新世纪大学英语系列教程综合教程5 Unit1-4

1、新世纪大学英语系列教程综合教程5 Unit1-4课后答案Unit1The Keys of exercises Working with words and expressions1. 1) beloved, 2) classics 3) survivor 4) workaholic 5) manufacturing 6) odd 7) finances 8) boarded 9) replacement 10) natural2. 1) asking around 2) straighten out 3) pick out 4) grabbed at 5)lookin the eye 6) a

2、nd all thatIncreasing your word powerBoard2. 2) board: n. the cost of mealsI pay $30 a week for board and lodging. 3) board: n. a committee of the directors of a company, which is responsible for the management of the companyEvery decision has to be passed by the board of directors. 4) board: v. get

3、 of supply meals and lodging for paymentShe arranged to board some students from the universities. 5) board: v. get into (a ship or public vehicle)Before boarding the plane, Jenny tried once more to call home. 6)on board: in or on (a ship or public vehicle)Waving goodbye to everyone, she got on boar

4、d the train.OddOdd: a. different from what is ordinary or expectedTimber? Thats kind of an odd name for a kid.odd: a. separated from its pair or setHes got a whole drawer full of odd socks.odd: a. (of a number) that cannot be divided by twoThe houses on this side of the street have all got odd numbe

5、rs, and on the other side theyve got even numbers.odd: a. not regular; occasionalShe does some odd jobs but nothing permanent.Odd: a. (after numbers) rather more than the stated numberShe looked younger than her 50-odd years.Clozeuntil interestssandwichesoverweightbelovedboardedworkaholiccompetefina

6、llypreciselycoronaryacquaintancessurvivedinquiringdeceasedTranslationHe died. He worked himself to death, finally and precisely, at 3:00 a.m. Sunday morning, on his day off.His friends and acquaintances not really surprised. To them, He was a perfect Type A, a workaholic, a classic.He worked six day

7、s a week, five of them until eight or nine at night, during a time when his own company had begun the four-day week for everyone but the executives. He played a golf game every month but it was work. Other than this, he had no outside “extracurricular interests”.His survivors included his wife Helen

8、 and three children. Helen, forty-eight years old had given up trying to compete with his work years ago. Among his “beloved” children, the eldest son didnt know him well, and the daughter had no shared topics with him. Only the youngest son, who was twenty, tried to grab at his father and tried to

9、mean enough to him to keep the man at home.At the funeral, deceased had meant much to the company and would be missed. The sixty-year-old company president told the forty-eight-year-old widow that the fifty-one-year-old and would be hard to replace. By 5:00 p.m. the afternoon of the funeral, the com

10、pany president had begun to make inquiries about his replacement.Unit 2Working with Words and Expressions:Listed in the box below are some of the words you have learned in the text. Complete the following sentences with them. Change the form where necessary.ill-fittingstain devouredrotting crackedch

11、ronicdrippingsoreenslavedcorrectiveListed in the box below are some expressions that you have learned in the text. Complete the sentences with each of them. Change the form where necessary.Wears away / eats awaycome offhelp outeats awaygoing-upat bestoff and onIncreasing Your Word Power:Word Cluster

12、s: make your own sentences using the word cluster in italicized type in your text bookWords or phrases with Multiple MeaningsDevourdevour: devour: v. read something quickly and eagerlydevour: v. destroy someone or somethingdevour: v. use up all of somethingdevour: v. be filled with a strong feeling

13、that seems to control someoneCome offcome off: become unfastened or disconnected (from)come off: fall off (something)come off: take place, happencome off: succeed, have the intended effectcome off: stop taking (a drug) that one has been taking regularlyCloze:smellmarriagechronicsmellyunemploymentmat

14、tresscornbreadmalnutritioncrackedluxuriesinsectsdiapersfuturealcoholbarsTranslation:What is poverty? Read the story of a single mother of three, and youll understand what it means.She was married once, but later her husband lost his job and life became increasingly difficult. After giving birth to t

15、he last baby, her marriage came to an end. In order to save her children from suffering, she summoned up her courage and went to ask for help.She got seventy-eight dollars a month for the four of them. After the rent, most of the rest went for food. There was no money left to get the refrigerator fi

16、xed and the milk went sour; no money for hot water, and even in winter she had to do washing in icy cold water. She had chronic anemia caused from poor diet, a bad case of worms, and needed a corrective operation, but there was no money for iron pills, or better food, or worm medicine, to say nothin

17、g of having an operation. She had no money for grannies; no money for paper handkerchiefs and her children were seen with runny noses all the time. She tried her best to use only the minimum electricity. She stayed up all night on cold nights, because she had to watch the fire, for fear that one spa

