-
Lesson one Rock Superstars: What Do They
Tell Us About Ourselves and Our
Society
?
Exercises
A.
Answer the
following questions on the text:
1.
what is the
function of the two quotations ? Are they
appropriate ?
2.
What does the author attempt to
illustrate with the three examples at the
beginning of the article?
3.
According to
Irving Horowitz , what is the sociological
significance of rock
music ?
4.
In what sense
did Elvis Presley prove what Horowitz and Rundgren
believed ?
5.
How did Bob Dylan , the Beatles , and
the Rolling Stones differ from each other
politically ?
6.
What other
major subjects did rock music deal with apart from
politics ?
7.
What rewards did rock superstars get
?
8.
Has the author given a complete answer
to question he raises in the title? Why
do you think the author ends the
article the way he does ?
Key A
1.
The author
uses the two quotations to introduce his ideas .
Yes , they are .
2.
The author
uses the three examples to show that the young
people worship the
rock superstars very
much , but the adults find they are sick , The
examples show that
young people and
adults have a totally different attitudes towards
rock music .
3.
Rock music can express its times . He
sees it as a debating forum where
American society struggles to define
and redefine its feeling and beliefs .
4.
When he
appeared on the Ed . Sullivan Sunday night variety
show , a debate
took place . The old
people frowned while the young viewers
applauded.
5.
Bob Dylan touched a nerve of
disaffection. The Beatles urged peace and piety .
The Rolling Stones demanded revolution
.
6.
Apart from politics , the rock music
dealt with feelings and emotions.
7.
The rock
superstars got applause , praise and money .
8.
No
, he hasn‘t . He want s to leave the question to
the re
aders and let them
think .
B
Translate the following into Chinese :
1.
―Jagger,‖ he
said , ―grabs a half –
gallon jug of
water and runs along the front
platform
, sprinkling its contents over the first few rows
of sweltering listeners .
2.
How do you
feel about all this adulation and hero worship
?
3.
Or are you drawn somehow to this
strange clown , perhaps because he acts out
your wildest fantasies ?
4.
Some
sociologists say that your answers to them could
explain a lot about what
you are
thinking and about what your society is thinking
–
in other words , where you
and your society are .
5.
It‘s just that
Elvis managed to embody the frustrated teenage
spirit of the
1950s .
6.
Feelings
always a part of any musical statement were a
major subject .
7.
This country
element , Horowitz feels , helped its audience
express an urge to
―get away from it
all , ― to ―go back to the old days .‖
8.
In one 1972
national opinion poll , more than 10 percent of
the high school boys
and 20 percent of
the girls said their hero was a rock superstar.
KeyB
KeyB
1
他描述道
:‖
贾格尔拿着半加仑水
,
顺着舞台前沿
,
边跑边把水洒向前排汗
流
浃背的歌迷身上
.‖
2.
你如何看待这种赞美和英雄崇拜
?
3.
还是由于他把你狂热的幻想用行动表现出来
,
你神不知鬼不觉地被这个不
可思议的小丑所吸引<
/p>
?
4.
一些
社会学家认为你对这些问题的回答
,
很能说明你在想什么
,
社会在想什
么
..
换句话说
,
可以说明你和社会的态度
.
5.
只不过艾尔维斯的演唱表现了
5
0
年代青少年那种沮丧的精神状态
.
6.
感情总是任何音乐表达的必要成分
,
也是一个重要议题
.
7.
霍罗威茨认为这种结合表达了听众欲
‖
摆脱现实一切
‖/‖
重归昔日<
/p>
‖
的强烈
愿望
.
9.
在<
/p>
1972
年的一次全国民意测验中
, 1
0%
以上的高中男生
,20%
的女生表
示他
们心目中的英雄是超摇滚歌星
.
C.
Fill in the
blank in each sentence with the best word or
expression from the box
below,changing
its form when necessary :
Sprinkle swelter in other words lazy
rather than reject act out idle worship
reverence drive embody
9.
His paintings
embody the spirit of the modern era .
10.
How do you
act out your frustrations , by throwing glasses or
something ?
11.
The peddler sprinkled some water over
his vegetables to make them fresher
and
heavier.
12.
In such heated air ,the sweltering
students could hardly keep their minds on
their lessons .
13.
That‘s
idle
gossip . Don‘t listen
to it .
14.
She sent in her application for the job
, but was rejected as unqualified .
15.
The salesman
considered it safe to go along with the boss
rather than to
contradict him .
8. Everybody should have a
sincere reverence /worship for the laws of his
country .
D.
Choose the
right word or expression in the brackets to
complete each of the
following
sentences :
1.
The whole nation watched the two
candidates (arguing , debating ) the issue of
raising taxes on TV .
2.
It was a
(proud , arrogant ) moment for my cousin when she
shook hands with
the President .
3.
Even if you (mix , blend ) oil and
water , they will not (mix , blend ).
4.
Some people
watch television so much that they cannot
(conceive , imagine ) of
living without
it .
5.
As it was an informal dinner , most
people (wore ,were dressed ) in their
comfortable clothes .
6.
Do you think
those young people are (idealistic ,ideal ) or
pragmatic ?
7.
Filled with great (adulation ,
admiration ) for their integrity and courage , he
was determined to be a man like them .
8.
Deep at night , they could still hear
gun-fire (rambling , rumbling ) in the
distance .
E.
Explain the
underlined words in English :
1.
―They think he
is
sick , sick , sick ,
―
Mike said .
2.
Newspaper editorialized against him .
3.
He
poke of change and of the bewilderment of an older
generation .
4.
The Beatles …
urged peace
and piety
…
5.
His most
notable songs …while
the lyrics
celebrate the simple joy
…
6.
… these rock
musicians
mirror feelings and benefits
….
7.
Horowitz sees the rock music arena as
…
a place where ideas clash and crash .
8.
What does he ---or any other current
rock success ---tell us about his fans
?
Key E
1.
disgusting
2.
Editors ? articles attacked and
criticized him
3.
the confusions
of the old people
4.
had a strong
desire for peace and piety
5.
The words of
the song praise the natural happiness of the old
days .
6.
reflect emotions and outlooks
7.
a
place where ideas come into opposition and
contradict to each other
8.
other
successful rock stars at present
F . Translate the following into
English :
摇滚乐于
20<
/p>
世纪
50
年代末举起于美国
.
它不仅是一种新型的音乐形式
,
更是
美国的青年人表达他们对世界和人生看法的论坛
.
在这个论坛上
,
歌星们唱出了
青年人对民权
/
战争与和平的态度
,
唱出了他们对社会的不满
,
< br>也唱出了爱与恨之
间的各种情感
.
总之
,
在这个论坛上
,
青年人把他们对美国
社会的信仰及情感给
以全新的解释
.
早期的摇滚乐的主要代表人物有艾尔维斯
.
普雷斯利
,
歌星加诗人
鲍勃
.
狄伦
/
甲壳虫乐队以及滚石乐队等等
.
他们都是青年人崇拜的文化英雄
.
Key F
Rock music began in America
i
n the late 1950‘s . It was not only a
new musical
form , but a forum for the
American youth to express their ideas of the world
and life .
In this forum , the stars
sang out the attitudes of the youth towards civil
rights , war
and peace ,the
disaffection of their society , and a range of
emotions between love and
hate . Allin
all , in this forum , the American youth redefined
the beliefs and feelings
of their
society . The typical representatives of the early
rock music were Elvis
Presley , singer
and poet Bob Dylan , the Bealtles , the rolling
Stones and so on . They
were the
culture heroes whom the young people worshipped .
G. Write a short passage of
150
—200words in English on the topic
―Do you
Agree that Rock Is the Music of
Teenage Rebellion ?:‖
You
should cover the following points :
1
A general
statement of your position
2
Two or three
arguments with a supporting example for each .
Key G
Do You Agree that Rock Is the Music of
Teenage Rebellion ?
Rock
music began in America in the late 1950‘s . It
was not only a new musical
form , but a forum for the American
youth to express their ideas of the world and life
.
Music expressed its times
. Rock music was a sociological expression rather
than
a musical force . It embodied the
frustrated teenage spirit of the 1950s. At that
time
young people might be dissatisfied
with the society or they had some hatred toward
the adult world , but they could not
protest it openly . So they would use music as an
outlet . Then they could get some
balance in their minds .
Another aspect is that the young people
could make their ideas and beliefs known
to the world through music . By music ,
they could show their felling and dreams . So
all in all , young people combined
invention and exaggeration ,reason and motion ,
word and sound , music and politics as
a whole .
Lesson Two Four
Choices for Young People
A.
Answer the
following questions on the text :
1.
How do
American young people look at the adult world in
general ?
2.
What does ―drop out ― mean ? Why does
the author
say that the dropouts lead a
parasitic way of life ?
3.
In What way
are those who flee different from the dropouts
?
4.
Why is this solution no longer
practical on a large scale ?
5.
What kind of
young people tend to follow the strategy of armed
revolution ?
6.
Why does the author say that the most
unfortunate are those whose revolutions
have succeeded ?
7.
What are some
of the new problems faced by the young people
?
8.
What is the fourth alternative ? Why
does the author favor this alternative
?
Key A
1.
They view the
adult world with great skeptism .
They think their world is in pretty
much of a mess , full of injustice ,poverty and
war .
2.
―Drop out
―means its practioners escape the traditional way
of life , refuse to
take any
responsibility and live a parasitic life . Because
its practioners batten on the
society
which they scorn and in which they refuse to take
any responsibility .
3.
Those who flee
are not are willing to support themselves and to
contribute something to the general
community .
4.
Because our planet is running out of
noble savages and unsullied landscapes ,
except for the polar regions , the
frontiers are gone .
5.
The young
people who have no patience with the tedious
workings of the
democratic process or
who believe that basic institutions can only be
changed by
force tend to follow this
strategy .
6.
Because they live in bitter
disillusionment to see the establishment they have
overthrown replaced by a new one , just
as hard
–
faced and stuffy .
7.
The unprecedent problems of an affluent
society , of racial justice , of keeping
our cities from becoming uninhabitable,
of coping with war in unfamiliar guises , and
of population explosion .
8.
The fourth
alternative is to try to change the world
gradually .Because it offers a
better
chance for remedying some of the world ?s outrages
than any other available
strategy .
.B. Translate the following
into Chinese :
1.
Apparently he speaks for a lot of his
contemporaries .
2.
During the
last few years , I have listened to scores of
young people ,in college
and out , who
were just as nervous about the grown
–
up world .
3.
