综合教程6unit9答案

1、Unit Nine: How to Grow OldTEXT COMPREHENSIONIV. Explain in your own words the following sentences taken from the text.1. The other thing one should avoid is being emotionallyattached to young people,from whom one hopes to draw en ergy and vigor.2. and it is in this area of impersonal interests(such

2、as academic and artisticin terests) that the wisdom you have accumulated in your life can be practicedwithout putt ing any pressure on your childre n and gra ndchildre n.LANGUAGE WORKI. Expla in the un derl ined parts in each sentence in your own words.1) . Although both my parents died young, I hav

3、e done well in this respect as regards my other an cestorswith reference to/relat ing to2) . Of remoter ancestors I can only discover one who did not live to a great age,and he died of a disease which is now rare, n amely, having his head cut off.ancestors who lived a long time ago; specifically3) .

4、 She used to relate how she met in Italy an elderly gentleman who was looking very sad.tell4) . I have seventy-two grandchildren, and if I were sad each time I parted from oneof them, I should have a dismal existence!bid farewell to/were separated from; a miserable life5) . I n ever do anything what

5、ever on the gro und that it is good for health, thoughin actual fact the thi ngs I like doing are mostly wholesome. for the reas on that; healthful6) . Psychologically there are two dan gers to be guarded against in old age.we should preve nt from happe nin g/we should watch out for7) . . you are li

6、kely to become a burde n to them, uni ess they are unu sually callous.heartless/i ndiffere nt8) . I n the young there is a justification for this feeli ng.good reason9) . And if, with the decay of vitality, weari ness in creases, the thought of rest will not be un welcome.tired ness10) . The best wa

7、y to overcome it . is to make your in terests gradually wider andmore impers on al,un tilbit by bit the walls of the ego recede, and your life becomesincreasingly merged in the universal life.what distinguishesyour own self from others gradually disappears or becomesless and l ess distinet; becomes

8、increasinglyone with/becomesincreasinglyble nded with4. Expla in the meaning of the un derl ined part in each sentence.1) . We owe it to our desce ndants to leave them a clea n world to live in.future gen erati on s/childre n and gran dchildre n2) . I think next time we n eed any decorat ing we ll g

9、et it doneprofessi on ally.by skilled people3) . Her absorptio n in her work is so great that she thinks about nothing else.en grossme nt in, or preoccupati on with her work4) . Con ti nued rapid growth in con sumer spe nding will suck in more imports.draw in/en courage5) .1 m not very good where mo

10、ney is concerned.whe n deali ng with money6) . Taxpayers should claim as manyallowable expenses as possible against their taxed in come.expe nses on which no taxes are paid7) . Her actions were quite justifiable in the circumsta nces.There was a good reas on for her actions8) . He won t beconten ted

11、un til he s upset every one in the office.satisfied9) . On his wall he has a poster of Maril yn Mon roe, her lips forever parted inan ticipati on.separated/ope n10) . I suspect he cheats the taxman.avoids pay ing taxes by using illegal methodsTRANSLATIONI. Tran slate the follow ingsenten ces into En

12、 glish, using the words or phrases give nin brackets.1) .她与他在一起生活度日艰难。(existe nee)She had a hard existe nee with him.2) .至于你刚才提出的问题，我将另外撰文回答。 (as regards)As regards the questio ns you raised just no w, I will an swer them in ano ther article.3) .这听起来也许很无情，但我才不在乎他是否无家可归呢。(callous)It might sound callo

13、us, but I don t care if he s homeless.4) .他对老板的尊敬几乎到了低声下气的地步。(abject)He is almost abject in his respect for his boss.5) .痛苦的记忆渐渐从她脑海里消退。(recede)The painful memories gradually receded in her mind.6) .我们应该避免对他们的挑衅作出过度的反应。(guard aga inst)We should guard aga inst overreact ions to their provocati on.7)

14、.你最好关心关心自己的事而不是我的事！(concern on eself with)You d better concern yourself with your own bus in ess and not mine!8) .该影片是一部有益的家庭娱乐剧。(wholesome)The film is good wholesome family en terta inment.9) .学校中止了给那位学生提供的助学金，理由是他去年的成绩不够好。(on the grou ndthat)The uni versity has stopped provid ing finan cial suppor

15、t to that stude nt on thegro und that his performa nee in the past year was not good eno ugh.10) .为了帮助那些国有小公司渡过经济危机，政府把它们合并成为一家大公司。(merge)The government merged those small state-owned firms into a large company in order to help them survive the econo mic crisis.II. Tran slate the follow ing passage

