成都大学考研现代大学英语精读5(第二版)课后答案

Lesson 1

Vocabulary

1.

Manhood:

2.

White lie:

the state of being human

harmless or trivial lie

，

esp

．

one told in order to avoid hurting sb

．

3.

black sheep

：

person regarded as a disgrace or a failure by other members of his family or group

4.

To upset:

to defeat

5.

Affirmation:

stating sth

．

as truth firmly and forcefully

6.

To strain:

to make the greatest possible effort

7.

Off base

:

mistaken

8.

(a) want (of) :

lack of

9.

Ringing cry:

rallying call

Paragraph

1. The job of arousing manhood within a people that have been taught for so many centuries

that they are nobody is not easy.

It is no easy job to educate a people who have been told over centuries that they were inferior and

of no importance to see that they are humans, the same as any other people.

2. Psychological freedom, a firm sense of self-esteem, is the most powerful weapon against the

long night of physical slavery.

If

you

break

the

mental

shackles imposed

on

you

by

white

supremacists, if

you

really

respect

yourself, thinking that you are a Man, equal to anyone else, you will be able to take part in the

struggle against racial discrimination.

3. The Negro will only be free when he reaches down to the inner depths of his own being and

signs with the pen and ink of assertive manhood his own emancipation proclamation.

The liberation of mind can only be achieved by the Negro himself/herself. Only when a negro is

fully convinced that he/she is a Man/Woman and is not inferior to anyone else, can he/she throw

off the manacles of self-abnegation and become free.

4. Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is power

correcting everything that stands against love.

Power

in

its

best form

of

function

is

the

carrying

out

of

the

demands of

justice

with

love

and

justice in the best form of function is the overcoming of everything standing in the way of love

with power.

5.

At

that

time

economic status was

considered

the

measure of

the

individual

talents.

At

that

time,

the

way

to

evaluate

how

capable and

resourceful

a person was

to

see how

much

money he had made (or how wealthy he was).

6.

…

the absence of worldly goods indicated a want of industrious habits and moral fiber.

A

person

was

poor

because

he was

lazy

and

not

hard- working

and

lacked

a sense of

right

and

wrong.

7. It is not the work of slaves driven to their tasks either by the task, by the taskmaster, or by

animal necessity.

This kind of work cannot be done by slaves who work because the work has to be done, because

ability

’

s

and

they

are

forced

to

work

by

slave-drivers

or

because they

need to

work

in

order

to

be fed

and

clothed.

8.

…

when the unjust measurement of human worth on the scale of dollars is eliminated.

…

when the unfair practice of judhing human value by the amount of money a person has

away with.

9. He who hates does not know God, but he who has love has the key that unlocks the door to

the meaning of ultimate reality.

Those who harbor hate in their hearts cannot grasp the teachings of God. Only those who have

love can enjoy the ultimate happiness in Heaven.

10. Let us be dissatisfied until America will no longer have a high blood pressure of creeds and

an anemia of deeds.

Let us be dissatisfied until America no longer only talk about racial equality but is unwilling or

reluctant to take action to end such evil practice as racial discrimination.

Translation

1. A white lie is better than a black lie.

一个无关紧要的谎言总比一个恶意的谎言要好。

2. To upset this cultural homicide,the Negro must rise up with an affirmation of his own Olympian

manhood.

为了挫败各种蓄意培植的低人一等的心态， 黑人必须直起腰来宣布自己高贵的人格。

3. ... with a spirit staining toward true self-esteem, the Negro must boldly throw off the manacles

of self- abnegation...

黑人必须以一种竭尽全力自尊自重的精神，大胆抛弃自我 克制的枷锁。

4.

What

is

needed is

a

realization

that

power

without

love

is

reckless

and

abusive,

and

love

without power is sentimental and anemic.

必须懂得没有爱的权力是毫无节制、

的。

5.

It

is

precisely

this

collision

of

immoral

power

with

powerless

morality

which

constitutes

the

major crisis of our times.

正是这种邪恶的权力和没有权势的道义的 冲突构成了我们时代的主要危机。

6. Now early in this century this proposal would have been greeted with ridicule and denunciation,

as destructive of initiative and responsibility.

在本世纪之初，这种建议会受到嘲笑和谴责，认为它对主动性和责任感起负面作用

7. The fact is that the work which improves the condition of mankind, the work which extends

knowledge and increases power and enriches literature and elevates thought, is not done to secure

a living.

事实上 ，人们从事改善人类处境的工作，

思想的工作并不是为了谋生。

8. ... it can spend billions of dollars to put God's children on their own two feet right here on earth.

......

它能够花费几十亿美元帮助上帝的孩子自立 于这个世界。

9.

