UNIT 2 Where the Sun Always Rise
https://www.doczj.com/doc/a510943697.html,prehension Work
A.Probe the story
2.Grandmother keeps lingering at the sunrise amphitheatre because she is reluctant to leave the scene of such a glorious view. This tells of her deep love and great admiration for natural beauty. Growing older only intensifies such love.
3. By repeating the details about the flying birds at the rise of the sun, the writer suggests that nature and life have remained almost the same as when she was a young girl. The message expressed is the eternity of nature and of natural beauty.
4. The writer uses the present tense to describe her experience of viewing the sunrise both as a young girl and as a mother. This serves two purposes: first, the historical moment is brought back into the "assumed present" so that readers may feel as if the scenes being described were right in front of them; second, this may suggest a truth that beauty is eternal.
5.The writer seems to be expressing the everlasting charm of the sunrise at the peaceful and
tranquil lakeside regardless of the lapse of time (people grow up and get old.)
B.Essay Questions
1.The children will take their own children to see the sunrise.
It is the tradition of the family or even of human kind to appreciate the beauty of nature.
People should from time to time go back to nature to relax or to reflect.
Kids are always fond of outings, so they will ask their parents to do so.
The children will not take their own children to see the sunrise.
Sunrise is no longer a sight to watch in the future because of the misty atmosphere.
People are more comfortable with urban lifestyle in future. They can watch the sunrise anytime with a DVD player.
Some property development has turned the lake into a business. Only rich people can afford this kind of luxury.
2.a. Human life is short for an individual, but love of life is everlasting.
b. Natural beauty is eternal and life will be more meaningful if one learns to appreciate the wonders of nature.
c. Education should take a wider perspective.
https://www.doczj.com/doc/a510943697.html,nguage Work
A.b. intently;gingerly;cresting; adolescent; manoeuver;lingered;stumbled;pulsate
B Work with Sentences
1. The dazzling sunlight blinded the man for a moment. After a while he could take in what was around him.
2. Stopping at a shallow stream, we had to get out of the car and pick our way across the water.
3. The crimson carpet is streaked with blue lines.
4. On hearing the heavy footsteps approaching, the boy was so nervous that he caught his breath for a moment and hid himself behind the door.
5. Taking exams is the last thing I wanted to do in my school life.
6. To save people's lives, a number of rescue parties set off to the flood-stricken areas.
7. I made a supreme effort to apply glue to the broken china vase and clamp the pieces together.
8.With that ageing suit on, I found myself so clumsy for movement that before long I got exhausted.
C Word Study
1. a. Excited to have received the gift, Jane set off down the road on her new bike.
b. Eager to meet our guest, we set off for the station without delay.
c. In order to get there on time, we set off early in the morning.
2. a. The last thing he would do is sit around doing nothing.
b. The last thing the boy wants to do is sit up late revising lessons for the exam.
c. The last thing the young man would do was leave his friends in danger.
3. a. The enemies made a desperate effort but were unable to break the siege.
b. We made the utmost effort to win the game and we finally succeeded.
c. The boy made yet another effort to convince the teacher but she wouldn't believe him.
4. a. The pilot managed to make an emergency landing after the left engine failed to work.
b. A pair of swans made a graceful landing, which stirred up ripples across the lake.
c. The spaceship Roamer finally made a successful landing on Mars.
5. a. Bill started the car, and gingerly maneuvered out of the parking lot.
b. Gingerly, they maneuvered over the frozen river for the small village downstream.
c. They gingerly maneuvered down the rotten staircase at the end of the corridor towards the basement.
6. a. Mother stood at the door, basket in hand and her coat streaked with mud.
b. The woman finished her moving story, leaving our face streaked with tears.
c. Grandma sat on the top of the big rock, gazing
2.Read More
1. What does the title The Common Stream mean?
The Common Stream refers to the merger of village life and town life. In other words, the differences between village life and town life are less and less distinguishable. This is what the author means by "the village is not dead (there are still villages in the countryside) ... (but) the village life is dead (but the life in the village has changed completely, for example, farmers are no longer like the peasants bending on farming day and night, and children have a more joyful childhood etc.) "
2. List any three of the many factors which the author says have “swept away” village life.
According to the author, the following factors have "swept away'' village life: the 1944 Educational Act and subsequent legislation, the Social Security plan, town and country planning, paid holidays, higher wages, cheaper travel, television and a host of electrical gadgets, etc.
3. Is this change of life for the better or the worse in the writer’s opinion? How do you know?
The writer thinks that this change of village life is for the better.
