大学综合英语三答案Key to Unit 5,Bk 3 doc

Unit 5

Part I

Listening Task

Script for the recording:

eight years old, playing with my cousins in the back yard of my grandmother's house. Mimi was

probably 30-something at the time and in her wheelchair, where she'd been since a spinal disease

struck at age thirteen.

She loved to see us run and play. Occasionally, when she was out of her chair, we'd ask if we

could sit in it and wheel ourselves around. She always said,

walk and run. Go ahead, let me see you.

She

knew

we

were

blessed,

and

we

learned

from

her

to

appreciate

the

gifts

we

took

for

granted.

Mimi

knew

she

was

blessed,

too

—

with

love,

with

family,

and

in

particular

with

a

mother and father who made sure she was cared for and lived a full life, when her doctors said she

would not. Mimi lived a spirit of gratitude and shared it.

I'm thankful to have had wonderful role models growing up, people like Mimi, who taught

gratitude by being grateful.

Listening Practice

1) cheered us on

2) cousins

3) wheelchair

4) struck

5) Occasionally

6) wheel ourselves around

7) took for granted

8) she was cared for and lived a full life

9) gratitude

10) wonderful role models

After Listening

1. being grateful / thankful (for what she had)

2. gratitude / grateful;

don’t

Part II

Reading Task

Comprehension

Possible answers to content questions:

1.

He

wrote

them

on

a

ship

on

the

way

to

the

island

of

Tulagi

in

the

South

Pacific

on

Thanksgiving Day, 1943.

2.

Preparing

a

traditional

Thanksgiving

dinner

featuring

roast

turkey

made

the

writer

extremely busy.

3.

The writer was thinking about Thanksgiving.

4.

He decided to write letters to show gratitude to those who had helped him in his life.

5.

He had always accepted what they had done for him, but never expressed to any of them

a simple

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6.

He

decided

to

write

to

his

father,

his

grandmother,

and

the

Rev.

Lonual

Nelson,

his

grammar school principal.

7.

His father had impressed upon him from boyhood a love of books and reading.

8.

He remembered that each morning Nelson would open the school with a prayer over his

assembled students.

9.

He

recalled how

his

grandmother

had

taught

him

to

tell

the

truth,

to

share,

and

to

be

forgiving

and

considerate

of

others.

And

he

thanked

her

for

her

delicious

food

and

for

all

the

wonderful things she had done for him.

10.

His

reading

of

their

letters

left

him

not

only

astonished

but

also

more

humbled

than

before,

because

they

all

thanked

him

rather

than

saying

they

would

forgive

him

for

not

having

previously thanked them.

11.

The writer learned that one should learn to express appreciation for others' efforts.

12.

The writer wished for all people the common sense to achieve world peace, and find the

good and praise it.

Text Organization

1.

Parts

Paragraphs

Main Ideas

Part One

Paras 1-9

On

Thanksgiving

Day

1943,

as

a

young

coastguardsman at sea, the writer came up with the idea

of

expressing

his

gratitude

to

people

who

had

helped

him before.

Part Two

Paras 10-16

The writer wrote three thank-you letters to his father, the

Rev. Nelson and his grandmother.

Part Three

Paras 17-23

The writer got three letters in reply.

Part Four

Paras 24-26

The writer wishes everyone to find the good and praise

it.

2.

Correspondents

Father

The Rev. Nelson

Letters Sent

Letters Received

Thanks

him

for

teaching

the

Tells

the

writer

how

he,

as

a

writer

from

boyhood

to

love

teacher

and

a

father

as

well,

books and reading.

felt content with his son.

Thanks

him

for

his

morning

Tells

the

writer

about

his

school prayers.

retirement

coupled

with

self-doubt, and the reassurance

brought to him by the writer

’

s

letter.

Thanks

her

for

teaching

the

Expresses

her

loving

writer how to tell the truth, to

gratefulness to her grandson.

share and to be forgiving, and

for

her

good

cooking

and

her

sprinkling the writer

’

s life with

stardust.

Grandmother

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Language Sense Enhancement

1. 1) decades

2) undergoing

3) had done wrong

4) welcome reassurance

5) appreciated

6) brought back

7) relatives

8) accomplish

9) consume

10) representing

Vocabulary

I.

1.

1)

sprinkled

2)

in turn

3)

reversed

4)

repay

5)

at sea

6) traditional

7)

statement

8)

longed for

9)

in secret

10)

unloaded

11)

weep

12)

under way

2.

1)

stretch out

2)

make out

3)

hope for

4)

turns (it) over

5)

put away

6)

brings back

7)

got to

8)

go about

3.

1)

As supplies of traditional fuels diminish, people are working to increase the use of

solar energy.

2)

We accord high priority to meeting the challenges of economic and environmental

development in the region.

3)

While it is true that children of today are exposed to more information than were

children of the past, it does not follow that they automatically become more sophisticated.

4)

Since she borrowed those books from the library she has been immersed in British

history and culture.

5)

Everything changed in a flash on June 1, 2000 when he lost both legs in a serious

traffic accident.

4.

1)

I'd like to express my sincere thanks to everyone who has been so considerate of

my well-being. My heart is filled with gratitude that words cannot express.

2)

After everyone assembled on the playing field amid the noise and excitement of the

spectators, our coach again impressed on us the need to do our best in quest of excellence.

3)

Everything

I

saw

in

my

hometown

was

marvelous.

I

could

hardly

believe

that

it

had undergone such swift changes through cultivating fruits, vegetables, flowers and the rest in the

past few years.

II. Collocation

1.

fond of

2.

sick of

3.

thoughtful of

4.

confident of

5.

conscious of

6.

critical of

7.

guilty of

8.

ashamed of

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