正中大学-春联集锦
Unit 4 Wisdom of Bear Wood
I
Pre-class work
1. Paraphrase.
1) I spent most of my time wandering in
the
forests and
the
fields
alone, acting
Robin
Hood, daydreaming collecting bugs and
bird-watching. (Para. 3)
2) To live a
quiet life and not to get involved with other
people was my way of avoiding any
friendship that I would only have to
abandon the next time we moved. (Para. 3)
3) But one day I began a friendship
just by chance. (Para. 3)
4) I started
to take a long walk.., to a dense growth of trees
called Bear Wood. (Para. 4)
5) Yes,
they are watchful; But the bad thing is that some
gamekeepers have been killing
them
since they got here and they were brought into
this place form somewhere else, not
born and raised here. (Para.11)
6) I looked at the cabinets with glass
windows that contained statues and models carved
out of ivory and stone
trays of butterflies fastened with pins and.., about twelve birds that
were
made into specimens. (Para. 18)
7) I
learn a lot of knowledge, taught by nature itself,
about the things I can see--the birds,
insects,
trees,
and
flowers,
and
the
things
I
cannot
see-- ideas,
scientific
laws
and
principles. I also learn a lot about
the things that change, including life itself, as
well as the
things that are changeless
like friendship, love, and many basic values.
(Para. 37)
2. Learn to use the
dictionary and other reference books.
1) Give the definition of the
following.
(1) odds and ends: small things of various kinds without much value
(2) rather than: instead of
2) Find the synonyms and the antonyms
of the following in a Thesaurus.
(1) immense
antonyms: little, small, tiny, minute
(2) to glow
synonyms: to radiate, to blare, to blaze, to brighten, to gleam, to shine
3. W0rd-building.
l)
Give corresponding nouns of the following verbs.
(1) possession
(2) endurance
(3) penetration
(4) encounter
(5) retirement
(6) suspicion/suspect
(7) abandonment
(8) inclination
(9) exploration
(10) recovery
(11) warning
(12 ) proceeding
(13) fascination
(14) form/formation
(15) glimpse
2) Give
corresponding nouns of the following adjectives.
(1) anxiety
(2) misery
(3) density
(4) instinct
(5) familiarity
(6) essence
(7) immensity
(8) stupidity
(9) suddenness
(10) invisibility
(11) generosity
(12) productivity
(13) fondness
(14) equivalency
3)
Guess
the
meaning
of
the
following,
based
on
the
rules
of
word- building
you
have
learned.
(1)
一个吸引人的故事
(2)
一番引言，开场白
(3)
令人惊异的快速康复
(4)
一份费力的工作
(5)
集体的努力
(6)
一个可爱的人
(7)
一番深刻的分析
(8)
渴望权力的人们
(9)
使铁路行业私有化
(10)
一位非常娇惯子女的母亲
(II)
一次毫无意义的行动
(12)
秘密的行为
(13)
被认为是不可触知的
(14)
他那好笑的笨拙的样子
(15)
外汇收入
(16)
看上去可疑的
(17)
能见度低
(18)
听起来迂腐的
(19)
有很多崇拜者
(20)
积累的资金
(21)
易变的天气
(22)
无色的液体
(23)
冗长的讲话
4) Study carefully and discover new rules of word-building.
(1) the adjectives used as verbs
(2) the suffix
make something be in the stated state
or condition
(3) the compound nouns consisting of two words with the first one as the object of
the action denoted by the
second one More Work on the Text
II Vocabulary
1. Translate
1) into English.
(1) to explore the secrets of nature
(2) to endure pain and suffering
(3) to earn everyone's admiration
(4) to suspect a dirty plot
(5) to introduce this sheep
(6) to surround the enemy
(7) to demand an open apology
(8) to extend her hand
(9) to roam the fields
(10) to dangle his feet
(11) to catch one's breath
(12) to give permission
(13) to abandon hope
(14) to accumulate experience
(15) to form a strong team
(16) to possess property
(17) to design a new model
(18) to collect facts
2) into
Chinese.
(1)
一次有收获的经历
(2)
看起来似乎不同
(3)
零星的东西
(4)
古老的城堡
(5)
铁丝网篱笆
(6)
石雕的人或动物像
(7)
人间天堂
(8)
制成标本的鸟
(9)
密集的月桂树丛
(10)
铺着柔软地毯的地板
(11)
一种珍稀动物
(12)
潜在的购买者
(13)
晒干了的树叶
(14)
样子很熟悉的房子
(15)
笨拙的动作
(16)
退休工人
(17)
面上有玻璃的书架
(18)
高倍望远镜
2. Give
synonyms and antonyms of the following.
1) Give synonyms.
(1) to
wander
(2) to give up
(3) great, large,
massive, huge
(4) heavenly, sacred
(5) heaven
(6) to look at
(7) to continue
(8) dear
(9) lasting
(10) attractive, admirable
(11) silently
(12) to watch
(13) weak
(14) to alarm, to give a start
(15) to gather
(16) to teach
(17) to own
(18) to surprise, to astonish
(19) sadly thoughtful
(20) alert, watchful, cautious
2) Give antonyms.
(1) minor
(2) unhappy, displeased
(3) thin
(4) hell
(5) public
(6) introduced
(7) invisible
(8) unseen
(9) harmful
(10) colorless
(11) center
(12) great
3. Translate.
1) There are still hundreds of millions of people in the world today who earn less than a
dollar a day.
2)
So
many
people
get
stomach
cancer.
I
suspect
that
the
water
we
drink
may
be
seriously
polluted.
3) We have earned strong support of the government to make smoking illegal in public
places.
4) He has earned the great admiration of the people as an honest government official.
5) Old people in China today are not inclined to live with their children.
6) I am inclined to look at things from the bright side.
7) The smugglers seem to know all our actions. I suspect that someone among us is
passing secret
information to them.
8) She says that she just doesn't feel inclined to work today.
9) We could not identify the body because it was too badly burnt.
10)
These
people
roam
from
place
to
place
without
regular
jobs
and
without
social
identity. More and more
people now regard it as unfair.
11) I still regard it as important for our young people to care about their national identity.
12) With regard to flood control, I am still inclined to think that to plant more trees is
more
important than anything else.
4. Fill
in the blanks with the appropriate words.
1) B
2) D
3) A
4) A
5) D
6) D
7) B/C
8) C
5. Fill in
the blanks with the appropriate expression below.
1) wrench myself away from it
2) care to
3) keeping to herself
4) Thanks to, as it were
5) odds and ends
6) went by, at ease
7) with a will
8) filled up
9) at ease
10) brim over
11) bursting with
12) verges on
13)
slipped through
14) verges against
15) warned against, as it
were
6. Choose the
right word in the given context.
1) (1) crawl
(2) climbed
(3) crept
(4) creep/crawl