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Answers to Exercises of Unit 4 (Workbook)
Comprehensive exercises
Ⅰ
. Spelling (P54)
1. lopsided
2. quirk
3. inaugurate
4. complexion
5. link
6.
glare
7.
shudder
8.
blare
9. installation
10. passenger
11. champagne
12. geographic
Ⅱ
. Dictation (P55)
Throughout the long period, the French
showed noticeably more enthusiasm for
a
Channel tunnel than the British. This may seem
curious, seeing that France already
has
many land frontiers, whereas for Britain a tunnel
would be its first fixed link with
the
Continent,
and
thus
more
valuable.
But
the
British
were
held
back
by
their
insularity,
and especially
by fears that
an invader might
be able to
make
use of the
scheme. Happily,
all that is past. Today Britain’s politicians and
business circles hav
e
shown
themselves as eager as the French.
Those
who
take
a
wider
and
longer-term
view
believe
that
these
possible
drawbacks
for
Britain
will
be
far
outweighed
by
the
advantages.
Passengers
by
express
train
will
be
able
to
do
the
journey
at
least
an
hour
faster
than
by
air,
city
centre to city centre,
and without any tedious waits at airports. Also
the fares will be
cheaper. So the
tunnel will probably stimulate a vast increase in
tourism and business
travel between
London and Paris.
Ⅲ
. Listening Comprehension
(P55)
True (T) or False (F)?
For false statements, write the facts.
1. The writer spent a year
in Moldova to study the customs of daily life.
T
2. In Moldova, guests are
expected to help with some domestic duties.
F
In Moldova, guests are not
expected to help with any domestic
duties.
3. In Moldova,
buying groceries generally required long journeys
to markets by cars.
F
In Moldova, buying groceries generally
required long journeys to market by bus.
4. In England, guests may be invited to
the kitchen to talk with the hostess.
T
5. In England, refusing food can be
regarded as a kind of impolite behavior.
F
In England, hosts will not
feel unhappy if their guests refuse food.
6. In England, the guest’s offer to
help with the washing up may be accepted.
T
Script:(
听力内容
)
Different Forms of Hospitality
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As a British
woman social anthropologist, I once spent a year
in Moldova, in
Eastern
Europe,
studying
everyday
life
in
the
country.
I
stayed
with
a
Moldovan
family, to see from
the inside how people managed their lives.
I
often
found
it
surprisingly
difficult
to
see
life
there
through
the
eyes
of
a
Moldovan. This was because the people I
met were extremely hospitable and I was
treated
as
an
honoured
guest
at
all
times.
As
my
hosts,
they
wanted
me
to
enjoy
myself, and not to get
involved in shopping, cooking, or other domestic
chores. Most
mornings I was encouraged
to go out to explore the city, or carry out my
research, and
I returned later to find
that my elderly landlady and her sister had
travelled across the
city
on
buses
to
the
central
market
to
bring
back
heavy
loads
of
potatoes,
a
whole
lamb, or other large quantities of
produce.
I was often
invited to people’s homes, and was always offered
food on entering.
Most of
the adults I met enjoyed inviting friends, family,
neighbours, colleagues and
even
strangers into their homes, where they treated
them to food, drink, and a lively,
hospitable
atmosphere.
Hosts
hurried
to
serve
guests
as
well
and
as
quickly
as
possible.
When
a
household
was
expecting
guests,
large
amounts
of
food
were
prepared in advance.
In
England
the
roles
of
host
and
guest
tend
to
present
a
different
picture,
in
ways
that
some
might
welcome
and
others
regret.
The
two
roles
are
less
strictly
defined as the English
move
towards more casual
notions of
hospitality
than in
the
past. Perhaps to make guests feel at
home, they may be invited into the kitchen to
talk,
and an offer of help with the
cooking may well be accepted.
In
general,
guests are expected
to
eat
as
much,
or as little, as they like
—
so
many people are on a diet that this
is accepted as an adequate reason for not eating
much. Hosts usually
don’t
feel that their food, cooking skills or
hospitality are being
criticized if a
guest refuses second helpings. And after the meal,
a guest who offers to
help with the
washing up may be disappointed to find that their
offer is accepted!
Ⅳ
.Translation
A.
Translate the following sentences from Chinese
into English.(P56)
1.
老师显然下了很大功夫教学生如何做实验。
It was clear that the teacher had taken
great pains to show the students how to do the
experiment.
（这句话中的“显然”可以用“
it is clear
that
”的结构来表示。
）
2.
我想校长对这位年轻的求职者存有偏见。
I am afraid the headmaster has some
prejudice against the young applicant.
（这里的
“我想”
< br>表示我的猜测，
由于我不是非常肯定，
所以可以用
“
I am afraid
”
表示；
“对某人存有偏见”可以用“
have
some prejudice against
sb.
”来表示。
）
3.
直到你告诉我后我才知道他所遭遇到的一切。
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I had heard
nothing of what had happened to him until you told
me.
（这里的“直到……才”可以用“
not
…
until
”的结构来表示，结合
句子的意思，
可以用“
hear nothing
…
until
”的表达。
）
4.
这两位警察非常勇敢，他们作
好了冒被走私者开枪射击的危险的准备。
The two
policemen were so brave that they were ready to
run the risk of being shot at
by
the
smugglers.
（这句话的两部分内容可以用“
so
…
that
”来连接。
）
5.
对于一周内会有三个星期日的说法，我永远不会信服。
I will never be convinced of the
statement that three Sundays may occur in a
week.
（
“信服”可以用“
be
convinced
of
”来表示，
“说法”可以用“
statement
”来
表示。
）
6.
大多数与会代表坚决反对在市区兴建大型游乐场的计划。
Most of the representatives at the
meeting firmly opposed the plan of constructing an
amusement park in the urban area of the
city.
（
“与会代表”可以用“
the
representatives at the meeting
”来表示；
“大型游乐场”
即“
amusement pa
rk
”
。
）
7.
教授结束讲话时，大厅里突然间爆发出一阵雷鸣般的掌声。
Thunderous applause erupted and rocked
the hall as the professor closed his speech.
（
“大厅
里突然间爆发出一阵雷鸣般的掌声”
可以用
“
< br>thunderous applause erupted
and
rocked the
hall
”来表示。
）
8.
“我宁愿你独立工作，从失败
中寻找新的方法，也不要你墨守成规，毫无建
树；
”导师对他说
。
(
此句请参考课文
Line4 on
P43)
“
I would
rather
you
worked
on
your own to
find a new
solution from
your failures
than
follow
the
convention without any new discovery
, “
the supervisor said to him.
（这句话中的“宁愿……也不要”可以用“
would
rather
…
than
”来表示
，
“墨守
陈规、
毫无建树”
可以用
“
follow the
convention without any new discovery
”
表示。
）
9.
我们宁为玉碎，也不为瓦全。
We would rather die than live in
disgrace.
（这里的
“玉碎”
和
“瓦全”
建议用意译，
可以分别用
“
die<
/p>
”
和
“
live
in disgrace
”
来表示。
）
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