They are
willing to support themselves and to contribute
something to the
general community ,
but they simply don‘t like the environment of
civilization t
hat
is ,the
city , with all its ugliness and tension .
4.
A
few gentleman farmers with plenty of money can
still escape to the bucolic
life
.
5.
To them it offers a romantic appeal
,usually symbolized by some dashing and
charismatic figure.
6.
For at best
their victory never dawns on the shining new world
they had
dreamed of , cleansed of all
human meanness .
7.
The
revolutionary state , under whatever political
label , has to be run
–
not
by
violent romantics
–
but by experts in marketing
, sanitary engineering , and the
management of bureaucracies.
8.
About all that can be said for it is
that it sometimes works
–
that in this
particular time and place
it offers a better chance for remedying some of
the world ?s
outrages than any other
available strategy .
Key
B
1.
很
显然他所说的代表了许多同龄人的想法
.
2.
在过去的几年中
,
我听到过许多大学内外的年轻人的谈话
,
对于成人世界
,
他们也有同感
.<
/p>
3.
他们愿
意自食其力
,
并对社会大众做些贡献
.
他们不喜欢文明的环境
,
也就是
说
,
不喜欢那种丑恶
/
紧张的城市生活
.
4.
一些极富有的乡绅可以回到农村
的田园生活
.
5.
对他们来说
,
这有一种浪漫
/
传奇的色彩
,
通常是以某个有闯劲
/
< br>魅力超凡的
人物为代表的
.
6.
即使革命成功
< br>,
胜利的曙光也不会照在光灿灿的
/
梦想的
/
消除了人类一切自
私的新
世界上
.
7.
革命的机器
,
无论贴上什么样的政治标签
,
还
得由市场销售
/
卫生工程
/
官僚
机构的行家们来操作
,
而不是由那些极端的浪漫主义者们去操作
.
8.
这种方法的惟一优点是
,
它有时真的
有效
,--
在一个特定的时间和地点
,
与
其它可选的方法相比
,
它可以更好地改善世界上的倒行逆施行为
.
C. Fill in the blank in each sentence
with the best word or expression from the box
below , changing its form when
necessary :
Strike run out
of cleanse disappoint insoluble unprecedent
satisfy virtual
contribute available
symbolize vehement
1.
For many
Americans , it is their lifelong dream to buy a
satisfying /satisfactory
two-storied
house with a garden .
2. To
make Beijing our worthy capital , we must get it
cleansed of polluted air ,
among other
things .
a lot of cultures
, red roses are used to symbolize love .
unately , their car ran out
of fuel , just ten miles short of Chicago .
5. An unprecedented event
in history took place in 1969 , when two American
astronauts landed for the first time on
the Moon .
6. The detective
finally gave up , declaring the mystery insoluble
.
7. Though high-sounding ,
his speech struck everyone at the meeting as
totally
irrelevant to what was
discussed .
9.
If you travel by plane , Beijing and
Guangzhou are virtually neighboring cities .
D. Choose the right word or
expression in the brackets to complete each of the
following sentences :
1.
The professor
looked over our papers with a hasty (sight ,
glance ).
2.
Before ordering their dinner , they
considered the (relevant , relative ) merits of
chicken and roast beef .
3.
The little
boy‘s constant noise (exhilarated , exasperated )
his father , who was
busy writing a
paper for a symposium .
4.
Isn‘t it
(wholesome, noisome )to live in a city with so
many vehicles passing
day and night
?
5.
He was born in a small town (lived ,
inhabited ) by about 500 people .
6.
Her desk was
all (jumbled , cluttered ) with old papers ,
strings , and other odds
and ends .
7.
He
thinks they are extremely (idealistic , ideal ) ,
for all their pragmatism .
8.
She made one
last (attraction , appeal ) to her father for
permission to go to the
party .
E. Explain the underlined
words in English :
1….who
were just as nervous about the grown-up
world .
2.
Unlike the dropouts , they are not
parasites .
3.
This strategy also has ancient
antecedents .
4.
…that is , the city , with
all its ugliness and tension .
5.
For at best
their victory never dawns on the shining new world
they had
dreamed of ….
6.
At first
glance , this course is far from inviting .
7.
…it offers a better chance for
remedying some of the world ?s outrages than any
other available strategy .
8.
…
another one looms just
ahead .
Key E
1.
They are
doubtful and critical about the way the older
generation is running the
world
.
2.
They don‘t batten on the society . They
support themselves .
3.
This strategy
is not new . We had similar ones in the old times
.
4.
The city is ugly and full of pressures
.
5.
Their success doesn‘t bring about a new
world .
6.
This strategy is not attractive .
7.
Compared with other strategies , it can
change the world for the better . It can
stop some of the world ?s violence or
crulty .
8.
Another problem appears before them .
F. Translate the following
into English :
60
年代的美国青年是反叛的一代
.
他们看到美国这个富裕社会充满了贫困
/
不平等和虚伪
.
他们不再相信这个不属于他们的成人社会
,
拒绝信奉它的信仰和
价值观
.
很多青年人积极投入到反对贫困
/
反对种族歧
视和反对越南战争的斗争
中去
,
有些青年人甚至试图以武装革命的方式推翻这个社会
.
还有很多青年人以
消极的方式表示他们的不满
.
他们吸毒
,
过着不承担任何社会责任的
寄生生活
,
或者跑到未开垦的乡村去
,
过着原始公社式的生活
.
Key F
The
American young people in 1960‘s were a
ge
neration of rebellion . They found
that the affluent American society was
filled with poverty , injustice and gypocrisy .
They didn‘t trust the adult world that
didn‘t belong to them and refused to take their
beliefs and values . Many young people
took active part in the struggle which
protested against poverty , racial
discrimination and Vietnam War . Some young
people even tried to overthrow this
world by armed revolution. Many other young
took passive ways to show their
disaffections . They took drugs , refused to take
any
responsibilities and lived a
parasitic way of life . Or they escaped to the
frontiers and
lived a primitive way of
life .
G. Write a short
passage of 150-
200 words in English on
the topic ―My Comment
on the Fourth
Choice .‖You should c
over the following
points :
!.what the fourth
choice is
you agree on
with the author and reasons for your agreement
you disagree on with the
author , if any , and your explanation .
My Comment on the Fourth
Choice
The fourth comment
is to change the world gradually , one clod at a
time . Maybe
at the first glance it is
not inviting . It lacks glamour . It has no quick
result . It
demands patience . It
depends on the exasperating and uncertain
instruments of
persuasion and
democratic decision making .
I think the author is right . Reforming
the world is a little like fighting a military
campaign in the Apennines , as soon as
you capture one mountain range, another one
looms just ahead . The problems are the
same , too. Once some problems are brought
under some kind of rough control , new
problems take place . So we can‘t solve all
the problems at a time . We have to
deal with one problem each time and change the
world gradually and steadily . So
problems can be handled in the same way that hard
problems have been coped with before
–
piecemeal , pragmatically
,by the dogged
efforts of many people .
so I think in this particular time and place the
fourth choice
offers a better chance
for remedying some of the world ?s outrages than
any other
available starategy .
Lesson Three The Use of Force
By William Carlos Williams
A.
Answer the following questions on the
text :
1.
why wasn‘t the sick child in bed
?
2.
why were the girl‘s parents eyeing the
doctor up and down distrustfully ?
3.
What made the
girl refuse to open her mouth to the doctor
?
4.
Why did the doctor insist on examining
her throat ?
5.
Why
was
the
doctor
not
able
to
see
her
throat
since
he
already
had
the
wooden
tongue
depressor into her mouth ?
6.
How did the
doctor finally g
et see the girl‘s
throat ?
7.
Did
the
girl‘s
physical
beauty
have
anything
to
do
with
the
outcome
of
the
incident ?Explain .
8.
Can you find
any fault with the doctor‘s behavior?
Key A,
1.
Because it was
damp there .
2.
Because they were the new patients to
him and they were nervous .
3.
She didn‘t
want others to know that her tonsils were covered
with membrane.
4.
Because the
doctor took a trial shot that the girl might have
diphtheria.
5.
Because she gripped the wooden blade
between her molars and did
n‘t open her
mouth to let
the doctor have a look .
6.
The doctor overpowered the child‘s neck
and jaws , forced the heavy silver spoon back of
her teeth and down her throat till she
gagged .
7.
Yes
,
it
did
.
Because
she
was
very
beautiful
and
didn‘t
wan
t
others
to
know
her
shortcomings . She
thought tonsils covered with membrane were ugly .
8.
Yes .
The
doctor
grasped
the
child‘s
head
and
tried
to
get
the
wooden
tongue
depressor
between her teeth
. He had grown furious at the child . He could
have torn
the child apart and
enjoyed it .
B.
Translate the following into Chinese :
1.
When I arrived
I was met by the mother , a big startled looking
woman , very clean and
apologetic who
merely said , Is this the doctor?And let me in .
2.
He
tried to get up , but I motioned for him not to
bother , took off my overcoat and started
to look things over .
3.
As often , in
such cases , they weren‘t telling me more than
they had to , it was up to me to
tell
them .
4.
I smiled in my best professional manner
and asking
for the child‘s first name I
said , come
on , Mathilda, …
5.
At that I
ground my teeth in disgust . If only they wouldn‘t
use the word ―hurt ―I might be
able to
get somewhere .
6.
In
the
ensuing
struggle
they
grew
more
and
more
abject
,
crushed
,
exhausted while
she
surely rose to magnificent heights of
insane fury of effort bred of her terror of me .
7.
…she opened up for an instant but
before I could see any thing she came down again
and
gripped the wooden blade between
her molars she reduced it to splinters before I
could get it out
again .
8.
The damned
little brat must be protected against her own
idiocy , one says to one‘s self at
such
times .
Key B
1.
我到她家时先遇到她的母亲
,
她一副
惊讶
/
害怕的表情
.
她穿着很干净
,
只是礼貌地说
,
您是医生吗
?
就让我进去
了
.
2.
他试图站起来
,
我示意他不要麻烦<
/p>
,
脱去外套
,
开始检查
.
3.
像往常一样
,
在这种情况下
,
他们不会告诉我更多的情况
,
而是理应由我来告诉他们
.
4.
我尽量露出我的职业微笑
,
询问小女孩的名字
.
我说
,
过来
,
玛蒂尔
…
5.
此时我已厌恶地咬牙切齿
,
要不是他们使用
‖
伤害
‖
这个词
,
我可能早就采取行动了
.
6.
在接下来的斗争中
,
他们变得越来越可怜
,
被
制服
,
甚至精疲力竭
,
而小女孩由于害怕我
而产生的狂怒却达到了顶点
.
