new century english unit one

Unit 1 Time-Conscious AmericansAmericans believe no one stands still. If you are not moving ahead, you are falling behind. This attitude results in a nation of people committed to researching, experimenting and exploring. Time is one of the two elements that Americans save carefully, the other being labor."We are slaves to nothing but the clock," it has been said. Time is treated as if it were something almost real. We budget it, save it, waste it, steal it, kill it, cut it, account for it; we also charge for it. It is a precious resource. Many people have a rather acute sense of the shortness of each lifetime. Once the sands have run out of a person's hourglass, they cannot be replaced. We want every minute to count.A foreigner's first impression of the US is likely to be that everyone is in a rush—often under pressure. City people always appear to be hurrying to get where they are going, restlessly seeking attention in a store, or elbowing others as they try to complete their shopping. Racing through daytime meals is part of the pace of life in this country. Working time is considered precious. Others in public eating-places are waiting for you to finish so they, too, can be served and get back to work within the time allowed. You also find drivers will be abrupt and people will push past you. You will miss smiles, brief conversations, and small exchanges with strangers. Don't take it personally. This is because people value time highly, and they resent someone else "wasting" it beyond a certain appropriate point.Many new arrivals in the States will miss the opening exchanges of a business call, for example. They will miss the ritual interaction that goes with a welcoming cup of tea or coffee that may be a convention in their own country. They may miss leisurely business chats in a restaurant or coffee house. Normally, Americans do not assess their visitors in such relaxed surroundings over extended small talk; much less do they take them out for dinner, or around on the golf course while they develop a sense of trust. Since we generally assess and probe professionally rather than socially, we start talking business very quickly. Time is, therefore, always ticking in our inner ear.Consequently, we work hard at the task of saving time. We produce a steady flow of labor-saving devices; we communicate rapidly through faxes, phone calls or emails rather than through personal contacts, which though pleasant, take longer—especially given our traffic-filled streets. We, therefore, save most personal visiting for after-work hours or for social weekend gatherings.To us the impersonality of electronic communication has little or no relation to the significance of the matter at hand. In some countries no major business is conducted without eye contact, requiring face-to-face conversation. In America, too, a final agreement will normally be signed in person. However, people are meeting increasingly on television screens, conducting "teleconferences" to settle problems not only in this country but also—by satellite—internationally.The US is definitely a telephone country. Almost everyone uses the telephone to conduct business, to chat with friends, to make or break social appointments, to say "Thank you", to shop and to obtain all kinds of information. Telephones save the feet and endless amounts of time. This is due partly to the fact that the telephone service is superb here, whereas the postal service is less efficient.Some new arrivals will come from cultures where it is considered impolite to work too quickly. Unless a certain amount of time is allowed to elapse, it seems in their eyes as if the task being considered were insignificant, not worthy of proper respect. Assignments are, consequently, given added weight by the passage of time. In the US, however, it is taken as a sign of skillfulness or being competent to solve a problem, or fulfill a job successfully, with speed. Usually, the more important a task is, the more capital, energy, and attention will be poured into it in order to "get it moving".Unit 2 Learning the Olympic Standard for LoveNikolai Petrovich Anikin was not half as intimidating as I had imagined he would be. No, this surely was not the ex-Soviet coach my father had shipped me out to meet.But Nikolai he was, Petrovich and all. He invited me inside and sat down on the couch, patting the blanket next to him to get me to sit next to him. I was so nervous in his presence."You are young," he began in his Russian-style English. "If you like to try for Olympic Games, I guess you will be able to do this. Nagano Olympics too soon for you, but for 2002 in Salt Lake City, you could be ready.""Yes, why not?" he replied to the shocked look on my face. I was a promising amateur skier, but by no means the top skier in the country. "Of course, there will be many hard training sessions, and you will cry, but you will improve."To be sure, there were countless training sessions full of pain and more than a few tears, but in the five years that followed I could always count on being encouraged by Nikolai's amusing stories and sense of humor."My friends, they go in the movies, they go in the dance, they go out with girls," he would start. "But I," he would continue, lowering his voice, "I am practice, practice, practice in the stadium. And by the next year, I had cut 1-1/2 minutes off my time in the 15-kilometer race!"My friends asked me, 'Nikolai, how did you do it?' And I replied, 'You go in the movies, you go in the dance, you go out with girls, but I am practice, practice, practice.'Here the story usually ended, but on one occasion, which we later learned was his 25th wedding anniversary, he stood proudly in a worn woolen sweater and smiled and whispered, "And I tell you, I am 26 years old before I ever kiss a girl! She was the woman I later marry."Romantic and otherwise, Nikolai knew love. His consistent good humor, quiet gratitude, perceptivity, and sincerity set an Olympic standard for love that I continue to reach for, even though my skiing days are over.Still, he never babied me. One February day I had a massive headache and felt quite fatigued. I came upon him in a clearing, and after approximately 15 minutes of striding into the cold breeze over the white powder to catch him, I fussed, "Oh, Nikolai, I feel like I am going to die.""When you are a hundred years old, everybody dies," he said, indifferent to my pain. "But now," he continued firmly. "Now must be ski, ski, ski."And, on skis, I did what he said. On other matters, though, I was rebellious. Once, he packed 10 of us into a Finnish bachelor's tiny home for a low-budget ski camp. We awoke the first morning to find Nikolai making breakfast and then made quick work with our spoons while sitting on makeshift chairs around a tiny card table. When we were finished, Nikolai stacked the sticky bowls in front of my sole female teammate and me, asserting, "Now, girls do dishes!"I threw my napkin on the floor and swore at him, "Ask the damn boys! This is unfair." He never asked this of me again, nor did he take much notice of my outburst. He saved his passion for skiing.When coaching, he would sing out his instructions keeping rhythm with our stride: "Yes, yes, one-two-three, one-two-three." A dear lady friend of my grandfather, after viewing a copy of a video of me training with Nikolai, asked, "Does he also teach dance?"In training, I worked without rest to correct mistakes that Nikolai pointed out and I asked after each pass if it was better."Yes, it's OK. But the faster knee down, the better.""But is it fast enough?" I'd persist.Finally he would frown and say, "Billion times you make motion—then be perfect," reminding me in an I've-told-you-a-billion-times tone, "You must be patient."Nikolai's patience and my hard work earned me a fourth-place national ranking heading into the pre-Olympic season, but then I missed the cut for the 2002 Olympics.Last summer, I returned to visit Nikolai. He made me tea... and did the dishes! We talked while sitting on his couch. Missing the Olympic Team the previous year had made me pause and reflect on what I had gained—not the least of which was a quiet, indissoluble bond with a short man in a tropical shirt.Nikolai taught me to have the courage, heart, and discipline to persist, even if it takes a billion tries. He taught me to be thankful in advance for a century of life on earth, and to remind myself every day that despite the challenges at hand, "Now must be love, love, love."Unit3Marriage Across the NationsGail and I imagined a quiet wedding. During our two years together we had experienced the usual ups and downs of a couple learning to know, understand, and respect each other. But through it all we had honestly confronted the weaknesses and strengths of each other's characters.Our racial and cultural differences enhanced our relationship and taught us a great deal about tolerance, compromise, and being open with each other. Gail sometimes wondered why I and other blacks were so involved with the racial issue, and I was surprised that she seemed to forget the subtler forms of racial hatred in American society.Gail and I had no illusions about what the future held for us as a married, mixed couple in America. The continual source of our strength was our mutual trust and respect.We wanted to avoid the mistake made by many couples of marrying for the wrong reasons, and only finding out ten, twenty, or thirty years later that they were incompatible, that they hardly took the time to know each other, that they overlooked serious personality conflicts in the expectation that marriage was an automatic way to make everything work out right. That point was emphasized by the fact that Gail's parents, after thirty-five years of marriage, were going through a bitter and painful divorce, which had destroyed Gail and