Unit7⼤学英语答案讲解
Unit 7 Making a Living
Global Reading >> Part Division of the Text
Global Reading >> Scanning
Scan Text A and put the ntences in a logical order.
A. He has his laces tied and his top shirt button buttoned before taking another bus.
B. It’s after that he arrives home after a day’s hard work.
C. It’s 5: Bill Porter lingers under the covers and listens to weather broadcasting.
D. He asmbles his weapons before going out.
E. The teenagers on the bus remind him of his past.
F. Encouraged by his mother, Porter became a salesman who sold houhold products door-to-door.
G. He tries many times. At last, a lady buys a cake of laundry soap from him.
1. (C)
2. (D)
3. (E)
4. (F)
5. (A)
6. (G)
7. (B)
Global Reading >> Further Understanding
I. For Part 1 True or Fal
1. Bill Porter ud to listen to the weather broadcasting every morning. (T)
2. There is something wrong in his left hand. (F)
(=The fingers on his right hand are so twisted that he can’t tie his shoes.)
3. His dead mother never thought he could do anything. (F)
(=His dead mother ud to encourage him and her challenge echoes in his soul.)
4. People didn’t believe that he could live independently. That is not the ca, however. (T)
5. Bill Porter has ever been a soldier fighting in the battlefield. (F)
(=A crippled body is one of his enemies, and he must fight alone for his independence and dignity.) II. For Part 2 Multiple Choice
1. The first job for which he applied for is to ll _____. (=A)
A. brushes
B. houhold products
C. newspapers
D. briefcas
2. A reprentative in Watkins offered him a job to ll houhold products in a quite ______ ction. (=C)
A. rich
B. poor
C. remote
D. nearby
3. For veral years, his sales kept the ______ in Watkins. (=B)
初一下册英语知识点A. last
B. highesthillary
C. lowest
D. condary
4. His first stop on his way to work that day is ______. (=B)
A. a bus stop
B. a shoeshine stand
C. a nearby hotel
D. a hou
III. For Part 3 Blank Filling
Supply the missing information according to the story.
It is a windy and rainy day. Bill Porter stopped at the first hou. He rings the bell. A woman comes to the door and refus him by an excu. The person in the cond hou even doesn’t give him a chance to speak. For ninety minutes, Porter hasn’t made a sale, but he doesn’t give up. At last a wo
man is persuaded to buy a cake of soap from him.
IV. For Part 4 Group Discussion
1. Why did he have to ll his hou?
2. What is Bill’s home like? What kind of life does he lead?
3. Does Bill feel sorry for himlf? Why or why not?
责任心
Detailed Reading
I. Difficult Sentences
1.So, too, do the voices of tho who believed him stupid, incapable of living independently.
raina1) Translate the ntence into Chine.
[=（在他内⼼深处）也⼀直回响着那些说他蠢，说他不能独⽴⽣活的⼈的声⾳。]
2) What kind of rhetorical device is ud here?
(=The rhetorical device ud here is called inversion or hyperbaton (倒装). The normal order of the ntence is like this: The voices of tho who believed him stupid, incapable of living independently also echo in his soul.)
2.His mother explained how the delivery had been difficult, how the doctor had ud an
instrument that crushed a ction of his brain and caud cerebral palsy, a disorder of the nervous system that affects his speech, hands and walk.
1) What is the grammatical function of the last part of the ntence, from “a disorder …” to
the end?
[=It functions as an appositive (同位语).]
2) Translate the ntence into Chine.
(=他妈妈解释说⽣他时难产，医⽣使⽤了某种器械，损坏了他⼤脑的⼀部分，导致了⼤脑性⿇痹，⼀种影响他说话，⼿部活动以及⾏⾛的神经系统的紊乱。)
3.It took Porter four fal starts before he found the courage to ring the first doorbell.
What is implied here?
(=Porter had a very hard beginning.)
4.Headaches are constant visitors. His right arm is nearly uless. He can’t fully control the
limb. His body tilts at the waist; he ems to be heading into a strong, steady wind that keeps him off balance.
1) Translate the ntences into Chine.
(=头疼也是习以为常的事。他的右臂⼏乎没⽤。他不能完全控制这只⼿臂。他的⾝体从腰部开始前倾，看上去就像是顶着⼀股强劲的吹个不停的风迈步向前，风似乎要把他刮倒。)
2) What kind of rhetorical device is ud in the first ntence?
(=The rhetorical device ud in the first ntence is personification, a figure of speech in which a thing, quality or idea is reprented as a person. It can make the ntence more vivid.)
5.He puts on his glass, removes his brochures and begins his sales talk, showing the woman
pictures and describing each product.
What can be inferred from this description?
