英语自考高级英语阅读教程(下)泛读三复习要点

1、Unit 1 University and Their Function Text A 词汇 superfluous :多余的 faculty :教职员工 justification :正当的理由 preserve :保持 zest :激情 arise from :来自 transform : change 改变 en ergize as: catalyst 激励 divorce illuminate :富于启发的 in great measure slight: little weld: comb ine peda nt：老学究 reflection :思考 flin ch: draw ba

2、ck 退缩 en gage :从事 modes: kinds in terlock ing: in terwove n相互交织impart :传授elicit : bring outbe consistent with : 与一致feeble : weak temperate :温和的 construe : explain hamper :阻碍 acquisition :控制力 assertion :断言 in obedienee to : according to fatigue : tired reliability : trustobstinacy: stubbornness 固执let

3、ters: artsprolong : long period ofdull :迟钝drudgery: uninteresting hard work 苦差工 rule of thumb :凭经验binding forces: unity 团结的力量句子释义1、It is en ergiz ing as the poet of out dreams , and as the architect of our purpose.A: If taught imaginatively, students will be able to associate a pure fact with variou

4、s meaning, see ing a fact as an age nt that can bring out our dreams in a poetic fashi on and help arrange our purpose into orderly structure.2、It en able man to con struct an in tellectual visi on of a new world , and it preserves the zest of life by the suggesti on of satisfy ing purposes.A: Peopl

5、e with imagination will be able to form a new outlook which is different from that of people without imagination .Imagination is capable of preserving people's enthusiasm for life because it can show people that life has many purposes which can be pleas ing.3、It requires that discipline of chara

6、cter which can say -yes II and -no II to other men , not by reas on of bli nd obst inacy ,but with firmn ess derived from a con scious evaluati on of releva nt alter natives.A :A firm character should be able to decide to say -yes II or -no II to other's point of view after taking all releva nt

7、choices into careful con siderati on .Such a decisi on is made out of un reas on able stubbor nn ess.4、The con duct of bus in ess now requires in tellectual imagi nati on of the same type as that which in former times has mainly passed into those other occupations .A: In the past , intellectual imag

8、ination was required of professionals such as the priests the lawyers ,the statesmen ,the doctors , the men of science and arts as mentioned above in their work. Now business people should be able to apply this kind of imagination into their work ,too .5、There is no reason why business men , and oth

9、er professional men ,should not pick up their facts bit by bit as they want them for particular occasions.A: Imagination and facts are not mutually exclusive . People trained in imagination should be able to pick up facts when necessary.问答1、primary function of university : imaginative teaching and l

10、earning.2、How does imagination throw light on the facts ？eliciting the general principlesan intellectual survey of alternative possibilitiesbuild an intellectual vision of new worldpreserve the zest of life3、Analyze the relationship between imagination and experience.Youth is imaginationIf the imagi

11、nation be strengthened by discipline, it can in great measure be persevered though life. Tragedy is who are imaginative is to weld these two.4、What knowledge are you supposed to acquire?Psychologies of population engaged in differing modes of occupation.5、How prevent prolonged routine work from dull

12、ing our imagination?A ： Promoting the imaginative consideration of the various general principles underlying that career.翻译1、The universities are schools of education, and schools of research. But the primary reason for their existence is not to be found either in the mere knowledge conveyed to the

13、students or in the mere opportunities for research afforded to the members of the faculty.T: 大学是实施教育的机构，也是进行研究的机构。但大学之所以存在，主要原因并不在于 仅仅向学生们传播知识，也不在于仅向教师们提供研究的机会。2、The justification for a university is that it preserves the connection between knowledge and the zest of life, by uniting the young and th

14、e old in the imaginative consideration of learning.T: 大学存在的理由是，它使青年和老年人融为一体，对学术进行充满想象力的探索，从而 在知识和追求生命的热情之间架起了桥梁。3、A fact is no longer a bare fact: it is invested with all its possibilities. It is no longer a burden on the memory: it is energizing as the poet of our dreams, and as the architect of ou

15、r purposes.T: 当一个事实不再是简单的事实：它具有了自身所有的各种可能性，它不再是记忆的一个负担：他充满活力，像诗人一样激发了我们的能像，像设计师为我们制定目标。4、The tragedy of the world is that those who are imaginative have but slight experience, and those who are experienced have feeble imagination. The task of a university is to weld together imagination and experien