7.
她的嘴张开了一下
,
我还没有来的及
看清楚
,
她又闭上了嘴
.,
紧紧地用臼齿咬住木刃
.
我还没有来的及将它拔出
,,
她已把它咬成了碎片
.
8.
那个可恶的小家
伙很愚蠢
,
但我应当保护她
,
此时我对自己这样说
.
B.
Fill in the
blank in each sentence with the best word or
expression from the box below ,
changing its form when necessary
:
Apologetic motion
apprehension distrustful profusion admonish
terrifying coax contemptible
ensue
desist overpower
1.
They
heard
of
the
traffic
accident
and
immediately
rushed
to
the
hospital
,
full
of
apprehensions about the
safety of the passengers .
2.
The terrifying
explosion occurred early in the morning .
3.
As
he entered the newly decorated building , an
overpowering smell of paint made him feel
quite sick .
4.
The old man
yelled over and over again ―stop thief ,stop thief
!‖ But nobody did anything .
The
indifference of the onlookers was really
contemptible .
5.
The police motioned for the crowd to
move on to the next street .
6.
In Kunming ,
flowers grow in great profusion all the year round
.
7.
The fans shouted and clapped so loudly
that in the ensuing confusion nobody could hear a
thing .
8.
The boys were
frightened , but the police managed to coax them
into telling him what they had
seen
that night .
A.
Choose the right word or expression in
the brackets to complete each of the
following sentences :
1.
The girl
looked at the doctor
(
terrifyingly
, terrified ).
2.
―If you finish
all the homework
tonight ,
we‘ll go for a picnic tomorrow , ― he
(admonished
,
coaxed)
.
3.
He thought
their behavior was (contemptuous
,
contemptible
),but he
didn‘t say
anything in front of the
host .
4.
Summoned by the boss , he approached
his office full of
(
apprehension
,distrust ).
5.
He was sincerely sorry for what
happened at the party , so people accepted his
(excuse ,
apology
).
6.
They were walking in the forest when
they heard a
(terrifying
,terrific )roar
which made
their blood freeze .
7.
Obviously they
were getting nowhere with the meeting , so he
decided to
(
desist
,resist )
from making a final decision that afternoon .
8.
―How can you say that you don‘t want to
see your grandmother ?‖the father
(admonished
,coaxed
).
E. Explain the underlined
words in English :
1…very
clean and
apologetic
…
2…
it was up to me
to tell them …
there‘s been a lot of sickness
around
.
g doing
.
5.I‘m here to look at her
throat
on the chance
that
she might have diphtheria …
6
.We‘re going through with
this
.
7…I
too
had got beyond reason.
face was burning with it .
Key E
1.
polite
2.
It
was my duty …
3.
There has been a lot of sick people
near our home .
4.
She did
nothing . There was no action .
5.
probably ,
possibly
6.
We‘ll continue to the end .
7.
became
unreasonable
8.
pleasure and enjoyment
ate the following into English :
玛蒂尔达病了三天了
,
母亲给她吃了药也不见好
,
只好请来了医生
.
由于玛蒂
尔达的学校里有学生患白喉
,
而且已经有两个孩子死去
,
医生到奥尔逊家后首先要
检查玛蒂尔达的喉咙
.
但是无论怎么劝
,
她就是不肯张开嘴
,
于是医生只得用压舌
板伸进她的嘴里
.
然而玛蒂尔达竟然把压舌板咬碎了
.
为了保护玛蒂尔达本人及
其他的儿童
,
医生必须弄清玛蒂尔达是否患了白喉
,
以便给
予及时的治疗
.
于是他
让玛蒂尔达的父
亲抓紧她的手腕
,
自己用力掰开了玛蒂尔达的嘴
,
发现她果然得了
白喉
.
这个故事使我们想到这样一个问题
,
生活中
有的事不能全靠自愿
,
在有的情
况下<
/p>
,
一定的强迫似乎是必要的
.
Key F.
Mathilda had been ill for three days .
Her mother had given her some medicine,
but it didn‘t do any good . So they had
to ask the doctor to come . There had been a
number of cases of diphtheria in
Mathilda‘s school and two of them had
been dead .
When the doctor
arrived at Olson‘s home , he wanted to examine
Mthilda‘s throat
first . But no matter
how he coaxed ,,She wouldn‘t open her mouth . So
the doctor had
to get the tongue
depressor into her mouth . But Mathilda reduced it
to splinters . In
order to protect
Mathilda herself and other children , the doctor
had to make sure
whether she had
diphtheria or not , so that he could treat her in
time . Letting Mathilda
?s father hold
her wrists he tried his best to open her mouth and
found sh
e really had
diphtheria. This story made us can
think such a question that something in life can‘t
only depend on self willingness . Under
some circumstances , certain force seems
necessary .
G.
Write a short passage of 150-200words in English
on the topi
c ―Comment on
the
Doctor‘s Behavior . ―You should covre the
following points :
1.
Why he wanted
to examine the girl‘s throat
2.
how he tried
to coax her to open her mouth
3.
what made him
decide to use force to see her throat
4.
your opinion of t
he doctor‘s
behavior .
Key G.
Comment on the Doctor‘s
Behavior
After the doctor
arrived at the girl‘s home , he wanted to see her
throat . As there
had been a number of
cases of diphtheria in the school to which the
girl went during
that month , the
doctor also thought that of the girl . So he
smiled to the girl and asked
her to
open her mouth and let him have a look at her
throat . No matter how the doctor
coaxed , the girl shut her mouth firmly
.
Thinking that the girl
might have diphtheria and possibly die of it , the
doctor
decided to use force to open her
mouth . He had seen at least two children lying
dead
in bed of neglect in such cases .
He felt that he must get a diagnosis now . So he
grasped the girl‘s head with his left
hand and tried to get t
he wooden tongue
depressor
between her teeth . But when
the doctor got the wooden spatula behind her last
teeth .
She gripped the blade between
her molars and reduced it to splinters . In the
final
unreasoning assault the doctor
outerpowered the girl . He forced the heavy silver
spoon back of her teeth and down her
throat till she gagged . Her both tonsils were
covered with membrane.
From that the doctor had done , I
thought he was a responsible person . In order to
save the lives of the patients ,
especially those children who did not know how to
co-operate with the doctor ,he had to
take some measure . Otherwise a good or
suitable time of treatment would be
missed .
Lesson Four Die as You
Choose
the following
questions on the text :
1.
Is euthanasia
openly practiced in Holland ?
2.
Why did the
doctors in the mes secretly practice euthanasia
without
consulting the dying patients
?
3.
What is the difference between passive
euthanasia and active euthanasia ?Do
you think they make any difference
?
4.
What is a
―living
-
will ―?
5.
Did
Hippocrates prohibit euthanasia ?Did most ancient
Greek doctors and
thinkers agree with
his ban ?What did the author want to tell the
reader by presenting
this historical
fact ?
6.
What is the danger involved if
euthanasia is legalized ?
7.
Why did the
author say that West Germany will not be able to
legalize any form
of euthanasia for a
long time to come ?
8.
What is the
author‘s view on euthanasia ?
Key A
1.
Yes, it is .
2.
Because they could rarely discuss
euthanasia openly with patients and voluntary
euthanasia was taboo , the doctor had
to make the decision himself .
3.
Passive
euthanasia means the doctor lets the patient die
without giving him any
treatment on his
own request . Active euthanasia means the doctor
kill the patient by
giving him an
injection or enough painkillers . No, I don‘t
think they make any
difference.
4.
―Living will ―is a will made by a
person when he is living that he does not want
life prolonged when he is dying .
5.
Yes , he did .
No, they didn‘t .
The author wanted to explain that when
in ancient Greece doctors and thinkers
had the courage to disagree with
Hippocrates , we should support euthanasia today .
6.
It
may pose dangers for society by setting a
precedent for killing .
7.
West Germany
will not legalize any form of euthanasia for a
long time because
of the shadow of the
past .
8.
The author has an appositive attitude
towards euthanasia . He supports it .
A.
Translate the
following into Chinese:
1.
The need for
laws on euthanasia cannot be dodged for much
longer .
2.
In Holland mercy-killing is accepted by
the medical establishment and openly
practiced a few thousand times each
year .
3.
The debate on euthanasia will rumble on
into the autumn, when Californians
may
vote on a proposed law legalizing euthanasia .
4.
Many people accept that it is sad ,
undignified and gruesome to prolong the
throes of death with all the might of
medical technology .
5.
How long can
the distinction between killing and letting die
hold out ?
6.
Is he then necessarily wrong if he
administers enough painkillers to kill ?Does
the fact that the doctor performed an
action, rather than an omission , condemn him
?
7.
It is probably no coincidence that it
was Dutch doctors who most heroically
resisted pressure to join in the Nazi
medical atrocities .
8.
Countries with
an uninterrupted recent libertarian tradition have
less to fear
from setting some limited
rules for voluntary euthanasia .
Key B.
1.
现在迫切需要制定有关安乐死的法律
.
2.
在荷兰
,
安乐死已经被医疗机构所接受
,
并于
每年公开实施数千次
.
3.
这场有关安乐死的辩论将持续到
秋天
,
直到加利福尼亚人投票表决了一项
提议
,
使安乐死合法化为止
.
4.
许多人认为
用所能使用的医疗科技来延长死亡前的痛苦是悲哀的
/
不高尚<
/p>
的
/
可怕的
.<
/p>
5.
这种主
动实施与被动使用安乐死的区别还能维持多长时间呢
?
6.
如果他使用足够数量的止痛片来
为其实施安乐死就有错了吗
?
医生采取行
动
,
就应受到遣责吗
?
7.
这不是一种巧合<
/p>
,
当时荷兰医生就英勇地反抗用人体做医学试验
< br>.
8.
不间断提倡思想和行动自由的国家对主动实施安乐死进行限制性规定
,
就
没有什么可担心的了
.
B.
Fill in the
blank in each sentence with the best word or
expression from the box
below ,
changing its form when necessary :
Dodge drown intrude legalize oath
withhold precedent rumble taboo credible
arguable usher
1.
She skillfully
dodged the questions about her private life .
2.
It
was very rude of him to intrude on my privacy .
3.
The schools decided to withhold payment
until they had completed the
construction of the building .
4.
Reform and Open-door policy has ushered
in a new ear of economic
development .
5.
They started a campaign to legalize
abortion.
6.
If you let the boy go without
punishment , he will use it as a precedent for
doing
wrong again .
7.
After the
exposure of his lies the Congressman is no longer
a credible politician.