for a time had a negative effect on our budding relationship.When Gail spread the news of our wedding plans to her family she met with some resistance. Her mother, Deborah, all along had been supportive of our relationship, and even joked about when we were going to get married so she could have grandchildren. Instead of congratulations upon hearing our news, Deborah counseled Gail to be really sure she was doing the right thing."So it was all right for me to date him, but it's wrong for me to marry him. Is his color the problem, Mom?" Gail subsequently told me she had asked her mother."To start with I must admit that at first I harbored reservations about a mixed marriage, prejudices you might even call them. But when I met Mark I found him a charming and intelligent young guy. Any mother would be proud to have him for a son-in-law. So,color has nothing to do with it. Yes, my friends talk. Some even express shock at what you're doing. But they live in a different world. So you see, Mark's color is not the problem. My biggest worry is that you may be marrying Mark for the same wrong reasons that I married your father. When we met I saw him as my beloved, intelligent, charming, and caring. It was all so new, all so exciting, and we both thought, on the surface at least, that ours was an ideal marriage with every indication that it would last forever. I realized only later that I didn't know my beloved, your father, very well when we married.""But Mark and I have been together more than two years," Gail railed. "We've been through so much together. We've seen each other at our worst many times. I'm sure that time will only confirm what we feel deeply about each other.""You may be right. But I still think that waiting won't hurt. You're only twenty-five."Gail's father, David, whom I had not yet met personally, approached our decision with a father-knows-best attitude. He basically asked the same questions as Gail's mother: "Why the haste? Who is this Mark? What's his citizenship status?" And when he learned of my problems with the Citizenship department, he immediately suspected that I was marrying his daughter in order to remain in the United States."But Dad, that's harsh," Gail said."Then why the rush? Buy time, buy time," he remarked repeatedly."Mark has had problems with citizenship before and has always taken care of them himself," Gail defended." In fact, he made it very clear when we were discussing marriage that if I had any doubts about anything, I should not hesitate to cancel our plans."Her father proceeded to quote statistics showing that mixed couples had higher divorce rates than couples of the same race and gave examples of mixed couples he had counseled who were having marital difficulties."Have you thought about the hardships your children would go through?" he asked."Dad, are you a racist?""No, of course not. But you have to be realistic.""Maybe our children will have some problems, but whose children don't? But one thing they'll always have: our love and devotion.""That's idealistic. People can be very cruel toward children from mixed marriages.""Dad, we'll worry about that when the time comes. If we had to resolve all doubt before we acted, very little would ever get done.""Remember, it's never too late to change your mind."Unit 4 A Test of True LoveSix minutes to six, said the digital clock over the information desk in Grand Central Station. John Blandford, a tall young army officer, focused his eyesight on the clock to note the exact time. In six minutes he would see the woman who had filled a special place in his life for the past thirteen months, a woman he had never seen, yet whose written words had been with him and had given him strength without fail.Soon after he volunteered for military service, he had received a book from this woman. A letter, which wished him courage and safety, came with the book. He discovered that many of his friends, also in the army, had received the identical book from the woman, Hollis Meynell. And while they all got strength from it, and appreciated her support of their cause, John Blandford was the only person to write Ms. Meynell back. On the day of his departure, to a destination overseas where he would fight in the war, he received her reply. Aboard the cargo ship that was taking him into enemy territory, he stood on the deck and read her letter to him again and again.For thirteen months, she had faithfully written to him. When his letters did not arrive, she wrote anyway, without decrease. During the difficult days of war, her letters nourished him and gave him courage. As long as he received letters from her, he felt as though he could survive. After a short time, he believed he loved her, and she loved him. It was as if fate had brought them together.But when he asked her for a photo, she declined his request. She explained her objection: "If your feelings for me have any reality, any honest basis, what I look like won't matter. Suppose I'm beautiful. I'd always be bothered by the feeling that you loved me for my beauty, and that kind of love would disgust me. Suppose I'm plain. Then I'd always fear you were writing to me only because you were lonely and had no one else. Either way, I would forbid myself from loving you. When you come to New York and you see me, then you can make your decision. Remember, both of us are free to stop or to go on after that—if that's what we choose..."One minute to six... Blandford's heart leaped.A young woman was coming toward him, and he felt a connection with her right away. Her figure was long and thin, her spectacular golden hair lay back in curls from her small ears. Her eyes were blue flowers; her lips had a gentle firmness. In her fancy green suit she was like springtime come alive.He started toward her, entirely forgetting to notice that she wasn't wearing a rose, and as he moved, a small, warm smile formed on her lips."Going my way, soldier?" she asked.Uncontrollably, he made one step closer to her. Then he saw Hollis Meynell.She was standing almost directly behind the girl, a woman well past forty, and a fossil to his young eyes, her hair sporting patches of gray. She was more than fat; her thick legs shook as they moved. But she wore a red rose on her brown coat.The girl in the green suit was walking quickly away and soon vanished into the fog. Blandford felt as though his heart was being compressed into a small cement ball, so strong was his desire to follow the girl, yet so deep was his longing for the woman whose spirit had truly companioned and brought warmth to his own; and there she stood. Her pale, fat face was gentle and intelligent; he could see that now. Her gray eyes had a warm, kindly look.Blandford resisted the urge to follow the younger woman, though it was not easy to do so. His fingers held the book she had sent to him before he went off to the war, which was to identify him to Hollis Meynell. This would not be love. However, it would be something precious, something perhaps even less common than love—a friendship for which he had been, and would always be, thankful.He held the book out toward the woman."I'm John Blandford, and you—you are Ms. Meynell. I'm so glad you could meet me. May I take you to dinner?" The woman smiled. "I don't know what this is all about, son," she answered. "That young lady in the green suit—the one who just went by—begged me to wear this rose on my coat. And she said that if you asked me to go out with you, I should tell you that she's waiting for you in that big restaurant near the highway. She said it was some kind of a test."Unit5 Weeping for My Smoking DaughterMy daughter smokes. While she is doing her homework, her feet on the bench in front of her and her calculator clicking out answ ers to her geometry problems, I am looking at the half-empty package of Camels tossed carelessly close at hand. I pick them up, take t hem into the kitchen, where the light is better, and study them -- they are filtered, for which I am grateful. My heart feels terrible. I wa nt to weep. In fact, I do weep a little, standing there by the stove holding one of the instruments, so white, so precisely rolled, that coul d cause my daughter's death. When she smoked Marlboros and Players I hardened myself against feeling so bad; nobody I knew ever s moked these brands.She doesn't know this, but it was Camels that my father, her grandfather, smoked. But before he smoked cigarettes made by manu facturers -- when he was very young and very poor, with glowing eyes -- he smoked Prince Albert tobacco in cigarettes he rolled hims elf. I remember the bright-red tobacco tin, with a picture of Queen Victoria's partner, Prince Albert, dressed in a black dress coat and c arrying a cane .By the late forties and early fifties no one rolled his own anymore (and few women smoked) in my hometown of Eatonton, Georg ia. The tobacco industry, coupled with Hollywood movies in which both male and female heroes smoked like chimneys, completely w on over people like my father, who were hopelessly hooked by cigarettes. He never looked as fashionable as Prince Albert, though; he continued to look like a poor, overweight, hard working colored man with too large a family, black, with a very white cigarette stuck i n his mouth.I do not remember when he started to cough. Perhaps it was unnoticeable at first, a little coughing in the morning as he lit his first cigarette upon getting out of bed. By the time I was sixteen, my daughter's age, his breath was a wheeze, embarrassing to hear; he cou ld not climb stairs without resting every third or fourth step. It was not unusual for him to cough for an hour.My father died from "the poor man's friend", pneumonia, one hard winter when his lung illnesses had left him low. I doubt he had much lung left at all, after coughing for so many years. He had so little breath that, during his last