16、ce.T: 人类的悲剧在于，那些富有想象力的人缺少经验，而那些有经验的人则想象力贫乏。愚 人没有知识却凭想象办事； 书呆子缺乏想象力但凭知识行事。 而大学的任务就是将想象力和 经验融为一体。5、We need not flinch from the assertion that the main function of such a school is to produce men with a greater zest for business.T: 我们无需害怕这样的说法，即一所商业学校的主要作用就是培养具有较高经商热情的人 才。6、It requires an imaginative u

17、nderstanding of laws of political economy, not merely in the abstract, but also with the power to construe them in terms of the particular circumstances of a concrete business.T: 它需要充满想象力去理解政治经济学的原理，不仅仅从理论上，还要具备根据具体商业 活动的特殊情况解释这些原理的能力。7、 It requires that discipline of character which can say -yes Ha

18、nd -no IIto other men, not by reason of relevant alternatives.T: 它需要对人的性格进行那样的训练，使他对周围的人做出“是”或“否”的回答时不是 出于盲目的固执，而是出于对相关可选择的方案进行自觉评价后得到的明确答案。8、In any large organization the younger men, who are novices, must be set to jobs which consis in carrying out fixed duties in obedience to orders.T: 在任何一种庞大的组织

19、中，那些比较年轻的新手必须从事这样一类工作：遵照他人的吩 咐去做固定工作。9、 There can be no criticism of the custom, but there may be an unfortunate effectprolonged routine work dulls the imagination.T: 对这种符合惯例的做法不会有任何批评，但它却可能导致一种不幸的后果 长时间按固 定的程序使人的想象力变得迟钝。Text Bfacile of speech : able to express oneself easily in fluent languageUnit

20、2 Mother TongueText A 词汇variations: changessteering : give advise to 指导fascinated : 被迷住disprove : 证明是错switch : changeenroll ：注册intimacy ：亲密freelancer ：自由撰稿人quote :弓丨用 transcribed :抄写 show up : turn up un true con verse :talk with ease :freely wince : flinch 退缩 perception : view point 感觉 be ashamed o

21、f sth / to do sth reflect :反映 adolesce nt : very young whisperi ng loudly :矛盾修辞 routine :例行共事 benign :良性的 budge :屈服 peers : people of the same age block out of :挡住quandary :窘境 envision :想象 watered-dow n: weak and not effective intent :打算 counted :起作用 verdict :观点evoke : sum mon up 弓丨起lengthy: longado

22、pt :收养belie : show sth to be untrue 使成为谎言 cash out :兑现behold: lookinsular :孤立的override : replacefor lack ofimpeccable :无可挑剔的句子释义1、It has become our Ianguage of intimacy.A : The kind of broke n En glish my mother uses has bee n used in the family whe n me talk about our pers onal matters.2、My mother

23、'expressive comma nd of En glish belies how much she actually un dersta nds.A : My mother ' broken English often gives people an impression that she knows little , but in fact she un dersta nds a lot.3、Whereas, for me at least , the answers on English test were always a judgment call ,a matt

24、er of opinion and pers onal experie nee.A: In my opinion , a questi on in Ian guage tests should not have just one correct an swer ; in stead , it requires the exam in ees to make a judgme nt express an opinion and relate the questi on to their personal experience . In other words , a Ianguage quest

25、ion could have multiple answer.4、I could not block out of my mind the images .A: Although I knew the tests meant to use un set is to ni ght fall llto imply a logical relati on ship rather tha n con crete images , I could n 'help imagi ning beautiful pictures of sun set and ni ghtfall.5、I had suc

26、ceeded where it counted .A: I had succeeded in respects which I deemed important.问答1、power of Ianguage : the way it can evoke an emotion , a visual image , a complex idea , or a simple truth . Lan guage is the tool of my trade.1、What about the feature of Tan 's talk give large people and her mot

27、her?Large people : carefully wrought grammatical phrases ,nominalized forms , past perfect tenses , conditional phrases.Her mother : vivid , direct , full of observation and imagery ,broken or fractured English.2、Tow examples imply for new immigrants with littleEnglish proficiency : discrimination f

28、rom main stream of society.4、 her mother 's English had limited her possibilities in life ,why?A person 's developing language skills are more influenced by peers.5、 the most important and favorable role her mother had played : build the style of her language .翻译1、In this essay, Tan tries to

29、 legitimize Chinese American English, the language spoken by her mother, as simply another American dialect and says that it should not be called -broken English. II T: 在这篇文章中，唐试图赋予中式英语合法性，她母亲所说的英语不能被称为是不规范的 英语，而应该认为这仅仅是又一种美国方言。2、I spend a great deal of my time thinking about the power of language t