16、into En glish.My mother, dead now to this world but still roam ing free in my mind, wakes me some mornings before daybreak. “ If there s one thing I can t stand, it s aquitter. ”I have heard her say that all my life. Now, l ying in bed, coming awake in the dark, I feel the fury of her en ergy fighti

17、 ng the good-for- nothing idler with in me who wants to go back to sleep in stead of tackli ng the brand-new day.SilentlyI protest: I amnot a child anymore. I have made something. of myself.I am en titled to sleep late.“Russell, you ve got no more gumption than a bump on a log. ”She has houn ded me

18、with these battle cries since I was a boy in short pan ts.“ Make someth ing of yourself!”“ Don t be a quitter! ”“ Have a little ambiti on, Buddy. ”参考译文我母亲早已不在人世，但她仍时时自由地浮现在我心中，有时早晨天还未亮就把我唤 醒.“我最最不能容忍的就是半途而废的人。”我一生不断听到她说这句话。此时此刻，我躺在床上，在黑暗中慢慢醒来，想重回梦乡而不愿直面崭新的一天，我感觉到了她正怒气冲冲地与我体内那个没出息的懒汉奋力斗 争。”我默默地抗议道：我已

19、经不是孩子了。我已经小有成就，我有资格睡懒觉。“罗素，你一点进取心也没有，和二流子简直没什么两样。”从我还是个穿着短裤的孩提时代起她就一直用这些话激励我前进：“你要混出个人样来！”“不要半途而废 ! ”“要有点志气，孩子。IV. Chinese Translation of Paragraphs1. 与本文的标题相反， 本文真正要谈的是如何才能不老， 在我这个年纪， 这才是更为重要 的主题。我的第一条忠告是，选准了祖先再投胎。 尽管我双亲都是英年早逝，我选择的其他 祖先还是不错的。诚然，我的外祖父在 67 岁正值盛年的时候去世，但另外 3 位祖辈都活到 了 80 多岁。更前的祖辈中，我发现只有

20、一位没能长寿，他死于现今罕见的死因，即遭斩首。 我有位曾祖母是吉本的朋友，在 92 岁去世之前始终令子孙们敬畏不已。我的外祖母所生的 孩子中 9 个活了下来， 1 个幼年夭折，此外她还有过多次流产。守寡以后，她便立即投身于 女子高等教育事业之中。 她是格顿学院的创办人之一， 为了使女性能进入医生职业， 她付出 了很多心血。 她过去经常讲起她在意大利遇到的一位神情悲伤的老年绅士。她询问起他悲伤的缘故，他说因为他刚刚送走了两个孙儿女。“天哪！”她嚷道，“我有72 个孙儿女，要是我每送走一个都如此悲伤，那我一生就会是凄凉的！” 他则回答说：“你这狠心的女人 啊！”但作为她 72 个孙儿女中的一员，我

21、则更喜欢她的处世方法。 80 岁时她发现自己有些 难入睡， 于是她养成了午夜至凌晨 3点阅读科普书籍的习惯。 我想她根本无暇注意到自己在 衰老。 我认为这正是保持年轻的良方。只要你兴趣广泛且强烈，有你还能做得了的事情，就 不必为自己已经活了多少年这种纯粹的数字问题而伤神，更不必去想你来年无多的可能性。2. 至于健康，由于我很少得病，所以提不出什么有用的建议。我想吃就吃，想喝就喝， 想睡就睡。 我做任何事情从来不是因为它对健康有益， 尽管实际上我爱做的事通常都是有益 健康的。3. 从心理上说，老年人要防止两种危险。其一是过分沉湎于往事。人不能生活在回忆当 中，也不能生活在对美好过去的惋惜或者对已故友人的哀痛之中。 一个人应当把心思放在未 来、放在自己还可以有所作为的事情上。 这并不总是那么容易做到的， 因为往事的分量会不 断增加。人们很容易觉得过去自己的情感比现在更活跃，思想比现在更加敏锐。果真如此， 那就该忘掉它；可要是忘得掉的话，那很可能就不是真的。4. 另一件要避免的事是依恋年轻人，期望从他们的勃勃生机中获得活力。子女们长大之 后，就想过自己的生活。 如果你还像子女小时那样关注他们， 你就会成为他们的累赘， 除非 他们异常麻木不仁。我倒不是说对子女不应予以关注，而是说这种关注应该保留在思想中； 可能的话， 还应该宽仁， 而不是过分感情用事。动物的幼崽一旦可以独