years, he was always leaning on som ething. I remembered once, at a family reunion, when my daughter was two, that my father picked her up for a minute -- long enough for me to photograph them -- but the effort was obvious. Near the very end of his life, and largely because he had no more lungs, he qu it smoking. He gained a couple of pounds, but by then he was so slim that no one noticed.When I travel to Third World countries I see many people like my father and daughter. There are large advertisement signs directe d at them both: the tough, confident or fashionable older man, the beautiful, "worldly" young woman, both dragging away. In these po or countries, as in American inner cities and on reservations, money that should be spent for food goes instead to the tobacco compani es; over time, people starve themselves of both food and air, effectively weakening and hooking their children, eventually killing them selves. I read in the newspaper and in my gardening magazine that the ends of cigarettes are so poisonous that if a baby swallows one, it is likely to die, and that the boiled water from a bunch of them makes an effective insecticide.There is a deep hurt that I feel as a mother. Some days it is a feeling of uselessness. I remember how carefully I ate when I was pr egnant, how patiently I taught my daughter how to cross a street safely. For what, I sometimes wonder; so that she can struggle to brea the through most of her life feeling half her strength, and then die of self-poisoning, as her grandfather did?There is a quotation from a battered women's shelter that I especially like: "Peace on earth begins at home." I believe everything d oes. I think of a quotation for people trying to stop smoking: "Every home is a no smoking zone." Smoking is a form of self-battering that also batters those who must sit by, occasionally joke or complain, and helplessly watch. I realize now that as a child I sat by, throu gh the years, and literally watched my father kill himself: surely one such victory in my family, for the prosperous leaders who own th e tobacco companies, is enoughUnit 6 As His Name Is, So Is He!For her first twenty-four years, she'd been known as Debbie—a name that didn't suit her good looks and elegant manner. "My name has always made me think I should be a cook," she complained. "I just don't feel like a Debbie."One day, while filling out an application form for a publishing job, the young woman impulsively substituted her middle name, Lynne, for her first name Debbie. "That was the smartest thing I ever did," she says now. "As soon as I stopped calling myself Debbie, I felt more comfortable with myself... and other people started to take me more seriously." Two years after her successful job interview, the former waitress is now a successful magazine editor. Friends and associates call her Lynne.Naturally, the name change didn't cause Debbie/Lynne's professional achievement—but it surely helped if only by adding a bit of self-confidence to her talents. Social scientists say that what you're called can affect your life. Throughout history, names have not merely identified people but also described them. "As his name is, so is he." says the Bible, and Webster's Dictionary includes the following definition of name: "a word or words expressing some quality considered characteristic or descriptive of a person or a thing, often expressing approval or disapproval". Note well "approval or disapproval". For better or worse, qualities such as friendliness or reserve, plainness or charm may be suggested by your name and conveyed to other people before they even meet you.Names become attached to specific images, as anyone who's been called "a plain Jane" or "just an average Joe" can show. The latter name particularly bothers me since my name is Joe, which some think makes me more qualified to be a baseball player than, say, an art critic. Yet, despite this disadvantage, I did manage to become an art critic for a time. Even so, one prominent magazine consistently refused to print "Joe" in my by-line, using my first initials, J. S., instead. I suspect that if I were a more refined Arthur or Adrian, the name would have appeared complete.Of course, names with a positive sense can work for you and even encourage new acquaintances. A recent survey showed that American men thought Susan to be the most attractive female name, while women believed Richard and David were the most attractive for men. One woman I know turned down a blind date with a man named Harry because "he sounded dull". Several evenings later, she came up to me at a party, pressing for an introduction to a very impressive man; they'd been exchanging glances all evening. "Oh," I said. "You mean Harry." She was ill at ease.Though most of us would like to think ourselves free from such prejudiced notions, we're all guilty of name stereotyping to some extent. Confess: Wouldn't you be surprised to meet a carpenter named Nigel? A physicist named Bertha? A Pope Mel? Often, we project name-based stereotypes on people, as one woman friend discovered while taking charge of a nursery school's group of four-year-olds. "There I was, trying to get a little active boy named Julian to sit quietly and read a book—and pushing a thoughtful creature named Rory to play ball. I had their personalities confused because of their names!"Apparently, such prejudices can affect classroom achievement as well. In a study conducted by Herbert Harari of San Diego State University, and John McDavid of Georgia State University, teachers gave consistently lower grades on essays apparently written by boys named Elmer and Hubert than they awarded to the same papers when the writers' names were given as Michael and David. However, teacher prejudice isn't the only source of classroom difference. Dr. Thomas V. Busse and Louisa Seraydarian of Temple University found those girls with names such as Linda, Diane, Barbara, Carol, and Cindy performed better on objectively graded IQ and achievement tests than did girls with less appealing names. (A companion study showed girls' popularity with their peers was also related to the popularity of their names―although the connection was less clear for boys.)Though your parents probably meant your name to last a lifetime, remember that when they picked it they'd hardly met you, and the hopes and dreams they valued when they chose it may not match yours. If your name no longer seems to fit you, don't despair; you aren't stuck with the label. Movie stars regularly change their names, and with some determination, you can, too.Unit 7 Lighten Your Load and Save Your LifeIf you often feel angry and overwhelmed, like the stress in your life is spinning out of control, then you may be hurting your heart.If you don't want to break your own heart, you need to learn to take charge of your life where you can—and recognize there are many things beyond your control.So says Dr. Robert S. Eliot, author of a new book titled From Stress to Strength: How to Lighten Your Load and Save Your Life. He's a clinical professor of medicine at the University of Nebraska.Eliot says there are people in this world that he calls "hot reactors". For these people, being tense may cause tremendous and rapid increases in their blood pressure.Eliot says researchers have found that stressed people have higher cholesterol levels, among other things. "We've done years of work in showing that excess alarm or stress chemicals can literally burst heart muscle fibers. When that happens it happens very。

新视野大学英语（第二版）读写教程4课后翻译+完形填空原题与答案Unit 11. 这种植物只有在培育它的土壤中才能很好地成长。

The plant does not grow well in soils other than the one in which it has been developed.2. 研究结果表明，无论我们白天做了什么事情，晚上都会做大约两个小时的梦。

Research findings show that we spend about two hours dreaming every night, no matter what we may have done during the day.3. 有些人往往责怪别人没有尽最大努力，以此来为自己的失败辩护。

Some people tend to justify their failure by blaming others for not trying their best.4. 我们忠于我们的承诺：凡是答应做的，我们都会做到。

We remain true to our commitment: Whatever we promised to do, we would do it.5. 连贝多芬的父亲都不相信自己儿子日后有一天可能成为世界上最伟大的音乐家。

爱迪生也同样如此，他的老师觉得他似乎过于迟钝。

Even Beethoven's father discounted the possibility that his son would one day become the greatest musician in the world. The same is true of Edison, who seemed to his teacher to be quite dull.6. 当局控告他们威胁国家安全。

They were accused by the authorities of threatening the state security. 1. If you move into any place other than your own private home, make sure you know what the rules are about pets if you have one.出入除自己家以外的任何场所时，如果你带有宠物，一定要了解有关宠物的规定。

