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现代大学英语精读二unit4详细答案杨立民版
现代大学英语精读二unit4详细答案(杨立民版)
Unit4
Preview
1.Listentotherecordingofthetextandthenfillintheblanksinthe
followingsentences.
1)anaircrash;Washington;1982
2)terriblecrash;jetplane;WashingtonNationalAirport;bridge;Potomac;
sank;inicy-coldwater;four;survive
3)greatdamageandlossoflife;special;tears;helicopterteam;topickup
survivors;“themaninthewater”
4)courageandnoblecharacter;nature;totheoccasion
5)pride;themoralpower
2.Readthetextforbettercomprehensionandanswerthequestions.1)Theunusualelementisthebridge,becausenormally,aircrashesdonotinvolveabridge.Note:
Theword“element”heremeansfactororabasicpartofsthcomplicated..
2)Cityofformandrulesmeansacitythatisshapelyorbeautifulandorderly,butitsuddenlyturnedintoitsoppositeandbecamechaotic,turnedintoastateofcompletedisorderandconfusion.
Ablastofrealwinter:
Blastmeansasuddenstrongmovementofwindorair.Thetwometalshererefertothebridgeandtheplane,bothofwhicharemadeofmetal.3)Fromthepointofviewofartisticbeauty,therewasalsoaclash,becausetheplanewasblueandgreen,theriverwasblack,andthechunksoficeweregrey.Perhapspeopledidnotseefailureinitatall.Theyonlysawthetriumphofhumannatureovertheelements.
5)Herethehumannatureandnaturalpowersareinconflict.
6)“Risetotheoccasion”:
Dealsuccessfullywithaproblemorsituationthatisespeciallydifficult.“Gropingandstruggling”referstothefactthatnormallyitis
humaninstincttogropeforsomethingtohangontoandstruggleforlife.7)Thesentencemeans“Threeoutofthefouracknowledgedheroes…,areabletoaccountfortheirbehavior.”
“Accountfor”:
giveasatisfactoryexplanation
8)“inthelineofduty”:
whileworking;whileonduty
9)Skutnicaddedthatsomebodyhadtogointhewatersayingwhateveryherowouldsayunderthecircumstances,butalthoughthesentimenthasbeenrepeatedbymanyheroes,itisstilladmirable.
10)Itmeansthemainreasonfortheemotionalimpactorthepersonwhocausedthegreatestemotionalimpact.
11)“masscasualty”:
agreatnumberofpeopleinjuredandkilledinanaccidentorbattle.Theword“mass”hereisanadjective,meaningaffectingalotofpeople.Also
massmurder;masskillings;massdestruction;masshysteria;massprotest;massmovement.
“commitment”:
asenseofdutyandresponsibilityandadeterminationtoworkhardatit.
12)Ashisnameremainedunknown,itmadehimasortofsymbol,asymbolofwhathumanbeingscandowhentheyareattheirbest.
13)“listeningto…”isaparticiplephraseusedasanadverbialofmanner,modifyingthepredicateofthemainclause“sitting”;“tell…”and“saying..”arebothpartofthecomplexobjectof“listeningto”;and“tofasten…”ispartofthecomplexobjectof“tell”.
14)intheessential,classiccircumstance:
inthemostbasicandtypicalcircumstance15)theage-oldbattlebetweenhumansandnature
16)goateachother:
fighteachotherviolently
actondistinctions:
actaccordingtothedistinctionbetweengoodandevil;actaccordingtomoralprinciples
17)Itmeansthatwhenthemaninthewatergavealifelinetothepeoplegaspingforsurvival,inthesamewayheseemedtobealsosavingthelivesofthosewhowatchedhim,makingthemunderstandlife’struemeaning.
18)“holdittoastandoff”:
makenatureunabletowinthebattleimmediately迫
使自然接受在和人的斗争中的僵持局面,使它不能马上得逞。
Vocabulary
1.Dothefollowingexercisesonwordformationrules.
1)Turnthefollowingintotheiroppositebyaddingin-orim-:
1.incompetence
2.immoral
3.impossible
4.incomplete
5.impersonal
6.incredible
7.indirect
8.immovable
9.immortal
10.impolite
11.informal
12.improper
13.impartial
14.impatient
15.incorrect
16.incapable
17.insignificant
18.impractical
19.imperfect;
20.insensitive
21.impermissible
22.impenetrable
23.indifferent
24.immovable
25.invisible
26.immodest
27.immature
28.invaluable
29.invariable
30.immeasurable
2)Guessthemeaningofthefollowingsuffixes.
(1)-ee
Referee;employee;payee;divorcee;trainee
(2)-eer
volunteer;pioneer;engineer;profiteer;
(3)-ess
Stewardess;actress;conductress;tigress;lioness;duchess;
countess;mistress;princess;hostess;
3)Translatethefollowingexpressionspayingspecialattentionto
thecompoundnounsinboldtypemadeofverbs+adverbs.
1.经济起飞
2.欢送会
3.梦想复辟
4.可耻的出卖
5.后续讨论
6.产品用后就扔的现代经济
7.脸上涂脂抹粉化妆品用得太多8.严重的精神崩溃
9.给了个表示许可的信号
10.怀疑这是有意掩盖真相
11.我们叫个外买吧
12.在那个军事接管以后
13.给学生一些讲义
14.改革的好处
15.这联盟最后的破裂16.学校中途撤学的人
17.第二天清晨仍能感觉酒后头昏
18.出来参加投票的人不多
2(Givetheoppositeofthefollowingwords.
