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Book 3 Unit 8
Exercise I
1.
Spelling
1. wince
2.
maliciously
3. succession
4. placatory
5. enormous
6. individual
7. mountainous
8. plead
9. obedient
10. eyebrow
11. shrug
12.
appropriate
2.
Dictation
An old
friend from abroad, whom I was expecting to stay
with me, telephoned from the airport
to
tell me that he had arrived. I was still at the
office at the time, but I had made arrangements
for his
arrival. After explaining where
my new flat was, I told him that I had left the
key under the doormat.
As I was likely
to be home rather late, I advised him to go into
the kitchen and help himself to food
and drink.
Two
hours later my friend telephoned me from the flat.
At the moment, he said, he was
listening to some of my records after
having just had a truly wonderful meal. Now, he
said, he was
drinking a glass of orange
juice and he hoped I would join him. When I asked
him if he had reached
the flat without
difficulty, he answered that he had not been able
to find the key under the doormat,
but
fortunately the living-room window just by the
apple tree had been left open and he had climbed
in. I listened to all this in
astonishment. There is no apple tree in front of
my living-room, but there is
one in
front of my neighbour’s!
3.
Listening
Comprehension
A. True (T)
or False (F)?
For false statements,
write the facts.
1. There was a lot of
noise in the Reference Library.
F
It was silent in the
library.
2. The assistant did not take
much notice of Philip when he came in.
T
3. Philip knew the
Reference Library well.
F
Philip had not been to this part of the
library before.
4. Philip
was not interested in photography.
F
Photography was one of his
hobbies.
5. The assistant nearly forgot
to ask Philip how old he was.
T
B.
Complete each sentence with relevant information
from the passage.
1. Most
of the books on the shelves, such as
dictionaries in many languages and
encyclopaedias
did not
interest Philip.
2. Philip would not
have disturbed the readers if
he had
not dropped a book on the floor
.
3. The book
that fell off
his hand to the floor
was not damaged.
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4. The assistant librarian
told Philip severely to
be more careful
when he was handling the books
.
5. Philip did not know that he was too
young to use the Reference Library because
he didn’t see
the notice on
the door
.
Script:
A Kindly Library
Assistant
The silence of the Reference
Library was broken only by an occasional cough and
now and
then by the scarcely audible
sound of pages being turned over. There were about
twenty people in
the room, most of them
with their heads bent over their books. The
assistant librarian who was in
charge
of the room sat at a desk in one corner. She
glanced at Philip as he came in, then went on with
her work.
Philip had not
been to this part of the library before. He walked
around the room almost on
tiptoe,
afraid of disturbing the industrious readers with
his heavy shoes. The shelves were filled with
thick volumes: dictionaries in many
languages, encyclopedias, atlases, biographies and
other works
of reference. He found
nothing that was likely to interest him, until he
came to a small section on
photography,
which was one of his hobbies. The books in this
section were on a high shelf out of his
reach, so he had to fetch a small
ladder in order to get one down. Unfortunately, as
he was climbing
down the ladder, the
book he had chosen slipped from his grasp and fell
to the floor with a loud
crash.
Twenty
pairs
of
eyes
looked
up
at
him
simultaneously,
annoyed
by
this
unaccustomed
disturbance.
Philip felt himself go red as he picked up his
book, which did not seem to have been
damaged by its fall.
He had
just sat down when he found the young lady
assistant standing alongside him. “You
must be more careful when you are
handling these books,” she said severely.
Satisfied that she h
ad
done
her duty, she turned to go back to her desk. Then
a sudden thought struck her. “By the way,
how old are you?” she asked Philip.
“Thirteen,” he told her. “You’re not allowed in
here if you’re
under the age of
fourteen, you know,” the assistant
said.
“Didn’t you see the
notice on the door?”
Philip shook his
head. He expected the assistant to ask him to
leave. Instead, in a more kindly tone,
she said, “Well, never mind. But make
sure that you don’t disturb the other readers
again, otherwise
I shall
hav
e to ask you to leave.”
4.
Translation
A. Translate the
following sentences from Chinese into English.
1.
很清楚，在粗鲁的顾客面前，
一些售货员感到很难保持礼貌待客。
It
is
plain
that
some
shop
assistants
find
it
difficult
to
remain
polite
when
faced
with
rude
customers.
（这里的“很清楚”可以用“
It
is plain that
…
”来表示。
）
2.
作者紧紧围绕主题，而且很注意不将离题的东西加进去。
The writer keeps strictly to his
subject, and is careful enough not to introduce
anything irrelevant
to the subject.
（这句话中的
“仅仅围绕主题”
和
“离题”
分别可以用
“
k
eep strictly to the subject
”
和
“
irrelevant
to
the subject
”来表示。
）
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3.
如果你认为某一个计划不能给我们带来什么结果，
那么实施这个计划是没有意义的。
It’s meaningless to carry out a plan
which you think will not
lead us
anywhere.
（这句话可以用“
It
< br>’
s meaningless to
…
”的句型；
“不能给我们带来什么结果”可以用“
w
ill
not lead us
anywhere
”来表示。
）
4.
他力求解释清楚爆炸的原因，但讲了整整一个小时后，
人们还是不知所云。
He
tried
hard
to
explain
the
cause
of
the
explosion;
but
after
talking
for
an
hour,
he
still
got
nowhere.
（这里的“人们还是不知所云”可以用“
he still
got nowhere
”来表示。
）
5.
中国的文明史可以追溯到公元
前
3
千年。
The history of Chinese civilization can
be traced back to 3000 B.C.
（这里的“追溯”可以用“
be traced back
to
”来表示。
）
6.
这么多的年轻人守候在窗外，
为抢救这孩子的生命而随时准备为他输血，这使我深为感
动。
I was deeply touched that so many young
people were waiting outside ready to have their
blood
transfused to the child in the
hope of saving his life.
（这里的“守候在窗外”可以简单表示为“
wait outs
ide
”
；
“这使我深为感动”按照英
语习惯
翻译为“
I was deeply touched<
/p>
”
，后面跟
that
引导的从句。
）
7.
上星期下了一场大雪，接连好几天都很潮湿。
The heavy snowfall last week was
followed by a succession of wet days.
（这里的“接连”可以用“
a succession
of
”来表示。
）
8.
虽然他极力解释他的计划，他
们仍然对这计划的可行性持怀疑态度。
Even
though he tried his best to explain his plan, they
were sceptical of its feasibility.
（这里的“极力”做某件事可以用“
try
one
’
s best to do something
”来表示；
“对……持怀疑
态度”可以用“
be sceptical
of
”来表示。
）
9.
校方对这些学生进行了惩处，
因为他们在课堂上侮辱那个年轻的代课教师。
The
school authorities punished the students, because
they insulted that young substitute teacher in
class.
（这里的
“校方”
可以用
“
the school auth
orities
”
来表示；
“
代课教师”
就是
“
su
bstitute teacher
”
。
）
10.
她说话的声音明显带着一丝嫉妒。
S
he spoke with an obvious
note of jealousy in her voice.
（这里的“一丝嫉妒”可以用“
a note of
jealousy
”来表示。
）
B. Translate the following
into English.
我们坐在教室里，头埋在（
bend over
）书本上，身子左右摇晃着，喃喃不断地朗读着课
文：
“参加战争的年轻诗人（
Minstrel
Boy
）已经出发了，在阵亡将士名单里（
in the
ranks of
death
）你可以找到他。
”
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