(1)浴巾 (2)(美)小学 (3)永恒的真理 (4)文件柜 (5)纯属无稽之谈 (6)违规行为 (7)常客 (8)新鲜空气 (9)格调很高的独自(一个人唱高调) (10)一种固定的观点 (11)时事(当前国内外大事) (12)身体障碍 (13)可怕吓人的风 (14)令人厌恶的景象 (15)言语障碍
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(16)使人兴奋冲动的爱国激情 (17)无情的人侵者 (18)首相
(19)国际联盟(国联) (20)思维过程(思想方式) (21)条理清楚的文章 (22)一个完整的体系 (23)一位口译好手
(24)一种不可阻挡的趋向 (25)烂苹果
(26)根据事实(启示)写成的 (27)一位点头之交
现代大学英语精读（4）课后习题参考答案Unit 1 to Unit 5
Unit 1
I Translate_Phras
1) Into Chine
彝族摔跤2) Into English
Ⅱ. Translate_Vocabulary
1) I knew I could expect my brother to stand by me whatever happened.
2) As a general rule, young people tend to be more interested in the prent and the future. 3) Both sides will stand to lo if they do not compromi.
4) It is our hope to integrate all the cours and teaching materials.
5) The Chine written language has been a major factor for integrating our nation. 6) In traditional Chine art, the bamboo stands for moral integrity and uprightness. 7) The great majority of the people stand for reform.
(1) to sink one's head (2) to sink the ship (3) to contemplate the meaning of life (4) to catch the light (5) to ruin one's health (6) to ruin the country (7) to bang the desk (8) to play a prominent role (9) to hold a prominent position (10) a pious Buddhist (11) to gain a reputation (12) to satisfy one's ego
(13) to give sb the third degree (14) to devi a teaching method (15) to slide a gun into sb's hand
纪念碑8) Queen Elizabeth the First ruled England for 45 years, and the country prospered under her rule.
9) The truth is always in the hands of a small minority at first. That's the rule.
10) Democracy means that the majority rules, but the minority's right to disagree is also respected. The two basic rules are of equal importance.
11) A nation cannot be strong unless it is well-integrated economically, politically and culturally as well as geographically.
12) The party was boring, so she slipped out of the room and went home.
13) The road was muddy. He slipped and fell into the river.
14) One day I was drowning my sorrows in a restaurant becau I was broke when he came and slipped a roll of money into my hand.
15) The Court of Florida ruled that it was necessary to recount the votes.
16) The idea that the sun moves round the earth ruled ancient scholars for more than a thousand years.
17) The hutongs are an integral part of old Beijing.
18) Days slipped by and I still had not made much progress.
19) He weighed every word carefully lest he should make a mistake.
20) Her health was such that she would not go out in the sun even in winter lest she got sunstroke.
Ⅲ. Translate_Grammar
1) You can force a student to attend class, but you cannot force him to think.
Or: You can force a student to attend class, but not to think.
2) The study of literature can help you to understand not only other people but also yourlf.
3) You can improve your writing by reading good models and by practicing writing.
4) In the Middle Ages, people believed that the earth was flat and that it was the center of the univer.
5) I can afford neither the time nor the money to play golf with tho big chees.
6) Xiao Jin could not decide whether to apply for graduate studies right after college or to get a job first.
7) Love cures people-both tho who give it and tho who receive it.
8) Excellent firms don't believe in perfection, only in constant improvement and constant change.
9) Many things cannot be learned in the classroom, such as planning one's time, working on one's own and managing one's own affairs.
10) In the past ten years people, especially old people, have been concerned more about their health than about their income.
Ⅳ. Paraphra
1) Nature had endow everybody except me the ability to think which is born with.
2) You could hear that the fresh air had to struggle with difficulty to find its way to his chest, becau he was unaccustomed to this as his lungs had been harmed by drinking. His body would lo balance and his face would become pale as a result of the unexpected visit of the wind. He would go back to his desk unsteadily and fall into the chair, unable to do anything for the rest of the morning.
3) Mr. Houghton’s deeds told me that he was not ruled by thought; instead, he would feel
a strong urge to turn his head and look at the girls.
4) Technically speaking, it is as skillful as most businessmen’s golf playing, as honest as most politicians’ purpo, and as consistent as most books’ content.
5) As they are everywhere and so daunting in number that we’d better not offend them.
6) Humans enjoy following the crowd as it can bring them peace, curity, comfort and harmony, which is like cows eating grass on the same side of a hill.
