高级英语2-2课外练习及答案

Q ALESSON 1 PUB TALK AND KING’S ENGLISHQ B:1.2.3.Conversation is not for persuading others to accept our idea or point of view．4. In fact a person who really enjoys and is skilled at conversation will not argue to win or force others to accept his point of view．5.6.7.The conversation could go on without anybody knowing who was right or wrong．III:1.No one knows how the conversation will go as it moves aimlessly and desultorily or as it becomes spirited and exciting.2.It is not a matter of interest if they are cross or in a bad temper.3.Bar friends, although they met each other frequently, did not delve into each other's lives or the recesses of their thoughts and feelings.4.Suddenly a miraculous change in the conversation took place.5.The conversation suddenly became spirited and exciting.6.We ought to think as the Saxon peasants did at that time.7.The Elizabethan writers spread the English language far and wide.8.I have always had an eager interest in dictionaries.9.Otherwise one will tie up the conversation and will not let it go on freely.10.We would never have talked about Australia, or the language barrier in the time of the Norman Conquest.IV A:1.on the rocks： metaphor，comparing a marriage to a ship wrecked on the rocks2． get out of bed on the wrong side：be in a bad temper for the day (The meaning is perhaps derived from the expression “You got out of bed the wrong way”． It was an ancient superstition that it was unlucky to set the left foot on the ground first on getting out of bed．)3．on wings：metaphor，comparing conversation to a bird flying and soaring． It means the conversation soon became spirited and exciting．4． turn up one’s nose at：scorn；show scorn for5．into the shoes：metaphor(or more appropriately an idiomatic expression)， think as if one were wearing the shoes of the Saxon peasant，i． e． as if one were a Saxon peasant6 .come into one’s own： receive what properly belongs to one，especially acclaim or recognition657．sit up at：(colloquial)become suddenly alert and take notice ofIV B:1．ignorant指缺乏知识，可以是就整体而言(如 an ignorant man)，也可以是就某一具体方面或问题而言(如 ignorant of the reason of their quarrel对他们争吵的起因毫无所知)；illiterate意为缺乏文化修养，尤指读写能力的缺乏； uneducated指没有受到正规的、系统的学校教育；unlearned意为学问不富(未必无知)，既可指一无所长，又可指某一方面所知有限，如unlearned in science，意为对科学懂得有限，但对其他学科，如文学、哲学等，倒可能是很精通的。

《高级英语(二)》题库及答案I.Explain the italicized words in English1.Broke and discouraged, he accepted a job as reporter.2.and rushing them through with a magnificent dash and daring3.Casually he debunked revered artists and art treasures.4.So monstrous a discrepancy in evaluation requires us to examine basic principles.5.There can be linguistic objection to the eradication of proper names.6.and thus beguile ourselves for an hour or so after dinner7.prefacing his remarks by “Of course it’s not for me to suggest to you”8.So do I let my imagination play over the recesses of Laura’s character,9.I would never have believed in the simple bliss of being, day after day, at sea.10.which he imparts from time to time without insistence11. Indeed, this nation’s best-loved author was every bit as adventurous as anyone had ever imagined.12. that gave California a name for getting up astounding enterprises13. “Well, that is California all over.”14. He insisted that man drop his religious illusions15. Has the dictionary abdicated its responsibility?II. Paraphrase1.a man who became obsessed with the frailties of the human race2.Bitterness fed on the man who had made the world laugh.3.He is here because ignorance and bigotry are rampant.4.All languages are dynamic rather than static.5.But neither his vanity nor his purse is any concern of the dictionary’s6.They make it easier to weather the bad times7.The Russians will hold. But it’ll be a near thing.8. Mark Twain digested the new American experience before sharing it with the world as writer and lecturer.9. The case had erupted round my head.10. spectators paid to gaze at it and ponder whether they might be related.11.Mark Twain began digging his way to regional fame as a newspaper reporter and humorist.12.“Let’s take the thing to court and test the legality of it.”13.a flagrant example of lexicographic irresponsibility.14.lexicography, like God, is no respecter of persons15.They made it harder to make a big killing in good times16.But it softens the ground for the second demand17.I want my fill of beauty before I go.18.who are bent on taking over the lion’s share of the trade19.And when they go, so does a huge slice of the new traditional industries worth keeping.20.Pug saw no point of equivocating.21.there is a touch of rough poetry about himIII. Translate the following into Chinese1.From them all Mark Twain gained a keen perception of the human race, of the difference between what people claim to be and what they really are.2.What underlies a ll this sound and fury? Is the claim of the G&C Merriam Company, probably the world’s greatest dictionary maker, that it required the efforts of three hundreds scholars over a period of twenty-seven years, working on the largest collection of citations ever assembled in any language ---is all this a fraud, a hoax?3. Mark Twain suggested that an ingredient was missing in the American ambition when he said: “ What a robust people, what a nation of thinkers we might be, if we would only lay ourselves on the shelf occasionally and renew our edges.”4. But, today, this vital British industry is more in peril than ever before. On almost all the major sea routes of the world, the British fleet risks being elbowed out by stiff foreign competition.5.“……they vanish from a world where they were of no consequence; where they achieved nothing; where they werea mistake and a failure and foolishness; where they have left no sign that they had existed--- a world which will lament them a day and forget them forever.”6.Smaller shipping lines do not have the resources to diversify. They face extinction. And when they go, so does a huge slice of the few traditional industries worth keeping.7.Darrow walked slowly round the baking court. “Today it is the teachers,” he continued, “and tomorrow the magazines, the books, the newspapers. After a while, it is the setting of man against man and creed against creed until we are marching backwards to the glorious age of the sixteenth century when bigots lighted faggots to burn the man who dared to bring any intelligence and enlightenment and culture to the human mind.”8.What I like best are the stern cliffs, with ranges of mountains soaring behind them, full of possibilities, peaks to be scaled only by the most daring. What plants of the high altitudes grow unravished among their crags and valleys? So do I let my imagination play over the recesses of Laura’s character, so austere in the foreground but nurturing what treasures of tenderness, like delicate flowers, for the discovery of the venturesome.IV. Translate the following into English1.汤姆的聪明丝毫不亚于班上的第一名学生。

