《英语短篇小说教程》练习参考答案unit1
《英语短篇小说教程》练习参考答案
牛仔裤美女图片Keys to Unit One
Langston Hughes: Early Autumn
1)Opinions of Understanding:
(1) What was probably untrue of Mary?
A. She misd the days of the past.
B. She still loved Bill.
C. She worked to keep a family of three children.
D. She was satisfied with her life and job in New York.
老鹰的简笔画(2) Which of the following adjectives can probably best describe Bill’s attitude?
A. Emotional.
B. Indifferent.
C. Puzzled.
D. Hopeful.
(3) Mary didn’t say anything when she got on the bus. Why?
和田玫瑰A. She had nothing more to say.
B. She was disappointed in Bill.
C. She was too emotional.
D. She knew the situation was hopeless.
(4) The last ntence of the story “she had forgotten …to tell him that her youngest boy was named Bill, too” shows that ________.
A. Mary knew she would meet Bill again some day.
郭学敏B. “Bill” is a very common name.
C. Mary had been thinking about Bill and still loved him.
D. Mary was proud of her youngest son.
(5) The title of the short story “Early Autumn” may suggest to the reader that _______.
A. the bitterness of an emotional long winter was ahead
B. it was still the bright time of one’s life, like early Autumn
C. both Mary and Bill were now middle-aged people
D. the love between them was not as “hot” as summer days
2) Questions for Discussion
(Suggested answers for reference):
(1) Can you pick out words and ntences to show that Mary and Bill were now different in their attitudes toward each other?
1) Mary: …she saw him for the first time in years. (line 5)
Bill: At first he did not reco gnize her… (line 8)
2) Mary: Unconsciously, she lifted her face as though wanting a kiss… (line 11)
Bill: …but he held out his hand. (line 12)
数字书写格式3) Mary: “I live in New York now,” she said. (eagerly telling him her address) (line 14)
Bill: “Oh” – smiling politely, then a little frown came quickly between his eyes. (having no interested in her living place now.) (lines 15-16)
4) Mary: “Married yet?” (concerning keenly about his marital status) (line 21)
Bill: “Sure. Two kids.”(being satisfied with his prent situation and showing pride in mentioning his family.) (line 22)
5) Bill: “And your husband?” he asked her. (not noticing her subtle emotional change.) (line 27)
Mary: “We have three children. I work in the bursar’s office at Columbia” (avoiding mentioning her husband in her reply). (line 28)
6) Bill: “You’re looking very …” (he wanted to say old) “… well,” he said. (not being nsitive to her condition.) (line 29)
鼓励自己学习的话Mary: She understood. (being very nsitive to her own condition.) (line 30)
7) Mary: “We live on Central Park West,” she said. “Come and e us sometime.”(offering a direct invitation.) (line 33)
Bill: “Sure,” he replied. “You and your husband must have dinner w ith my family some night. Any night. Lucille and I’d love to have you.”(giving a polite indirect rejection.) (lines 34-35)
8) Mary: “There’s my bus,” she said. (line 42)
Bill: He held out his hand, “Good-by.” (ready to part with Mary.) (line 43)
Mary: “When …” she wanted to say… (not ready to part with Bill) (line 44)
(2) Several times the author describes the scene on Washington Square: the dusk, the chilly weather, the falling leaves, the passing people. Does he only want to tell us where and when the story takes place? What other effects do such descriptions achieve?
(The description of the tting gives the reader a feeling of sadness and depression. It was getting dark and getting cold with leaves falling. The bright daytime was over and the unpleasant darkness was ahead, and the warm and comfortable summer and early autumn days were being replaced by the cold and long winter. The tting echoes and reinforces Mary’s feelings of regret and yearning and implies the emotional crisis that she might have to face.)
3) Explanation and Interpretation:
(Explain the implied meaning of the following ntences, and point out their significance i
n the context of the story.)
1) Impulsively, she had married a man she thought she loved.
工程造价开题报告(Notice the two key words: “impulsively”and “thought.”This has direct relation to her reactions at Washington Square, New York, years later. She made an impulsive decision and the