8.
It is arguable
that primary school students should pay any
tuition .
C.
Choose the right word or expression in
the brackets to complete each of the
following sentences :
1.
The warrior
managed to (evade,
dodge
)the arrow that came flying through the
air .
2.
The speaker‘s
last few words were (
drowned
out
, stopped ) by the
audience ?s
thunderous applause .
3.
Would I be (
intruding
, invading ) if I joined in your
discussion ?
4.
The (
omission
,
exclusion ) of a full stop at the end of the
sentence is a
deliberate act by the
writer .
5.
The newly
–
recruited soldiers swore an
(
oath
, promise ) of loyalty
to their
country .
6.
The suspect
was accused of ( preventing
,
withholding
) some
important
evidence from the court .
7.
Whether or not he is the best person
for the promotion is ( debatable ,
arguable
).
8.
He has
established himself as a (
credible
, believable ) businessman .
E. Explain the underlined
words in English :
1.
The need for
laws on euthanasia cannot be dodged for much
longer .
2.
The letter was probably written for
polemical impact .
3.
Thus , because
voluntary euthanasia is
taboo…
4.
…with all the
might
of medical
technology…
5.
…by
setting a precedent for
killing
6.
…only
squeamishness
demands a firm difference
between…
7.
Active euthanasia-killing
–
remains controversial .
8.
Yet if a patient‘s philosophical views
embrace
euthanasia…
Key
E
1.
mercifully
easy
and
painless
death
for
persons
suffering
from
an
incurable
and
painful
disease , esp. the
doctor let the patients die on their own request .
2.
resulting in arguments
3.
something that
religion or custom regards as forbidden
4.
everything could be used or
done
5.
creating an earlier example of killing
6.
those who are too modest and scrupulous
7.
polemical ,arguable
8.
support , be
in favour of
ate the
following into English :
现在迫
切需要制定有关安乐死的法律
.
大多数国家禁止安乐死
.
在这些国家医生只能偷偷
地给病人实施安乐死
.
但是
,
也有
的国家公开实施安乐死
,
例如荷兰
.<
/p>
越来越多的国家目前正在
就安乐死的合法性展开辩论
.
当一个病人长期遭受疾病的折磨而又无治愈的希望时
,
为什么要让他继续痛苦下去呢
?
为什么不能用
安乐死来结束他的痛苦
?
但是
,
如果安乐死合法化
,
也存在一种危险
------
有人会利用安乐死进行谋杀
.
总之
,
安乐死<
/p>
是一个不能回避的问题
.
Key F
The need
for laws on euthanasia can‘t be
dodged
for much longer . Euthanasia is a taboo in
most countries . In these countries
doctors can only practise it secretly . But it is
openly practiced
in
some
countries
,
such
as
Holland .
Right
now
more
and
more
countries
are
going
over
the
arguments about legalizing euthanasia .
When a patient suffers from
illness for a long time and there is no hope of
curing it , why do
we let him polong
the throes ?Why can‘t we practise euthanasia to
stop the throes ?
But if we
legalize euthanasia , there will be a danger
Someone may use it for killing . All in
all , euthanasia is question we can‘t
dodge .
G .Write
a
short
passage
of
150-
200
words
in
English
on
the
topic
―How
Is
Euthanasia
Handled in
Different Countries ?:‖ You should cover the
following points :
1.
How euthanasia
is practiced in Holland
2.
the situation
in America , Britain and many other countries
3.
what the biggest worry is if euthanasia
is legalized .
Key G
How Is Euthanasia Handled
in Different Countries ?
In
Holland , mercy-killing is accepted by the
medical establishment and openly
practiced a
few thousand times each
year . The government has rules for euthanasia and
so doctors can police
it effectively .
But in America , Britain
and many other countries , euthanasia is condemned
by the medical
establishment , secretly
practiced many times more often , and almost never
comes to light . Now
it is going over
the arguments about euthanasia once again . The
doctors in America can rarely
discuss
euthanasia openly with patients
----even when those patients beg them
for it
----doctors
tend to
kill only when the dying are too far gone to
consent . The doctors have to make decision
themselves .
That
is
one
price
of
keeping euthanasia
secnet .
Fortunately
most
American
states
have
―living
-
will‖
le
gislation
that
proteets
doctors
from
prosecution
it
they
do
not
try
to
save
someone who has said he
does not want life prolonged .
Some people suggest legalizing
euthanasia . But other people worry that if
government permit the
doctors to comply
with a dy
ing man‘s request in
prescribed set of circumstances , it might pose
dangers for society by setting a
precedent for killing . But if the government set
up some rules ,
there
will
be
no
problems .
In
Holland
,
the
tenacious
respect
for
individual
liberty
stop
them
killing
healthy people but lets them help dying people .
Lesson Five I‘d
Rather Be Black than Female
By Shirley Chisholm
A . Answer the following questions on
the text :
1.
In what sense is the author quite an
extraordinary person in the United States
?
2.
Why does the author say it is a still
harder and longer struggle to eliminate
prejudice against women ?
3.
In what way
are women prejudiced against in politics
?
4.
What helped her defeat her male
opponent in the local election ?
5.
How are women
discriminated against economically ?
6.
What are the
occupations usually taken by American women
?
7.
What are some of the problems the
author is determined to help to solve ?
8.
What fine
qualities do wonen have that men don‘t have
according to the
author
?Explain why you agree or disagree with her.
Key A
1.
She is the
first black woman elected to congress .
2.
Because the men don‘t realize the
prejudice against women and the women are
much more brainwashed and content with
their roles as second-class citizens .
3.
The women only
do the tedious work , such as stuffing envelopes ,
organizing
card-party , making
difference between victory and defeat on election
day , but they
are not allowed to run
for offices .
4.
The women who registered to vote in her
district helped her defeat her male
opponent .
5.
The women are
paid less than men even when they do the same job
.
6.
The American women predominate in the
lowerpaying , menial, unrewarding ,
dead-end jobs , such as secretaries ,
librarians , teachers and so on .
7.
The problems
are (1)the children going to bed hungry (2)There
is not a good
school for every child
(3)spend wealth on hardware to murder people
(4)prejudice
against minorities
(5)unfair housing and employment .
8.
The good
qualities that women have a empathy , tolerance
,insight , patience
and persistence .
Yes , I agree with the author . The women
naturally have these
qualities .
A.
Translate the following sentences into
Chinese :
1.I was the first
to overcome both handicaps at once .
will take years for whites
–
including those who think
of themselves as liberals
–
to discover and eliminate
the racist attitudes they all actually have .
such a job , she gets a
number of free trips to state and sometimes
national
meetings and conventions ,
where her role is supposed to be to vote the way
her male
chairman votes .
1.
When a bright
young woman graduate starts looking for a job ,why
is the first
question always :‖Can you
type ?‖
2.
Plenty of others have advised me ,
every time I tried to take another upward
step , that I should go back to
teaching , a woman‘s vocation , and leave politics
to the
men .
3.
But until that
happens
–
and we all know it
will no be this year or next
–
what we
need is
more women in politics because we have a very
special contribution to make .
4.
It is women
who can bring empathy , tolerance , insight ,
patience , and
persistence to
government ---the qualities we naturally have or
have had to develop
because of our
suppression by men .
5.
At present ,
ou
r country needs women‘s idealism and
determination , perhaps
more in
politics than anywhere else .
Key B
1.
我是第一个克服这两个不利因素的人
.
2.
美国
白人
-----
包括那些自认为开明的自由主义者
------
需要很多年的时间来
发现
,
并消除他们所有的种族主义态度
.
3.
在这样的职位中
,
她们可能会获得几次免费参加州或全国会议
,
或民主党
和共和党各自召开的全国代表大会
.
她们所做的也只是按照男主席的方式投一样
的票
.
4.
当一位聪明的女大学生毕业后开始找工作时
,
为什么第一个问题总是
::‖
你
会打字吗
?‖
5.
每一次我试图再上一个新台阶时
,
许多人会劝我回到妇女的职业
,
做一名
教师
,
把政治留给男人
.
6.
但直到这些发生
-----
我们知道这不是今年或明年的事
-----
-
因此我们所要做
的是要更多的妇女进入政界
< br>,
因为我们对此有特殊贡献
.
7.
妇女善解人意
< br>/
宽容
,
具有很强的洞察力
/
耐心和毅力
------
这些都是我们与生
俱来或由于受男人的压制而形成的品质
,
女人能把这些品质带到政府中来
.
8.
目前
,
我们的国家也许在政治上比其
它任何领域更需要女人的理想主义和
决心
.
B.
Fill in the
blank in each sentence with the best word or
expression from the box
below ,
changing its form when necessary :
Rather than register think of aware of
predominate instead of lie behind prejudice
menial separate make the difference
phenomenon
1.
Don‘t overlook the job of a secretary .
It
makes the difference between failure
and success for the company .
2.
The newly
–
launched satellite is
expected to obtain data on solar radiation , sky
brightness and other important
phenomena.
3.
How can you be content to do such
menial tasks as washing dishes here in the
States ?
4.
A prejudice is
a judgement formed before examining the evidence
.
5.
We all listen to music according to our
separate capacities .
6.
Knowledge will
always predominate over ignorance .
7.
When this
corporation entered the Chinese market 8 years ago
,it aimed to
occupy a larger market
share rather than to make profit in the short run
.
8.
Of all the animals , the ape is thought
of as the most forgiving animal .
C.
Choose the
right word or expression in the brackets to
complete each of the
following
sentences :
1.
His story of having discovered the
treasure buried by some pirates seemed
(incredible,
incredulous )
to everyone .
2.
―But the piano is out of ( tone,
tune
) , ―she said in a
disappointed (
tone
, tune).
3.
Her friends expressed great
(
sympathy
, empathy ) to her
when her mother
died .
4.
They are now
enjoying a short (vocation ,
vacation
) at the seashore .
5.
A
(content ,
contented
)
person is one who is happy with what he has .
6.
All the streets will be ( eliminated
,
illuminated
)tomorrow
evening for the
celebration .
7.
Her ( perseverance ,
persistence
) in wearing
that old-fashioned hat surprised
her
husband .
8.
The effect of the officer‘s speech was
such that the army recovered its (moral ,
morale
) at once .
D.
Explain the underlined words in English
:
1.
Of the two handicaps , being black is
much less of a drawback than being
female .
2.
part of the
problem is that women in America are much more
brainwashed . ..
3.
…which is
invariably the
lot of women in politics
.
4.
It is still women ----about three
million volunteers ---who do most of this
work …..
5.