7) Our Prime Minister was a hypocrite to say that the imprisonment of the two major leaders of Free-India Movement-Nehru and Gandhi-was good for India. The American politicians were dissimulators to talk about peace but refu to join the League of Nations. Tho moments made me feel happy.
8) I slid my arm around her waist and whispered that if we were talking about the number of people who believed in a certain religion, I believed the Buddhists were greater in number. My “indecent” behavior and the daunting number of the Buddhists scared her away.
9) What had happened to Ruth and me now happened again. Although some clo friends of mine still stuck by me, my grad-one thinking scared away many of my acquaintances.
赤裸性追缉
（1）夜生活 （2）吃和住
（3）供吃住的寄宿舍 （4）一秒钟都不到 （5）玻璃弹子
（6）抽打死马 （做徒劳无益的事） （7）阿司匹林片 （8）在此情况下 （9）提前/事先 （10）走过场
（11）楼梯间平台的窗户 （12）紧张气氛 （13）毛线针 （14）梦游 （15）飞机翼展
Unit 2
I Translate_Phras
1) Into Chine 2) Into English权衡是什么意思
Ⅱ. Translate_Vocabulary
1) It is a miracle how our company has become a multinational in such a short span of time.
2) The average life span in that country has incread from 42 years to 50 years in a matter of two decades.
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3) The conflict between the two countries has spanned more than half a century. 4) There are four bridges spanning the river.
5) I’m much obliged t o you. Without your help, I would never have finished the book. 6) No, you are not obliged to go to the party. You don’t have to go if you don’t want to. 7) She’s always ready to oblige when people come to her for help.
8) In the valley is a small lake right between a meadow and a hill. It is a perfect spot for a picnic.
9) Sitting in a shady spot, he soon dozed off.
10) He criticized me on the spot when he saw me throw a plastic bad down by the roadside.
(1) to whip up a little interest (2) to keep the ball rolling (3) to t the ball rolling (4) an eccentric millionaire (5) to allot capital
(6) to tighten one’s belt (7) to make a remark面疙瘩的做法
(8) to stretch out one’s hand (9) to moisten one’s lips
(10) to complain of the weather
(11) to plunge the stick into the sand (12) to turn on me
(13) to get on one’s nerve
(14) to put something out of someone’s mind (15) to come off the hook (16) to do a crossword puzzle (17) to blow one’s no (18) to powder one’s no (19) to give an alibi
11) It was a white shirt with blue spots. It looked quite pretty.
12) The detective spotted the suspect, and he walked over and arrested him.
13) One of the balloons popped, and it gave me quiet a start.
14) It is very impolite to keep popping in and out of the classroom when the class is still going on.
15) When he saw the young man ready to pay for the BMW in cash, his eyes almost popped out of his head.
16) In tho countries, water is worth a lot more than oil. Friends will often bring ten dollars’ worth of water as a gift.
17) When this project is completed, it will benefit about a hundred thousand people. It will be well worth the effort and investment.
18) This movie is not worth eing twice. In fact, it is not worth eing at all.
19) I think it is worthwhile to visit that place. I hear they have kept all their traditional hou intact – hous that were built in Ming-Qing styles.
20) Jia Baoyu was sick and tired of being his father’s worthy son. He yearned for freedom.
Ⅲ. Translate_Grammar
1) It ems the patient has no relatives in this city.
2) It’s easy to make friends but difficult to keep them.
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3) He can always understand what his friends are thinking and worrying about.
4) Perhaps it wasn’t Xiao Jiang at all who had left the tap running all night.
5) The boy had no idea how he had become an old man in half a day.
6) I wonder how Wang Ning has been doing in London. I haven’t heard from him for almost a year.
7) It doesn’t matter what family you were born into. The real test is how far you can go from where you started.
8) She simply couldn’t be lieve what she saw. It was only yesterday that the twin towers were standing there.
9) Juror No. 8 pointed out that it might have been someone el who had stabbed the boy’s father to death.
10) In the market economy, it is primarily by individuals and firms rather than by government agencies that decisions about what to produce, how much to produce are made.
Ⅳ. Paraphra
1) Bella was young and pretty and was en as the beauty of the boarding-hou, but no one had shown any particular interest in her.
2) Mr. Penbury was intelligent, but no one in the boarding-hou liked him for that. He was too smart for them, and everybody felt annoyed.
3) But Mrs. Mayton would not tolerate any silence for more than three minutes. So when no one broke the silence within three minutes she lost her patience and, turning to Penbury and asked.