Furthermore,

few

if

any

violent

revolutions

have been successful

unless the

violent

minority

had the sympathy and support of the nonresistant majority.

除非主张暴力的少数人得到大多数人 的同情与支持，

者说几乎没有成功的。

不和他们对抗，

否则，

暴力革命很少或

从事传播知识、

增强实力、 丰富文学财富以及升华

易被滥用的，

而没有权力的爱则是多愁善感、

脆弱无力

irs done

10. Let us realize the arc of the moral universe is long but it bends towards justice.

我们要懂得道义的苍穹长又长 ，但它终将落向正义。

让这一信念成为我们的战斗口号。

它将给我们勇气 以面对无法预见的未来，

它将给我们疲惫

的双脚以新的力量，

变得阴郁无望时，当我们的夜晚变得比

向正义。

创造力，

能把黑暗的昨天变成光辉灿烂的明天 。

当绝望的阴云密布，

我们的日子

但它终将落< /p>

1000

个深夜还黑暗时，让我们记住宇宙之间有一种

让我们铭记道德的苍穹长又长，

Lesson two

Vocabulary

1

.ballerina:

a woman ballet dancer

2.

dial:

control panel/buttons on the TV set

3.

to entrance:

to be interested in

4.

to mwamweize:

to fascinate

5.

To keep time:

to use the right rhythm and speed

6.

Reverie:

imagination

7.

debut:

a first show in public

8.

to twirl:

to turn round and round

9

.to prance

: to move with high steps

10.

Jumble:

untidy mixture

11.

Repeat:

sign at the end of line in music indicating a parts to be repeated

12.

To anchor:

to fasten, can not move

13.

fiasco:

complete failure

14.

recital:

performance

15.

tuner:

the man who adjusts the strings of a musical instrument

16.

moth-proof:

treated chemically so as to resist the attacks from moths

Paragraph

1. I pictured this prodigy part of me as many different images, trying each one on for size.

I imagined myself being different types of prodigy, trying to find out which type would best suit

me.

2. I had new thoughts, willful thoughts, or rather thoughts filled with lots of won

’

ts.

Some new thoughts came to my mind, thoughts that I deliberately wanted to be disobedient, or to

be more exact, thoughts that I would say lots of

“

I won

’

t

…”

to my mother.

3. The girl had a sauciness of a Shirley Temple.

The girl was somewhat like Shirley Temple, a bit rude, but in an amusing way.

4. It felt like worms and toads and slimy things crawling out of my chest, but it also felt good, as

if this awful side of me had surfaced, at last.

While saying these, I was scared as if some very unpleasant, horrible things had got out of my

chest; but at the same time, I felt a bit delighted for I was finally able to make this awful part of

me known to my mother.

5. And I could sense her anger rising to its breaking point, I wanted to see it spill over.

And

I

could

feel

that

her

anger was coming

to

the

point

where

her

endurance and

self-control

would collapse, but I wanted to see what exactly she would do when that happened.

6. The lid to the piano was closed, shutting out the dust, my misery, and her dreams.

When the lid to the piano was closed, it not only shut out the dust but also put an end to my misery

and my mother

’

s dreams as well.

Translation: A. Phrases

1. with almost no money down (Para. 1)

几乎不用首付现款

2. the raised hopes and failed expectations (Para. 18)

过高的希望和达不到的期盼

3. shorting out (Para. 21)

短路

4. the showpiece of our living room (Para. 47)

我家起居室的唯一摆设（陈列品）

5. stiff-lipped smile (Para. 51)

不自然的微笑

6. frighteningly strong (Para. 70)

力气大得吓人

7. follow their own mind (Para. 72)

自行其事

B. Sentences

1. Instead of getting big fat curls, I emerged with an uneven mass of crinkly black fuzz.(Para. 6)

我的头发没有做出我要的大卷花，而是

给我弄成一头乱蓬蓬的黑色小卷毛。

2. She checked to see if that was possibly one way to pronounce

the answer. (Para. 15)

在她告诉我 答案前，她对了对手中的杂志，看看赫尔辛基是否能这样发音。

3. She seemed entranced by the music, a little frenzied piano piece with this mesmerizing quality,

sort of quick passages and then teasing lilting ones before it returned to the quick playful parts.

(Para. 22)

她似 乎被这音乐吸引住了。这钢琴曲不

长，但有点狂乱，有着迷人的特点，乐曲一开始是

快节奏的接着是欢快跳动的

节拍，然后又回到嬉戏的部分。

4 . If she had as much talent as she has temper, she would be famous now. (Para. 33)

如果她的才气和 脾气一样大的话，她早

就出名了。

5. The part I liked to practice best was the fancy curtsy: right foot out, touch the rose on the carpet

with a pointed foot, sweep to the side, left leg bends, look up and smile.(Para. 49)