When I tried
to break out of that role
in
1963….
6.
….
I faced the undisguised
hostility because of my sex .
7.
A few years
ago ,
I was talking …about a promising
young wom
en as a
candidate.
8.
…when
the law .. was
enforced instead of evaded
…
Key E
1.
Being a woman
is a greater obstacle than being black .
2.
American women have been continuously
told to accept certain ideas for a long
time.
3.
fortune , fate
or destiny
4.
women who offer to work in politics
5.
when I didn‘t want to work as a
district or county vice
-chairman
6.
Many people showed their enmities to me
without concealing them .
7.
I recommended
the bright young woman to the political leader to
let her run for
office .
8.
when they put
the law into practice rather than keep it out of
the way .
F Translate the
following into English
美国妇女对美国的发展做出了重要贡献
,
但她们却一直受到各种形式的性别
歧视
.
< br>政治上
,
她们做的是那些乏味却又决定决定选举胜败的琐
碎事
,
很少有机会
升到高层职位
,
得到好处的是男人
.
经济上
,
大部分妇女做的是那些工资
低和没
有前途的工作
,
她们的工资也永远低于做同样工作的男人
.
< br>很多美国人不承认这
是歧视妇女
,
说这只是
社会分工的不同
.
很多妇女甚至也满足于自己作为次等公
民的角色
.
所以作者说
,
妇女要获得真正的平等将是一场长期而艰巨的斗争
.
Key F
The American women made great
contributions to the nation‘s
development , but
they received
different forms of prejudices because of their sex
. In politics , they did
all the
tedious details that made the differene between
victory and defeat on election
day and
seldom had the chance to reach a better position ,
while the men reaped the
rewards . In
economy , most women did the lower-paying and dead
–
end jobs and
they were paid less than the men for
the same job . Many American people didn‘t
admit it was prejudice against women .
They said it was only a different division of
labour in society . Even many women
were content with their roles as second-class
citizens . So the author said it was a
long painful struggle for the women to get real
equality .
G.
Write a short passage of
150
—
200
words in
English on the topic ―Why Does
the
Author Say that America Needs More Women in
Politics ?‖ You should cover the
following points :
1.
Problems that
need to be solved in the U.S.;
2.
women‘s
special qualities that the country needs .
Why Does the Author Say
that America Needs More Women in Politics
?
The author is the first
black woman elected to Congress . In her opinion ,
being
black is much less of a drawback
than being female . Very Few woman works in
political World in American .Most women
predominate in the lower ---paying ,
menial , unrewarding , dead ----end
jobs .
The author thinks
more women are needed in politics . There are many
problems
that need women to solve. In
this rich nation there are many children going to
be
hungry .There is not enough good
schools for every child . The government spend the
wealth on hardware to murder people .
The people have prejudice against
minorities ..And there are unfair
housing and unfair employment practices in
America . These are the problems that
need to be solved in this country .
So the author thinks the American
political world needs more women because
women can make special contributions .
Women can bring empathy ,
tolerance
,insight , patience and persistence to government
. The women of a nation
mold its morals
, its religion , and its politics by the lives
they live . So the country
needs
women‘s idealism and determination .
Lesson Six A
Good Chance
By Elizabeth
Cook-Lynn
A.
Answer the following questions on the
text :
1.
who i
s the person ―I ― in
the story ?
2.
Why did she want to find
Magpie?
3.
What happened to Magpie during the
years when the narrator and Magpie were
out of touch with each other
?
4.
Did Amelia think that Magpie would
accept the offer of the university ? Why
(not )?
5.
What made
Salina agree to help the narrator find Magpie
?
6.
What do you think was the police car
doing there ?
7.
Did Elgie think that Magpie might want
to accept the scholarship ?What made
him think so ?
8.
What does the
ending of the story tell you ?
Key A
1.‖I ― is a
woman who knows Magpie and brings the good news
for him .
wanted to talk
to him about the good news and let him fill out
some papers.
1.
He took part in the protest at Custer
and was arrested and sent in prison .
He was on parole at this
time.
2.
No, Amelia thought he would not accept
the offer of the university .Because she
thought Magpie was happy now . He was
in good spirits , handsome , free and strong .
She would not like to be afraid for him
now .
3.
What the narrator had said persuaded
her to think Magpie had a right to know
the whole thing and made the decision
himself .
4.
The police car was there watching and
checking up Magpie.
5.
Yes, he did.
Because he knew Magpie wanted to get freedom , but
he couldn‘ t
get it here when the
parole officers watched him all the time . He
thought Magpie
needed some relief from
his constant surveillance , constant checking up .
6.
From the end of the story we know the
American Indians were cruelly treated .
They could not get freedom , human
rights and equality in American society .
B.
Translate the following into Chinese
:
1.
When he was saying all those things
against the government and against the
council , he became more and more ugly
and embittered and I used to be afraid for
him .
2.
Well, you can
think what you want ,but have you talked to him
lately ? Do you
know him as he is now
?
3.
If he is Indian as you say , whatever
that means , and if he is back here to stay
this time and if he tells me that
himself , I‘ll let
it go .
4.
A police car
moved slowly to the corner where we were parked
and the
patrolmen looked at the three
of us intently and we pretended not to notice .
5.
I
think it‘s good that you‘ve come, because Magpie
needs some relief from this
constant
surveillance , constant checking up .
6.
―There are
things about this though , ―Elgie said . ―Magpie
shouldn‘t have been
there , see ,
because it‘s a part of the condition of his parole
that he stays away from
friends and
relatives and ex-convicts and just
abo
ut everybody ..‖
7.
But the
silence which hung about the place filled me with
apprehension , and
when we walked in
the back door which hung open , we saw people
standing in the
kitchen .
8.
I held the
poems tightly in my hands , pressing my thumbs ,
first one and then
the other , against
the smoothness of the cardboard folder .
Answer B
1.
在他反对反对政府
,
反对美国印第安人委员会时
,
< br>他变得越来越可怕
,
充满
怨恨<
/p>
,
我也为他担心
.
2.
好吧
,
你愿意怎么想就怎么想吧
,
但你最近
和他谈过吗
?
你知道他现在的状
况吗<
/p>
?
3.
如果像你所说的他是一名印第安人
,
不管这是什么意思
,
如果他亲口对我
说他这次只是回来呆在这儿
,
我也不再劝他了
.
4.
一辆警车缓慢地驶向我们停车的拐角处
,
假释监督官目不转睛地盯着我们
三个人
,
我们假装没注意到
.
5.
我想你来的正好
,
因为在这种不间断
的监视
/
检查之下
,
喜鹊需要一些宽
慰
.
6.
―
还有
一件事
‖,
埃尔吉继续说
, ―
喜鹊不应该在那儿
,
明白吗
< br>?
因为假释的条件
之一就是他应该远离他的朋友
/
亲戚和以前的同谋罪犯
,
甚至不能见任何人
.
7.
但是一片寂静笼罩着整座房子
,
我感
到有些忧虑
.
当我们走进敞开着的后
门
时
,
看到许多人站在厨房里
.
8.
我用手紧紧握着他的诗
,
两个拇指使劲按压平滑的纸板文件夹
.
C.
Fill in the blank in each sentence with
the best word or expression from the box
below , changing its form when
necessary :
Whereabouts
segregate click noncommittal scoff embitter
hesitant reformatory
tentative agitate
incredulous intent
1.
His wife is in
very poor health , so he is rather hesitant about
telling her the bad
news .
2.
He is a very
busy person and has so many engagements that only
his secretary
knows of his whereabouts
.
3.
In some areas , in order to provide
education to girls , they have segregated
classes in schools .
4.
As they didn‘t
have enough time to discuss the plan fully , they
could only draw
a few tentative
conclusions .
5.
The old man heard the click
of the lock and knew that the son‘s
family had left
and he would be alone
again .
6.
―Can I go swimming on Sunday , Dad ?‖
―We‘ll see , ―he said
noncommittally .
7.
The children were so noisy that she had
to listen very intently in order to catch
the conversation .
8.
The new
created a lot of agitations in the community .
A.
Choose the right word or expression to
complete the brackets in each of the
following sentences .
1.
South Africa
used to be a country where black people and white
people were
( separated
,
segregated
).
2.
The letter
from her sister so ( embittered ,
agitated
) her that she stayed awake
half the night , trying to think of a
way to get back at her .
3.
―You haven‘t
seen him for over a year ?‖he sounded ( incredible
,
incredulous
).
4.
No matter what
he said , the response he got from him was a
(
noncommitta
l ,
tentative ) ―I
see‖.
5.
That plan was
too ( unture ,
unrealistic
)
to be adopted .
6.
When people
looked at him too (
intently
, tentatively ), he felt very
uncomfortable .
7.
Since she
didn‘t know anybody in that city , she was rather
(
hesitant
, tentative )
when accepting the job offer .
8.
―Do you really think he will give up
the position ?‖he (
scoffed
, scolded ) .
B.
Explain the underlined words in English
:
1.
He‘s
gone from me now .
2.
…he became more and more
ugly and embittered . ..
3.
You
see
that ,don‘
t
you ?
4.
―…but you‘ll
see
…‖
5.
…and
she
became agitated as she talked .
6.
The patrol car inched down
the empty street …
7.
Always
tentative about
letting you know
…
8.
…that freak that‘s his parole officer
is
some mean watch-dog .
Key E
1.
has left me
2.
frightened and full of hatred
3.
understand
4.
find
5.
turned anxious and worried
6.
moved slowy
along
7.
making a trial about
8.
just like a
dog kept to protect a house
C.
Translate the
following into English :
当我得知喜鹊获得了加利福尼亚一所大学的奖学金
,
可以到大学的艺术学院
去学习的时候
,
我为他感到十分高兴
.
我知道他一直想
成为一名诗人
,
我也知道
他很有才能
.
对他来说
,
这个机会太好了
.
因此我回到鸦溪
,
要把好消息告诉
他
,
让
他填一些表格
< br>.
我在他家里没有找到他
.
他的妻子说他们已经分居了
,
只听说他
在钱柏林
.
于是我又去找赛利娜
,
让她帮我找到
喜鹊
.
赛利娜说喜鹊在被捕入狱
后有了
很大的变化
,
她认为他对上白人的大学已经不感兴趣了
.
但我说喜鹊应该
知道这个消息
,
由他自己决定是否去上大学
.
她同意了
,
带我去找他的好朋友埃
尔吉
.
但当我终于就要见到喜鹊时
,
他已被警察开枪打死了
.