Chapter1 Geographical Features and Natural Resources1.In area, the United States is the 4th largest country in the world.2.The Midwest in the US refers to the region around the Great Lakes and the upper Mississippi Valley.3.The Backbone of North America refers to the Rocky Mountains4.Death Valley is on the western edge of the Great Basin.5.The Great Plains might have a dust storm in summer.6.The western part of Washington State has the highest rainfall in the US.7.The US primary suppliers of foreign oil are the following countries except Japan8.The US largest open-pit copper-mining center is in Utah.1. The United States is bordered on the north by Canada, on the south by Mexico and the Guff of Mexico, on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean.2. The large territory of the continental US is divided into three basic areas:A. the Atlantic seacoast west to the AppalachiansB. the Mississippi River BasinC. the Rockies west to the Pacific3. The Middle Atlantic States are the most densely populated region in the US, where the land is flat and fertile.4. The Central Valley of California is a highly productive area, which produced enormous amounts of fruits and vegetables.5. Most production of oil and natural gas in the US comes from offshore areas of Louisiana and Texas, and from onshore areas of Texas, Oklahoma and California. Her big consumption of energy now has made America insufficient in oil supply. The US reliance of foreign oil has reminded consistently in the 40% ranges.6. The United States has little trouble caused by the shortage of fresh water. Farmlands in the US making up about 12% of the arable lands in the world, and they are among the richest and most productive.Chapter 2 American Population1.The over 3 million of early Americans in 1790 were mostly of British ancestry.2.About 700,000 immigrants were legally received by the US each year during the 1980s.3.The official racial segregation continued to be the law of the US until 1954.4.American Indians now mainly live in the South.5.The majority of American Hispanics are from the following countries except Spain.6.The West now leads in percentage increase in population.7.According to the 1994 US census, the second most populous state in the US is Taxes.8.The trend in migration from cities to suburbs now prevailed in all regions except the South.1.The United States is the third most populous nation in the world.2.Prior to 1875 anyone from any country could enter the US freely and take up permanent residence there. Later the US Congress passed laws restricting immigration on the basis of morality, race, and national origin. The 1952 Immigration and Nationality Act reaffirmed national origin as the chief criterion for eligibility and established a preferential system for skilled workers and for relatives of the US citizens. For many years the US restricted to total number of immigrants to 270,000 each year, although the real immigrants numbered much greater than the limit. The 1990 Immigration Act limits the total number of immigrants to 700,000 from 1992 to 1995 and 675,000 thereafter.3.The first blacks arrived in Jamestown in 1619 as indentured servants, but soon[ after 1619 they were brought to colonies as slaves. The blacks were formally freed in1863, but continued to suffer the institutionalized segregation for about a century. Today many blacks still live in the South, some have entered the middle class, but one-third of all black families still live below the poverty line.4.The Chinese-Americans have proved to be industrious and intelligent. They are now viewed as a “model minority” in the US. According to the 2010 US census, there were about 3.8 million Chinese-Americans living in the US. The figure was more than twice what it was in 1990.Chapter 3 Discovery and Colonization of the New World1. The ancestors of the present American Indians came from Asia.2.“The ambition for the vast lands”is not correct to explain the reasons for the sudden daring exploration of the unknown in the mid-15th century.3. On his voyage of 1492, Columbus expected to reach India.4. Vasco da Gama discovered the route to India.5. John Cabot was sent by the English King to explore the new way to the east.6. New York was not founded first by the English.7. The breadbasket colonies include the following ones except Virginia. (New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland)8. The last one of the 13 colonies was Georgia, which was established in 1733.1. In 1488 Bartholomew Diaz, sailing under the Portuguese flag, went to the Cape of Good Hope at the southern Africa. In 1492 Christopher Columbus, financed by rulers of Spain sailed west across the Atlantic Ocean and discovered the islands of the Caribbean. He was convinced that he had found the continent of Asia.2. The South Africa was discovered by Amerigo Vespucci who showed the land he arrived in was a new continent. Before long the land was named America after his name.3. Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement, was founded in 1607. In 1620, Pilgrims and others arrived in Plymouth, Massachusetts. They drew up “Mayflower Compact”4. By 1775, the 13 colonies in North America could be classified as the following three kinds. Specify how the governors were chosen in each.a. Royal: appointed by the English Kingb. Proprietary: chosen by proprietorsc. Self-governing: elected by residents5. Because the New England colonies were difficult of farming, they become a center for fishing and shipbuilding. The middle colonies were known as the breadbasket, which produced wheat and potatoes as the major staple. The southern colonies developed a plantation system. The main crop in the South was tobacco. Much later, cotton became important crop.Chapter 4 American Revolution1. There was a great change in policy towards the 13 colonies after 1763.2. The Stamp Act of 1765 first set a large scale of opposition in the colonies.3. The Tea Act of 1773 was passed by the British Parliament in order to help the British East India Company.4. The First Continental Congress was attended by the representatives from all the colonies except Georgia.5. The first shot of the American War of Independence was fired in Lexington.6. Thomas Paine’s Common Sense urged the American colonists to declare their in dependence.7. The principal author of the Declaration of Independence was Thomas Jefferson.8. The victory at Saratoga was considered as the turning point of the War of Independence.1. During the colonial days the English ruling class did everything they could to control the development of the colonial economy. The colonies in North America were supposed to complement and not compete with English industry.2. Within the five years from 1763 to 1767 after the war with France, the British government adopted several measures to extract more money from colonies. The Sugar Act of 1764 and the Stamp Act of 1765, for example, laid taxes on certain imports and numerous articles in America to help pay for the costs of British government in the colonies.3. The Sons of Liberty was formed in 1765 to organize the opposition to the Stamp Act. They favored to take violent action to the stamp collectors.4. The first Continental Congress was held in Philadelphia in Sep.1774. The majority of the representatives still favor to take peaceful means to settle the quarrel with the British. They agreed to refuse to buy English goods, hoping in this way to force the British government to give in to their demands. This united action could be called boycott.5. The Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4, 1776. Karl Marx once called it “the first declaration of the rights of the individual”.6. The American War of Independence lasted 7 years. The fighting was actually ended in 1781, but the final treaty between Britain and the United States was signed in Paris in 1783. The boundaries of the United States were fixed roughly from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River on the west and from the Great Lakes on the north to Spanish Florida on the south. The direct social change brought about by the American Revolution was the emancipation of slaves who fought against the British.Chapter 5 the Confederation and the Constitution1. The confederation created in 1781 was a very loose union of states.2. James Madison was called the Father of the US Constitution.3. The Constitution was frames on the following ideals except that the new government should impose its authority on the people through states.4. Those who supported the Constitution and preferred a strong national government were called Federalists.5. Nine States were needed to ratify the Constitution.6. “They spell out the people’s right” is incorrect to comment on the Federalist Papers.7. The amendment of the Constitution requires the approval of at least three-fourths of the states.8. When the Second War of Independence broke out in 1812, the US president was James Madison.1. Under the Articles of Confederation the national government consisted of only a legislature; it had no separate executive and judicial divisions. The state government was left the exclusive powers to regulate commerce and to tax their citizens.2. The Constitutional Convention was held in Philadelphia in 1787. Fifty-five delegates from all states except Rhode Island attended the opening session. The president of the convention was George Washington.3. The Antifederalists opposed the constitution and preferred a more decentralized federal system of government.4. George Washington was elected unanimously as the first US President in 1788. The first Vice-President was John Adams, and the first Secretary of Treasury was Alexander Hamilton, and the first Secretary of State was Thomas Jefferson.5. the most glorious achievement of Jefferson as President was the Louisiana Purchase, which was about 828,000 square miles. This Purchase doubled the area of the then United States.6. The War of 1812 is also called the Second War of Independence. This war lasted three years and ended in another American victory. An important result of the war was the strengthening of national unity and patriotism. And it was after this war that the US was able to make the change of a semi-colonial economy into a really independent national economy.Chapter 6 American Expansion and the Civil War1. The Monroe Doctrine had the following features or ideas except Latin America for Europeans.2. The US continental expansion was almost complete by 1848.3. Cotton became the most profitable crop in the South mainly because of the Whitney’s cotton gin.4. In 1854, the Republican Party was founded by some abolitionists.5. In his inaugural address in 1861, Lincoln showed clearly that he would not abolish slavery immediately but to preserve the Union.6. “It immediately freed all slaves living in the United States” about the Emancipation Proclamation is not accurate.7. the most important advantage the North had over the South in the Civil War was its industrial superiority.8. An advantage the South had over the North was its superior military leadership.1. The essence of the Monroe Doctrine was “America for Americans” which later became