(=Bill Porter is a very proficient retail salesman. Despite his deformity (残疾), he did all the very fluently, which showed his eagerness to ll the products to the customer.)
6.Spices?
“No.”
Jams?
“No. Maybe nothing today, Bill.”
Is there anything special with the ntences here?
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(=Yes. They are elliptical ntences. Ellipsis involves leaving out words which are obvious from the context. Since it is a real dialogue between Bill Porter and his customer, to u elliptical ntences ems very natural.)
7.Porter’s hearing is the one perfect thing his body does. Except when he gets a live one.
Then the word “no” does not register.
1) Paraphra the cond ntence.
(=Except when he catches someone who looks as if he may be persuaded to buy.)
2) Translate the ntences into Chine.
(=波特的听觉是他⾝上唯⼀没有⼀点⽑病的功能。只有当他察觉对⽅有可能买他东西的时候才会发⽣例外。这个时候，他是听不见“不”的。)
8.He smells blood. He quickly remembers her last order.
1. What impression can you get from this ntence?
(=He is a very skillful salesman, nsitive to potential customer’s needs.)
2. What kind of rhetorical device is ud here?
[=The rhetorical device ud here is called metaphor. He is just like an animal hunting its prey (猎物).] 9.The new owners, familiar with his situation, froze his rent and agreed to let him live there
until he dies.
What does “froze his rent” mean?
(=It means that the new owner agreed not to increa his rent.)
10.From his easy chair he hears the wind lash his hou and the rain pound the street outside
his home.
1. What does “pound” mean here?
(=It means “to beat or hit repeatedly and heavily”.)
2. Translate this ntence into Chine.
(=他坐在安乐椅上，只听得呼啸的⼤风猛烈地冲击着他的房⼦，⼤⾬击打着屋外的街⾯。)
II. Words & Expressions
linger: vi.
1) spend a long time doing sth.
- My daughter ud to linger long over her meal.
- There will be no time to linger — the press conference will begin in a few minutes.
2) stay for a long time, esp. becau one does not want to leave
- He was still lingering around the stadium long after the game was over.
CF: stay, linger & remain
这⼏个词都可⽤作动词，都有“停留、逗留”之意。
stay 是最普通的⽤语，指长期或短期的停留。
- My car stays in the garage most of the week.
linger 意思是“逗留、徘徊”，尤指迟迟不愿离开的样⼦。
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She lingered around the door telling the story of what had happened.
（=她徘徊在门旁，讲述所发⽣的事情。）
remain 强调维持原来的状态，表⽰“逗留”时⽐stay更正式些。
- How many days will you remain here?
(=你准备在此待⼏天？)
dignity: n. the quality of being worthy of honor or respect
- She always acted with great dignity.
- 如果你错了，就承认。你不会失去尊严，⽽会赢得尊敬。
(=If you are wrong, ad mit it. You won’t lo dignity, but will gain respect.)
圣诞祝福 英文Collocation：
posss dignity 有地位（⾝份）中文译英文
maintain one’s dignity 保持尊严take you
stand upon one’s dignity 摆架⼦，逞威风
beneath one’s dignity 有失体⾯，有伤尊严ug是什么
cripple:vt.
1) cau to become unable to move or walk properly
- At the beginning of the year, 2000 crippled children were on state lists to receive care.
- 彼得的⽗亲因中风⽽跛脚。
(=Peter’s father was crippled by a stroke.)
2) damage or harm (sb./sth.) riously
- His business was crippled by the fire.
betray:vt.
1) be disloyal or unfaithful to
- According to the Gospels of Matthew and Mark, greed made Judas betray Jesus to the chief priest for 30 pieces of silver.
2) give away or make known (esp. a cret)
- He betrayed the cret to his friends.
- 她的脸⾊说明她很紧张。
(=Her face betrayed her nervousness.)
NB: 叛徒可⽤betrayer 表⽰。betray 的名词是betrayal。
gain on: to gradually get clor to a person, car etc. that you are chasing
- She was gaining on her opponents throughout the race, but only overtook them at the end.
北京会计培训班- Hurry up! They are gaining on us.
NB: 此处的on 可⽤upon 代替。
kick up:(cau to) ri
- The hor kicked up a cloud of dust.
- Dawn came up and the a began to kick up.
- 我知道他不想⾛，但他不应该为这事⼤闹。
(=I know he didn’t want to go but he shouldn’t have kicked up a fuss about it.)
tremble: vi. shake from cold, fear, weakness, etc.
- Her hands grew very cold and trembled so that she could hardly hold the flag.
- The whole hou trembled as the train went by.
CF: shake, tremble & shiver
这⼏个词都是动词，都有“震动、颤动”之意。