30、he way it can evoke an emotion, a visual image, a complex idea, or a simple truth. Language is the tool of my trade.T: 花了很长的时间思考语言的魔力 它可以激发感情，启发视觉图像，一个复杂的观念， 或者是一个简单的真理，语言是我的事业的工具。3、And it was perhaps the first time she had heard me give a lengthy speech, using the kind of English I have never used

31、with her.T: 也许这是她是第一次听我做这种冗长的演讲，而且使用一种和她交谈用的所截然不同的 英语。4、You should know that my mother's expressive command of English belies how much she actually understands.T: 你应该知道我母亲对英语的出色的领悟能力掩饰了了她真正懂得多少。5、We had assurances the CAT scan would be found, promises that a conference call on Monday would be he

32、ld, and apologies for any suffering my mother had gone through for a most regrettable mistake.T: 我们被承诺扫描图会找到，并且星期一会举行电话会议，并且对由于令人遗憾的错误所 带给母亲的痛苦表示歉意。6、I think my mother 's English almost had an effect on limiting my possibilities in life as well.T: 我想母亲的英语在某种程度上也限制了我生活上的可能性。7、Whereas, for me at l

33、east, the answers on English tests were always a judgment call, a matter of opinion and personal experience.T: 而英语测试，至少对于我来说，是一个评价性的，这是一个关于意见和个人经历的事物。8、Fortunately, I happen to be rebellious in nature and enjoy the challenge of disproving assumptions made about me.T: 幸运的是，我天性反叛，喜欢挑战那些关于我的不同的看法。Text

34、B be out on a limb : be in a difficult , awkward , or vulnerable position pass himself off as a sympathetic alter ego : pretend to be a sympathetic friend.Unit 3 The Problem of HappinessText A 词汇 myriad ： countless communion ：交流 distinction : different romping : playing 欢闹 unintelligible ：难以理解的 proc

35、eed from contriving : plotting 谋划 scrutiny : close examination deep research begged ： avoid endeavor : effort 努力 assuming ：猜想 to the fore : conspicuous 前沿 theology: 神学 vain : 徒劳的content topagan ：无神论者ultimate ：最终的 expiring : dying 消失retain :保留in one'spreoccupation with ：obsession 全神贯注 laymen :门外汉

36、详尽的研究 loaf : loiter 游手好闲contemplation : deep thought 沉思 proceed to : go on 进行 decidedly : definitely 明确地 presume :假定 eternal : after die recede : 下降uncalled-for : neither desirable nor necessary 没有必要讨论的vaguest :模糊的divinesufficient :足够的project vt. : showconfine :限制stretch : extend 拉长convincing :确信sal

37、vation: the act of saving a person's soul or, the state of being saved, from sin and its consequences.句子释义1 、 This classification between material and spiritual pleasures is therefore confusing , unintelligible and untrue for me .A: I find the ideas of classifying pleasures as material for and s

38、piritual unclear, unexplainable and unfactual.2、Such an end or purpose of life , consisting in its true enjoyment , is not so much a conscious purpose , as a natural attitude toward human life.A: Such an end or purpose of life, represented in its true enjoyment, suggests less a conscious endeavor-en

39、deavor to achieve than a free attitude -reedom to order one ' life.3、Philosophers who start out to solve the problem of the purpose of life beg the question by assuming that life must have a purpose.A: Philosophers who begin with the intention to work out the problem of the purpose of life fail

40、to prove they are right by assuming that life must have a purpose.4、Everything that we think God has in mind necessarily proceeds from our own mind.A: Everything we think God could think of inevitably results from our own thoughts.5、Every man projects his own conceptions and his own scales of values

41、.A: Every man introduces his own thoughts and his own desirable of values 。问答1、What is the author 's opinion about the two classes of enjoyment ? How do you justify that? They are material and spiritual.This classification between material and spiritual pleasures is thereforeconfusing, unintelli

42、gibleand untrue for me. It proceeds, I suspect, from a false philosophy, sharply dividing the spirit from the flesh, and not supported by a closer direct scrutiny of our real pleasures.2、How should we form a view of the universe in right way ?If we must have a view of the universe, let us forget our

43、selves and not confine it to human life.Let 's stretch it a little and include in our view the purpose of the entire creation-the rocks, the trees and the animals. It is enough that he has a place, and by living in harmony with nature around hin, he will be able to from a workable and reasonable

44、 outlook on human life itself.3、Why does the author conceive the purpose of human life as a practical question instead of a metaphysical one?I have always assumed that the end of living is the true enjoyment of it. Such an end or purpose of life, consisting in its true enjoyment, is not so much a co

45、nscious purpose as a natural attitude toward human life.As far as the second question is concerned, the point of dispute is not what is, but what should be, the purpose of human life, and it is therefore a practical, and not a metaphysical question.4、purpose of life: enjoy the life翻译1 、 This classif