the cornerstone of the US foreign policy.2. The US expansion to the west may be treated in three stages;A. the settlement of the region between seaboard states and the Mississippi RiverB. the settlement of the Louisiana Territoryc. the occupation of the far Southwest.3. The great majority of dwellers in Louisiana Territory were the descendants of the French pioneers. They settled mainly in two cities: St. Louis and New Orleans.4. Oregon Territory was settled between Britain and the United States in 1846. Its boundary on the north was fixed at the forty-ninth parallel of north latitude.5. Under Missouri Compromise, Missouri was admitted as a slave state, but the balance of political power maintained by admission of Maine as a free state. In addition, slavery was to be prohibited in the rest of Louisiana Territory north of the line36°30’ parallel.6. In 1862, the federal government took two revolutionary measures: (1) Homestead Act and (2) Emancipation proclamation.7. In July 1863 came the turning point of the war at Gettysburg. Here the Confederate army under the general Robert E. Lee was defeated. The battlefield was made a national cemetery, where Lincoln gave his famous speech, the Gettysburg Address, on November 19, 1863.8. In 1865, the Thirteenth Amendment to the US Constitution was adopted, which abolished slavery throughout the United States.Chapter 7 Reconstruction and the Birth of US Imperialism1. The first US president who faced impeachment proceedings was Andrew Johnson.2. The radical Reconstruction was ended under the President Rutherford B. Hays3. Gold was discovered in California in 1848.4. The first transcontinental railroad in the US was completed in 1869.5. Telephone was invented in 1876 by Alexander D. Bell.6. The value of manufactured goods in the US was worth twice as that of her agricultural products by 1900.7. The first imperialist war, the US—Spanish War, broke out in 1898.8. After the US—Spanish War, the US acquired all the following areas except Cuba (Puerto Rico, Guam, the Philippines)1. The Reconstruction Acts divided all the former Confederate states, except Tennessee, into five military districts and each was put under the control of a Northern army officer. The officer had the power to keep order and to enforce martial law if necessary.2. During the Reconstruction period many Northerners moved to the south .Whatever their motives, these Northerners came to be called carpetbaggers because they were said to have brought all their belongings to the South in a small, cheap suitcase made out of a carpet like material.3. During the Reconstruction the Southern whites who supported the radical reconstruction and joined the Republican Party were called scalawags. They were considered as traitors by the Southern Democrats.4. The KKK, founded in Tennessee in 1866, was a secret society for restoring white supremacy and driving blacks out of politics.5. During Theodore Roosevelt’s presidency the US got control of Panama Canal.Chapter 8 World War I and the Depression1. By the beginning of the 20th century the country that took the first place in economy in Europe was Germany.2. When the First World War began, President Wilson immediately called upon the American people to observe strict neutrality.3. The US joined the First World War in 1917.4. Wilson’s Fourteen Points did not include the point of creation of an international peacekeeping force.5. “Only the rich could afford new consumer goods” about the US in 1920s is not true.6. In responding to the Depression, President Hoover thou ght that the basic role of the Government was to “create conditions favorable to the development of private enterprises”.7. The agricultural Adjustment Act was an attempt to deal with the farmers’ problem of overproduction.8. “It reduced the commodity prices by limiting production and devaluing the dollar” is not right to comment on the New Deal.1. The First World War was waged between two groups of imperialist powers: the Allies and the Central European Power.2. The direct cause that made the US declare war on Germany in 1917was the Germany’s unlimited campaign.3. The major triumph for Wilson at the Paris Peace Conference was the formation of the League of Nations.4. The United States didn’t join the League of Nations because the US Senate refused to approve the Treaty of Versailles.5. Three major treaties were concluded at the Washington Conference:(1) The Four-Power Treaty, respecting the status quo in the Pacific.(2) The Five-Power Treaty, on naval arms apportionment.(3) The Nine-Power Treaty, guaranteeing the independence and integrity of China in appearance, but actually a public international affirmation of the Open Door policy.6. The Nineteenth Amendment to the US Constitution was adopted in 1920, which granted women the right to vote.7. The Great Depression started with the sudden collapse of the Stock Market in New York in October, 1929. This economic distress extended to Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and South America.Chapter 9 American During and After World War II1. Between 1935 and 1939, American foreign policy included all of the following except active intervention to prevent aggression.2. The US formally entered the Second World War in 1941.3. Normandy Landing took place on June 6, 1944.4. At Yalta Conference, in Feb. 1945 did Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin agree to call a conference of all the United Nations in San Francisco in April 1945.5. The post-World War II program of economic assistance to Western Europe was known as Marshall Plan.6. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., advocated the philosophy of nonviolence.7. Thousands of American soldiers were sent to Vietnam under the President Lyndon B. Johnson.8. The formal diplomatic relation at the ambassadorial rank between China and the US was established under the President Carter.1. The cash-and-carry policy allowed US citizens to sell certain no prohibited goods to belligerent nations as long as thosegoods were not transported on American ships.2. Lend-Lease Act enabled any country whose defense the President considered vital to that of the US to receive arms and other equipment and supplies by sale, transfer, exchange, or lease. F.D. Roosevelt explained the Act would make the US the arsenal of world democracy.3. Civil rights involve government protection of individuals against discrimination based on their race,religion nation origin, gender, age, and other factors. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was honored for his effort to fight discrimination. In 1964, he won the Nobel Prize for peace.4. Star Wars program was proposed by President Reagan in 1983. The program seeks to construct a defensive “shield” against incoming missiles. The shield would be made of laser and electronic devices that would destroy such missiles launched to attack the US.5. In 1990, President Bush ordered Operation Desert Storm to punish Iraq, more than 200000 US troops were sent to Saudi Arabia, and the US navy blocked all oil exports from Iraq and all imports except food.6. Under Clinton, the US enjoyed an economic growth for nine consecutive years. This phenomenon, hardly seen before, has been termed the “new economy” by some. The fundamental reason for it is that American economic structure went through essential changes because of the promotion of scientific and technological progress.Chapter 10 the Federal System and Congress1. The power of the state in the US is actually from both B and C. (the state constitution, the US Constitution)2. The supreme law of the United States includes all the above three.3. The terms of the senator and representative are six and two years respectively.4.”The 17th Amendment (1913)” provided for the direct election of senators.5. Certain presidential appointments must be approved by a majority vote in the Senate.6. All revenue or tax bills must be originated in the House.7. The Speaker of the House is second in line in presidential succession.8. In the House, the power to decide when the full House will hear the bill is vested in the Rules Committee.1. Federalism means the division of powers by a constitution between the central government and state government. It operates only on two levels, the national and the states. Units of government within a state enjoy no independent existence.2. Separation of powers in the United States means not only allocating legislative power to Congress, executive power to President and judicial power to the Supreme Court, but also giving each branch constitutional and political independence and checks and balances that ensure each of the three branches a sufficient role in the actions of the others.3. According to the Constitution, members of the House of Representatives must be25years old and must have been citizens for 7 years. Senators must be at least 30 and must have been citizens for 9 years.4. The Vice President is officially the presiding officer and is called the president of the Senate. In fact he seldom appears in the Senate chamber in this role unless it appears that there might be tie vote in the Senate. In such instances, he casts the tiebreaking vote. To deal with day-to-day business, the Senate chooses the president pro tempore.5. A senator who wants to delay action on a bill or kill it altogether may use a tactic called a filibuster. It can be cut off only through cloture.6. Lobbying is part of the citizen’s right to petition government in the US. Now there are thousands of lobbyists in Washington D.C. Their influence in making the US policy is so great that some people call them “the third house”.Chapter 11 The President and the Judiciary1. The 22nd Amendment in following limits the President to two successive terms only.2. The American President has all the following powers except declaring war on another country.3. The