Unit10SweetSeptember练习答案
Unit 10
Sweet September
Consolidation Activities
I. Text Comprehension
1. Decide which of the following best states the author’s purpo
A.To point out the significant climate change of September as a transition from
summer to winter.
B.To describe the charm and wonder that makes September a unique month of the
year.
C.To compare the two best asons: spring and autumn in terms of their beauty and
their impact on living creatures.
Key: [ B ]微星主板bios
2. Judge, according to the text, whether the following statements are true or fal.
1). September declares its arrival in a conspicuous and aggressive manner, instead of a quiet and subtle manner. [ F ]
2). The author tells us that the flowers of September are no less colorful than tho of May. [ T ]
3). In the harvest ason, farmers are no longer as busy as they were in summer. [ F ]
4). In September, cold-blooded incts are at the mercy of the sun becau it is sometimes too hot and sometimes too cold for them. [ T ]
5). In late September, birds make the same preparations as small creatures, such as mice and squirrels, do for the up-coming winter. [ F ]
II. Writing Strategies
This text exemplifies the elegance of poetic description which is characterized by neat layout, various figures of speech and graceful wording.
The layout: The author, at very beginning, claims that “September is more than a month, really; it is a ason, an achievement in itlf.” This can be regarded as the topic ntence of the whole essay, which is developed in the subquent paragraphs. Now try to give an out-line of the essay’s organization.
发图The layout:
a. The arrival of September that brings out a n of autumn ason (Paragraphs 1 and
2)
b. Some of the rarest days of the year and the abiding wonder of life as compared with that of spring (Paragraphs 3 and 4)
c. A prediction about what will take place with the arrival of autumn (Paragraph 5)
d. The gossamer ason, “the persistence of life” as exemplified by the spider (Paragraph
6)
e. The ason of the harvest moon (Paragraph 7)
f. The coming of frost and its impact on different animals (Paragraphs 8-10)
g. The ason for food hoarding and migration (Paragraphs 11 and 12)
h. The ason’s golden moment with all its riches (Paragraph 13)
i. The end of the ason with a promi of the renewal of life (Paragraph 14)
Figures of speech: The author employs a number of figures of speech to enable readers to form a ries of vivid pictures of September in their minds. Now try to identify the figures of speech ud in the ntences or phras below.
天猫双十一活动a. After summer’s heat and haste ... (Paragraph 1)结婚祝福诗句
b. ... the sky is clear and clean ... (Paragraph 3)
c. It creeps in on a misty dawn ... (Paragraph 2)
d. It tiptoes through the treetops ... (Paragraph 2)
e. It comes without a whisper ... (Paragraph 8)
f. ... the frost walks the valleys in the moonlight. (Paragraph 9)
g. The chorus of the crickets and katydid ... (Paragraph 10)
h. ... it is with the deliberate tempo of a fiddler drawing a worn bow across fraying strings. (Paragraph 10)
i. ... the t reasure chest of autumn begins to “spill over” with wealth. (Paragraph 13)
Figures of speech:
a. After summer’s heat and haste,… (alliteration)
b. …the sky is clear and clean,.. (alliteration)
以情带声
c. It creeps in on a misty dawn… (personification)
d. It tiptoes through the treetops,… (personification)
e. It comes without a whisper,… (personification)
f. ... the frost walks the valley in the moonlight. (personification)
g. The chorus of the crickets and katydid diminishes. (metaphor)
h. ... it is with the deliberate tempo of a fiddle drawing a worn bow across fraying strings. (metaphor)
i. The treasure chest of autumn begins to “spill over” with wealth. (metaphor)
III. Language Work
五言古体诗
1. Explain the underlined part(s) in each ntence in your own words.
1). After summer’s heat and haste, the year consolidates itlf.
谁为情种
→ steadies itlf and strengthens its hold on what has been achieved
2). It creeps in on a misty dawn and vanishes in the hot afternoon.
→ comes in without being noticed; completely disappears重上井冈山
3). It tiptoes through the treetops, rouging a
→ moves softly; making ... red
4). September flowers are less varied than tho of May but so abundant that they make
