Unit 5 Fourteen Steps
Key to the Exercis
Text Comprehension
I.
B.
II.
1. F;2. T;3. F;4. T;5. F.
III.
1. The cond half of his first life.
2. The day when he was unable to climb tho steps, and was to lie and die.
3. His challenge to continue living, and miry he had to accept and copqq头像怎么换
e with in order to hold on to his sanity, his wife, hi装蒜
s home and his job.
4. He first felt a bit sorry for them, but then felt relieved by the thought of paying.
5. The old man is blind but he helped him in the storm; while the writer assumed that a disabled man derved other people’s help but never helped others.
6. He should always be ready to help others.
IV.
1. Here walked a sad man with little hope for his future, and everything depended on him to climb the 14 steps.
2. In the next few minutes I was filled with great shame and horror and became speechless.
Structural analysis of the text
Part 1: Paragraph 1, 2—1st life;
Part 2: Paragraph 3, 4, 5—2nd life;
Part 3: Paragraph 6, 7, 8, 9—incident and reflection;
Part 4: Paragraph 10—new life, . 3rd life.
Vocabulary
I.
1.a slowly progressive dia = a dia thatgradually became more and more rious
2. with the aid of = with the help of在……的帮助下
3. peering at = looking very carefully and hard at凝视
4. are all t = are ready准备就绪，安排妥当
5. indifference to = not caring about对……漠不关心
II.
1. tilted; 2. led up to; 3. hold on to; 4. care for;
5. is inclined to; 6. make a living; 7. follow, example; 8. to a degree.
III.Word derivation
Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words.
1. inclination 2. indifferent 3. penetration 4. frailty
5. affliction 6. excellence 巨林猪
7. progressively 8. disillusionment
IV.
1. A;2. C;3. B;4. D;
5. B;6. A;7. D;8. B.
V. Synonym / Antonym
Give a synonym or an antonym of the word underlined in each ntence in the n it is ud.
1. Antonym: pessimism
2. Synonym: painfully, desperately
3. Antonym: cheerless, unhappy, gloomy
4. Synonym: fortunately
5. Synonym: weak, delicate, feeble
6. Synonym: disappointed
7. Antonym: lflessness, unlfishness
8. Synonym: period
VI.Compounding
Write in each space the meaning of each given word.
1. likewiin the same way
2. underwayin progress
3. carefreewith no concern
4. forthcomingcoming soon
5. stand-bysomething ready for u
6. ur-friendlyhandy to u
7. soundproofpreventing the passage of sound
8. landlockedalmost or entirely surrounded by land
Grammar Exercis
I. Different ways to express “around”.
1. About 100 students;
2. more or less 40 pages;
3. There are 30 or so questions;
4. two hours or thereabouts;
5. some four miles;
6. 50ish.
II.
1. a nap合一会儿眼;
2. very good indeed百里挑一;
3. in a mess乱七八糟;
4. on hands and knees四脚爬;
5. very much better than you are比你强十倍;
6. talking quickly and continuously;
7. very probably十有八九;
8. a lot ways千万条路子.
III. Correct the errors in the following ntences.
1. three-quarter → three quarters
2. was → were.
3. plus 25 years →25 years plus
4. cond time → a cond time
5. e → have en
6. hour → hours
7. Twenty-nine (beginning)
IV.
Both, both, Neither, either, neither.
both, each, either.
V.Fill in each of the blanks with some, any or one of their compounds.
1. somewhat
2. something
3. some
4. somehow, anything
5. anything, something
6. something
7. anything
8. some
Translation exercis
I. English to Chine
1.常言道猫有九命，我信这话。因为我已经活第三回了，尽管我并不是猫。
2.我只是一个一瘸一拐、幻想破灭的残疾人，一个凭着攀登车库和后门之间十四级令人痛苦的台阶而努力保持清醒的心智，伴随妻子、维持家庭和坚持工作的人。
3.其后的几秒钟一切都好像凝滞了，那一刻的羞耻和惊诧深深的穿透了我的肺腑，我感到了一种从未有过的难受。
4.我意识到自己极端自怜、自私，对别人的需要漠不关心，不为别人着想。
II. Chine to English
1.This film actor is more inclined than most people to help the handicapped becau he himlf suffered a stroke ten years ago.
2. The old man is afflicted with rheumatism, but he still goes jogging and mountain-climbing every day.
3.Some of the flaws in the American financial system, which had never received due attention，eventually led to disastrous conquences.
4. He held on to his shares of that company when the prices were dropping sharply last year. Now he has made a fortune.
5.Just dismiss the idea from your mind — it’s crazy and not worth thinking about at all.
6. We were all t to leave for the holiday in New York when the3 9/11 incident shook the whole world.