When I knew Magpie got a scholarship of
a California University and could go to
the Fine Arts School to study , I was
very pleased for him . I knew he wanted to
become a poet all the time. I also knew
he had a good talent . It was a very good
chance for him . So I went back to Crow
Creek to tell him about the good news and
let him fill out some papers . But I
didn‘t find him at his home . His wife said they
had
not been together for a while and
only heard he was in Chamberlain . Then I went for
Salina and asked her to help me find
Magpie . Salina said Magpie had changed a lot
since he was taken into prison . She
thought he was not interested in going to the
university of white people . But I said
Magpie had a right to know this news and make
the decision whether to go or not by
himself . She agreed and took me to his good
friend , Elgie . But when I could
really see Magpie at last , he had been shot by
the
police .
D.
Write a short
passage of 150-200words in English on the
t
opic ―What do the
people in
the story think of Magpie‘s opportunity of going
to study in the
university ?Why ?‖ You
should cover the following people‘s points
:
1.
Amelia
2.
salina
3.
Elgie;
4.
the
narrator.
What do the People
in the Story Think of Magpie
?s
Opportunity of Study in the
University
?Why ?
The narrator has got
some good news for Magpie . He has his poems and a
letter
of acceptance from a university
in California where they want him to come and
participate in the Fine Arts Program
they have started for Indians .
So first the narrator goes to Magpie‘s
wife . She thinks Magpie would not go to
California because he is happy now and
he is in good spirits , handsome and free and
strong . She thinks he no longer needs
the things that people like the narrator want
him to need.
Then the narrator goes to Salina . She
doesn‘t think he has those worthless , shitty
dreams anymore .. After the narrator
insists Magpie have the right to know , she leads
him to see Magpie‘s best friend Elgie .
At first Elgie doesn‘t think Magpie would go .
But the narrator insists that it be a
chance for him to study , to write and that should
be
a satisfying isolation . Then Elgie
changes his mind . He also thinks it is good for
Magpie because he needs some relief
from this constant surveillance , constant
checking up . So he admits to let the
narrator see Magpie . But before the narrator sees
Magpie , he has been shot .
Lesson Seven Miss Bill
By Katherine Mansfield
A.
Answer the
following questions on the text :
1.
What was the
day like when Miss Brill went to the public park
that Sunday ?
2.
How did she feel about her fur ?Explain
.
3.
Why did Miss Brill think the band
sounded louder and gayer ?
4.
Why was the
disappointed when she found that the old couple
sitting beside her was silent?
5.
How did she
feel towards those sitting on the beches and green
chairs ?Who were those
people
?
6.
What kind of woman do you think the
ermine toque was ? What makes you think so
?
7.
What did Miss Brill discover from the
scene around her that made her so joyous
?
8.
What work did Miss Brill do to make a
living ?
9.
Why did she go straight home that
Sunday afternoon ?
10.
How did she
feel when she put the necklet back to its box
?
Key A
1.
it
was
brilliantly
fine
----
the
blue
sky
powdered
with
gold
and
the
great
spots
of
light
splashed
over the park . The air was motionless and it was
a faint chill .
2.
She liked her
fur very much . She thought it was very nice to
feel it . She had put it in the
box .
Only this afternoon she had taken it out of its
box, shaken out the moth ---powder and given
it a good brush .
3.
Because
the
season
had
begun
.she
had
a
good
spirit
and
a
very
happy
feeling
that
afternoon .
4.
Because she
was always looking forward to the conversation .
5.
She thought they were nearly always the
same and there was something funny about nearly
all of them . They were old , odd and
silent . She thought they were coming from dark
little rooms.
Those people were the
same as her who came to the park on Sundays .
6.
She was kind of woman who wanted to
attract and lure the man . When the man breathed a
deep puff into her face and walked on
while she still talked and laughed . When she was
alone ,
she smiled more brightly than
ever . Soon she turned to a much nicer person .
7.
She found that the funny old man with
long whiskers hobbled along in time to the quick
music and was nearly knocked over by
four girls walking abreast . She found it was like
a play .
Everybody was not only
audience , but also had a part and was acting .
8.
She
made
a
living
by
teaching
English
pupils
and
reading
newspaper
four
afternoons
a
week to an old man .
9.
Because she
heard the boy and the girl said she was silly and
stupid and her favourite fur
was like a
fried whiting .
10.
When she put
the necklet back to its box she heard something
crying .
B.
Translate the following into Chinese
:
1.
Although it was so brilliantly fine
–
the blue sky powdered with
gold and the great spots of
light
like
white
wine
splashed
over
the
Jardins
Publiques
–
Miss
Brill
was
glad
that
she
had
decided
on her fur .
2.
It was like someone playing with only
the family to listen; it didn‘t care how it played
if
there weren‘t any strangers present
.
3.
And sometimes a tiny staggerer came
suddenly rocking into the open from under the
trees ,
stopped stared , as suddenly
sat down ―flop ,‖ until its small high
–
stepping mother , like a young
hen , rushed scolding to its
rescue..
4.
But even the band seemed to know what
she was feeling and played more softly , played
tenderly , an
d the drum beat
―the Brute !The Brute!‖ over and over .
5.
The old head lifted two points of
light quivered in the old eyes .
6.
And then she
too ,she too , and the others on the benches
---they would come in with a kind
of
accompaniment ----something low, that scarcely
rose or fell , something so beautiful ---moving.
7.
If
there was an almond it was like carrying home a
tiny present ---a surprise ---something
that might very well not have been
there .
8.
She hurried on the almond Sundays and
struck the match for the kettle in quite a dashing
way .
Key
B.
1.
天气很好
,
阳光明媚
-----
蓝色的天空金光灿烂
,
犹如白葡萄酒的巨大
的光点照在公共
花园
---
布里尔小姐
很高兴她决定围这条毛皮围巾
.
2.
就像一个人只为家人演出
,
而没有其他人在场
,
是不会在乎演出的
.
3.
有时一个蹒跚学步的小孩突然从
树底下摇摇晃晃地走出来
,
停下看看
,
突然
‖
扑通
‖
一声
坐在地上
,
其娇小的妈妈高抬脚步
,
像只老母鸡一样跑过来
,
一边责备他
,
一边将
他扶起
.
4.
但是乐队好像知道她的感受
,
演奏的
更轻松
/
更柔和
,
鼓声一遍又一遍地敲出
‖
这个畜
牲
!
这个畜牲
!‖
5.
他抬起衰老的头
,
一双老眼中闪出两个光点
.
6.
她也会加入
.
那些坐在长凳上的其他
人
----
他们也会加入进来
,
一起合唱
----
低声唱
< br>,
音
调平缓
,
< br>很好听的
-----
很动人的
.
7.
如果有杏仁
,
就像带回家一件小礼物
-----
一
份惊奇
------
一件本来可能不在那儿的东
西
.
8.
有杏仁的星期日
,
她精神抖擞地跑回家
,
迅速地划根火柴
,
准备烧开水
.
C.
Fill in the
blank in each sentence with the best word or
expression from the box below ,
changing its form when necessary
:
Clasp rescue splash get
used to flap drift make a point of doing dab
scrape share stroke swoop
1.
She gently
dabbed the dust from the vase before she put it
back on the shelf .
2.
The students
stood on the top of the hill , enjoying
the beautiful view below, their coats
flapping in the wind .
3.
It was very
hot and the kids were all happily splashing in the
pool .
4.
He scraped the mud from his boots
before he entered the room .
5.
They moved to
the south three year
s ago , still they
can‘t
get used to the humid summer .
6.
I
don‘t think it is safe to
stroke the
monkeys .
7.
She sat in the moonlight, her thoughts
drifting back to the last Autumn Festival she
spent
with her parents.
8.
the firemen
rescued all the people from the burning building .
D.
Choose the right word or expression in
the brackets in each of the following sentences
:
1.
She told the children about her life on
the farm all those years ago, how she ( got used
to ,
used to
)get up at four
every morning to milk the cows .
2.
The teacher
told the boys first to (pour ,
splash
) some water on the floor before
mopping
it .
3.
When he was
discovered ,the pick-pocket
(
waved
, flapped) a knife to
threaten the people
around him
.
4.
The eagle suddenly (drifted ,
swooped
) down and snatched
the piece of meat .
5.
With the help
of the specially trained dogs , they were able to
(
rescue
,save ) ten people
buried in the snow .
6.
His
feet
were
numb
with
cold
,
as
soon
as
he
got
into
the
room
he
started
(
rubbing
,
stroking ) them vigorously .
7.
The kitchen floor has to be (
scrubbed
scraped ) every
other day .
8.
Every night before he went to bed , he
(
made a point
, made a plan
) of checking all the
doors and windows
.
E.
Explain the underlined words in English
:
1.
Miss brill was glad she had dicided on
her fur .
2.
And she‘d gone on the whole
time
about how she ought to wear
spectacles .
3.
The funny old man hobbled along in time
to the music and was nearly knocked over by four
girls walking abreast .
4.
And yet it
explained why she made such a point of starting
from home at just the same time
each
week …
5.
Why doesn‘t she keep her silly old mug
at home
?
6.
It was her
Sunday treat .
7.
She hurried on
the almond Sundays ..
8.
But today she
passed the
baker‘s by .
Key E
1.
She had made
the decision to wear the fur .
2.
She talked all
the time .
3.
He walked to the music and was almost
run down by four girls who walked side by side .
4.
She insisted on leaving her home .
5.
Why doesn‘t the stupid wo
man
stay at home ?
6.
A special dinner for Sunday .
7.
Sundays which she had almond .
8.
She walked past the baker‘s without
going into it .
A.
Translate the following into
English:
布里尔小姐是一个生活在法国海滨城市的英国人
.
她年老而贫穷
.
每个星期
日下午她都到公园去
.
她总是坐在同一张凳子上
,
听周围的人谈天
,
或看展现在
她眼前的别人的生活
.
那个星期日下午她突然产生了一种感觉
,
觉得自己是这个
集体中的一部分
,
觉得生活犹如一部戏剧
,
她在其中也扮演着自己的角色
.
这时
,
孤独感开始离开了她
.
然而正在此时她听到一对年轻人以轻蔑的口气谈论她
.
男
青年甚至低声叫她走开
.
短暂的幸福感消失了
.
她怀着一颗破碎的心回到家中
.
Key F
Miss Brill
was an English who lived in a coastal city in
France . She was old and
poor . She
would go to the park on every Sunday afternoon .
She always sat on the
same bench ,
listening people around her talk , or watching
other people‘s lives in
front of her .
She suddenly had a feeling on that Sunday
afternoon . She felt the life
was like
a play and she was one part of the community . She
had a part in the
performance . At this
time , the feeling of loneliness began to escape
her .