president’s major appointments should be approved by the Senate.4. “It requires the approval of Congress” is not correct to explain the executive agreement.5. The President’s veto can be overridden by two-third votes in both houses.6. The federal courts that regularly employ grand and petit juries are the district courts.7. The highest authority of the Supreme Court is to interpret the US constitution.8. The case involving copyright, trademark, counterfeiting, and bank robbery are usually first tried in the federal district courts.1. By law any natural-born American citizen of and over 35 years of age and of being a resident within the United States for 14years can run for the President. The duly elected and duly qualified president-elect takes office on the20th of January following his election.2. The war powers resolution (1973) requires the President to consult congress and withdraw troops after sixty days unless Congress specifically approves the continued deployment of troops.3. A federal law gave President an item veto in 1996, which is an authority to reject specific sections of a bill without having to veto the entire bill.4. The Supreme Court has the power to examine the bills passed by Congress and policies made by President, and declare them unconstitutional and thus abolish them. John Marshall, the most famous chief justice in American history called this power of interpretation judicial review5. There are three federal court levels: 1) the district courts 2) the courts of appeal 3) the Supreme Court. All the judges of federal courts are appointed by President with the consent of the Senate. The state court system also has a hierarchy of three levels: 1) superior courts, 2) appellate courts, 3) a state supreme court. The state court judges are usually elected. The term of the country court judges is usually four years. And the judges in higher state courts usually sever eight or twelve years for one termChapter 12 Political Parties and Elections1. The emblem of the Democratic Party is donkey.2. The first Democratic President was Thomas Jefferson.3. The first Republican President was Abraham Lincoln.4. The only Democratic President who served two separate terms between the end of Civil War and 1912 was Grover Cleveland.5. The presidential candidate of the major party is nominated at the national convention.6. In the presidential election year the American voters vote on the Tues, after the 1st Mon.7. The number of the presidential electors in each state is equal to the number of its senators and Representatives.8. The American President is actually elected by presidential electors.1. Two factions emerged during the ratification of the US Constitution. One group was called Federalists led by Alexander Hamilton. They favored business development, a strong national government, and a loose interpretation of the Constitution. Another group led by Thomas Jefferson was called Democratic-Republicans. They called for a society based on small farms, a relatively weak central government, and a strict interpretation of the Constitution. The roots of today’s Republican Party lie in the Federalists, while the Democrats can trace their beginnings back to Antifederalists or Democratic-Republicans.2. In general, Democrats traditionally have supported workers and minorities, while the Republicans are known for known for their support of business and conservative positions on social issues.3. Before 1971 the only state that gave 18-year-old the right to vote was Georgia; all other states set the age at 21. In 1971 the 26th Amendment to the Constitution lowered the voting age to 18.4. The voting percentage now is very low in the United States. In general older people with more education and high income tend to vote, while the youth, especially aged 18 to 21, has the lowest voting percentage in the Unites States.5. The candidate with the most votes in a state wins all of that state’s electoral votes. This is known as the “winner-take-all” principle. The candidate who wins the majority of the 538 Electoral College votes will be the US President in the next four years.。

《新编大学英语》第2册Unit1-10文本（单元重点句子）Unit One1. A bad fire broke out in the supermarket. (p 4)2. A force-ten wind is capable of blowing the roofs off houses. (p25)3. As the disease progresses, the patient loses the ability to coordinate his or her movements. (p 5)4. Don’t let on that I told you. (p 8)5. Even the smallest baby can identify his mother from her voices. (p 27)6. He claimed that he had been deprived of his freedom. (p 20)7. He complaints about anything, his job, his wife, his bike and everything. (p 5)8. He seems to have been content to live and work in this province. (p 4)9. I met him only on one occasion. It was at a party. (p 4)10. It’s good to know you’ve got fr iends to lean on. (p 3)11. The body adjusts itself to change in temperature. (p 5)12. They urged that the library be kept open during the holidays. (p 8)13. You need a good sense of balance to ride a bicycle. (p 3)Unit TwoHe said he caught a fish as long as his arm, but I think he is exaggerating. (P. 41)I tried to convey in my speech how grateful we all were for his help. (P. 40)My trip to London didn’t turn out quite as planned. (P. 58) She found herself in conflict with her parents over her futurecareer. (P. 40)She just managed to hold back her anger. (P. 51)The book’s title misled me into thinking that it was a love story, but it was about cars. (P. 42)The children had an argument over what game to play. (P. 40) The idea rapidly gained acceptance in political circles. (P. 39) The power of speech distinguishes human beings from animals. (P. 50)Unit ThreeIn the face of great difficulty, she managed to keep her sense of humor.John has a very rigid attitude to the way he works.None of these social problems is unique to this country.That book is beyond the capacity of children who are still learning to read.That’s a remarkable achievement for some so young.The course will cover a whole range of topics.We won four games in succession.You need to channel your energies to something useful.Unit Four1. Profits have declined as a result of the recent drop in sales.2. A doctor writes the prescription and a chemist makes it up for you.3. Both your fears and your behavior are irrational.4. Despite her father’s reassurance she was still frightened of the dark.5. He wants to transfer some money to the account of his daughter.6. Her interest in flowers stems from her childhood in the country.7. Her views are backed up by the new scientific discovery.8. She cited three reasons why people get into debt.9. She’s become addicted to love stories.10. The judge reacted angrily to the suggestion that it hadn’t been a fair trial.11. The pub has recently extended its opening hours.12. To our great relief, the children all arrived home safely.Unit Five1. The students felt relieved when their teacher said that the mid-term examination was cancelled. (p 151)2. Classes will be called off on Thursday and Friday. (p 155)3. One’s conscious motives are often different from one’s subconscious ones. (p 141)4. Scientists have been working on methods to predict earthquakes. (p143)5. The castle dates back to the 14th century. (p 144)6. The dictionary is the largest volume on that shelf. (p 144)7. The teacher corrected the errors in Bill’s term paper. (p 141)8. When I heard the good news, I trembled with excitement. (p 154)Unit Six1. Our high living standards cause our population to consume25% of the world’s oil. (词P.192,句子课外)2. She is a very effective teacher. (词P.193, 句子课外)3. It’s impractical to have so many people all try to use this equipment at the same time. (词P.193, 句子课外)4. An English-language version of the book is planned for the autumn. P.1965. If you need advice, you have only to pick up the phone, orcome to see us. P.1846. My mother still regards me as a child. P.1847. People often underestimate the importance of the training. P.1958. The farmers fertilize their farmlands. (词P.182, 句子课外)9. The food was fairly good and the portions were sufficiently large to please the men. P.18310. This box holds the sacred relics of a saint. P.183Unit 71. He was sent on over 200 missions before being killed in action. (P229)2. It would be very hard to surpass this very high score. (P 230)3. Mother assured us that everything would be alright. (P227)4. Some of the staff are apt to arrive late on Mondays. (P239)5. The industrial revolution modified the whole structure of English society. (P 229)6. The meeting broke up in great confusion. (P242)7. Unfortunately the report was prepared in haste and contained several inaccuracies. (P 228)8. Where did you pick up English? (P 184)9. With regards to future oil supplies, the situation is uncertain. (P 231)10. You weren’t boring me.On the contrary, you were interesting me. (P 242)11. The form cannot be signed by anyone other than yourself. (P.250) Unit 8The game was all but over by the time we arrived. (P. 267)Before you depart, let me give you a word of advice. (P. 263) Do genes govern all characteristics of an individual? (P. 264)He gave his some money for the purchase of his school books. (P. 266)Her correspondence with Jim lasted many years. (非本册单词)I hated practicing, but I stuck to it, and now I can play pretty well. (P. 287)I love champagne but it’s not often I can indulge myself. (P. 276)If you don’t patent you inventions, someone might steal your idea. (P. 265)If you have any information concerning the recent accident, please call the police. (P. 275)Mick closely resembled his father. (P. 286)She anxiously scanned the faces of the men leaving the train in the hope of finding her husband. (P. 286)She came up with a new idea for increasing sales. (P. 287)She feels obliged to be nice to Jack because he’s her boss. (P. 285)The car reached speeds in excess of 100 miles per hour. (P. 275)The Jackson