3.Grammar Work
1. are continually interrupting (annoying behavior)
2. am/was hoping (tentative), have decided, succeed
3. am, is seeing (temporary)
4. didn’t feel, am feeling
5. am wondering (tentative)
6. is happening, has been robbed, is pointing, is being chased, wonder/am wondering, will be caught
7. is always saying (annoying behavior), does
8. are being (temporary), are
9. Are you understanding (tentative, incomplete)/Do you understand
10. am completely lost, see, is leaning, stop, ask,thinks, says, were, wouldn’t start, (historical present)
11. is forgetting, is remembering, (incomplete, beginning of a process)
4.Work with Words
1. c
2. a
3. d
4. a
5. b
6. b
7. d
8. c
9. a 10. d
5.Translation
1. The rescue team set off at the first light of day in search for the missing child.
2. Although the goalkeeper tried his best, he missed catching the ball.
3. The news was so unexpected that she caught her breath in surprise.
4. Seeing the footballer score a goal, the spectators burst into thunderous applause.
5. Who do you think you are? –You’re the last person I would like to talk to about this matter!
6. The girl fixed her eyes intently on the telephone when she was waiting for her boyfriend's call.
7. When the boy fell off his little bike, the father encouraged him to make another effort.
Text comprehension I. B II. 1. T; 2. F; 3. T; 4. T; 5. T. III. 1. “snail mail”. 2. “an essential stepping stone on the road to success”. 3. “the profound relationship between language and culture that lies at the heart of society”. 4. “the means to shape our views of the world”. 5. “to negotiate the boundaries between languages and to compromise in translation”. 6. “to use linguistic skills, to think differently, to enter into another culture’s mentality and to shape language accordingly”. IV. 1. with convenient ways to reach any part of the world. 2. It seems that everyone is able to always get in touch with anyone else if he or she can afford to. 3. is the most important to society. 4. a fundamental skill in today’s world, where different c ultures interact. 5. are finding ways to interrelate different cultures. Structural analysis of the text 1. The last sentence of the 3rd paragraph: “Most fundamental is the profound relationship between language and culture that lies at the heart of society and one that we overlook at our peril.” 2. Paragraph 4: The lack of an exact counterpart of the English word “homesickness” in other languages such as Italian, Portuguese, and German. Paragraph 5: The problem of untranslatability which the early Bible translators encountered. Paragraph 6: English and Welsh speakers make adjustments regarding the color spectrum in the grey / green / blue / brown range; The word “democracy” means completely different things in different contexts; the flat breads of Central Asia are a long way away from Mother’s Pride white sliced toasties, yet the word “bread” has to serve for both. Part One. Vocabulary Analysis I. Phrase practice 1. provided =as long as 假如，倘若 need never be out of touch =can never fail to be reached 从不会失去联系 2. regardless of =no matter 不管，不顾
Unit 1 Text Comprehension I. Decide which of the following best states the author's purpose. A II. Judge, according to the text, whether the following statements are true of false. T F F F F T T F IV. Explain in your own words the following sentences taken from the text. 1. If she paid no attention to an unpleasant thing, perhaps it would not make her feel depressed. 2. From June to the end of July school closed for the summer vacation. 3. Literally, the author looked up at the monuments with her eyes half-closed because of the dazzling sunshine. Figuratively, the author meant that freedom, equality and democracy were simply distorted images, she could not “see” them clearly. 4. Mother was bright black. Father was brown black. We three girls represent different shades of black between bright black and brown black. 5. Inside the soda fountain, it was so dim and cool that the pain of my eyes was wonderfully eased. 6. No one answered my righteous and stern questions, they remained silent as if they had committed something wrong. 7. My anger was not going to be sympathized or noticed by my family members, because they themselves were similarly angry. Language work I. Explain the italicized part in each sentence in your own words. 1. on the edge of the summer: at the beginning of the summer 2. preparations were found in the air around the house: the atmosphere of excitement could be felt but it was not talked about. 3. a mobile feast: a large and enjoyable meal on the train 4. as if we had never been black before: as if we had never been mistreated before 5. they had contributed to it: they had partially caused it 6. My fury was not to be acknowledged by a like fury: my anger was not going to be noticed by my family members because they were similarly angry. II. Fill in each blank with one of the two words from each pair in their appropriate forms. ?bruise bruised scarred scar ?soaking Dampen soaked dampen ?admit acknowledged acknowledge admitted ?agony anguish anguish agony III. Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word or phrase from the box, using its appropriate form.
