Languagework 1.Explain the italicized part in each sentence in your own word 1.I didn't know very much about Curie beyond the basics 2.I was just a girl with little direction. 3.Marie Curie's own daughter grew into accomplished women in their own right. 4.for months she'd find places to hide so she could cry her eyes out. 5.where she changed her name,enrolled at the Sorbonne-and walked into history. 6.Pierre's death marked the defining moment in her life. I.Fill in each blank with one of the two words from each pair in their appropriate forms and note the difference of meaning between them. GLSTENING LUMINOUS 7.The wallpaper had attractive silhouettes of young women. 8.The stars in the clear northern night sky brought back all the beautiful memories of her childhood. 9.A six-person shower was full of naked bodies and a tangle of arms and legs. 10.He could see the gunners,their eyes hidden behind goggles and their faces_ with sweat. GRACE SERIOUS 1.The AIDS patient finally couldn't survive the illness and left his five helpless children at the mercy of charity. 2.This is a and good-faith effort to try to engage in a dialogue 3.The US finally became about toppling Saddam and the devastating war began. 4.We had to tip up the bed and the model was in danger of falling off it. FANTASY IMAGINATION 1.In lives that are always difficult to comprehend,we are all accustomed to retreating into a world of illusion and omnipotence. 2.Seeing the dome at close quarters,I was struck by its failure of .its sheer ugliness. 3.She tortured herself with of Bob and his new girlfriend. 4.Doomsday have haunted the popular of this century,from nuclear Armageddon to alien invasions. PROMINENT OUTSTANDING 1.Tina was presented with a trophy for her contribution ti the music industry. 2.The Ford's family is wealthy and socially. and now intends to enter into politics. 3.It has to be the most beautiful clubhouse in Denmark,and the restaurant is
1 Language work 1. Explain the italicized part in each sentence in your own word 1. I didn’t know very much about Curie beyond the basics. 2. I was just a girl with little direction. 3. Marie Curie’s own daughter grew into accomplished women in their own right. 4. .for months she’d find places to hide so she could cry her eyes out. 5. .where she changed her name, enrolled at the Sorbonne-and walked into history. 6. .Pierre’s death marked the defining moment in her life. Ⅱ.Fill in each blank with one of the two words from each pair in their appropriate forms and note the difference of meaning between them. GLSTENING LUMINOUS 7. The_ wallpaper had attractive silhouettes of young women. 8. The_ stars in the clear northern night sky brought back all the beautiful memories of her childhood. 9. A six-person shower was full of _ naked bodies and a tangle of arms and legs. 10. He could see the gunners, their eyes hidden behind goggles and their faces_ with sweat. GRACE SERIOUS 1. The AIDS patient finally couldn’t survive the_ illness and left his five helpless children at the mercy of charity. 2. This is a_ and good-faith effort to try to engage in a dialogue. 3. The US finally became_ about toppling Saddam and the devastating war began. 4. We had to tip up the bed and the model was in_ danger of falling off it. FANTASY IMAGINATION 1. In lives that are always difficult to comprehend, we are all accustomed to retreating into a world of_, illusion and omnipotence. 2. Seeing the dome at close quarters, I was struck by its failure of_, its sheer ugliness. 3. She tortured herself with_ of Bob and his new girlfriend. 4. Doomsday_ have haunted the popular_ of this century, from nuclear Armageddon to alien invasions. PROMINENT OUTSTANDING 1. Tina was presented with a trophy for her _ contribution ti the music industry. 2. The Ford’s family is wealthy and socially_, and now intends to enter into politics. 3. It has to be the most beautiful clubhouse in Denmark, and the restaurant is
quite 4 -American educators,such as Horace Mann,Henry Barnard,etc. sought to increase education opportunity for all children by creating the common-school movement. I.Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word or phrase taken from the box, using its appropriate form. obsessively congeal icon luminous metamorphosis fete pernicious definitely retreat devastating a shred of a fleet of 1.A useful of an air pollutant is a compound added directly or indirectly by humans to the atmosphere in such quantities as to affect humans,animals,vegetation,or materials adversely. 2.The most distant objects seen by telescopes are probably ten thousand million light years away. 3."Want some wine?"she asked.He smiled and took a swig from the bottle He thanked het and again into his silence. 4.The self-education son of a Delaware farmer,Evans became by the possibilities of mechanized production and steam power. 5.Stone carvers engraved their motifs of skulls and crossbones and other religious of death into the grey slabs that we still see standing today in old burial grounds. 6.The employment department has undergone several over the past few years. 7.Respect is never given freely;every. of it has to be earned and you earn it by how well you treat others. 8.The professor argued that these books had a effect on young and susceptible minds. N.Puta word in each blank that is appropriate for the context. Naturally introverted,even at a young age,John Nash was described as being "bookish and slightly odd."His mother had him reading by the time he was four,and instead of coloring books,his father gave him a science book to read.But(1)(2) their effort,the young Nash was prone to daydreaming in school,which led his teachers to describe him as an underachiever.A loner,his best friends were books. By the time he was 12,his room(3) a science lab.He was always the last to be chosen for basketball,and at a school dance he danced with chairs rather than girls. Although his elementary school math teachers complained he couldn't do the work,his mother observed he wasn't following the teachers'instructions (4) he had devised a simpler way to solve the problems.By high school,he was solving problems his chemical teacher wrote on the blackboard without using pencil or paper.In collage,his math professors would call on Nash when they themselves (5) into problems solving complex equations they were presenting to their classes. But together with his brilliance were eccentricities that became more evident as Nash aged;the (6) playing of the same chord on the piano;an