family had occupied this apartment for the past six months. (P. 276)X-rays have confirmed that he has not broken any bones. (P.263)Unit 9\A campaign was conducted for equal rights.After some consideration, we have decided to sell the house.All their arrangements should be completed prior to your departure.British weather can never be relied on---it is always changing.Cars were still something of a novelty at the beginning of the century.He gives us a lot of trouble--- but I like him all the time.Her speech made tremendous impact on everyone.He is accused of murder.I perceived a note of unhappiness in her voice.More vehicles are prohibited from driving in the town center.The world’s wealth is not fairly distributed between men and women.We failed utterly to convince him.He read rapidly but did not digest anything.The discussions stimulated a free exchange of our ideas.I was pacing back and forth while I waited for the news.In theory, things can only get better. In practice, they may well become a lot worse.What may you suspect her of having taken the money?Unit101. Charities such as Oxfam are always trying to recruit volunteers to help in theirwork. P.3592. National poverty was aggravated by rapid population growth. P.3553. Some people find that certain foods trigger their headaches. P.3604. Surgical techniques are constantly being refined. P.3595. That is a very substantial improvement in the present situation. P.3606. There has to be a clear assessment of the country’s social needs. P.3567. All the members of the team come from totally diversebackground. (词P.344，句子课外)8. What can we do to reverse the present trend of falling sales? (词P.346,句子课外)9. Hard work is fundamental to his success. (词P.367,句子课外)10. He is not able to cope with the difficulties of his new position. (词P.370,句子课外)11. He was labeled a beggar by the local people because of his clothing. (词P.368,句子课外)12. The dream had distressed her greatly. (词P.367,句子课外)。

新交际英语阅读教程第一册课后练习答案新交际英语阅读教程 1 课后练习参考答案Unit 1Part BLanguage Focus11. kernel2. charismatic3. filtering4. impeccable5. perception6. acquaintanceship7. primitive 8. demeanor 9. implication10. inconsequential 11. subdued 12. rapport21.send…down the right path2.dated back to3.win half of the battle4.a step further5.a key to6.jump to conclusion7.on the basis of 8.in his favor9.in an instant 10.tip the scales31.intelligence2.orientation3.animated4.sophisticated5.attired6.depiction7.suspension 8.intimacy41.initial: 1) happening at the beginning of a process, or when you first see or hear s omething2) the first letter of someone’s name2.fair: 1) used for emphasizing that an amount, size, number, etc. is large2) reasonable3.thrive: 1)being prosperous or successful2)to become successful or happy in a particular situation4.clue: 1) an object or fact that someone discovers that helps them solve a crime or m ystery2) to provide someone with information about someone or somethingpliment: 1) something nice that you say to praise someone2) used to greeting someone, or giving them your good wishes51.First impressions are made in a moment but they are the most lasting.2.Today in the complex business world, people still depend on their primitive instincts tocommunicate with each other.3. A handshake made people get closer to each other temporarily.4.The knights were carefully touch each other’s clasp to make sure there were no weaponshidden the sleeves.5.Offering a compliment about something one wears could express your kindness and thusmake you more easygoing.Part CTranslation1.It is a very unwise cause for John to undertake.2.Every afternoon, he would take a half-an-hour nap in his swivel chair.3.Since he stood in the wrong line, his waiting time was greatly prolonged.4.The hotel owned by the couple is comfortable and unpretentious.5.We needed to reskill our workforce to cope with massive technological change.6.Republican leaders called him a disgrace to the party.lions more suffer from serious sleep deprivation caused by long work hours.8.George had an ambition to serve his country even when he was very young..Unit 2Part BReading Comprehension2In the 1950s, the United States underwent dramatic economic development. Because of the GI Bills that had enabled many veterans from the Second World War to be enrolled at colleges, there was a huge increase in the number of middle-class families. Apart from the sharp increase of the income of these families, a suburban middle-class culture was also formed, in which the wives were supposed to hold the roles of the mother,the housekeeper, the entertainer of neighbors and friends, and the manager of a fa?ade of a happy family to impress other people. During that period of time, the husbands were the main source of family income. And it was rare for middle-class wives to keep jobs. Therefore, women like Julia Weeds might feel trapped by their families and the suburbs, and their values and efforts were under-rated. The only way out of their daily routine was to go to the parties held by their neighbors.Language Focus11.howl2.vale3.romance4.napkin5.ferocity6.battlefield7.scold8.antagonism9.absorbed 10.affection21. meant to2.burst into tears3.a cutting look4.slaming the door5.concerned with6.drift away from7.spilt all over8.hit…on the31. justification2. accusation3.passionately4. favoritism5. detestation6. prematurely7. combatants8. persecution41.v. to throw something using a lot of force; n. the high or low quality of a sound2.v. to state that something is not allowed; a. a forbidden place is one that most people are not allowed to enter3.n. the light from a burning candle; a. lit only by candles4.a. unhappy, depressing; n. the feeling of being very worried or disappointed5.a. worried; n. a feeling that you care about someone and want them to be happy and w ell51.Francis, taking off his hat and putting down his paper, was not consciously happy with whatwas going on among the kids; he could not understand why the children were not behaving as they normally did.2.This was his environment, and he created it through his hard work, and like any othercreature going back home, he naturally returned to it with a light heart and full of strength and gladness.3.Francis feels that finally he might have someone who would be willing to listen to his storyand to show her concern, since Helen is the oldest child and with whom he can communicate easily.4.Julia is already tired and angry. What Francis said just made him the target of her anger.6. Julia quickly made her husband know how her youth, beauty and wit had been wasted in allthe tedious housework she had to do every day.Part CTranslation1.At that time, women wore either hats or kerchiefs on their heads.2.In the hotels in that region, all the beddings were made of linen.3.40 years ago, due to the shortage of grains, cornmeal was the staple food for many p eople.4.After the treatment of the chiropractor, he felt a lot more comfortable.5.He had a very bad cough and had to go to the hospital. And as it turned out, the doctorprescribed him some cough syrup.6.At the end of the 19th century, The United States surpassed the European powers tobecome the world No. 1 economic power.7.Many economists anticipated that e-commerce will develop more rapidly in the next 5 years.8.China’s economy has attained astonishing achievements in the past 30 years.Unit 3Part BReading Comprehension1. F2. F3. T4. T5. F6. F7. F8. FLanguage Focus11.misgivings2.nuisance3.adored4.feat5.reverence6.stimulating7.damp8.ceremony9.acute10.disturbed11.ornate12.preoccupied21.ill at ease2.preying on my mind3.no point in4.what will become of5.by no means6.at any rate7.get out of8.in the back of my mind9.has come over10.don’t care much for3prefix + cover: discover, recoverprefix + form: conform, deform, inform, reformprefix + pose: compose, depose, dispose, impose, reposeprefix + press: compress, depress, impress, repressprefix + prove: reprove, improve, disapprove (prove→approve→disapprove)1.dispose2.conform3.impose4.reprovedpressed6.deforms7.recovering8.deposed9.repressedrm41.We respected all these objects because we thought they deserved it.2.As he grew older, he thought it was less suitable for him, and therefore stopped wearing it.3.Several years later, it was taken out again, and formally handed over to George.4.If you could see the whole trousers, you would find that they looked very loose in the partwhere I sat.5.In addition, even if we did get over the gate, we still couldn’t get into the hall, because thebig inside doors were firmly locked.51.可是过不了多久，我就发现这个戒指是个麻烦——要留心不让它丢了，是个辛苦的工作。