18、rk on the newspaper covering the walls would cause a fire and the sleeping children would die in flames.She saw no bright future. Sooner or later, the boys would end up behind the bars of their prison or turn to the freedom of alcohol or drugs and find themselves enslaved. And what awaited the daugh

19、ter was, at best, a life like that of the mother.Indeed, poverty is an acid that drips on pride until all pride is worn away. Poverty is a chisel that chips on honor until honor is worn away.Writing:Sample Essay:My Reflections After Reading “What Is Poverty?”In defining poverty, Jo Goodwin Parker cr

20、eates a vivid picture of the miserable life poverty-stricken people live. I was very much touched by her harsh, direct and angry tone. Her definition of poverty has set me thinking a lot.First of all, what Parker says about poverty in the United States reminds me of what my Grandfather once said abo

21、ut his miserable life in China in the 1940s. Indeed, poor people everywhere suffer in more or less the same way. I do have great sympathy with them and sincerely hope that the world will say goodbye to poverty soon.Secondly, I have come see more clearly that we must cherish what we have today. Indee

22、d, the decent and comfortable life we young people enjoy today comes from the hard work of many generations. However, we tend to take todays happy life for granted, and sometimes we even complain about the slightest discomfort in life. This is a harmful attitude because it makes us forget the past.

23、We should remember that what we have now was never even dreamed of by the older generation. Content makes poor men rich; discontentment makes rich men poor.Lastly, we should have right attitude towards poverty. In the face of poverty, its no use complaining or just making emotional appeals for help.

24、 Instead, we must rely on our courage, talent, and persistence and get rid of poverty with our own effort. Diligence and hard work is the only way out. We may be poor materially but we should not make ourselves poor spiritually.Unit 31.1) pray2) escorted3) swirled4) grin5) deceived6) punctuated7) wa

25、il8) rejoicing9) moans10) serenely2.1) by leaps and bounds2) a sea of3) holding out4) take his name in vain5) held up6) am ashamed ofIncreasing Your Word Power1. 1) In 1915, Piaget received his bachelors degree from the university when he was going on 18.2) The rescue site rocked with prayer and son

26、g upon news of his survival.3) The team broke into a sea of shouting when they finally topped the peak after two days climbing.4) Waves of rejoicing swept the theatre when the stars appeared on stage one by one.5) The girls held hands and leaped in the air when they met again after two years of sepa

27、ration.6) She knelt down and prayed that her little son would be blessed in the name of God.7) The joyous singing filled the room, where a childrens birthday party was held.8) 1 was so disappointed that I buried my head under the quilts and cried myself to sleep that night.2. 1) coded2) wooded3) gif

28、ted4) coloured5) gloved6) moneyed7) curved8) diseasedSAVE2) s a v e: v. m a k e(something) safe from destruction We tried to save our marriage, but in the end we decided we couldnt live together.3) save: v. keep and add to an amount of money for later useShe planned to work until she had saved enoug

29、h money to at tend a nursing school.4) save: v. prevent or avoid the waste of (time)We can save a lot of time by taking the expressway.5) save: v. keep for future useDont throw the wrapping paper awayI am going to save it and use it again.6) save: v. make unnecessary forIf you lend me a pound, it wi

30、ll save mc from having to go to the bank.Cloze1) congregation 2) souls3) escorted 4) revival5) sinners 6) sermon7) rocking 8) altar9) surrounded 10) whisper11) serenely 12) ashamed13) name 14) burst15) rejoicedTRANSLATIONWhen Hughes was going on thirteen, his aunt took him to the church for a reviva

31、l meeting, hoping that his soul would be saved by Jesus Christ. His aunt told him that when he was saved, he would see a light, and something would happen to him inside! She also said he could see and hear and feel Jesus in his soul. Young Hughes believed in the literal meaningthe hot, crowded churc

32、h, waiting for Jesus to come to him. After the sermon by the preacher, all the children went to the altar one after another. This meant that they were saved. But Hughes kept sitting there. He was still waiting for Jesus to come, wanting something to happen to him. Now the whole congregation was pray

33、ing for him alone. The pressure on him was increasing and he began to feel ashamed of himself, holding everything up so long. In order to avoid further trouble, Hughes decided to lie and say that Jesus had come. So he got up and was saved finally. That night, lying in bed, Hughes cried in agony. He

34、felt guilty because he had lied in public and he didnt believe in Jesus any more.WRITING Sample Essay:My First Experience as a TeacherIt was a Sunday morning. I got up early and dressed myself in my Sunday best. It was my first day as a part-time teacher of English. It wont be a difficult job teachi

35、ng a group of child ren some basic English,? I thought to myself as I was walking towards a private kindergarten. The manager, a friend of mine, had informed me that this Sunday English Learning Program was initiated at the request of the parents, who wished to expose their pre-school children to so