⾼级英语2-2课外练习及答案Lesson TwoMarrakechI. Choose the one which is equal to the word given blow:1. chantA. religious songB. parallel linesC. balanced wordsD. repeated shout2. derelictA. grievousB. deprivedC. abandonedD. hunted3. hummockA. a desertB. a low rounded hillC. a high mountainD. a plain4. stowA. load roughlyB. unload carefullyC. move quicklyD. hide away5. frenziedA. full of uncontrolledexcitementB. full of happinessC. depressedD. encouraged6. fodderA. delicious foodB. well prepared mealC. rough foodD. half-cooked meal7. clamourA. clatterB. noisily expressC. obeyD. generously give8. desolateA. isolatedB. unitedC. eccentricD. barren9. slumpA. rise upB. sink downC. move onD. repeat10. squashA. invadeB. inferC. squeezeD. separate11. plightA. difficult conditionB. irritationC. conscienceD. objection12. infuriateA. set apart from otherB. fill with rageC. become fastenedD. keep in a certain position13. inquisitiveA. showing curiosityB. seriously urgentC. completely controlledD. ready made14. sidle15. nibbleA. eat large piecesB. swallow downC. take small bitsD. sip bit by bit16. ghettoA. musical instrumentB. areaC. dustD. grave17. navvyA. a shipB. a soldierC. a labourerD. a sailor18. lucerneA. plantC. oilD. field19. scrapA. a sharp soundB. a sudden cuttingC. a forceful scratchD. a small piece20. hackA. cut carefullyB. dig roughlyC. make slowlyD. move smoothly21. storkA. green grassB. black soilC. white birdD. small plant22. clumpA. walkB. strikeC. writeD. fall23. garrisonA. railway stationB. training centreC. military campD. battle field24. hobbleA. walk in difficulty with smallstepsB. walk quickly with stridesC. walk slowly and lazilyD. walk sideways with tips andtoes2526. literallyA. the use of wordB. relate to literatureC. fond of learningD. actually27. ragA. a carpetB. an animal skinC. a scrap of clothD. a floor covering28. bumpyA. smoothB. roughC. heavyD. stout2930. witchcraftA. craftsmanshipB. magicC. airplaneD. supervisorII. Complete the words according to the definitions, the first letter of the word is given: 1. Jewish quarter of a town, a part of a city in which a group of people live who are poor g2. of the Middle Ages m3. back part of an animal including the legs h4. having difficulty to distinguish u5. framework of all bones in a human or animal body s6. town, city, district with local self-government m7. cause to bend, curve, or twist out of shape w8. group of trees g9. soldiers who fight on foot i10. injure or make sore by rubbing g11. of, relating to, or belonging to the era before recorded history p14. a feeling of profound awe and respect and often love r15. to deceive in fun; fool k16. a formation, as of troops or vehicles, in which all elements follow one behind the other c17. one that inhabits a place, especially as a permanent resident i18. easily broken or destroyed f19. a crossbar with two U-shaped pieces that encircle the necks of a pair of oxen or other draftanimals working together y20. a trench, furrow, or groove c21. to cause to shrivel and dry up m22. of or relating to an earliest or original stage or state p23. to become reduced in amount or value; dwindle s24. very good or satisfying; praiseworthy s25. to inhabit or overrun in numbers large enough to be harmful iIII. Put the following words and phrases into the appropriate blanks in the following sentences. (Filling in the grid is optional.) wail infest with invisible warp wind up wring appeal to lower splendid frenzied1. The childfor the toy.2. We took a long walk and at the edge of town.3. I think wha me about his painting is the colours he uses.4. Nowadays, the streets in some places of the city drugs.5. The policemen were trying the truth out of the recalcitrant witness.6. The temperature gradually this month.7. He has made a performance in the examinations.8. The wooden frame in the humidity.9. The office was a scene of activity this morning.10. Air is but we can feel its motion when there is a wind.V. Answer the following questions:1. How did the writer succeed in conveying his indignation at the poverty and misery of the people in the colonial countries?2. Try to list the causes of their poverty.IV. Reading Comprehension:1. The method the writer uses in developing his exposition is ________.A. comparison and contrastB. exampleC. causationD. listing2. The thesis of this essay is _______.A. MarrakechB. How much longer can we go onkidding these people?C. I saw how it was.D. All colonial empires are inreality founded upon this fact.3. People in Marrakech bury the dead _____.A. in a sad wayB. in a careless wayC. with frightful labourD. with great difficulty4. Immediately from their dark hole-like cells everywhere ______.A. a great number of Jews rushedout wildly excited.B. a large number of black peoplerushed out wildly excited.C. a few number of Jews camecreeping out quietly.D. a few number of Arabs walkedout sideways.5. The tone of the author in Para 16 and 17 is _____.A. humorousB. light-heartedC. ironicalD. seriousVI. Determine whether the following statements are true or false. Put a “T”, if the statement is true and put a “F”, if the statement is false.1. Every white man has the thought that he won't be able to deceivethe blacks any longer in his mind, except a socialist.2. What a white man expect from the Negro soldier is a not hostile, not contemptuous, not sullen or not inquisitive look.3. Owing to some kind of accident if one even notices the old woman means when an old woman happens to have an accident, one can see her under the heavy load of sticks.。

Lesson1-Pub Talk and the King’s English1.However intricate the ways in which animals communicate with each other,theydo not indulge in anything that deserves the name of conversation.(Para.1)无论动物之间的交流方式有多复杂，它们都称不上聊天。

2.Argument may often be a part of it,but the purpose of the argument is not toconvince.There is no winning in conversation.(Para.2)争论可能经常是它的一部分，但争论的目的并不是要说服他人。

聊天中没有输赢之分。

3.Perhaps it is because of my upbringing in English pubs that I think barconversation has a charm of its own.(Para.3)或许是我自小常去英国酒吧的缘故，我认为酒吧聊天拥有自己独特的魅力。

4.I do not remember what made one of our companions say it——she clearly hadnot come into the bar to say it,it was not something that was pressing on her mind——but her remark fell quite naturally into the talk.(Para.4)我不记得是什么使我们的一个伙伴提起了这个话题——她显然不是特意来酒吧说这件事的，那也不是什么她非说不可的要紧事——但她十分自然地在聊天中说出了这句话。