Unit1 The Fourth of July The first time I went to Washington D.C. was on the edge of the summer when I was supposed to stop being a child. At least that’s what they said to us all at graduation from the eighth grade. My sister Phyllis graduated at the same time from high school. I don’t know what she was supposed to stop being. But as graduation presents for us both, the whole family took a Forth of July trip to Washington D.C., the fabled and famous capital of our country. 我第一次到华盛顿的时候是初夏那时我想我不应该再当一个孩子。至少这是他们在八年级的毕业典礼上对我们说的。我的姐姐菲利斯在同一时间从高中毕业。我不知道她应该不再当一个什么。但当作是送给我们俩的毕业礼物,我们全家在国庆日前往华盛顿旅游,那是传奇而著名的我国首都。 It was the first time I’d ever been on a railroad train during the day. When I was little, and we used to go to the Connecticut shore, we always went at night on the milk train, because it was cheaper. 这是我第一次真正意义上在白天时乘坐火车。当我还小的时候我们总是在夜晚乘坐运奶火车去康涅狄格海岸,因为它更便宜。 Preparations were in the air around our house before school was over. We packed for two weeks. There were two large suitcases that my father carried, and a box filled with food. In fact, my first trip to Washington was a mobile feast; I started eating as soon as we were ensconced in our seats, and did not stop until somewhere after Philadelphia. I remember it was Philadelphia because I was disappointed not to have passed by the Liberty Bell. 学期还没结束前家里就开始忙着准备旅行的事。我们准备了两个星期。父亲拿了两个大箱子和一个装满食物的盒子。事实上,我第一次到华盛顿的旅途可以说是一个移动盛宴一在位子上安顿下来我就开始吃东西直到我们到了费城往后的某个地方才停下来。我记得那是费城,是因为我们没有经过自由之钟对此我很失望。 My mother had roasted two chickens and cut them into dainty bite-size pieces. She packed slices of brown bread and butter, and green pepper and carrot sticks. There were little violently yellow iced cakes with scalloped edges called “marigolds,” that came from Cushman’s Bakery. There was a spice bun and rock- cakes from Newton’s, the West Indian bakery across Lenox Avenue from St. Mark’s school, and iced tea in a wrapped mayonnaise jar. There were sweet peaches for us and dill pickles for my father, and peaches with the fuzz still on them, individually wrapped to keep them from bruising. And, for neatness, there were piles of napkins and a little tin box with a washcloth dampened with rosewater and glycerine for wiping sticky mouths. 母亲烤了两只鸡,然后把它们切成恰好一口一片的大小。她打包了黑面包和黄油切片,青椒和胡萝卜条。有来自Cushman面包店的亮黄色的周围有一圈扇贝形状的小冰蛋糕叫做“金盏花“。有来自牛顿面包店的香辛小面包和岩皮饼,还有包裹着蛋黄酱的冰茶那是一家雷诺克斯大街上圣马可学校对面的西印度面包店。还有母亲为我们准备的蜜桃和给父亲准备的莳萝腌菜,桃子上还有绒毛,单独包装,以免它们碰伤。为了干净,母亲还准备了成堆的餐巾纸和一个小锡盒子里面装有浸了玫瑰水和甘油的毛巾,可以用来擦拭发粘的嘴巴。 I wanted to eat in the dinning car because I had read all about them, but my mother reminded me of umpteenth time that dinning car food always cost too much money and besides, you never could tell whose hands had been playing all over that food, nor where those same hands had been
Unit 1 III 1.Ups and downs: 波折，盛衰，哭了，浮沉 Martins’ upbringing shaped his whole life,with so many ups and downs every now and then. 2.Go through:发生 At that period, South African was going through a period of unchangeable events as the Blacks were fighting for equality. 3. Close an account: The world is changing rapidly, our plans must change accordingly. Otherwise, we should close an account with the harsh market economy.遭遇失败 4. Misfortune: Julia has been made to undergo physical and psychological misfortunes for her inability in having children. 不幸 5. Put through: She wouldn’t want to put them through the suffering of a huge ceremony.经受，经历 6. Throw one’s mind back to: Throwing our mind back to 1978, we should not be surprised about some of Mrs. Thatcher’s comments, bearing in mind the party she belonged to. 回想起 7. Address oneself to: The famous orator addressed himself to the public to promote his newly-published book which could add to his reputation. 向……讲话，着手做……，致力于 8. Yield to: Parley yielded to general pressure from the society and bitterly took the child to a specialist.屈服 Unit 2 1. Stake a claim: Ronald’s success staked a claim for his place in Germany’s world championship team.罗纳德的成功使他在德国 世界冠军队里有一席之地。公开声明对……拥有所有权；证明自 己应该拥有（某物） 2. Be proportional to: Loss of weight is directly proportional to the rate at which the disease is progressing.与……成比例；体 重的降低和病情的恶化直接相关。 3. Attribute …to: Women tend to attribute their success to external causes such as assistance from friends. 把……归因 于…… 4. Sidle up: As I was about to leave the restaurant, a young man sidled up to me and said, ”May I help you?”悄悄地走进，偷偷 地侧身挨近 5. Plow into: A young lady and her little son were seriously injured when a car plowed into them on a crossing.撞上 6. Tread on: My job is to challenge, but not threaten them. So I must be careful not to tread on their toes.我的工作是对他们 提出挑战而不是威胁。所以，我得小心不要伤害了他们的感情。 踩，踏 7. Carve out: Not satisfied with the present position in the company, he is trying to carve out a much greater role for