36、me English.We dont have textbooks and you may plan your teaching as you see fit,? the manager had assured mc. As I entered the kindergarten, I heard a mighty wail of shouts and cries coming out a classroom. That must be the classroom,? I said to myself andquickened my steps. I was shocked to see som

37、e 20 naughty and noisy kids talking and laughing. Some were chasing after each other while others were standing on their chairs singing. Strangely, when they saw me, they all quieted down and returned to their seats. In a hushed silence, punctuated by a few giggles from some girls, I introduced myse

38、lf. Then I asked them in Chinese what they would like to learn and they all said that they wanted to learn an English song.I did not prepare for that, but I still remembered the “ABC Song”? that I learned when I was a kid. ? sang the song from memory and the expressions on their faces told mc that t

39、hey liked it a lot. So ? wrote the 26 English letters on the blackboard and we started learning and singing together. it was fun, indeed.Then, I thought Id better teach some sentences as I had planned. So I wrote on the blackboard HOW ARE YOU? and HOW OLD ARE YOU? making a point that they got to kno

40、w the Chinese meaning of each word separately. By reading after me they were learning fast.Suddenly, a little boy rose to his feet and accused me of teaching them the wrong thing. Pointing his finger at the blackboard, he translated the sentences word for word into Chinese:zenme shi ni? zenme lao sh

41、i ni?The whole room then broke into a sea of shouting and waves of rejoicing swept over everyones face.My first teaching experience was a success and I learned a lesson, too: It is no easy job to teach.Unit 4INCREASE YOURLANGUAGE_PROFICIENCYWorking with Words and Expressions1. 1) grin2) browse3) shi

42、vered4) hearty5) nerves6) courtship7) pinchingB) napping9) blinking10) bragging2. 1) live off2) cut loose3) shot out4) were weighed down5) stopped short of6) washing them down with7) shake . out8) come up to9) hosing downIncreasing Your Word Power1. 1) He seems to be rather slow witted and often lau

43、ghs a delayed laugh at a simple joke.2) His friends finally found him in a liquor store where he was shaking out his nerve-s bcfore the shooting contest.3) When the professor was lecturing on Shakespeare, my mind kept turning to whom the Little Prince would meet on the next planet.4) People in the d

44、isaster area have to live off the cheap blessings of rice and noodles donated by charity organizations.5) Its a basic skill for a fashion model to walk gracefully to the rhythm of the music on thecatwalk.6) A curtain of bubbles shot out of the bottle as they opened the champagne in celebration ofthe

45、ir baseball game win.7) I just wanted to call and say a hearty hello and find out how you are doing.2a 1) smile2) laugh3) grin4) chuckle5) giggle6) roar3.LOOSE2) loose: a. not tied or packed together, e.g. with string or in a box; not packagedHer long brown hair was loose about her shoulders.3) loos

46、e: a. (of clothes) notfittingtightlyIn hot weather, loose cotton clothes are niore comfortable.4) loose: a. not exact or controlledJust give me a loose translation of what the article is about.5) loose: a. careless or irresponsible, esp. in what one saysWe sat out on the porch until late at night, j

47、ust having some loose talk.SHOOT1) shoot: v. hit, wound, or kill with a bullet, etc.A tourist was shot dead by robbers at the train station last night.2) shoot: v. hunt or kill (birds or animals) as a sportlie has a liccnsc to shoot pheasants (J.,on the farmers land.3) shoot: v. ask (a lot of questi

48、ons) quicklyHe shot questions at me so quickly that I didnt even have time to think of the answers.4) shoot: v. move very quickly or suddenlyHe shot out of the offcee a minute ago ? I think he was late for a meeting or something.5) shoot: t? make (a photograph or film)The first half of the film was

49、shot on lo cation in Southern India.41) cracking 2) living3) refrigerator 4) quart5) change 6) porch7) race 8) cleaning9) casually 10) hearty11) Eventually 12) saw13) browsing 14) scared15) courtshipTRANSLATIONLife is full of miracles. Sometimes, a chance meeting ca lead to a happy marriage.When he

50、was twenty, he was college poor. One day, he went to buy some beer and on his way back he saw his neighbor, a Japanese woman, cracking walnuts on her front porch. He walked slowly and she looked up, smiling. He smiled back and said hello, and returned with the beer to his apartment, his heart still

51、with the girl.So he raced his heart downstairs, but stopped short of her house, becausehe didnt know what to say. After a while, with studied casualness he walked past the girl who was cleaning up the shells, but he only came up with a hearty hello and walked away. He was troubled by his ow indecision. Then, he returned, walking past her again. They smiled to each other, but again nothing was said before he returned to his apartment.Later, they began to talk, sit together on the porch, and snack on the sweet bread she baked personally. Then they held hands. Eventually, he married the woman h