1.听到她屡遭失败的消息，我感到很难过（distress）It distressed me a great deal to hear the news that he had suffered repeated failure.2.他虽然失去了老板的欢心，但仍然装出一副高兴的样子（assume）He assured an air for cheerfulness, even though he lost favor with his boss.3.格列佛（Gulliver）经历了冒险奇遇，见到了各色奇异的人物（assortment）Gulliver met with extraordinary adventures and saw a strange assortment of people.4.如果你再犯同样的错误，他会很生你气的（furious）He will be furious with you if you repeat the same mistake.5.我们都被他坦率的观点、幽默的语言和亲切的态度所深深吸引（draw）We were all greatly drawn by his frank views, humorous words and genial manner.6.等到欢呼的掌声平息下来，那位诺贝尔奖获得者开始演讲（die down）After cheers and applause died down, the Nobel Prize Winner began his speech.7.他天生有一种特别的洞察力和预见力，因此，他很少随大流（run with the crowd）He is gifted with a sore of insight and foresight, so he rarely runs with the crowd.8.我发现现实毕竟是非常严酷的，一个人难以完全按照自己的理想去生活（live up to）I feel realities are after all very harsh, so one can hardly live up entirely to his ideals.Unit 21.我的顶头上司是典型的工作狂，一年365天每天工作10小时以上（workaholic）My immediate boss is a typical workaholic, for he works for over ten hours each day all the year round.2.校长十分注重课外活动，他认为课外活动有助于培养学生对外部世界的浓厚兴趣（extracurricular）The principal attaches much importance to extracurricular activities and he believes that they will help to cultivate students' tremendous interest in the external world.3.星期一早上，他总是快速冲个澡，胡乱吃块三明治，拦辆出租车去上班（grab）He always grabs a shower, a sandwich and then a taxi to go to work every Monday morning. 4.既然你要离开公司了，你要在本周内清算账目（straighten out）Since you are leaving the company, you should straighten out the accounts within the week. 5.为了按时完成博士论文，他经常熬夜（stay up）He often stays up late at night in order to finish writing his Ph.D dissertation on time.6.没有什么能够取代内心深处最深切的爱（replace）Nothing can replace the profoundest love lodged in one's heart of hearts.7.他被认为是总裁职位的当然人选，因为他已经出色地做了近10年副总裁（natural n.）He is considered a natural for the post of the president, for he has been an excellent vice-president for almost ten years.8.他实在太普通了，丢人堆里根本找不着（pick out）He is just too common to be picked out from the crowd.1、这所大学是世界上历史最悠久的高等学府之一（venerable）The university is one of the most venerable institutions of higher learning in the world.2、如果一个人缺乏实践经验，仅凭课堂里学到的东西是难以成功的（deficient）If one is deficient in practical experience, he can hardly make himself a success with only what he has acquired in class.3、我火冒三丈，这片专题文章本周内必须写完，但老是被打断（exasperate）I felt exasperated by constant interruptions, for I had to finish writing the monograph by the end of this week.4、他认为用就问题来写一个当代的主题是滑稽可笑的（ludicrous）He feels that it is ludicrous to write on a contemporary theme in an ancient style.5、上海的外滩在上世纪七八十年代是年轻情侣喜欢来的谈情说爱的之地（coo）The Bund in Shanghai was a place where young couples liked to come to coo in the 70s and the 80s of the last century.6、作为10来岁的孩子，他女儿算是非常恬静的，因为她喜欢读书胜于嬉戏（sedate）His daughter is very sedate for a girl of about ten, for she kikes reading more than playing.7、当一抹阳光洒向大地的时候，这对情人手拉手，在乡村道路上散步（stroll）The couple strolled hand-in0hand along the country road when the sun in its first splendor steeped the earth.8、这个诗人在世时被普遍认为是一个怪癖的浪漫天才（eccentric）The poet was commonly considered as an eccentric romantic genius when alive.Unit 41、毫无疑问，莎士比亚是各个时代剧作家相形见绌（overshadow）It goes without saying that Shakespeare overshadows all the other playwrights throughout the ages.2、《了不起的盖茨比》被普通认为是美国上世纪爵士时代的缩影（epitome）The Great Gatsby is commonly deemed as the epitome of the Jazz Age of the last century in America.3、你最好不要在他去哈佛大学深造的兴头上泼冷水（put a damper on）It is advisable for you not to put a damper on his enthusiasm to further his studies at Harvard.4、年轻人容易盲目崇拜体育圈和娱乐圈迷人的明星（make a fetish of）Young people tend to make a fetish of glamorous stars in sports and entertainment circles.5、他们一路闲逛，漫步来到市中心区域观看庆祝国庆的烟花燃放（traipse）They traipsed all the way to the downtown area to watch the National Day fireworks display. 6、他没有犯什么大错或大罪，不该受到如此严厉的惩罚（deserve）He does not deserve such a severe punishment as he has committed neither serous errors nor grave crimes.7、我每次遇到他，他总是说一堆无聊的话（a whole lot of）Every time I met him, he would talk a whole lot of nonsense.8、名声是一个许多人愿意掉下去的陷阱（trap）Reputation is a trap into which many people are ready to fall.Unit 51、当哈姆雷特拿不定注意该采取什么行动时，他就装疯（feign）Hamlet feigned madness when he was hesitating what to do.2、搪塞推诿是这生意人的惯用伎俩（prevarication）Prevarication is one of the techniques this businessman likes to employ.3、真理之光有时太刺目，于是善意的谎言随处可见（ubiquitous）Sometimes the light of the truth is just too dazzling, so white lies are ubiquitous.4、美国许多妇女声称他们对自己二等公民的地位感到不满（profess）Many women in America profess that they are unhappy with their status as second-class citizens.5、一时冲动之下，他失言抖出了秘密（blurt out）On the impulse of the moment, he blurted out the secret.6、你应该摆脱偏见，抵制诱惑，不让任何东西扭曲你的判断（warp）You should get rid of any prejudice, resist temptations and let nothing warp your judgment. 7、他是一个过于敏感和富于想象的人，经常在头脑里编织一张复杂的网络（a tangled web）Being over-sensitive and imaginative, he often weaves a tangled web in his mind.8、他在伙伴中很受欢迎，因为他尽量不给别人添麻烦（spare）He is very popular among his peers as he always tries to spare others any trouble.Unit 61、有时，我们不得不做出选择，因为没有中间路可走（middle ground）Sometimes, we have to make a choice because there is no middle ground.2、他脑海里经常浮现过去的景象，那时的他无忧无虑，没有生活的重压（conjure up）He often conjured up visions of the past when he was free from the pressures of life.3、当他有倦意的时候，经常喝杯浓浓的咖啡提提神（refresh）He often refreshed himself with a cup of string black coffee when he felt fatigued.4、她挤过一群醉鬼和讨价还价的女人，穿过灯光闪耀（flaring）的街市（thrust）He trust past a throng of drunken men and bargaining women and walked on through the flaring streets.5、唠叨的译者虽然理论不多，但可以凭借经验将一种语言转换成另一个语言（rule of thumb）Experienced translators thought lacking in theory can render one language into another by rule of thumb.6、人们普遍认为外长此行的主要目的是打破两国关系的僵局（break the ice）It was generally believed that the major purpose if the foreign minister’s trip was to break the ice with regards to the relations between the two countries.7、读好书、交好友可以提升境界（elevate）Reading good books and making friends with good people can elevate the mind.8、鲜花和彩灯为古老的小镇平添了节日的喜气（lend）The flowers and the colorful lights lent a festive atmosphere to this ancient small town.Unit 71、对我来说，你绝对不只是相识的人而已（acquaintance）To me, you are definitely more than an acquaintance.2、这个地区的许多艺人（artisan）经营各种各样的手工艺品（deal in）Many artisans in this region deal in a variety of handicrafts.3、他们为这次意外的成功感到欣喜若狂（go into rapture）They went into raptures over the unexpected success.4、我感到十分惊讶，他用一种超然冷静的态度分析者威胁他们所有人的危险形势（detachment）Much to my surprise, he analyzed with extraordinary detachment the dangerous situation that threatened all of them.5、她躲在窗帘后面窥视那陌生人（peer）She peered at the stranger from behind the curtain.6、假日里，她在海滩上尽情享受日光浴的快乐（indulge in）During the holidays, he indulged in the luxury of a bath of sunshine on the beach.7、听到他去世的噩耗，她不胜悲哀（be overwhelmed）When she learnt the news of his death, she was overwhelmed with grief.8、我不赞成用分期付款的方式买房子，我倒认为，我们每一个人都应该储蓄以备不时之需（save up）I’m not in favor of buying a house on the installment plan; instead, I maintain that everyone of us should save up for a rainy day.Unit 81.实验结果远远超出了他们的预料（surpass）The result of the experiment far surpassed their expectations.2.我们应该充分考虑这个项目的费用和可能遇到的问题（take account of）We should take full account of the cost of the project and the difficulties we might encounter 3.好天气是这次远征科学考察成功的原因之一（contribute to）The fair weather contributed to the success of the scientific expedition.4.巴西球员球星罗纳尔多（Ronaldo）在2002年世界杯足球赛中射进好几个精彩的球（spectacular）Ronaldo, one of the football stars from Brail, scored several spectacular goals in 2002 FIFA World Cup.5.罗伯特*弗罗斯特（Robert Frost）由于对诗歌的杰出贡献被美国许多大学授予名誉学位（confer…upon）Many honorary degrees from different colleges and universities in America were conferredupon Robert Frost for his remarkable contributions to poetry.6.摆脱坏习惯需要耐心和毅力（emancipation from…）Patience and perseverance are required in emancipation from bad habits.7.他们努力将这些新观念灌输到学生的头脑中去（instill）They tried to instill such new ideas into students’ minds.8.你对员工进行评估时应该做到公正（impartiality）You should demonstrate impartiality in your assessment of the employees.Unit 91.你应该提前告诉我你将去美国深造的事（in advance）You should have told me in advance that you would further your studies in United States.2.他过分宠爱他的孙辈（lavish）He lavished too much care on his grandchildren.3.各种新技术产业已经兴起（spring up）Various new technology industries have sprung up.4.许多英语单词源于拉丁语、希腊语和法语词汇（derive from）Many English words derive from Latin, Greek and French words.5.一位哲学家认为矛盾对立无处不在（ubiquitous）A philosopher holds that contradictory oppositions are ubiquitous.6.仁慈善良是他本性中不可缺少的一部分（part and parcel）Kindness is part and parcel of his nature.7.他具有超人的记忆力和智力（phenomenal）He possessed phenomenal memory and intelligence.8.他对吃穿都很讲究（fastidious）He is fastidious about what he eats and wears.Unit 101、这些现代主义艺术家看上去有那么一点放浪不羁（bohemian）These modernist artists look vaguely bohemian.2、不要搞错啊，他并不是你以为的什么纯洁的孩子（fool oneself）Don’t fool yourself, he is by no means a pure boy as you think.3、他经常光顾一些以外国认为主要消费对象的时尚别致的咖啡馆和酒吧（chic）He is a frequent guest in some chic cafes and bars which mainly cater to foreigners.4、他津津有味的叙述着他在非洲的冒险经历（with gusto）He gives an account of his adventurous experience in Africa with gusto.5、她的人生目标之一是将自己的职业与爱好结合起来（avocation）One of his objectives in life is to unite his vocation with his avocation.6、老年人很容易受到不诚实的推销员的欺骗（vulnerable）The elderly are vulnerable to deceit practiced by dishonest sales persons.7、这份杂志的封面经常是富于魅力的女演员（glamorous）This magazine is frequently by glamorous actresses.8、我对电视广告噱头真的感到厌烦（gimmick）I really feel fed up with commercial gimmicks on TV.Unit 111、他的父母对他有很高的期望，他感到压力很大（feel weighted）He felt heavily weighted with such high expectations from his parents.2、他用积极的观点来解释这件事（in…light）He interpreted the incident in a favorable.3、我很讨厌他，因为他特别喜欢诽谤他人（go out of one's way）I detest him, for he often goes out of his light way to backbite others.4、许多宗教的教义敦促人们超越尘世的成功（mundane）Many religious teachings urge people to transcend mundane success.5、个人的主动性是促进事业发展的要素之一（initiative）Personal initiative is one of the essential elements in promoting your career.6、我认为填鸭式教育不是好的教学方法（spoon-feed）I don't think it is a good method of reaching to spoon-feed students.7、我将全力以赴在下个月之前完成这项任务，因为我不想有不遵守诺言的污名（stigma）I will spare no efforts to accomplish the task by the end of next month, for I don't want to suffer from the stigma of having broken my promise.8、我得到了许多与教育新政策相关的信息（pertinent）I've got much information pertinent to the new policy in education.Unit 121、一个人生活在恐惧边缘的人是不可能感到快乐的（close quarters）A man living in close quarters with fear cannot possibly feel happy.2、他心里感到很不舒畅，因为他刚刚出版的书中很多页面上都有明显的印刷错误（glare）He was greatly depressed, for misprints glared from so many pages of his newly published book.3、一个工于心计的人喜欢玩诡计，但往往没有大智慧（calculating）A man of calculating nature likes to play tricks, but tends to lack wisdom.4、老人感到纳闷，为什么那么多姑娘相当流行歌曲明星（crave）The man is wondering why so many girls crave to become pop stars.5、我认为抓住别人的错误不妨是一种不厚道的行为（jump upon）I consider it an inhumane act to jump upon other 's blunders.6、他经常用一种傲慢的口吻嘲笑他的兄弟，说他是一个无知的懦夫（taunt）He taunted his brother in an arrogant voice and called the latter an ignorant coward.7、在酷暑中，那个身体微弱的姑娘突然晕倒了（keel over）In the scorching heat, the girl in delicate heath suddenly keeled over.8、在过去5年中，城市不断地朝四周无序蔓延（sprawl）Over the past five years, the city has been sprawling out in all directions.。