in a shabby cabin at Gopher Key, close to the merciless Watson.16. King Richard in his gluttony never sat at a table more sumptuous than ours was three times a day...We had abundant food on the island, and even the meals enjoyed by King Richard, who was famous for his love of food, couldn’t possibly compare with ours.17. Despite the unrelenting heat, we were happy to be let off from our hours of school indoors, sessions which our mother kept every day, rain or shine.Although it was very hot outside in the sun, we were happy to be dismissed from my mother's sessions indoors. we would have to read and write with her every day no matter what the weather was like.Unit318. But this image, now repeatedly thrust before us in photographs, posters, and advertisements, is misleading.The Earth we see in photos, posters, and ads, which appears so beautiful, is not the true reflection of the world we live in, such image lulls us into complacency.19. The technosphere has become sufficiently large and intense to alter the natural processes that govern the ecosphere.Human activities have taken place over such large areas and with such intensity that they have already caused disastrous effects on ecology.20. ...which could establish itself only because it fitted properly into the preexisting system.the fish could play its role because it became a necessary link with the processes preceding it and the processes following it in the ecological system.21. Defined so narrowly, it is no surprise that cars have properties that are hostile to their environment.When cars are produced to serve such narrow purposes, it is not surprising that some of their characteristic qualities are harmful to the environment.22. Yields rose, but not in proportion to the rate of fertilizer application...the farmer applied more and more fertilizer, and the production did rise but did not increase at the same rate of the fertilizer.23...their waste is flushed into the sewer system altered in composition but not in amount at treatment plant...People eat plants and animals, and their waste is flushed into the sewer system. After being processed, the waste is still waste. the residue will go into rivers, oceans, and will have harmful effect on the aquatic ecosystem.24. Left to their own devices, ecosystems are conservative...If the ecosystems are not upset by outside intrusion, they will remain the same with very little change25.In contrast to the ecosphere, the technosphere is composed of objects and materials that reflecta rapid and relentless process of change and variation.The characteristics of the objects and materials in the technosphere are rapid change and great variety.26.But this is done only at the cost of understanding.if we take side in the war of the two words, we are doing so at the risk of failing to have a clear understanding of the nature and cause of the war, thus, we lose the chance to really solve the grave environmental crisis.Unit 4 Nettles1. How all my own territory would be altered, ad if a landslide had gone through it and skimmed off all meaning except loss of Mike.The impact of Mike's leaving on my life was beyond my imagination. I didn't expect that Mike's leaving would have such a tremendous power that it would change the meaning of my existence completely. All my thoughts were about loss of Mike.2. During that time of life that is supposed to be a reproductive daze, with the woman's mind all swamped by maternal juices, we were still compelled to discuss Simone de Beauvoir and Arthur Koestler and "The Cocktail Party".At that time, we were young mothers, and we were supposed to lead a terribly busy life full of confusion and bewilderment caused by giving birth to and raising babies. and our minds were supposed to be fully occupied by how to feed the babies and things like that. However, in the midst of all this we still felt the need to discuss some of the important thinkers of our time like Simone de Beauvoir and Arthur Koestler and T. S. Eliot's sophisticated work "The Cocktail Party".3. ...I would be frightened, not of any hostility but of a kind of nonexistence.I would be frightened, and my fear was not caused by my neighbor's visibly hostile and violent way of life, but by a kind of formless and hidden emptiness and meaninglessness of human existence. What happened around me was totally irrelevant to me, and I felt very isolated and alienated.4. She did not ask me---was it delicacy or disapproval? ---about my new life.She did not ask me about my new life, either out of subtle consideration for my feeling about this sensitive subject or out of disapproval for my new life style.5. It would be a sleazy thing to do, in the house of his friends.It would be a morally low thing, an indecent thing to commit infidelity in the house of a friend.6. I knew now that he was a person who had hit rock bottom.I knew that he was a person who had experienced the worst in life, the hardest experience a person might have to endure.7. He and wife knew that together and it bound them, as something like that would either break you apart or bind you, for life.They experienced the worst together and they knew what it was like and understood the meaning of that experience. Such an experience posed the gravest test to people. If they stood the test, their friendship or marriage would be strengthened, and a sacred bondage would be formed between them. But if they failed the test, their relationship would be broken and they would be drivenapart.8. Not risking a thing yet staying alive as a sweet trickle, an underground resource. With the weight of this now stillness on it, this seal.If they acted on love, they would take risks. they wouldn't do that or go further in their relationship, but they would rather let their love remain as a sweet trickle, which would flow on gently and permanently, and as an underground resource, which would never be fully tapped but would never go dry.1....the national rejection of dogmatic preconceptions about the nature of the social and economic order1. There are such prejudices in an arrogant manner about the characteristic of the social order and economic order and they take it for granted. The country just rejected such prejudice.2 Nor can one suggest that Americans have been consistently vulnerability to secular ideology ever after2. No one can say that Americans have never been tempted by the approach of understanding, preserving or transforming the world according to rigid dogmas.3. .and any intellect so shaped was ...ever afterA mind influenced by Calvinist theology would surely find it somewhat difficult to resist other ideological temptations to ideological thinking.4. Pragmatism is no more wholly devoid...experiencePragmatism is not completely free from abstract ideas just as ideology is not completely free from experience, that is to say, abstract ideas have a place in pragmatism just as experience has a role in ideology.5. As an ideologist, however, Jefferson....historical curiosityAs a man following a fixed set of beliefs, Jefferson is only an interesting historical figure. His beliefs are out of date and are irrelevant to present-day reality.6. ...whose central dogma is confided to the custody of an infallible priesthoodTheir central beliefs are imprisoned by the whole body of priests who are always effective.7. ...where free men may find partial truths, but where ...on Absolute TruthIn this universe a person whose mind is unconstrained may be able to discover relation truths but no man on earth can claim that he has already grasped the one and only truth.8. But ideology is a drug; no matter how ...it still persists.Ideology has the characteristic of a narcotic. In spite of the fact that it has been proved wrong many times by experience, people still long to commit themselves to ideology.9. ...the only certainty in an absolute system is the certainty of absolute abuse.The only thing that is sure of a despotic system is the unrestricted exercise of power.10. The distinctive human triumph...lies in the capacity to understand the frailty of human striving ...nonethelessThe most outstanding achievement of humanity is they know that no matter how hard they try, they cannot achieve Absolute truth, yet they continue to make great efforts and refuse to give up Unit71. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human life.As a result of technological development, human belongs now have the power to put an end to poverty and human, misery, but at the same time they also possess the power to destroy the wholeworld, rendering it uninhabitable and lifeless.2. ...unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of those human rights...We do not want to see or to allow the slow destruction of those human rights.3. To those peoples in the huts and villages of half.....of mass misery, we pledge our best efforts to help them help themselves...To the people of the underdeveloped countries living in poverty in rural areas, we are committed to helping them to rid themselves of mass poverty by their own efforts.4. But this peaceful revolution of hope cannot become the prey of hostile powers.But we should not let any communist power take advantage of this alliance for progress to expand its influence.5. And let every other power know that this....of its own house.We want to make clear to the communist powers that Americas are the Americas of the Americans. Do not attempt to penetrate into this area.6. ...before the dark powers of destruction..... or accidental self-destruction.Before the world is destroyed by a nuclear war launched in a preemptive attack or caused by accident.7. ...yet both racing to alter the uncertain...of mankind's final war.Y et both sides attempt to get an edge in the nuclear arms race so as to break the mutual deterrence which has so far prevented the outbreak of a nuclear war.8. ...civility is not a sign of weakness, and sincerity is always subject to proof.To be ready to negotiate and establish friendly relations does not mean that we are weak or afraid. Declarations of sincere intention have to be tested by actions.9. Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors.Let the two sides use the fruits of science for the benefit of humanity rather than using high-tech weapons to kill and destroy.10. ...each generation of Americans has been summoned to give testimony to its national loyalty. 1. There have been occasions for each generations of Americans to be called upon to fight and die for their country.。

