圣玛丽大学吧-有哲理的小故事
Key to exercises
Unit 1
Preview
1.
Listen
to
the
recording
of
the
text
and
then
fill
in
the
blanks
in
the
following
s
entences.
1.
aim/purpose;
universities
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
graduate school;
Shakespeare
’
s plays;
be a pharmacist
training;
practical/professional
skills;
technical
training;
making a living; keep himself; his
family; expose; ideas
waking; average;
a living; all about
in danger;
mechanized savages; push-button Neanderthals
have left us; peculiar accomplishments;
species
center; storehouse
sarcastic; humorous
2.
Read
the
text
for
better
comprehension
a
nd
answer the
questions,
paying special
attention to the parts in bold type.
1)
It means annoying experiences, tough problems or failures.
2)
They must have finished their graduate studies with
an advanced
d
egree
like a PhD.
3)
It simply means
“
one of the students
”
. The word
whole group of students.
Because the student is thin and tall. It is meant
to be
humorous rather than insulting.
4)
He teaches English literature.
5)
By using the word
“
stuff
”
, he shows his dislike for the course very clearly.
He
doesn
’
t like the course because he thinks it is useless for his planned
career.
6)
We can assume that he does not think it necessary to waste money on the
books since he
intends to drop the course.
7)
The latter. It is a humorous way of referring to a certain type of people.
8)
He is talking
about the Pharmacy School. He is
being sarcastic when he
calls it
“
a Drugstore Mechanics School
”
It
means
“
技工”
.
9) He
is talking about the diploma for university or
college graduates.
He has in mind
people like what the student wants to be:
pharmacists.
10)
It
means
“
having
been introduced
to
the
ideas developed or
produced
throughout history.
11) It refers to his effort to convince
the student.
12)
“
Hold
”
here is an intransitive verb meaning
“
remain true
“
body
”
here means t
”
. It is often
as a set phrase
“
hold true
”．
13) It
means
“
things of the same kind
诸如此类
”
.
14)
We call it the future continuous tense. It is used for ongoing future actions.
15) He is saying here that you
will make sure that the medicine
you
make will not be mixed with poison if you are
trained as a pharmacist;
that the
houses you build will successfully keep out bulls
if your chosen job is
engineering; and
that your client
will not
be sentenced to death because
y
ou
are incompetent if you want to be a
lawyer.
16)
These are all useful things to do
17)
In formal English,
More examples:
May
our country be prosperous and our people happy.
May peace finally prevail.
Note: suffice (be sufficient)
It is formal for humorous effect.
18)
民主的思想家
.
Will
you
be heading a family
that
is
familiar
with
the
great democratic ideas in past
history?
19)
He means the tall
student.
“
Pest
is
”
often
used to
refer
to
an annoying
person
especially a child.
20)
No. He means that he is aiming to
make money. That is
his purpose for
coming to
school.
21)
…
you
’
re going to have trouble finding something to do when you
are not
spending money.
22)
…
then you shouldn
’
t go to college. You have no reason to go to college.
23)
He is saying here that young people may become savages like the ancient
people who
lived 35,000 to 130,000 years ago although they
can now push
buttons and use machines,
hence, a
“
new species
”．
24) Our colleges are
bound to produce some students of this kind.
He is very
sarcastic about these
people and thinks
that
they are not
truly
educated
and
civilized as they should be today.
Therefore he uses the
expression:
such life
“
forms
”
Note also that the word
.
“
graduate
”
is used as a transitive verb here.
25)
We
are talking
about how
ideas or
concepts are
developed and how
important they are in the evolution of
the human species. Animals live
by
instinct.
Only
human beings are
able
to
formulate
ideas such as love,
freedom,
democracy, and equality. These ideas make us
different
from
other
animals. And we get these ideas from
people in the past. That is why reading is
so important. Many scholars maintain
that
w
ithout reading we don
’
t know how
to think.
There are, however, people who emphasize the
importance of direct
experience. They
say that
‘
Doing is also learning
far as to maintain that reading
may prevent us from creative thinking.
26) The fact that we have the faculty
means that
…
…
and raises/brings up your children.
“
may
”
is used to express a hope or wish.
’
. Sometimes they even go
Vocabulary
1.
Do the following exercises on word formation rules.
1)
The
following words are adjectives
ending with
the suffixes
“
-ent
”
and
“
-ant,
”
and
their
corresponding nouns usually ending with
“
-ence
”
and
“
-ance.
”
Decide
which of the following should be the
former, and which the latter.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
different
independent
extravagant
competent
arrogant
important
confident
fragrant
significant
11.
evident
12.
intelligent
13.
relevant
14.
present
15.
urgent
16.
violent
17.
current
18.
frequent
19.
distant
10.
convenient
Note:
The
following
words
are
nouns,
not
adjectives:
accountant;
assistant;
defendant; dependant;
attendant
2)
Guess the corresponding nouns of the following, paying special attention to their
pronunciation.
1.
qualification
unification
classification
intensification
simplification
glorification
2.
modernization
realization
globalization
Americanization
urbanization
centralization
nationalization
3.
permission
admission
commission
remission
emission
submission
transmission
omission
clarification
notification
identification
justification
certification
specification
mechanization
civilization
specialization
industrialization
idealization
marketization
privatization
discussion
profession
confession
impression
oppression
compression
expression
depression
3) Give
derivatives of the following words.
1.
sense:
sensitive; sensible; senseless; sensibility; oversensitive; insensitive
2.
3.
4
.
5.
technique:
special:
intellect:
civil:
technical;
technically; technician;
specially;
specialty; specialize
intellectual;
intelligent; intelligence
civilize;
civilization; civilized; uncivilized
4)
Translate the following into Chinese.
1.
Many people agree that the increased
enrollment
is a big
accomplishment
.
2.
The
lack
of
availability
of
certified
accountants
who
can
meet
such
high
qualifications
is still a big problem.
3.
Early
specialization
is not wise. Students should have a wide
exposure
to world culture
before they specialize.
4.
Strong as we might be some day we must never become
arrogant
. We should continue
to
pursue
the policy of peaceful
co-existence
among nations.
5.
It
is a
penetrating
thought that a nation
’
power rests
s
essentially
with
its
advanced
civilization
.
6.
Our
memory
of
past
disastrous
experiences is
an
extremely
important
spiritual
resource
.
2.
Translate the following
verb+noun
collocations into English.
1)
fold one
’
s arms
2)
fold the letter
3)
acquire knowledge
4)
generate ideas
5)
generate jobs
6)
generate power
7)
generate interest
8)
employ workers
9)
use/employ time
10) rear/raise
one
11) rear sheep
12) raise
one
’
s family
13) raise
one
’
s voice
14) raise tax
15) raise the question
16)
maintain contact
17) maintain law and
order
18) maintain peace
3.
Give the synonyms and antonyms of the following.
Synonyms
1.
reasonably/ rather/quite
2.
clearly/evidently
’
s children