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1、Unit 10 The Idiocy of Urban LifeText comprehensionI. BII. Judge1. F2. F3. T4. T5. F6. TIII. IV. Explain1. Rats make city life courteous and refined when they dominate the city deep at night.2. City dwellers create all kinds of city vogues in the country, for they will not live without these fashiona
2、ble things.3. These windows are disgraceful because they put the lives of office workers in danger if a fire should occur.4. A lawn in the backyard and a few spindle-shaped trees struggling for life are not enough to give the dweller any true sense of the season changes.VocabularyI. 1. doing propaga
3、nda work printing lies on paper 2. fierce competition among people 3. foolishness stupidity 4. senseless turmoil 5. something disgraceful 6. people with bent shouldersII. 1. knowledge2. simulation3. insolence4. urban5. scurry6. congregation7. compensate8. rat raceIII. 1. idiotic2. urbanity3. solitar
4、y4. exerted5. insolent6. grieved7. lunatic8. habitatIV. 1. B2. C3. C4. A5. B6. A7. A8. BV. 1. bearing stance 2. impolite rude, ill-mannered 3. friendly social sociable 4. modestly timidly gently 5. smelly stinking foul malodorous 6. thin lanky 7. accept respect 8. strangelyVI. 1. somewhere away from
5、 a studio, office, library or laboratory where practical work is done or data is collected2. support3. seemingly4. unconscious5. very happy6. ask forVocabularyI. 1. It was Harry who told the police2. It was I who told him the news.3. It was Susan who would like to read some detective stories. It was
6、 some detective stories that Susan would like to read.4.It is only when one is ill that one realizes the value of health.5. It was John who painted a lovely picture.It was a lovely picture that John painted.6. It was Galileo who invented the telescope.It was the Telescope that Galileo invented. 7.It
7、 was Toms mother who threw an egg at the minister yesterday.It was an egg that Toms mother threw at the minister yesterday.It was at the minister that Toms mother threw an egg yesterday.It was yesterday that Toms mother threw an egg at the minister.8.It was Bill who released the chairmans illness to
8、 the reporters at the party last night.It was the chairmans illness that Bill released to the reporters at the party last night. It was at the party that Bill released the chairmans illness to the reporters last night. It was last night that Bill released the chairmans illness to the reporters at th
9、e party.II. 1.Do be civil this time.2.Even the victims themselves cant explain how the accident occurred. 3.John I can comprehend; but the others speak gibberish.4.Ambitious she must have been, or she wouldnt have come.5.His face not many admired, while his character still fewer could praise.6.They
10、have promised to finish the work, and finish it they will.7.Hidden in the cellar were several barrels of wine. It was several barrels of wine that were hidden in the cellar.8.What he was doing was making a plan.III. 1.No, what I said was that I wanted you to fill the boxes with these books.2.No, wha
11、t I did was to invite her to my house instead.3.No, what I thought was that he was going on his own.4.No, what I did was to repair the old one.5.No, what I did was to phone the managing director directly.6.No, what Id like you to work on is Exercise Two.7.No, what I meant was that I will text-messag
12、e you when I get there.8.No, what I did was to send them some home-made cakes.IV. 1. People say that Byron lived on vinegar and potatoes.2. They were towing the damaged ship into harbour when the towline broke.3. They are lengthening the runways at all the main airports.4. Experts have proved that t
13、his scientific theory is false.5. Get a builder to put in a lift and then you wont have to climb up all these stairs.6. Our opponents must have started this rumour.7. The authorities put this sip into quarantine and forbade passengers and crew to land.8. People say that early Egyptian and Greek sold
14、iers used carrier pigeons.V.1. The door wont lock.2. the door hasnt been locked.3. His new novel sells well.4. the girl doesnt photograph well.5. he has not been photographed well.6. this material doesnt dye well.7. The flat is to let.8. the railway divides here into two lines.Translation1.Translate
15、 the following sentences into Chinese.1. 偶爾從寂靜中開來一輛汽車， 在閃爍的交通燈下輕巧地駛過。2. 他們不遺余力地讓城里人想象自己現(xiàn)在住的地方?jīng)Q不是城市：在較為現(xiàn)代化的城郊鋪上幾塊草坪， 在更為富裕的遠郊， 草坪的面積更大。3. 即使城市居民在他們郊區(qū)的家外面能知道有時天氣熱了，有時天氣冷了，但僅憑他們的后院的草坪或幾棵半死不活的小樹，他們是無法知道季節(jié)更迭的真正節(jié)奏的。4. 城里人日復(fù)一日地生活在非現(xiàn)實之中， 自命不凡，舉止愚蠢，他們即使在趕路時也是步履沉重，他們從不仰視他們的建筑，更不會仰望天空。恰恰是這種生活使他們帶者傲慢的神情蔑視和譏諷 供養(yǎng)
16、他們的鄉(xiāng)下人的有益且有回報的生活。II. Translate the following sentences into English, using the words or phrases given in the brackets.1. The government promises that it will spare no effort to support our environmental protection projects.2. She had no knowledge of Chinese history, geography and culture before she
17、came to China.3. The fire that broke out in the kindergarten endangered 23 childrens lives.4. We tried our best to head him off the topic, because we knew he would reveal confidential information.5. The sonorous voice of the speaker is echoing round the hall.6. Industry and loyalty sometimes compens
18、ate for the lack of ability.7.As far as I know, he was one of the few people who got out of the rat race.8.He left a few men behind to clean up the last of the enemy positions.III. . Translate the following passage into Chinese.為什么那么多人十分急切地希望離開自己從小長大的小城鎮(zhèn)或村莊，奔向大都市呢？他們常說自己的家鄉(xiāng)“枯燥無味”，或是“死氣沉沉”，或是做苛刻地指責(zé)他“
19、土里吧如果我們超越一點來研究這個問題，就象我們們遠距離地審視整個國家一樣，我們對到底 是什么到大城市來這個問題就會有一點眉目了。大城市值得注意的主要一點就是“大”：人多，發(fā)生的事情也多。如果你真正從一個很遠的距離。如夜晚航行的飛機上，俯視一座城市，你會被眼前難以置信的明亮所打動：那么多的燈光，以至于你會情不自禁地以為五彩繽紛的生活就在下面向你招手。然而，一旦你落地，失望之情便會油然而生，因為當(dāng)你驅(qū)車從機場駛?cè)胧兄行恼f，你會意識到光明不過是綿延幾英里的路燈和 虹招牌。他們本身并非是快樂與幸福的源泉。城市之光并不友善，僅僅只是燈光而已。事實上，其效果或許還讓你感到孤獨和寂寞。I. Dictatio
20、n.In one sense,/ we can trace all the problems of the American city/ back to a single starting point;/ we Americans dont like our cities very much./That is,/ on the face of it,/ absurd. / After all,/ more than three-fourths of us now live in cities,/ and more are flocking to them every year. / We ar
21、e told/ that the problems of our cities/ are receiving more attention in Washington,/ and scholarship has discovered a whole new field in urban studies. /Nonetheless,/ it is historically true:/ in the American psychology,/ the city has been a basically suspect institution,/ filled with the corruption of Europe,/ totally lacking that sense of spaciousness/ and innocence of the frontier/ and the rural landscape.II. Fill in each blank in the passage below with ONE appropriate word.1. as 2. with 3. While 4. much 5. farming 6. still 7. for 8. rural
大學(xué)英語綜合教程4第二版(上海外語教育出版社)unit10-the idiocy of urban life 課后練習(xí)答案
