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现代大学英语精读二
unit4
详细答案(杨立
民版)
Unit 4
Preview
1. Listen to the
recording of the text and then fill in the blanks
in the
following sentences.
1) an air crash; Washington; 1982
2) terrible crash; jet plane;
Washington National Airport; bridge;
Potomac;
sank; in icy-cold
water; four; survive
3) great damage
and loss of life; special; tears; helicopter team;
to pick up
survivors; “the
man in the water”
4)
courage and noble character; nature; to the
occasion
5) pride; the moral power
2. Read the text for better
comprehension and answer the questions.
1) The unusual element is the bridge,
because normally, air crashes do
not
involve a bridge. Note: The word “element” here
means factor or a
basic part of sth
complicated..
2) City of form and
rules means a city that is shapely or beautiful
and orderly, but it suddenly turned
into its opposite and became chaotic,
turned into a state of complete
disorder and confusion.
A blast of
real winter: Blast means a sudden strong movement
of wind
or air. The two metals here
refer to the bridge and the plane, both of
which are made of metal. 3) From the
point of view of artistic beauty,
there
was also a clash, because the plane was blue and
green, the river
was black, and the
chunks of ice were grey. Perhaps people did not
see
failure in it at all. They only saw
the triumph of human nature over the
elements.
5) Here the human
nature and natural powers are in conflict.
6)“Rise to the occasion”: Deal
successfully with a problem or
situation that is especially difficult.
“Groping and struggling”
refers to the
fact that normally it is
human
instinct to grope for something to hang on to and
struggle for
life. 7) The sentence
means “Three out of the four acknowledged
heroes…, are able to account for their
behavior.”
“Account for”:
give a satisfactory explanation
8) “in the line of duty”: while
working; while on duty
9)
Skutnic added that somebody had to go in the water
saying what
every hero would say under
the circumstances, but although the sentiment
has been repeated by many heroes, it is
still admirable.
10) It means the main
reason for the emotional impact or the person
who caused the greatest emotional
impact.
11) “mass casualty”: a great
number of people injured and killed
in
an accident or battle. The word “mass”
here
is an adjective,
meaning affecting a lot of people. Also
mass murder; mass killings; mass
destruction; mass hysteria; mass
protest; mass movement.
“commitment”: a sense of duty and
responsibility and a
determination to
work hard at it.
12) As his name
remained unknown, it made him a sort of symbol, a
symbol of what human beings can do when
they are at their best.
13) “listening
to …” is a participle phrase used as an adverbial
of manner, modifying the predicate of
the main clause “sitting”;
“tell …” and
“saying ..” are both part of the complex object of
“listening to”; and “to fasten …” is
part of the complex object of
“tell”.
14) in the essential,
classic circumstance: in the most basic and
typical circumstance 15) the age-old
battle between humans and nature
16)
go at each other: fight each other violently
act on distinctions: act according to
the distinction between good
and evil;
act according to moral principles
17)
It means that when the man in the water gave a
lifeline to the
people gasping for
survival, in the same way he seemed to be also
saving
the lives of those who watched
him, making them understand life’s true
meaning.
18) “hold it to a
standoff”: make nature unable to win the battle
immediately
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. Do the
following exercises on word formation rules.
1) Turn the following into their
opposite by adding in- or im-:
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)Guess the meaning of the following
suffixes.
(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)
Translate the following expressions paying special
attention to
the compound nouns in
bold type made of verbs+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( Give the opposite of the following
words.
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/in part
14)deny
bridegroom 15)
3. Translate the following Chinese into
English.
1) air crashes/air collision
and other natural disasters
human
nature and character 2)
3) the tail
section of a jet plane
4) huge chunks
of ice
5) flotation ring
6) fasten the seat belt
7)
cultural conflict /clash
8) Flight 911
9) mechanic failure
10)
human tragedy
11) harsh remarks
12) make a distinction between good and
evil
13) presidential monuments
14) typical/classic circumstance
15) universal character
16)
public hero
17) emotional impact
18) moment of high traffic (peak)
19) enduring wonder
20) Air
Florida
21) Congressional Budget
Office
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