Unit 1 I. Translate the following sentences into Chinese 1. 但我们必须学会同样善于应付短暂而干脆与漫长而艰难的局面。 2. 人们普遍认为英国人最终总是会胜出的。 3. 其他国家认为英国输得一无所有了。 4. 一年前我们孤军作战，许多国家都以为我们被彻底打败了。 II. Translate the following sentences into English 1. 我安排他们在小酒吧见面，但那个小伙子一直都没有来。(turn up) I had arranged for them to meet each other at the pub, but the young man never turned up. 2. 你无法仅凭表象判断形势是否会变得对我们不利。(tell from appearance) You cannot tell merely from appearances whether things will turn out unfavourable to us or not. 3. 那个士兵每次打仗都冲锋在前，从而赢得了国家的最高荣誉。(stand in the gap) The soldier, who stood in the gap in every battle, gained the highest honors of the country. 4. 主席讲话很有说服力，委员会其他成员都听从他的意见。(yield to) The chairman spoke so forcefully that the rest of the committee yielded to his opinion.
Unit 2 Vocabulary exercises Ⅱ. Fill in the blank in each sentence with a phrase taken from the box in its appropriate form. stake a claim be proportional to attribute…to sidle up plow into tread on carve out breathe down sb.’s neck 1. As I was about to leave the restaurant, a young man sidled up to me and said, "May I help you?” 当我正要离开餐馆时，一个男人悄悄走上前来，对我说："有什么能为您服务的吗？" 2. Not satisfied with the present position in the company, he is trying to carve out a much greater role for himself. 有由于不满足在公司的现任职务，他努力为自己谋得一个更重要的角色。 3. Women rend to attribute their success to external causes such as assistance from friends. 女性往往把自己的成功归功于外部原因，例如朋友的帮助。 4. Ronald's success staked a claim for his place in Germany's world championship team. 到目前为止，南极洲只能被用来进行科学研究，不允许任何国家或地区宣布占有他的任何一部分。 5. My job is to challenge, but not threaten them. So I must be careful not to tread on their toes. 我的工作是盘问他们而不是威胁他们，所以我必须小心，不能得罪他们。 6. A young lady and her little son were seriously injured when a car plowed into them on a crossing. 一位年轻的女士在一个十字路口被一辆小汽车猛撞了一下，伤的很严重。 7. Loss of weight is directly proportional to the rate at which the disease is progressing. 体重的减轻和疾病的发展速度成比例。 8. In contemporary society, most farmers have bank managers breathing down their necks in order to secure their financial balance. 在当今社会大多数农民为保证他们的财政平衡，都有监督他们的银行经理。 Ⅲ. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words. 1. When the accident happened, no one would answer for the consequences, which was very annoying （annoyance） 事故发生时，没有人愿意对后果负责，这令人非常气愤。
Unit 1 Never Give In, Never, Never, Never Winston Churchill Pre-reading questions 1. What do you know of Winston Churchill? 2. Do you know when World War Ⅱbroke out? What else do you know about it? Almost a year has passed since I came down here at your Head Master's kind invitation in order to cheer myself and cheer the hearts of a few of my friends by singing some of our own songs. The ten months that have passed have seen very terrible catastrophic events in the world—ups and downs, misfortunes—but can anyone sitting here this afternoon, this October afternoon, not feel deeply thankful for what has happened in the time that has passed and for the very great improvement in the position of our country and of our home? Why, when I was here last time we were quite alone, desperately alone, and we had been so for five or six months. We were poorly armed. We are not so poorly armed today; but then we were very poorly armed. We had the unmeasured menace of the enemy and their air attack still beating upon us, and you yourselves had had experience of this attack; and I expect you are beginning to feel impatient that there has been this long lull with nothing particular turning up! But we must learn to be equally good at what is short and sharp and what is long and tough. It is generally said that the British are often better at the last. They do not expect to move from crisis to crisis; they do not always expect that each day will bring up some noble chance of war; but when they very slowly make up their minds that the thing has to be done and the job put through and finished, then, even if it takes months—if it takes years—they do it. Another lesson I think we may take, just throwing our minds back to our meeting here ten months ago and now, is that appearances are often very deceptive, and as Kipling well says, we must "... meet with Triumph and Disaster. And treat those two impostors just the same." You cannot tell from appearances how things will go. Sometimes imagination makes things out far worse than they are; yet without imagination not much can be done. Those people who are imaginative see many more dangers than perhaps exist; certainly many more will happen; but then they must also pray to be given that extra courage to carry this far-reaching imagination. But for everyone, surely, what we have gone through in this period—I am addressing myself to the school—surely from this period of ten months this is the lesson: never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy. We stood all alone a year ago, and to many countries it seemed that our account was closed, we were finished. All this tradition of ours, our songs, our school history, this part of the history of this country, were gone and finished and liquidated.