高级英语第二册答案【篇一：高级英语练习题含答案(第二册) (4)】>inaugural addressi. choose the one which best explains the word given:1. inaugurala. holy and sacred place in a churchb. formal speech made by a person on taking officec. shelter from trouble, dangerd. talk for the purpose of teaching 2. sovereigna. self-governingb. self-sufficientc. self-centeredd. self-respected3. subversiona. rebuildingb. successionc. destroyingd. salvage4. invective a. beautiful words b. facial expressionsc. convincing speechd. abusive language5. invokea. call forthb. take downc. put upd. take the form of6. prescribea. order or directb. producec. protectd. agree7. tribulationa. contributionb. deliveryc. distributiond. great difficulty or trouble 8. adversary a. a person who gives advice b. a friendc. an enemyd. a listener9. civilitya. rough mannersb. polite behaviourc. polite citizend. rude person10. engulfa. swallow upb. consider aboutc. clean upd. imprint on11. heeda. rise on feetb. strike on the headc. give new life and strengthd. pay attention to12. shielda. person or thing that protectsb. a court order prohibiting or ordering a given actionc. a person or animal inhabiting a specified placed. an apparatus used in inhaling medicinal vapors13. asundera. from belowb. apart in direction or positionc. in or to a low placed. from an upright position14. belabour1a ask sb. to work hardb. set upon with too much talkc. furnish with powerd. force upon others15. eradicatea. cut into many small partsb. go round in circlec. draw together into a small spaced. put an end to; destroy 16. observea. celebrateb. preservec. orate17. almightya. intensivec. instructive18. symbolize a. make signalc. represent19. undoinga. showing c. cover 20. permita. fill inc. get into21. commita. pledgec. refrain22. hosta. a fewc. house23. alliance a. dominationb. disintegration24. cast a. insertc. throw25. preya. victimc. address26. aggressiona. defencec. injury27. outpacea. fall behindc. walk outside28. anewa. once morec. famous29. testimonya. evidencec. liberationd. help b. all-powerful d. all-round b. show pity d. presentb. laziness d. destruction b. consent d. explain b. omit d. repeat b. multitude d. exclusion b. transactiond. associationb. falld. leapb. require d. beg b. invasion. d. disclosure b. step out d. surpass b. stranged. weary b. witnessd. trial 230. inspectiona. predictionb. warm speechc. expectationd. examinationii. write down the word according to the definition. the first letter is given:1. the sense of right and wrongc2. the largest or greatest number, amount, etc. m3. drawn up ready for battlee4. to express clearly and exactly f5. that which has been or may be inherited h6. to take an oath s7. the quality of being generous g8. any public place in which discussions take place f9. formal written order in the name of a court of law, government, or otherauthority, directing a person to do or not to sth.w10. to do away with completely a11. either half of the celestial sphere as divided by the ecliptic, the celestial equator,or the horizon.h12. a group of persons gathered together for a common reason, as for a legislative,religious, educational, or social purpose. a13. to confer with another or others in order to come to terms or reach an agreementn14. the act of suspecting something, especially something wrong, on little evidenceor without proof. s15. to keep in perfect or unaltered condition; maintain unchanged.p16. to call togethers17. feelings of devoted attachment and affection l18. be delighted r19. a conscientious or concerted effort toward an end; an earnest attempt e20. ardent, often selfless affection and dedication d21. something promoting or contributing to happiness, well-being, or prosperity; aboon b22. the act or an instance of seeking or pursuing something; a search. q23. to release or loose from or as if from a leash u24. to give warning toa25. free or almost free from change, variation, or fluctuation; uniform st26. to have meaning or importances27. deeply earnest, serious, and sober s28. a solemn, formal declaration or promise to fulfill a pledge, often calling on godor a sacred object as witness o29. a person from whom one is descended; an ancestor f30. an adversary; an opponentfiii. reading comprehension:1. in what way is the world different according to kennedy?a. in the way that the cold war was in its height.b. in the way of science and technologyc. in the way that human rights are still at issue.d. in the way of revolutionary belief.2. kennedy ’s specific policy towards the poor countries is_____. 3a. to help them help themselves.b. to make them our adversary.c. to pledge the loyalty of faithful friendsd. to convert good words into good deeds.3. which statement is not true?a. both sides are overburdened by the cost of arms race.b. both sides are made conscious of the wide spread atom bombs.c. both sides do not feel easy at the present situation.d. both are trying to keep this uncertain balance of terrible military power.4. in his line “let the word go forth from this time and place” , the word means ____a. the word from the bibleb. the word from godc. kennedy’s wordd. the forefather’s word5. kennedy’s “alliance for progress” is the policy towards______.a. the newly independent countriesb. the third world countries.c. the united nationsd. the latin american countries.iv. translation:1. 他们的友谊是在困难时期由于同甘苦共患难而结成的。

高级英语2第三版课后习题paraphrase原文及答案1．And it is an activity only of humans.And it is a human unique activity．2．n is not for making a point.XXX．3．In fact。

XXX.In fact。

XXX.XXX.Bar XXX with each other’s private lives.5.it could still go XXX。

XXX who was right or wrong．6.There are cattle in the field。

but we sit down to beef.These animals are called cattle in English。

when they are XXX；but when we sit down at the table to eat。

we XXX．7.The new ruling class had built a cultural barrier against him by building their French against his own language.XXX.had XXX its own.XXX．9．XXX phrase has always been used a little XXX.XXX phrase。

the king’s English has always been used disrespectfully and made fun by the lower classes.10.XXX against a cultural dominance is still there.There XXX.11.There is always a great danger that“words will XXX”XXX.12.Even with the most educated and the most literate。