1)employer
2)unfasten
3)bad/evil
4)unidentified
5)concerned/caring/interested/sympathetic
6)immovable
7)impersonal
8)irresponsible
9)selfishness
10)individual/personal/specific/private
11)shallow
12)undress
13)slightly/somewhat/inpart
14)deny
bridegroom15)
3.TranslatethefollowingChineseintoEnglish.
1)aircrashes/aircollisionandothernaturaldisasters
humannatureandcharacter2)
3)thetailsectionofajetplane
4)hugechunksofice
5)flotationring
6)fastentheseatbelt
7)culturalconflict/clash
8)Flight911
9)mechanicfailure
10)humantragedy
11)harshremarks
12)makeadistinctionbetweengoodandevil
13)presidentialmonuments
14)typical/classiccircumstance
15)universalcharacter
16)publichero
17)emotionalimpact
18)momentofhightraffic(peak)
19)enduringwonder
20)AirFlorida
21)CongressionalBudgetOffice
22)masscasualties
4.Completethesentenceswiththeexpressionslistedbelowintheir
properforms.
1)referto;knownas
2)inreality;asever;responsiblefor
3)brought;totears;sticks
4)worth;referto;Ontheotherhand;makeacarefuldistinction5)cametotheconclusion;forthe
6)takesoff;onbehalfof
7)tobesure;careabout;risetotheoccasion
8)responsiblefor;accountfor
5.Fillintheblankswithappropriateprepositionsoradverbs.1)to;as
2)on;to
3)to;of
4)on;in;under
5)accordingto;over
6)with;at;at
7)against;for;to
8)on;to
9)on;to
10)In/Owingto/Becauseof;of
6.TranslatethefollowingsentencesintoEnglish.
1)Thefactthathewasabletoavoidtheseeminglyinevitablecrashmade
himanationalhero.
2)Ofthefourstudentswhoriskedtheirlivestotrytodragthedrowning
childrentoshore,twoneverreturned.
3)TheJapaneseareknownfortheirlonglifespan.Theybelievetheyowethis
totheireatinghabits/compositionoftheirdiet,whichcontainsalotoffish
products.
4)IknowHarris.Icouldn’timagineamanlikehimmakingsuchstupid
remarks.
5)Aftertestingherloyaltymanytimes,hewasnowgoingtogiveherthe
mostdangeroustask.
6)IhearthatLincolndeliveredanextremelypowerfulspeechonthat
occasion.Whateverdidheactuallysay?
7)Thatthistimetheymustbereadytochallengedeathwasclearto
everybody.Butnooneregrettedthismove.
8)Asaccidentsgo/Asfarasaccidentsareconcerned,therewasnothingoutof
theordinary:
acrazyyoungmandrivesacaronauniversitycampusand
killsayoungwomanstudent.Whatisunusualisthefactthatthemandares
tochallengethepeoplewhowanttotakehimtocourtbecausehisfatheris
alocalpoliceofficer.
9)Everytime/Wheneverwedecideonafinancialpolicy,wehavetomakea
cleardistinctionbetweenshort-terminterestsandlong-terminterests.10)AlthoughitwasearlyOctober,peoplecouldalreadybeseendriving
acrossthefrozenriver.
Grammar
1.Learntousetheappositiveclause.
1.Studytheclausesintroducedbythatandsaywhichareappositiveclauses
andwhicharetherelativeclauses.
Explanatorynotes:
a.Theappositiveclauseisonethatexplainsthemeaningofthepreviousnoun.
b.The“noun+appositiveclause”functionsasanoun(phrase),andlikeanoun
(phrase),itisusedassubject,objects,andpredicative.c.The“noun+appositiveclause”formisusedastheobjectofprepositionsand
ofverbsthatcannotbefollowedbyasimplethat-clause.d.Onlyasmallnumberofnounscanbefollowedbyanappositiveclause.
Amongsuchverbsarefact,feeling,idea,news,opinion,order,suggestion.
1)appositiveclauseinappositionto(与……同位)“thefact”
2)relativeclausemodifying“thejets…”
3)relativeclausemodifying“everyhero’sline”
4)appositiveclauseinappositionto“thefact”
5)appositiveclauseinappositionto“proof”
6)relativeclausemodifying“something”
7)appositiveclauseinappositionto“theconclusion”
8)appositiveclausesinappositionto“thefact”
2.Respondtoorrewriteeachoftheremarks,usinganappositiveclause
andthewordsinbrackets.
1)Theboy’sfearthathewouldfailtheexaminationwastotallygroundless.2)Ihaveafeelingthatthefarmer’swifedoesn’tlikethewaysomeyoung
peoplebehave.
3)Ayearaftertheplanecrash,thecouplestillclungtothehopethattheirson
wouldonedayreturnhome.
4)Ithinkthepolice’sopinionthatthevictimwaspartlyresponsiblefortheftis
ridiculous.)
5)Theinternationalcommunitywelcomesthenewsthatthetwocountrieshave
decidedtoreturntothenegotiatingtable.
6)Alotofscientistsdon’tthinktheresultoftheirresearchisabsoluteproofthat
globalwarmingisn’treallyhappening.
7)Teddecidedtojointheteam,forhecametotheconclusionthathehadmore
togainthanlose.
8)Ourdepartmentheadseemstohave