综合英语教程4 课后翻译unit1-unit12 Unit 1 (1). I had arranged for them to meet each other at the pub, but the young man never turned up. (2)You cannot tell merely from appearance whether things will turn out unfavorable to us or not. (3)The soldier, who stood in the gap in every battle, gained the highest honors of the country. (4) The chairman spoke so forcefully that the rest of the committee yielded to his opinion. (5)They are well-to-do now, but along the way they had their ups and downs. (6)There are two questions to which I will address myself in this lecture. (7)We are planning a big Christmas party in your honor. (8)Hearing that tune threw my mind back to my childhood. unit 2 1. The pigion was wedged in the fork of a branch and it fell after a while. 2. The payment that the motorist will have to make is proportional to the damage he has done to the other person’s car. 3. You can only enter the cave by inching through a narrow tunnel on your stomach. 4. She stammered some apology for entering my office without knocking
综合教程第1册 Unit 1 I. Dictation Throughout history / the basic unit of almost every human society / has been the family. / Members of the family live together / under the same roof. / They share the economic burdens of life / as well as its joys. / The family head usually has considerable influence / in arranging marriages, / selecting careers / and determining all important moves and purchases / by any member of the family. / Particularly in conditions / where society or the state / does not give aid / and the responsibilities of the family are greater, / this large group / provides better protection / in times of economic or other emergency. Unit 2 Children learn almost nothing from television, / and the more they watch, / the less they remember. / They regard television purely as entertainment, / resent programs that make demands on them / and are surprised that anybody should take the medium seriously. / Far from being over-excited by programs, / they are mildly bored with the whole thing. / These are the main conclusions from a new study of children and television. / Its author confirms / that the modern child is a dedicated viewer. / The study suggests / that there is little point in the television company’s attempts / to isolate adult viewing in the later hours. / More than a third of the children regularly watched their programs after 9 p.m. / All 11-year-olds had watched programs after midnight. Unit 3: I. Dictation Mother's Day is celebrated / on the second Sunday in May. / On this occasion, / Mother usually receives greeting cards and gifts / from her husband and children. / For most mothers, / the rarest and best gift / is a day of rest. / Often, / families honor Mother / by taking her out for dinner. / In some households / the husband and children / take over meal preparations / so that Mom can spend a whole day / away from the kitchen. / Serving her breakfast in bed / is another family ritual. / Later in the day, / parents may take their children / to visit their grandparents. / Flowers are an important part of the day. / Mothers are often given corsages / for the occasion, / particularly if they are elderly. Unit 4 Dictation In order to learn to be one’s true self, / it is necessa ry to obtain a wide and extensive knowledge / of what has been said and done in the world; / critically to inquire into it; / carefully to consider it; / clearly to analyze it; / and earnestly to carry it out. It matters not what you learn, / but when you once learn a thing, / you must never give it up / until you have thoroughly understood it. / It matters not what you try to think of, / but when you once try to think of a thing, / you must never give it up / until you have done it thoroughly and well. If another man succeeds by one effort, / you will use a hundred efforts. / If another man succeeds by ten efforts, / you will use a thousand. Unit 5: In order to learn to be one’s true self, / it is necessary to obtain a wide and extensive knowledge / of wha t has been said and done in the world; / critically to inquire into it; / carefully to consider it; / clearly to analyze it; / and earnestly to carry it out.