Paraphrase & TranslationLesson 11.Conversation is not for making a point.Conversation is not for persuading others to accept our idea or point of view. In a conversation we should not try to establish the force of an idea or argument.2.The new ruling class had built a cultural barrier against him bybuilding their French against his own language.The new ruling class by using French instead of English made it difficult for the English to accept or absorb the culture of the rules. 3.The phrase has always been used a little pejoratively and evenfacetiously by the lower classes.The phrase, the King’s English, has always been used disparagingly and joking by the lower classes. The working people very often make fun of the proper and formal language of the educated people. 4....that suddenly the alchemy of conversation took place, and all atonce there was a focus.Then suddenly a magical transformation took place and there was a f ocal subject to talk about.1.There is always resistance in the lower classes to any attempt by anupper class to lay down rules for “English as it should be spoken.”每当上流社会想给“规范英语”指定一些条条框框时，总会遭到来自下层人名的抵制。

Lesson 11．And it is an activity only of humans.And it is a human unique activity．2．Conversation is not for making a point.Conversation is not to convince others．3．In fact, the best conversationalists are those who are prepared to be lose.In fact, the best conversationalists are those who are willing to be lose.4.Bar friends are not deeply involved in each other’s lives.Bar friends are not deeply concerned with each other’s private lives.5....it could still go ignorantly on...The conversation could go on without anybody knowing who was right or wrong．6. There are cattle in the field, but we sit down to beef.These animals are called cattle in English, when they are alive and feeding in the fields；but when we sit down at the table to eat, we call their meat beef in French．7. The new ruling class had built a cultural barrier against him by building their French against his own language.The new ruling class had caused the cultural contradictions between the ruling class and native English by regarding French superior to English.8.English had come royally into its own.English had gained recognition by the King．9．The phrase has always been used a little pejoratively and even facetiously by the lower classes. The phrase, the king’s English has always been used disrespectfully and made fun by the lower classes. 10. The rebellion against a cultural dominance is still there.There is still opposition to cultural monopoly.11. There is always a great danger that “words will harden into things for us”We tend to make the mistake that we regard the things as they represent.12. Even with the most educated and the most literate, the King’s English slips and slides in conversation.Even the most educated and literated people will not always use the formal English in their conversation．Lesson 21. The burying--ground is merely a huge waste of hummocky earth, like a derelict building-lot.The burying-ground is just a huge piece of wasteland full of mounds of earth, looking like a deserted construction land.2.All colonial empires are in reality founded upon that fact.All colonial empires are built by exploiting the local people.3. They rise out of the earth, they sweat and starve for a few years, and then they sink back into the nameless mounds of the graveyard.They are born. Then they work hard without enough food for a few years. Finally they die and are buried in the hills graves without any mark to identify them.4. A carpenter sits crosslegged at a prehistoric lathe, turning chair-legs at lighting speed.A carpenter sits crossing his legs at an old-fashioned lathe, making round chair-legs very fast.5. Instantly, from the dark holes all round, there was a frenzied rush of Jews.Immediately, Jews rushed out of their dark hole-like rooms nearby in a frenzy madness.6.every one of them looks on a cigarette as a more or less impossible luxury.Every one of these Jews considers the cigarette as a somewhat piece of luxury which they can not possibly afford.7. Still, a white skin is always fairly conspicuous.However, a white-skinned European is easy to notice in a fair way.8. In a tropical landscape one’s eye takes in everything except the human being.Against the background of a tropical landscape, people could notice everything but they cannot see local people.9. No one would think of running cheap trips to the Distressed AreasNo one would propose the cheap trips to the slums．10．...for nine-tenths of the people the reality of life is an endless, back-breaking struggle to wring a little food out of an eroded soil.The real life of nine-tenths of the people is that there is no end to their extremely hard work in order to get a little food from an eroded soil．11. She accepted her status as an old woman, that is to say as a beast of burden.She took it for granted that as an old woman she should work like an animal．12.People with brown skins are next door to invisible.People who have brown skins are almost invisible．13. Their splendid bodies were hidden in reach-me-down khaki uniforms...The soldiers wore second—hand khaki uniforms which covered their beautiful well—built bodies．14. How long before they turn their guns in the other direction?How long will it take for them to attack us?15. Every white man there had this thought stowed somewhere or other in his mind.It is certain that every white man realized this.Lesson31.And yet the same revolutionary belief for which our forebears fought is still at issue around the globe...And yet the same revolutionary belief which is the aim of our ancestors is still in dispute around the world.2. This much we pledge--and more.This much we promise to do and we promise to do more.3. United, there is little we cannot do in a host of cooperative ventures.If we are united, there is almost nothing we can not do through a lot of cooperation.4. But this peaceful revolution of hope cannot become the prey of hostile powers.But this peaceful revolution which can bring hope in a peaceful way can not fall victims to enemy country.5. .... Our last best hope in an age where the instruments of war have far outpaced the instruments of pace...The United Nations is our last and best hope in the era where means of launching war have far surpassed means of keeping peace.6. ...to enlarge the area in which its writ may run...to increase the area where the UN’s written documents may be effective.7....before the dark powers of destruction unleashed by science engulf all humanity in planned or accidental self-destruction...before the evil atom weapon made possible by science destroy all human beings in a planned way or by accident.8...yet both racing to alter that uncertain balance of terror that stays the hand of mankind’s final war... However both trying to change that unstable balance of weapons and this balance of weapons could prevent human beings from launching their final war.9. So let us begin anew, remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness...So let us begin once again to realize that politeness does not mean weakness.10. Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors.I suggest both sides try to use science to make wonders for human beings rather than terrors.11. ...each generation of Americans has been summoned to give testimony to its national loyalty. There are Americans from every generation who answer the call of the country to prove their loyalty to the country.12. With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love...Our certain reward is our good conscience and history will judge our deeds, therefore, let us try to be pioneers in building our beloved country.Unit41.A nice enough young fellow, you understand ,but nothing upstairs.He is a nice enough young fellow,you know , but he is empty-headed.2.Fads, I submit, are the very negation of reason.A passing fashion or craze ,in my opinion, shows a complete lack of reason.3.I should have known they‟d come back when the Charleston came back.I should have known that raccoon coats would come back to fashion when the Charleston dance, which was popular in the 1920s,came back.4.“All the Big Men on Campus are wearing them. Where …ve you been?”All the important and fashionable men on campus are wearing them. How come you don’t know?5.My brain , that precision instrument, slipped into high gear.My brain, which is precision instrument, began to work at high speed.6.With one omission, Polly fitted these specifications perfectly.Except for one thing(intelligence)Polly had all the other requirements.7.She was not yet of pin-up proportions, but I felt sure that time would supply the lack.She was not as beautiful as those girls in posters but I felt sure she would become beautiful enough after some time.8.In fact, she veered in the opposite direction.In fact, she went in the opposite direction,that is , she was not intelligent but rather stupid.9.