爱森堡大学-三字经读后感500字
Unit 5
Pre-class
Work
1. Paraphrase.
1) No. 8: The society has not treated
the boy very well. Therefore we should
atleast talk a little bit before
we send him to the chair.
That's all I want to do. Nothing else.
2)No.9:I'm surprised to hear you say
that as if dishonesty has ever been a
characteristic peculiar to a
specific group.
3) No. 8:
Nobady has to prove the kid is innocent. According
to the principle
oflaw, he is innocent
untile
proven guilty, and he
can only be convicted if his guilt is beyond
reasonable
doubt.
4) No. 4:
These two slaps may have been beyond his limit of
endurance. The
boyhas been kicked
around
so often that he may
have been reaching the breaking point when the two
slaps
come.
5) No. 8: If I
were tried in court and the verdict would decide
whether I would
liveor be executed, I
would
want my lawyer to try his
best to refute the prosecutor's evidence
completely.6)
No. 3: Brother, you're
really annoying. You sat here and voted guilty
like the restof
us. And then, some
hypocritical person like a
preacher said something with his affected language
and voice, you just began
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to show your sympathy for the boy and
then changed your vote. This is the most
disgusting... I suggest
you go to the church or some other
charity institution to contribute some
money, which will be more
direct and virtuous.
2.
Learn to use reference books.
l) Find
the proper definition of the following in the
text.
(1) charge: to accuse sb. of sth.
esp. formally in a court of law
(2)
term: a period of times
(3) state:
condition or circumstances
(4) plain:
simply
(5) blade: knife (edge)
(6) jam: to squeeze sth. into a space
so that it cannot move out
(7) bright:
smart, clever
(8) hang: to make (a
jury) unable to reach a unanimous decision
(9) given: fixed
2) Find the
synonyms and antonyms of the following in a
thesaurus.
(1) fantastic:
synonyms:marvelous,extremely
good,wonderful,sensational,terrific,fabulous,
superb, great
antonyms: reasonable, sensible,
credible, ordinary, common, moderate (2)
peculiar:
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synonyms: odd, queer, strange, unusual,
abnormal, unconventional,
weird,eccentric, bizarre
antonyms:common,general,universal,usual,ordin
ary,conventional,familiar
3.
Word-building.
1) Give the
corresponding nouns of the following.
(1) handle/handling(2) charge(3)
accusation(4) supposition(5) disagreement(6)
mixture/mix(7) refutation(8)
provocation(9) commitment(10) divergence
2) Give the corresponding verbs of the
following.
(I) to try(2) to
prosecute(3) to mug(4) to allege(5) to guard(6) to
sicken(7) to
preach(8) to elevate(9) to
tear(10) to bear(11) to accomplish(12) to
excite(13) to
coincide(14) to forge
More Work on the Text
II. Vocabulary
1.
Translate.
1) into Chinese.
(1)
犯严重错误
(2)
负责处理该案
(3)
出庭作证
(4)
提供证据
( 5)
验明凶器
(6)
抹去指印
< br>(7)
进行盘问
(8)
付诸表决
(9)
要求表决
(10)
以不记名投票方式表决< /p>
(11)
投票赞成或反对
(12)
投票认为有罪
(13)
作出判决
(14)
判决某人死刑
(15)
成功地耍一个花招
(16)
堵塞河流
2)
into English.
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(1) to quote the Bible(2) to list all
the reasons(3) to dial the phone number(4) to
define the word(5)to serve a jail term
(6)to owe someone an apology
(7) to refute an argument(8) to test
the sharpnessof a knife
(9) to
clear one's throat(10) to miss the point(11) to
set a time limit .(12) to
make a
rule(13) to split the rent(14) to pass a given
point(15) to tear something to
shreds/pieces(16) to get back to
thepoint
(17) to stab
(somebody) in the back
2. Give synonyms
and antonyms of the following.
1) Give
synonyms.
(1) evident, clear, plain,
distinct, conspicuous
(2) feeble, weak,
inadequate, poor
(3) to cry out, to
shout, to scream
(4) normal, usual,
common, routine
(5) threat, danger
(6) legal advisor, lawyer, attorney
(7) proof, material proof, grounds,
fact
(8) disreputable people, scum,
loafers
(9) dirty, unclean, rotten
(10) disagreement, quarrel, dispute
(11) smart, wise, clever, intelligent
(12) to thrust, to stick in, to stuff
(13) unbelievable, remarkable, amazing
(14) to differ, to disagree, to
separate
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(15) to achieve, to carry out, to do,
to perform, to realize, to attain, to fulfill(16)
proposal, suggestion, recommendation,
plan
(17) disgusting
(18)
decision, judgment, opinion
(19)
intolerable, unacceptable, unthinkable
(20) trait, quality, feature
2) Give antonyms.
(1)
inaccurate(2) proud(3) calm, cool(4) innocent(5)
to deny(6) defense
(7)insensitive
(8)strong,solid (9)to disprove,to refute
(10) impersonal(11) dishonest(12)
irregular(13) negative(14) abnormal
3.
Translate.
1)Our company was heavily in
debt when he took owed the bank about
10 million.
2) Lao Song, I
owe you an apology. The other day I really behaved
like a
fool.3)People know very well
that they owe everything they have today to the
reform
and open policy.
4)
Why did their boat invade our territorial waters?
They owe us an
explanationat least.
5) He claimed to have two Ph.D degrees
from two universities.
6) Both sides
claimed to have won the competition.
7)The Taipings took the city the
battle claimed one of their best
leaders.
8) These patients
won the claim of 50 million dollars for their
damaged health.9)
This otherwise
wonderful manager is a womanizer.
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10)Her
otherwise perfect family only has one problem:Her
little daughter is
handicapped.
11) The Congress will vote on this new
tax law sometime next week. The
exacttime has not yet been
fixed.
12) Big business will
vote for that party. They won't vote otherwise.
13) After a heated discussion, they
finally put it to a vote. The vote was three
tofour in Bush's favor.
14)
John Kennedy was the first Catholic in US history
to be voted into the
WhiteHouse.
15) In the stock market, people often
vote with their feet.
16) The problems
we now have remind us that social justice is just
as
importantas economic prosperity.
17) That day she forgot to remind her
husband to get his car fixed.
18)The
story reminded me of many terrible things that
happened in the so-
called
4.
Fill in the blanks with the appropriate word.
1)down 2)in 3)on,off 4)out 5)out 6)out
7)over 8)over 9)away with
10)with,without 11)into,in 12) with
6.
Choose the right words in their proper forms.
I)(1)sensible (2)sensitive (3)sensitive
(4)sensible
2)(1)excited
(2)excitable (3)exciting (4)excited
3)(1)charged,charged (2)accused
(3)charge (4) accusation
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