But just at this time
she heard a couple of young people talk about her
with
contempt . Even the young man
asked her to leave in a low voice . The short
feeling
of happiness disappeared . she
went home with a broken heart .
B.
Write a short
passage of 150-
200 words in English on
the topic ― A Description
of Miss Brill
. ― you should cover the following points :
1.
How she made a living
2.
What she
enjoyed doing in the park on Sunday afternoons;
3.
the special feeling she had that
particular Sunday afternoon
4.
the blow to
her
A Description of Miss
Brill
Miss Brill taught
some English pupils an Sunday afternoons . She
also read the
newspaper for an old man
four afternoons a week while he slept in the
garden. She
also had a habit of going
to the park every Sunday afternoon . The band
played all the
year round on Sundays.
She liked sitting on the bench and watching the
people around
her.
This Sunday only two people shared her
―special ―seat . They did not speak. This
was disappointing , for Miss Brill
always looked forward to the conversations.
Fortunately there was always the crowd
to watch . This Sunday she had a special
feeling . it was like a play and they
were all on the stage . They were not only the
audience , but they were acting . she
was part of the performance . That was why she
started from home at just the same time
each week so as not to be late just the same
time each week so as not to be late for
the performance .
Just at
that moment a boy and a girl came and sat down
where the old couple had
been . They
regarded Miss Brill as the stupid old thing . They
said not one wanted her
silly old mug
and her fur was like a fried whiting, although it
was carefully chose for
this Sunday .
Miss Brill was very unhappy and angry . It was a
blow to her . So she
returned home .
She went into the little dark room and sat down on
the red eiderdown
for a long time ,
with tears coming down her face .
Lesson Eight A Lesson in
Living
By Maya Angelou
A.
Answer the following questions on the
text :
1.
Did Mrs. Flowers know what had happened
to Marguerite ?
2.
Why and how
did s try to make Marguerite talk ?
3.
How did Mrs.
Flowers give Marguerite her lesson in living
?
4.
What did she mean when Mrs. Flowers
told Marguerite to be always intolerant of
ignorance
but understanding of
illiteracy ?
5.
Was Marguerite a good student in the
school ? What was her problem in class
?
6.
Was Marguerite born a quiet girl ? Why
was she so quiet ?
7.
Why did Mrs.
Flowers take special care of Marguerite
?
8.
How was Mrs. Flowers a source of
enlightenment to Marguerite ?
9.
What was the
image of Mrs. Flowers in the child‘
s
mind ?
10.
Were the blacks and whites equal in the
town of Stamps ?
Key
A
1.
Yes, she did .
2.
Because Mrs.
Flowers heard the teachers had trouble getting
Marguerite to talk in class .
She
invited her to her home , made cookies for her and
read her favourite book to her and then
asked questions to her .
3.
Mrs. Flowers
gave Marguerite her lesson in living by inviting
her to her home and having a
little
chat with her .
4.
She could not
stand those who wouldn‘t study , but she could
understand those who didn‘t
have a
chance to study . She also encouraged Marguerite
to learn in every possible way .
5.
Yes, she was .
But she seldom talked in class .
6.
No , she
wasn‘t . Because something unfortunate happened to
her when she was eight .
7.
Because Mrs.
Flowers knew what had happened to her and wanted
to change her life .
8.
From what Mrs.
Flowers had done to her , she knew she was liked ,
which made a great
difference .
9.
Mrs. Flowers was the measure of what a
human being can be in the child‘s mind .
10.
No, they were not .
B.
Translate the
following into Chinese :
1.
Her skin was a
rich black that would have peeled like a plum if
snagged .
2.
Another Negro woman of her health and
age would have been expected to carry the paper
sacks home in one hand.
3.
Mrs. Flowers
walked in front swinging her arms and picking her
way over the stones .
4.
Words mean
more than what is set down on paper.
5.
It takes the
human voice to infuse words with the shades of
deeper meaning .
6.
She suggested
that I try to make a sentence sound in as many
different ways as possible .
7.
It occurred to
me that she expected a response .
8.
That in those
homely sayings was couched the collective wisdom
of generations .
1.
她的皮肤黝黑
< br>,
如果被尖锐的东西弄破
,
就会像李子皮一样剥落下来
.
2.
如果是另一位与她健康状况
/
年龄相仿的黑人妇女
,
就会自己把装好东西的纸袋拿回
家去
.
3.
弗劳尔斯夫人走在前边
,
摆动双臂
,
小心地躲开石头
.
4.
词的含义不止写在纸上的那些
.
5.
人的声音可以赋予它们更加深刻的含义
.
6.
她建议我尽量用不同的方法大声朗读同一个句子
.
7.
在我看来她期待我的回答
.
8.
她说这些质朴无华的话语表达了一代又一代人的集体智慧
.
C.
Fill in the blank in each sentence with
the best word or expression from the box below ,
changing its form when necessary
:
Infuse
the
measure
of
intolerant
let
alone
memorize
cascade
ruffle
couch
swirl
single
out
inclusive sop
1.
The wind
ruffled the surface of the lake .
2.
All the
children in the class did wrong , but David was
singled out for punishment .
3.
He can‘t even
read the alphabet ,
let alone speak the
language .
4.
His speech infused his countrymen with
patriotism .
5.
You are expected to memorize all the
transitive verbs in the text .
6.
She is the
measure of what a college student should
accomplish .
7.
He can‘t be a good manager . He is
intolerant of any criticisms about his
management .
8.
When it rained , water would cascade
down the hill .
D.
Choose
the
right
word
or
expression
in
the
brackets
to
complete
each
of
the
following
sentences :
1.
Students of
English are required to ( remember ,
memorize
) the listed 2,000
words .
2.
You should not be ( intolerable
,
intolerant
) of different
religious beliefs .
3.
He tried to (
infuse
, fill ) the awkward
situation with humor .
4.
We have a
sense of working towards a (
common
, ordinary ) goal .
5.
The virus can only be transmitted
through ( familiar ,
intimate
) contact .
6.
It suddenly (
happened ,
occurred
) to him
that he had worked for twelve hours without
eating anything . ]
7.
The
students
waited
in
(
respectable
,
respectful
)
silence
for
the
Nobel
Prize
winner
to
make
his speech .
8.
The children suffer most when their
parents ( divide ,
separate
) .
E . Explain the underlined words in
English :
1…..the lady who
threw me my first lifeline.
takes the human voice to infuse them
with the shades of deeper meaning .
followed
that Mrs. Flowers
would have ice on an ordinary day…
4.I was liked , and what a difference
it made .
1.
It occurred to me that she expected a
response .
2.
I didn‘t question why Mrs. Flowers had
singled me out for attention .
3.
That do my heart good to see settled
people take to you all .
Key E
1.
threw me the
rope to rescue me
2.
produce , put
3.
showed, indicated
4.
it made a
great difference
5.
came into my
mind
6.
selected , chose
7.
like
F. Translate the following
into English :
人类创造了语言
,
使语言成为人与人进行交流的工具
.
口头语言和书面语言一个不同之
处在于口头语言能用声音表达字所具有的细微的意义差别
.
弗劳尔斯朗读
<
< br>双城记
>
时就像
是在唱歌，
好听极了。
她
的朗读使我认识到语言的神奇。
弗劳尔斯太太送给我小说和诗集。
我从这些书中学到了人生的价值，
认识到了文学作品的语言是多么美。
Man
created
language .
It
was
man‘s
way
of
communicating
with
his
fellow
man .
The
difference between oral
and written language was that oral language could
take the human voice to
infuse it with
the shades of deeper meaning . Flowers was nearly
singing when she read A Tale of
Two
Cities .
It
sounded
beautiful .
Her
reading
made
me
realize
the
wonder
of
language.
Mrs.
Flowers gave me novels and poems . I
learned value of life from these books and
realized how
beautiful the language of
literature works was .
G
. Write a short passage of
150-
200words in English on the topic ―
The Lesson Mrs. Flowers
Teaches
Marguerite .‖you should cover the following
points:
1.
What Mrs. Flowers told her
2.
what she did
to influence her
3.
how she
skillfully and gently guided her out of a dead
alley into a world of knowledge and
enlightenment .
The Lesson Mrs. Flowers Teaches
Marguerite
For nearly a
year , Marguerite stopped round the house , the
store , the school and the church .
But
everything changed when she met Bertha Flowers .
Mrs. Flowers was the aristocrat of Black
Stamps .
One
summer
afternoon
,
she
stopped
at
the
store
to
by
provisions
and
then
invited
Marguerite to the home . She prepared
cookies and lemonade for her when they had a
little chat .
Mrs.
Flowers
appealed
to
Marguerite
because
she
was
one
of
the
few
gentlewomen
and
remained the measure of
what a human being could be . She told Marguerite
that language was
man‘s
way
of
communicating
with
his
fellow
man
and
langua
ge
alone
separated
him
from
the
lower
animals . She said words might mean more than what
was set down on paper and human
voice
could infuse them with deeper meaning . Mrs .
Flowers also read a book for her . It was like
poetry to her . She gave her some books
and asked her to read them aloud .
Mrs. Flowers also taught her a lesson
in living that day . She told her she should be
intolerant
of ignorance but
understanding of illiteracy . She encouraged
Marguerite to listen carefully about
what country people called mother wit .
What Mrs. Flowers had done
made a big difference . For the first time she
realized she was liked
and respected .
She was happy that she was allowed and invited
into the private lives of strangers .
When she left Mrs. Flowers‘ home ,
sh
e ran down the hill and had the good
sense to stop running
before she
reached the store.
Lesson Nine The
Trouble with Television
A
prominent anchorman warns of TV’s adverse effect
on America’s culture
By
Robert MacNeil
A.
Answer the
following questions on the text :
1.
Why is it
difficult for Americans to escape the influence of
television?
2.
What other things could a person
possibly have done in those hours spent on
watching TV ?
3.
In what way
does TV discourage concentration ?
4.
Why is the
appeal to the short attention span so important to
TV
5.
What does the author think is wrong
with TV news ?
6.
Why does the author say TV is
decivilizing ?
7.
Why does the author say that television
cannot provide right solutions to human
problems ?
8.
What
do you think is the author‘s purpose in
making this speech ?
Key
A
1.
Because they have spent too much time
on television . On the average , by the
age of 20 they will have been exposed
to at least 2,000 hours of television .
2.
They could
have got their
bachelor‘s degree or
become astronomers or
engineers . They
could have learned several languages fluently .