“ In other words ,if you were out of the picture,the field would be open. Is that right?”If you were no longer involved with her, others would be free to compete to get her as a girlfriend.10.Back and forth his head swiveled , desire waxing, resolution waning.His head turned back and forth (looking at the coat and then looking away from the coat). Every time he looked his desire for the coat grew stronger and his resolution not to abandon Polly became weaker.11.This loomed as a project of no small dimensions...To teach her to think seemed to be a rather big task.12.Admittedly it was not a prospect fraught with hope ,but I decided to give it one more try.One must admit the outcome did not look very hopeful, but I decided to try one more time.13.There is a limit to what flesh and blood can bear.There is a limit to what any human being can bear .14.I was not Pygmalion; I was Frankenstein , and my monster had me by the throat.I planned to be Pygmalion, to fashion an ideal wife for myself, but I turned out to be Frankenstein because Polly ultimately rejected me and ruined my plan.15.Frantically I fought back the tide of panic surging through me .Desperately I tried to stop the feeling of panic which was overwhelming me.Unit51.The slighted mention of the decade brings nostalgic recollections to the middle-aged...At the very mention of this postwar period ,middle-aged people begin to think about it longingly.2.The rejection of Victorian gentility was , in any case ,inevitable .In any case,an American could not avoid casting aside middle-class respectability and affected refinement.3.The war acted merely as a catalytic agent in this breakdown of the Victorian social structure...The war only helped to speed up the breakdown of the Victorian social structure.4...it was tempted ,in America at least, to escape its responsibilities and retreat behind an air of naughty alcoholic sophistication...In America at least,the young people were strongly inclined to shirk their responsibilities. They pretended to be worldly-wise, drinking and behaving naughtily.5.Prohibition afforded the young the additional opportunity of making their pleasures illicit...The young found greater pleasure in drinking because Prohibition, by making drinking unlawful,added a sense of adventure.6...our young men began to enlist under foreign flags.Our young men joined the armies of foreign countries to fight in the war.7....they “wanted to get into the fun before the whole thing turned belly up.”The young wanted to take part in the glorious adventure before the whole ended.8...they had outgrown towns and families...These young people could no longer adapt themselves to lives in their hometowns or their families.9..the returning veteran also had to face the sodden,Napoleonic cynicism of Versailles,the hypocritical do-goodism of Prohibition...The returning veteran also had to face the stupid cynicism of the victorious allies in Versailles who acted as cynically as Napoleon did,and to face Prohibition which the lawmakers hypocritically assumed would do good to the people.10.Something in the tension-ridden youth of America had to “give”...(Under all this force and pressure)something in the youth of America,who were already very tense ,had to break down.11....it was only natural that hopeful young writers , their minds and pens inflamed against war, Babbittry, and “Puritanical”gentility, should flock to the traditional artistic center...It was only natural that hopeful young writers ,whose minds and writings were full of violent anger against war, Babbittry,and “Puritanical”gentility,should come in largen numbers to live in Greenwich Village, the traditional artistic center.12.Each town had its “fast”set which prided itself on itself on its unconventionality...Each town was proud that it had a group of wild ,reckless people,who lived unconventional lives.Unit61. Nowadays New York is out of phase with American taste...Nowadays New Yorkers can‟t understand nor follow the taste of the American people and often disagree with American politics.2. New York even prides itself on being a holdout from prevailing American trends...New York is proud that it is a city that resists the prevailing fashion or styles of America and that it remains to be a place where people can escape uniformity.3. ...sitcoms cloned and canned in Hollywood, and the Johnny Carson show live, preempt the airways fromCalifornia...Situation comedies made in Hollywood and the live talk show of Johnny Carson now dominate the radio and TV programs in California.4. ... It is making something of a comeback as a tourist attraction...New York is making attempts to regain its status as a city that attracts tourists .5. To win in New York is to be uneasy...Even when a person whins in New York ,he may well be anxious and fearful, for he is afraid of losing what he has gained in the coming fierce competition.6. Nature‟ pleasures are much qualified in New York.Since New York is a large and crowed city with a lot of tall buildings ,the chance to enjoy the pleasures of nature is very limited here.7. ...the city‟s bright glow arrogantly obscures the heavens.At night, the lights of New York are so proudly bright that the sky seems to be darkened.8. But the purity of a bohemian dedication can be exaggerated.But the pure and wholehearted devotion to a bohemian lifestyle can be overstated.9. In both these roles it ratifies more than it creates.In both these roles of banking and communications headquarters, New York creates very few things but approves many things started by people in other parts of the country.10. The television generation grew up in the insistent presence of hype...The television generation was continually and strongly affected by extravagant promotional advertising. 11. ...those who are writing ambitious novels sustain themselves on the magazines.Writers producing long serious novels also earn their living by writing articles for popular magazines.12. Boardway, which seemed to be succumbing to the tawdriness of its environment, is astir again. Boardway,which seemed to be giving up to the cheap ,gaudy shows put on in the surrounding areas,now becomes flourishing and busy again.13. The defeated are not hidden away somewhere else on the wrong side of town.Those who failed in the struggle of life ,the down-and-outs ,do no hide themselves away in slums where other people cannot see them.14. The place constantly exasperates,at times exhilarates.New York constantly irritates and annoys very much but sometimes it also stimulates.Unit71.With a clamor of bells that set the swallows soaring, the Festival of Summer came to the city Omelas .The loud ringing of the bells, which sent the frightened swallows flying high, marked the beginning of the F estival of Summer in Omelas.2. ..Their high calls rising like the swallows’ crossing flights over the music and singsing.The shouting of the children could be heard clearly above the music and singing like the calls of the swallow s flying by overhead.3. ..Exercised their restive horses before the race.The riders were putting the horses through some exercises because the horses were eager to startand stubbornly resisting the control of the riders.4. Given a description such as this one tends to make certain assumptions.After reading the above description the reader is likely to assume certain things.5. This is the treason of artist: a refusal to admit the banality of evil and the terrible boredom of pain. An artist betrays his trust when he does not admit that evil is nothing fresh nor novel and pain is very dull a nd uninteresting.6. They were nature, intelligent, passionate adults whose lives were not wretched.They were fully developed and intelligent grown-up people full of intense feelings and they were not misera ble people.7. Perhaps it would be best if you imagined it as your own fancy bids, assuming it will rise to the occas ion.Perhaps it would be best if the reader pictures Omelas to himself as his imagination tells him, assuming his i magination will be equal to the task.8. The faint insistent sweetness of drooz may perfume the way of the city.The faint but compelling sweet scent of the drug drooz may fill the streets of the city.9. Perhaps it was born defective, or perhaps it has become imbecile through fear, malnutrition and neg lect.Perhaps the child was mentally retarded because it was born so or perhaps it has become very foolish and s tupid because of fear, poor nourishment and neglect.10. Its habits are too uncouth for it to respond to humane treatment.The habits of the child are so crude and uncultured that it will show no sign of improvement even if it is trea ted kindly and tenderly.11. Their tears at the bitter injustice dry when they begin to perceive the terrible justice of reality, and to accept it.They shed tears when they see how terribly unjust they have been to the child, but these tearsdry up when t hey realize how just and fair though terrible reality was.Unit101. It is a complex fate to be an American.The fate of an American is complicated and hard to understand.2...they were no more at home in Europe than I was.They were uneasy and uncomfortable in Europe as I was.3...we were both searching for our separate identities.They were all trying to find their own special individualities.4. I do not think that could have made this reconciliation here.I don't think I could have accepted in America my Negro status without feeling ashamed.5...it is easier to cut across social and occupational lines there than it is here.It is easier in Europe for people of different social groups and occupations to intermingle and have social int ercourse.6. A man can be as proud of being a good waiter as of being a good actor, and in neither case feel thre atened. In Europe a good waiter and a good actor are equally proud of their social status and position. They are not jealous of each other and do not live in fear of losing their position.7. I was born in New York, but have lived only in pockets of it.I was born in New York but have lived only in some small areas of the city.8. This reassessment, which can be very painful, is also very valuable.The reconsideration of the significance and importance of many things that one had taken for granted in the past can be very painful, though very valuable.9. On this acceptance, literally, the life of a writer depends.The life of a writer really depends on his accepting the fact that no matter where he goes or what he does he will always carry the marks of his origins.10. American writers do not have a fixed society to describe.American writers live in a mobile society where nothing is fixed, so they do not have a fixed society to descri be.11..Every society is really governed by hidden laws, by unspoken but profound assumptions on the part of the people.Every society is influenced and directed by hidden laws, and by many things deeply felt andtaken for granted by the people, though not openly spoken about.。

