全新版大学英语综合教程 预习资料
Unit 1 Changes in the Way We Live
Text A Mr. Doherty Builds His Dream Life
I. Difficult Sentences
1.zraand we cut enough wood to just about make it through the heating ason. (para. 2)don（请加上段落出处）
Tell the meaning of the phra “make it” and paraphra this part of the ntence.
(=The phra “make it” means “succeed.” The meaning of this part is “With the wood we cut, the family can succeed in getting through the cold winter.”)
2.Soon Jim, 16 and Emily, 13, the youngest of our four children, will help me make some long-overdue improvements on the outdoor toilet that supplements our indoor plumbing when we are working outside. (para 4)
littlest thingsAnalyze the structure of the ntence.
(=The structure of this ntence is complicated.
1) “The youngest of our four children” is in apposition to “Emily, 13.”
2) “that supplements our indoor plumbing when we are working outside” is an attributive clau modifying “the outdoor toilet.”)
Translate the ntence into Chine.
(=过些时候，16岁的吉米和四个孩子中最小的13岁的埃米莉，会帮着我一起把拖了很久没修的室外厕所修葺一下。我们在室外干活时，这个厕所便成了室内卫生设备的补充。)
3.There is, as the old saying goes, no rest for the wicked on a place like this — and not much for the virtuous either.(para. 5)
Tell the class the origin of the saying “There is no rest for the wicked.”
(=The saying comes from the Bible, Isiah 57:21, “… no peace, saith my god, to the wicked.” It is ud in a jocular manner, meaning “there’s no time for relaxation; someone is kept busy all the time.”)
Translate the ntence into Chine.
(=正如老话说的那样，在这种情形之下，坏人闲不着——好人也歇不了。)
4.While one storm after another blasted huge drifts up against the hou and barn, ...(para. 6)
Translate this part of the ntence into Chine.
(=暴风雪肆虐，一场接着一场，厚厚的积雪覆盖着屋子和谷仓…)
5.When spring came, it brought two floods.(para. 7)
lengthenRead this paragraph and tell what “two floods” refer to here.
bonduniversity(=The first flood refers to the overflow of the river covering their land while the other refers to agricultural produce.)
6.Then the growing ason began, swamping us under wave after wave of produce.(para. 7)
What’s the function of the phra “swamping us under wave after wave of produce”?
(=This v-ing form is one of the non-finite verbs (非谓语动词). It rves as an adverbial in the ntence and it indicates another action by the subject of the ntence.2010年英语四级真题)
Paraphra the ntence.
(=Then the growing ason came and it brought us a lot of agricultural products.)
What attitude of the author can we infer from this ntence towards his country life?
(=We can e that he was very satisfied with it and enjoyed the harvest.)
7.It was amazing.(para. 7)
What can we infer from the ntence?
(=The big harvest was beyond expectation. He was filled with joy becau of the big harvest.)
8.The timing was terrible. (para. 8)
What’s the meaning of this ntence in Chine?
(=时机选得实在太差。)
Why does the author think so?
(= 1) He had to pay the expensive tuition for his two girls.
2) He had only a few thousand dollars in the bank.)
9.The answer, decidedly, was no, and so — with my employer’s blessings and half a year
’s pay in accumulated benefits in my pocket — off I went. (para. 8)
Why did the author decide to quit his job even though it was a terrible timing? What could be the reasons for the author’s decision to leave the city?
(=Though it was a terrible timing, the author was clear that there would be no “good” timing at all. Possible reasons for his decision are as follows:
A) He didn’t think his job was good.
B) He longed for risks and changes in his life.
C) He was attracted by the good harvest his family had got the year before.
D) He was fascinated by the hectic, lf-reliant and colorful life in the countryside.最新奔驰广告歌曲)
10.It picks up 80% of the costs beyond that. (para. 10)
What does the word “that” in the ntence refer to?
(=It refers to “the first $500 the family pays.” Suppo the medical fee is $1,000, the family has to pay $500 while the insurance company will pay $400.)
11.and we are covered against catastrophe. (para. 10)
Translate this part into Chine.
(=而且我们给自己投了巨灾险。)
安详的拼音
12.Extravagant Christmas are a memory, and we combine vacations with story assignments …(para. 11)
Paraphra: We no longer have extravagant Christmas, and when a magazine nds me somewhere on an assignment to write something, I will take my family along. B幻术家y doing so, we can save some money while enjoying a sort of vacation.
What can we infer from this part of the ntence?
(=We can infer that the family ud to spend much more money on Christmas.)
II. Words & Expressions
get by: 过得去，尚可 be good enough but not very good; manage to live or do things in a satisfactory way（请加上中文）
- It is a little bit difficult for the old couple to get by on such a small pension.
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我父母靠很少的钱将就着把日子过了下去。
(=6级改革My parents managed to get by on a small amount of money.)