Unit 4一、词汇短语mink [mɪŋk] n. 水貂，貂皮【例句】I’ll trade you my genuine leather jacket for your mink coat. 我用我的真皮夹克换你的貂皮大衣。

ranger [ˈreɪndʒə(r)]n. 皇家园林、地产等的管理员；担任巡逻和警戒任务的护林员；武装骑警，突击队员【例句】We were pretty much lost when we met the forest ranger. 在遇到护林员的时候我们几乎快要迷路了。

skunk[skʌŋk]n.臭鼬【例句】This is the second skunk we’ve got. 这已经是我们捉到的第二只臭鼬了。

scummy[ˈskʌmi] adj. 下流的；满是浮渣的；浮渣一般的【例句】Although you wear some cologne, I can still vaguely smell a scummy whiff out of you. 虽然你身上喷了古龙水，但我还能隐约闻到一股人渣的味儿。

plow [plau] n. 犁；犁形工具v.犁；耕【例句】The ground was plowed and planted with corn.地翻耕后种上了玉米。

【搭配】put one’s hand to the plow开始工作under the plow <土地>耕种中，在耕作下zing [zɪŋ] n. 活力；生命力；精力；子弹声vt. 对……挑剔vi.发尖啸声【例句】He just lacked that extra zing. 他就是缺少那么一点儿活力。

landslide[ˈlændslaɪd] n. [地质]山崩；大胜利vi.发生山崩；以压倒优势获胜【例句】Their house was buried by a landslide. 他们的房子被一次山体滑坡掩埋了。