Lesson 11．And it is an activity only of humans. And it is a human unique activity．2．Conversation is not for making a point. Conversation is not to convince others．3．In fact, the best conversationalists are those who are prepared to be lose. In fact, the best conversationalists are those who are willing to be lose. 4.Bar friends are not deeply involved in each other's lives.Bar friends are not deeply concerned with each other's private lives. 5....it could still go ignorantly on...The conversation could go on without anybody knowing who was right or wrong．6. There are cattle in the field, but we sit down to beef.These animals are called cattle in English, when they are alive and feeding in the fields；but when we sit down at the table to eat, we call their meat beef in French．7. The new ruling class had built a cultural barrier against him by building their French against his own language. The new ruling class had caused the cultural contradictions between the ruling class and native English by regarding French superior to English.8.English had come royally into its own. English had gained recognition by the King．9．The phrase has always been used a little pejoratively and even facetiously by the lower classes. The phrase, the king's English has always been used disrespectfully and made fun by the lower classes. 10. The rebellion against a cultural dominance is still there. There is still opposition to cultural monopoly.11. There is always a great danger that “words will harden into things for us”We tend to make the mistake that we regard the things as they represent.12. Even with the most educated and the most literate, the King's English slips and slides in conversation. Even the most educated and literated people will not always use the formal English in their conversation．Lesson 21. The burying--ground is merely a huge waste of hummocky earth, like a derelict building-lot. The burying-ground is just a huge piece of wasteland full of mounds of earth, looking like a deserted construction land.2.All colonial empires are in reality founded upon that fact. All colonial empires are built by exploiting the local people.3. They rise out of the earth, they sweat and starve for a few years, and then they sink back into the nameless mounds of the graveyard. They are born. Then they work hard without enough food for a few years. Finally they die and are buried in the hills graves without any mark to identify them.4. A carpenter sits crosslegged at a prehistoric lathe, turning chair-legs at lighting speed. A carpenter sits crossing his legs at anold-fashioned lathe, making round chair-legs very fast. 5. Instantly, from the dark holes all round, there was a frenzied rush of Jews.Immediately, Jews rushed out of their dark hole-like rooms nearby in a frenzy madness. 6.every one of them looks on a cigarette as a more or less impossible luxury. Every one of these Jews considers the cigarette as a somewhat piece of luxury which they can not possibly afford. 7. Still, a white skin is always fairly conspicuous.However, a white-skinned European is easy to notice in a fair way. 8. In a tropical landscape one's eye takes in everything except the human being. Against the background of a tropical landscape, people could notice everything but they cannot see local people. 9. No one would think of running cheap trips to the Distressed Areas No one would propose the cheap trips to the slums．10．...for nine-tenths of the people the reality of life is an endless, back-breaking struggle to wring a little food out of an eroded soil.The real life of nine-tenths of the people is that there is no end to their extremely hard work in order to get a little food from an eroded soil．11. She accepted her status as an old woman, that is to say as a beast of burden. She took it for granted that as an old woman she should work like an animal．12.People with brown skins are next door to invisible. People who have brown skins are almost invisible．13. Theirsplendid bodies were hidden in reach-me-down khaki uniforms... The soldiers wore second—hand khaki uniforms which covered their beautiful well—built bodies．14. How long before they turn their guns in the other direction? How long will it take for them to attack us?15. Every white man there had this thought stowed somewhere or other in his mind. It is certain that every white man realized this. Lesson31.And yet the same revolutionary belief for which our forebears fought is still at issue around the globe... And yet the same revolutionary belief which is the aim of our ancestors is still in dispute around the world.2. This much we pledge--and more.This much we promise to do and we promise to do more.3. United, there is little we cannot do in a host of cooperative ventures. If we are united, there is almost nothing we can not do through a lot of cooperation.4. But this peaceful revolution of hope cannot become the prey of hostile powers.But this peaceful revolution which can bring hope in a peaceful way can not fall victims to enemy country. 5. .... Our last best hope in an age where the instruments of war have far outpaced the instruments of pace... The United Nations is our last and best hope in the era where means of launching war have far surpassed means of keeping peace.6. ...to enlarge the area in which its writ may run...to increase the area where the UN's written documents may be effective.7....before the dark powers of destruction unleashed by science engulf all humanity in planned or accidental self-destruction...before the evil atom weapon made possible by science destroy all human beings in a planned way or by accident. 8...yet both racing to alter that uncertain balance of terror that stays the hand of mankind's final war...However both trying to change that unstable balance of weapons and this balance of weapons could prevent human beings from launching their final war.9. So let us begin anew, remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness... So let us begin once again to realize that politeness does not mean weakness. 10. Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors.I suggest both sides try to use science to make wonders for human beings rather than terrors.11. ...each generation of Americans has been summoned to give testimony to its national loyalty. There are Americans from every generation who answer the call of the country to prove their loyalty to the country. 