They could have read
Homer in the
original Greek or Dostoyevsky in Russian. They
could also have walked
around the world
and written a book about it .
3.
Television
encourage us to apply no effort . It seels us
instant gratification. It
diverts us
only to divert , to make the time pass without
pain .
4.
Because programmers fear of losing
anyone‘s attention. They keep everything
brief and provide constant stimulation
through variety , novelty , action and
movement in order to not to strain the
attention of anyone .
5.
It results in
inefficient communication . It tends to make
things ultimately
boring and
dismissable .
6.
Because TV tends to cultivate casual
assumptions that complexity must be
avoided , that visual stimulation is a
substitute for thought , that verbal precision is
an
anachronism .
7.
Because
everything about this nation has become more
complex . But TV sells
neat resolutions
to human problems that usually have no neat
resolutions .
8.
The author finds a lot of TV‘s adverse
effects on America‘s culture . He
suggests us to spend less time on TV
and do some important and constructive things
in this period of time.
B . Translate the following into
Chinese :
1.
The only things Americans do more than
watch television are work and sleep .
2.
Almost
anything interesting and rewarding in life
requires some constructive ,
consistently applied effort .
3.
The dullest , the least gifted of us
can achieve things that seem miraculous to
those who never concentrate on
anything.
4.
It has become fashionable to think that
, like fast food , fast ideas are the way to
get to a fast
–
moving , impatient public .
5.
It
may be old
–
fashioned , but
I was taught that thought is words , arranged in
grammatically precise ways .
6.
And , while I would not be so
simplistic as to suggest that television is the
cause , I believe it contributes and is
an influence.
7.
Where before has virtually an entire
nation surrendered itself wholesale to a
medium for selling ?
8.
if I am wrong
, we will have done no harm to look at the issue
skeptically and
critically , to
consider how we should be resisting it .
Key B
1.
美国人所做的
,
比看电视花费更长时
间的只是工作和睡觉
.
2.
几乎所有生活中有趣的和有益的
事都需要建设性的和不懈的努力。
3.
我们当中最笨的
/
最没有天赋的人所能做成的事情，
在那些从不集中精神
做任何事情的人看来简直就是奇迹。
4.
它已成为一种很时髦的想法，
就像快餐一样，
速成观念正是走入高
速活
动的急躁不安的公众的方法。
5.
这可能有些过时，
但我所受的教育是，
思想是准确语法排列的语言。
6.
尽管我还不会简单到认为电视是造成这一现象的主要原因，
但我认为它
起了一定的作用，
有一定的影响。
7.
以前什么时候把整个国家都交给新闻媒体了呢
8.
如果我错了，用怀疑和批判的眼光来看这件事，
考虑如何抵制它，
也不
会有什么害处。
C
．
Fill in the
blank in each sentence with the best word or
expression from the box
below ,
changing its form when necessary :
The least gifted divert statistically
speaking in place stimulus novelty skeptical
anachronism evade expose grammatical
assume
1.
If discovered , the soldiers hiding
down in the valley would be exposed to the
enemy ?s fire .
2.
Listening to
music diverts
her after a hard day‘s
work .
3.
The suspect tried to evade an important
question by saying he could not
remember .
4.
Statistically
speaking the number of births and deaths rise and
fall in nearly
parallel lines .
5.
It
is an anachronism to speak of Mark Twain as
satirizing people watching
Television .
6.
Under the stimulus of praise , the
students will work even harder .
7.
Staying up
late on the New Year‘s Eve was a
novelty to the children , and they
enjoyed it .
8.
If Mr. Pulman
were not a successful lawyer , he would be very
much in place as
a teacher .
the right word or
expression in the brackets to complete each of the
following sentences:
1.
The teacher (
allotted ,
divided
) the
children into several small groups for the
trip to the Palace Museum .
2.
Around mid-
night , she received a (
mysterious
, miraculous ) phone call from
someone she did not know of .
3.
Do
you think soil samples are (
obtainable
, absorbable )
from the Mars by an
unmanned aircraft
in the near future ?
4.
She was so
dear to him that he still kept her picture in a (
preeminent ,
prominent
)
position on his desk .
5.
A soft
background music will (
enhance
, increase ) a delicious meal
6.
He
was so disappointed when the manager said that his
plan was completely
(
dismissable
, disposable ).
7.
The baby
–
sitter
kept the kids ( accompanied ,
company
) until we got back
from the theater.
8.
will the
financial (
reverse
,
adverse ) prevent you from taking a holiday this
summer ?
E .
Explain the underlined words in English
:
1.
The viewer
is on a perpetual
guided tou
r…
2.
In short, a
lot of television usurps one of the most precious
of human gifts
…
3.
The surest way
to avoid doing so is …
not to strain
the attention of anyone
…
4.
Consider the
casual assumptions that television tends to
cultivate
:…
5.
…General
Sarnoff , or one of the other august pioneers of
videop …
6.
I think the technique fights coherence
.
7.
And , while I wound not be so
simplistic as to suggest that television is the
cause …
8.
Literacy may
not be an inalienable human right
…
Key
E.
1.A person guides us to
different places all the time .
ully takes one of the most valuable
talents of human being
to
exert anyone‘s all attertion
1.
TV intends to
make some undersigned assumptions
2.
the majestic
explorer on TV
3.
the way destroys consistency
4.
I
would not be simple
–
minded
to think
5.
Th
e ability to read and
write is not the human right that can‘t be taken
away .
F. Translate the
following into English :
人们的注意力跨度很短，
因此，
为抓住观众的注意力，
电视必须通过
多样化
/
新奇性
和动作不断地提供刺激
。
这样做的结果是，
新闻过于简短，不能提供有效的交流；
很多新
闻节目
就像
“
机关枪发射碎片
”
，破坏了思维的连贯性。这种迎合注意力跨度短的做法，
< br>还
会降低文化水平。避免了复杂性，也就牺牲了思考。
成年美国人中
“
功能性文盲
”
人数不断
增长，
他们甚至不知道如何回答招聘广告或读懂药瓶上的说明，
电视对此起码应负一部分
责任。
Key F
People have a short attention span . So
in order to capture the viewer‘s attention ,
television
must provide constant
stimulation through variety , novelty , action and
movement . The result of
doing so is
that news is too brief and results in inefficient
communication . Many news programs
are
like
―
machine
–gunning
with
scraps
―and
fight
coherence
of
appeal
to
the
short
attention
span
will
decivilize
as
well.
To
avoid
complexity
means
to
give
up
thinking .
The
―
functionally illiterates ― among adult Americans
are continually increasing . They even do not
know how to answer the want ad. Or
understand the instructions on a medicine bottle .
At least
television should be
responsible for part of it .
G
.write
a
short
passage
of
150-
200
words
on
the
topic
―
Do
You
Think
Television
Is
Decivilizing or
Enlightening ? You should cover the following
points :
1.A statement of
your points
arguments;
3.a supporting example for
each argument .
Key
G
Do you Think Television Is
Decivilizing or Enlightening
Television is very popular in our daily
life .
An investigation
shows that the only things Americans do more than
watch TV are work and
sleep . So it is
very difficult to escape the influence of
television .
Just
as
each
coin
has
two
sides
,
the
television
has
both
advantages
and
disadvantages .
It
depends on how you use it . If we don‘t
use it properly , it will have bad impact on us ,
such as
decivilizing people . People
will have less concentration and just use it for a
musement . People
have
calculated
what
can
use
that
time
to
get
a
bachelor‘s
degree
,
or
learn
several
languages
fluently or walk
around the world and write a book about it .
On the other hand , if we
make good use of TV
, we can benefit a
lot of from it . Some programs on
TV
can
broaden
our
views
and
give
us
more
knowledge
.
we
can
know
more
things
about
the
world . We are
enlightened by the television .
Lesson Ten The Tenth Man
By Graham Greene
A.
Answer the
following questions on the text :
1.
Where and when
did the story take place ?
2.
What had
happened to two German soldiers and a French girl
?
3.
What did the Germans decide to do as a
retaliation ?
4.
Did anyone volunteer to die
?
5.
What did they finally agree to do in
order to choose three men to be killed next
moring ?
6.
Who got the
three death draws ?
7.
How
differently did they act when they got the death
draws ?
8.
What did Chavel decide to do to save
his life ?
Key A
1.
The story took
place in a cell at three the next afternoon .
2.
They were murdered .
3.
They decided
to shoot three Frenchmen in the camp as a
retaliation .
4.
No, No one volunteered .
5.
They agreed to
draw lots to choose three men to be killed next
morning .
6.
Voisin, Lenotre and Chavel got the
three death draws .
7.
Voisin gazed
at it with astonishment . He sat down and felt for
a cigarette , but
when he got it
between his lips he forgot to light it .
Lenotre sat down against
the wall next to Voisin and drew out a writing pad
to
write home .
Chavel threw the slip upon the ground
and cried . Then he implored others to die
for him . He would give a hundred
thousand francs to the person who would die for
him .
8. He
decided to implore another man to die for him and
give him a hundred
thousand francs .
B.
Translate the following into Chinese
:
1.
He spoke abruptly so as to give the
impression of a strength he did not possess.
2.
The clerk prepared the draw ,
sacrificing for it one of his letters from home.
3.
They shuffled the pieces on the floor
and then dropped them into the shoe .
4.
One couldn‘t
mock the condemned man by any sign of relief
.
5.
….and a sense of grievance nagged at
his mind when the tenth man had drawn.
6.
This time
chavel felt no joy even though the elusive odds
were back again
overwhelmingly in his
favour at fifteen to one .
7.
From that
point the odds seemed to move toward Chavel with a
dreadful
inevitability .
8.
He drew one
out of the shoe and then feeling certain that this
one had been
willed on him by his
companions and contained the penciled cross he
threw it back
and snatched another .
Key B.
1.
他讲话很突然
< br>,
想给人一种气力很足的印象
,
而实际上没有丝毫气度。
2.
老职员牺牲了一封家里来信，
开始准备签。
3.
他们把这些纸条在地上混合起来，
放入鞋中。
4.
没有人用得到宽慰的任何表示来使将要被枪毙的人失望。
5.
当第十个人抽完后，
一种怨恨感困扰着他。
6.
尽管他抽到死签的可能性是
15
比
1
，
对他极为有利此时查维尔没有感到
一点儿高
兴。
7.
从那时开始，死签对于查维尔来说越来越可怕，越来越不可避免。
8.
他从鞋中抽出一张，
感到这张是他的同伴的意志强加给他的，
带有铅笔
划的十叉，
又把它扔了回去，
抓了另一张。
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