46、ication between material and spiritual pleasures is therefore confusing, unintelligible and untrue for me. It proceeds, I suspect, from a false philosophy, sharply dividing the spirit from the flesh, and not supported by a closer direct scrutiny of our real pleasures.T: 所以在我看来，物质上的欢乐和精神上的欢乐，它的分别是紊乱的

47、，不易分辨的，不真 确的。 我疑心这种分类是根据于一种错误的哲学理论， 把美和肉严加分别， 而并没有将我们 真正欢乐直接严密研究一下子以为证明。2、Such an end or purpose of life, consisting in its true enjoyment, is not so much a conscious purpose as a natural attitude toward human life.T: 因为这种包含真正享受它的目的，大抵不是发自有意的，而是一种人生的自然态度。3、On the contrary, I rather think that philos

48、ophers who start out to solve the problem of the purpose of life beg the question by assuming that life must have a purpose.T: 在另一面讲，我剧的哲学家们在企图判明这个人生目的问题时，他们心中大概假定人生 必有一种目的。4、Into this question of what should be the purpose of human life, every manprojects hid ownconceptions and his own scale of val

49、ues.T: 对于人生的目的“应该是什么”这个问题，每个人都有他自己的观念和评价。5、What can be the end of human life except the enjoyment of it?T:这是人生的目的除了去享受人生外，还有什么呢？6、 If we must have a view of the uni verse, let us forget ourselves and not confine it to huma n life.T:我们如果必须要有一个宇宙观的话，就让我们把自己忘掉，不要把那宇宙限制于人类生 活的范围之内。Text BUnit 4 Remember

50、the FarmText Aflocking out of :蜂拥 weird :奇怪的 scampered :快跑 at the word :很快 melancholy gloom :灰暗 piped up :叽叽喳喳 fragrant :香的 tramping: walk 跋涉 wholesomely :身心愉快 over lade n:满载的 luminous :发光的争抢 得到 诱人词汇sole mn twilight:肃穆的黄昏 faint: weak 淡的 shee n：光泽foliage :一簇的树叶 muffled :低沉的 glimpse :一看 scurrying :急赶

51、blessed: delighted 愉快的 vault: sky fringe: edge 边缘 ploughed through :艰难地跋涉scramble for: struggle or contend frantically in order to get something privileged ni ghts : those special evenings of the holidays come by: get prize: first-classinviting: temptingenchanting :着迷boil down :熬浓a luxury fit for th

52、e elect: the best part that goes to the pers on sin gled out for the special treatme nt dispositio n: temperame nt 脾气in coni unction with : 结合juggle: deal with 对付thump:重击 privileged ni ghts: those special evenings of the holidayscreep joy 毛骨悚然stole over:弥漫 the game was tread: the hun ted ani mal was

53、 forced up a treesung:温暖的fired :引起cozy :舒坦 curb: controlsend down : 使 下降句子释义1、Let bigots say what they will.A: Let those who bli ndly believe in their ideas just say what they want to say, I would just hold my own opinions.2、For I have been there.A: I once was at that age and had experie need that f

54、eeli ng just like that boy.3、I know the taste of the watermelon which has been honestly come by, and I know the taste of the watermelon which has been acquired by art. Both taste good, but the experienced know which tastes best.A: I know clearly of different flavors of watermelon gained through diff

55、erent channels, among which, the flavor of the watermelon obtained by stealing tops the list.4、I know the disposition of elderly people to select the specked apples for the children, and I once knew ways to beat the game.A: I understand the old people always want to feel the children and offer them

56、apples with specks, so I once recognized their tricks and managed to get good apples.5、How often I regretted that I was well enough to go.A: I frequently felt sorry that I was so healthy that I had to go out to attend these risks on such a chilly and dismal morning and could not stay in any more.问答1

57、、main idea: This essay vividly describes the author 's childhood life on the farm as the pastoral landscape of the farm.2、Why did the little boy hold a feeling of regret when the time for the ghost story was impending? I can feel again the creep joy which quivered through me when the time for th

58、e ghost story of theGolden Arm llwas reached-and the sense of regret, too, which came over me, for it was always the last story of the evening, and there was nothing between it and the unwelcome bed.翻译1、I know how a prize watermelon looks when it is sunning its fat rotundity among pumpkin vines and iblins IIT: 我知道最好的西瓜在瓜藤下面胖乎乎的，在太阳底下暴晒是什么个瓜色。2、I know how a boy looks behind a yard-long slice of that melon, and I know how he feels; for I have been thereI I know the taste of the watermelon which has