12. With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love... Our certain reward is our good conscience and history will judge our deeds, therefore, let us try to be pioneers in building our beloved country. Unit41.A nice enough young fellow, you understand ,but nothing upstairs. He is a nice enough young fellow,you know , but he is empty-headed.2.Fads, I submit, are the very negation of reason. A passing fashion or craze ,in my opinion, shows a complete lack of reason.3.I should have known they?d come back when the Charleston came back. I should have known that raccoon coats would come back to fashion when the Charleston dance, which was popular in the 1920s,came back.4.“All the Big Men on Campus are wearing them. Where ?ve you been?”All the important and fashionable men on campus are wearing them. How come you don't know?5.My brain , that precision instrument, slipped into high gear. My brain, which is precision instrument, began to work at high speed.6.With one omission, Polly fitted these specifications perfectly.Except for one thing(intelligence)Polly had all the other requirements.7.She was not yet of pin-up proportions, but I felt sure that time would supply the lack. She was not as beautiful as those girls in posters but I felt sure she would become beautiful enough after some time.8.In fact, sheveered in the opposite direction. In fact, she went in the opposite direction,that is , she was not intelligent but rather stupid. 9.“In other words ,if you were out of the picture,the field would be open. Is that right?”If you were no longer involved with her, others would be free to compete to get her as a girlfriend.10.Back and forth his head swiveled , desire waxing, resolution waning. His head turned back and forth (looking at the coat and then looking away from the coat). Every time he looked his desire for the coat grew stronger and his resolution not to abandon Polly became weaker. 11.This loomed as a project of no small dimensions... T o teach her to think seemed to be a rather big task. 12.Admittedly it was not a prospect fraught with hope ,but I decided to give it one more try. One must admit the outcome did not look very hopeful, but I decided to try one more time. 13.There is a limit to what flesh and blood can bear. There is a limit to what any human being can bear . 14.I was not Pygmalion; I was Frankenstein , and my monster had me by the throat. I planned to be Pygmalion, to fashion an ideal wife for myself, but I turned out to be Frankenstein because Polly ultimately rejected me and ruined my plan. 15.Frantically I fought back the tide of panic surging through me . Desperately I tried to stop the feeling of panic which was overwhelming me. Unit51.The slighted mention of the decade brings nostalgic recollections to the middle-aged... At the very mention of this postwar period ,middle-aged people begin to think about it longingly.2.The rejection of Victorian gentility was , in any case ,inevitable .In any case,an American could not avoid casting aside middle-class respectability and affected refinement.3.The war acted merely as a catalytic agent in this breakdown of the Victorian social structure... The war only helped to speed up the breakdown of the Victorian social structure.of naughty4...it was tempted ,in America at least, to escape its responsibilities and retreat behind an air alcoholic sophistication...In America at least,the young people were strongly inclined to shirk their responsibilities. They pretended to be worldly-wise, drinking and behaving naughtily.5.Prohibition afforded the young the additional opportunity of making their pleasures illicit...The young found greater pleasure in drinking because Prohibition, by making drinking unlawful,added a sense of adventure.6...our young men began to enlist under foreign flags.Our young men joined the armies of foreign countries to fight in the war.7....they “wanted to get into the fun before the whole thing turned belly up.”The young wanted to take part in the glorious adventure before the whole ended. 8...they had outgrown towns and families... These young people could no longer adapt themselves to lives in their hometowns or their families.9..the returning veteran also had to face the sodden,Napoleonic cynicism of Versailles,the hypocritical do-goodism of Prohibition...The returning veteran also had to face the stupid cynicism of the victorious allies in Versailles who acted as cynically as Napoleon did,and to face Prohibition which the lawmakers hypocritically assumed would do good to the people. 10.Something in the tension-ridden youth of America had to “give”...(Under all this force and pressure)something in the youth of America,who were already very tense ,had to break down.11....it was only natural that hopeful young writers , their minds and pens inflamed against war, Babbittry, and “Puritanical”gentility, should flock to the traditional artistic center...It was only natural that hopeful young writers ,whose minds and writings were full of violent anger against war, Babbittry,and “Puritanical”gentility,should come in largen numbers to live in Greenwich Village, thetraditional artistic center.12.Each town had its “fast”set which prided itself on itself on its unconventionality...Each town was proud that it had a group of wild ,reckless people,who lived unconventional lives. Unit6 1. Nowadays New York is out of phase with American taste... Nowadays New Yorkers can?t understand nor follow the taste of the American people and often disagree with American politics. 2. New York even prides itself on being a holdout from prevailing American trends... New York is proud that it is a city that resists the prevailing fashion or styles of America and that it remains to be a place where people can escape uniformity.3. ...sitcoms cloned and canned in Hollywood, and the Johnny Carson show live, preempt the airways from California... Situation comedies made in Hollywood and the live talk show of Johnny Carson now dominate the radio and TV programs in California.4. ... It is making something of a comeback as a tourist attraction... New York is making attempts to regain its status as a city that attracts tourists .5. To win in New York is to be uneasy... Even when a person whins in New York ,he may well be anxious and fearful, for he is afraid of losing what he has gained in the coming fierce competition.6. Nature? pleasures are much qualified in New York. Since New York is a large and crowed city with a lot of tall buildings ,the chance to enjoy the pleasures of nature is very limited here.7. ...the city?s bright glow arrogantly obscures the heavens. At night, the lights of New York are so proudly bright that the sky seems to be darkened.8. But the purity of a bohemian dedication can be exaggerated. But the pure and wholehearted devotion to a bohemian lifestyle can be overstated.9. In both these roles it ratifies more than it creates. In both these roles of banking and communications headquarters, New York creates very few things but approves many things started by people in other parts of the country. 10. The television generation grew up in the insistent presence of hype... The television generation was continually and strongly affected by extravagant promotional advertising. 11. ...those who are writing ambitious novels sustain themselves on the magazines. Writers producing long serious novels also earn their living by writing articles for popular magazines. 12. Boardway, which seemed to be succumbing to the tawdriness of its environment, is astir again. Boardway,which seemed to be giving up to the cheap ,gaudy shows put on in the surrounding areas,now becomes flourishing and busy again. 13. The defeated are not hidden away somewhere else on the wrong side of town. Those who failed in the struggle of life ,the down-and-outs ,do no hide themselves away in slums where other people cannot see them. 14. The place constantly exasperates,at times exhilarates. New York constantly irritates and annoys very much but sometimes it also stimulates. Unit71. With a clamor of bells that set the swallows soaring, the Festival of Summer came to the city Omelas. The loud ringing of the bells, which sent the frightened swallows flying high, marked the beginning of the Festival of Summer in Omelas.crossing flights over the music and singsing.2. ..Their high calls rising like the swallows'The shouting of the children could be heard clearly above the music and singing like the calls of the swallows flying by overhead.3. ..Exercised their restive horses before the race.The riders were putting the horses through some exercises because the horses were eager to start and stubbornly resisting the control of the riders.4. Given a description such as this one tends to make certain assumptions. After reading the above description the reader is likely to assume certain things.5. This is the treason of artist: a refusal to admit the banality of evil and the terrible boredom of pain.An artist betrays his trust when he does not admit that evil is nothing fresh nor novel and pain is very dull and uninteresting.6. They were nature, intelligent, passionate adults whose lives were not wretched.They were fully developed and intelligent grown-up people full of intense feelings and they were notmiserable people.7. Perhaps it would be best if you imagined it as your own fancy bids, assuming it will rise to the occasion. Perhaps it would be best if the reader pictures Omelas to himself as his imagination tells him, assuming his imagination will be equal to the task.8. The faint insistent sweetness of drooz may perfume the way of the city.The faint but compelling sweet scent of the drug drooz may fill the streets of the city.9. Perhaps it was born defective, or perhaps it has become imbecile through fear, malnutrition and neglect. Perhaps the child was mentally retarded because it was born so or perhaps it has become very foolish and stupid because of fear, poor nourishment and neglect.10. Its habits are too uncouth for it to respond to humane treatment.The habits of the child are so crude and uncultured that it will show no sign of improvement even if it is treated kindly and tenderly.11. Their tears at the bitter injustice dry when they begin to perceive the terrible justice of reality, and to accept it.They shed tears when they see how terribly unjust they have been to the child, but these tearsdry up when they realize how just and fair though terrible reality was. Unit101. It is a complex fate to be an American. The fate of an American is complicated and hard to understand. 2...they were no more at home in Europe than I was. They were uneasy and uncomfortable in Europe as I was. 3...we were both searching for our separate identities. They were all trying to find their own special individualities.4. I do not think that could have made this reconciliation here. I don't think I could have accepted in America my Negro status without feeling ashamed.5...it is easier to cut across social and occupational lines there than it is here.It is easier in Europe for people of different social groups and occupations to intermingle and have social intercourse.6. A man can be as proud of being a good waiter as of being a good actor, and in neither case feel threatened In Europe a good waiter and a good actor are equally proud of their social status and position. They are not jealo. us of each other and do not live in fear of losing their position.7. I was born in New York, but have lived only in pockets of it.I was born in New York but have lived only in some small areas of the city. 8. This reassessment, which can be very painful, is also very valuable.The reconsideration of the significance and importance of many things that one had taken for granted in the past can be very painful, though very valuable.9. On this acceptance, literally, the life of a writer depends.The life of a writer really depends on his accepting the fact that no matter where he goes or what he does he will al ways carry the marks of his origins. 10. American writers do not have a fixed society to describe. American writers live in a mobile society where nothing is fixed, so they do not have a fixed society to describe. Every society is really governed by hidden laws, by unspoken but profound assumptions on the part of the11.. people.by many things deeply felt and hidden laws, and by Every society is influenced and directed taken for granted by the people, though not openly spoken about.。

Lesson OneFace to Face with Hurricane CamilleⅣ. 1. We' re 23 feet above sea level.2. The house has been here since 1915, and no hurricane has ever caused any damage to it.3. We can make the necessary preparations and survive the hurricane without much damage.4. Water got into the generator and put it out. It stopped producing electricity, so the lights also went out.5. Everybody go out through the back door and run to the cars.6. The electrical systems in the car had been put out by water.7. As John watched the water inch its way up the steps, he felt a strong sense of guilt because he blamed himself for endangering the whole family by deciding not to flee inland.8. ()h God, please help us to get through this storm safely.9. Grandmother Koshak sang a few words alone and then her voice gradually grew dimmer and stopped.10. Janis displayed rather late the exhaustion brought about by the nervous tension caused by the hurricane.Ⅵ.1. main: a principal pipe or line in a distributing system for water, gas, electricity, etc.2.sit out: stay until the end ofe by;(American English) pay a visit4.blow in：burst open by the storm.5.douse:put out(a light，fire，generator。