2 quite_. 4. _-American educators, such as Horace Mann, Henry Barnard, etc. sought to increase education opportunity for all children by creating the common-school movement. Ⅲ. Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word or phrase taken from the box, using its appropriate form. obsessively congeal icon luminous metamorphosis fete pernicious definitely retreat devastating a shred of a fleet of 1. A useful_ of an air pollutant is a compound added directly or indirectly by humans to the atmosphere in such quantities as to affect humans, animals, vegetation, or materials adversely. 2. The most distant_ objects seen by telescopes are probably ten thousand million light years away. 3. “Want some wine?” she asked. He smiled and took a swig from the bottle. He thanked het and_ again into his silence. 4. The self-education son of a Delaware farmer, Evans became_ by the possibilities of mechanized production and steam power. 5. Stone carvers engraved their motifs of skulls and crossbones and other religious_ of death into the grey slabs that we still see standing today in old burial grounds. 6. The employment department has undergone several_ over the past few years. 7. Respect is never given freely; every_ of it has to be earned and you earn it by how well you treat others. 8. The professor argued that these books had a_ effect on young and susceptible minds. Ⅳ.Put a word in each blank that is appropriate for the context. Naturally introverted, even at a young age, John Nash was described as being “bookish and slightly odd.” His mother had him reading by the time he was four, and instead of coloring books, his father gave him a science book to read. But⑴⑵ _ their effort, the young Nash was prone to daydreaming in school, which led his teachers to describe him as an underachiever. A loner, his best friends were books. By the time he was 12, his room(3) _ a science lab. He was always the last to be chosen for basketball, and at a school dance he danced with chairs rather than girls. Although his elementary school math teachers complained he couldn’t do the work, his mother observed he wasn’t following the teachers’ instructions (4) _ he had devised a simpler way to solve the problems. By high school, he was solving problems his chemical teacher wrote on the blackboard without using pencil or paper. In collage, his math professors would call on Nash when they themselves (5) _ into problems solving complex equations they were presenting to their classes. But together with his brilliance were eccentricities that became more evident as Nash aged; the (6) _ playing of the same chord on the piano; an
ice-cream cone left to melt on a close to him characterized his as "disconnected"and “deeply unknowable'”. Fiercely independent,Nash rarely discussed the problems he was working on with anyone but he seemed to have an intuitive,irrational capability for the possible, (7) allowed him to devise unique solutions to (often previously unsolvable) problems he had little use for textbooks and was known to work in his office from 10:00p.m.till3:00a.m.(8) difficult problems using "no references but his own mind".His peers called the results he was able to obtain"beautiful"and “striking”. Perhaps his greatest achievement was his work in game theory,which led to a Noble Prize for economics in 1994,he possessed a true love of discovery-he just had to know about things(9) swimming with a friend in California,the two were dragged out to sea by an undercurrent and nearly drowned.Finally reaching shore(10 the friend was grateful for surviving while Nash,after briefly catching his breath,reentered the surf exclaiming,"I wonder if that was an accident.I think I'll go back in and see." Translation I.Translate each of the following sentences into English,using the words or expressions given in the brackets. 1.研究人员建议，人到老年应该多参加个人呢或群体的心理和生理活 动。(engage in) 2.他在奥运会上夺冠让他一夜之间成了在家乡受人敬慕的人物。(toast) 3.许多国家政要前来这里，对他的一生成就表示诚挚的敬意。(py homage) 4.我认为快速的生活变化和全球化很可能让人们不再单一执着 (single-minded) 5.他没能赢得第二个冠军，浇灭了他对体育活动的热情。(dampen) 6.货币再次出现贬值，经济复苏的期望随之远去。(fade away) 7.我们父子俩的吵架从不间断，它是一种冷战，从我进入少年期一直延 续到我上大学。(onset) 8.姑娘悲悲凄凄的徐叙述深深地打动了老太太的心。(pitiful) I.Translate the following into Chinese Alfred Nobel,the great Swedish inventor and industrialist,was a man of many contrasts.He was a son of a bankrupt man,but became a millionaire;a scientist with a love of literature,an industrialist who managed to remain idealist.He made a fortune but lived a simple life,and although cheerful in company he was often sad in private. A lover of mankind,he never had a wife or family to love him;a patriotic son of his native land,he died alone on foreign soil.He invented a new explosive-dynamite, to improve the peacetime industries if mining and road building,but saw it used as weapon of war to kill and injure his fellow men.During his useful life he often felt he was useless.World famous for his works,he was never personally well know,for throughout his life he avoided publicity,but since his death,his name has brought fame and glory to others
3 ice-cream cone left to melt on a close to him characterized his as “disconnected” and “deeply unknowable”. Fiercely independent, Nash rarely discussed the problems he was working on with anyone but he seemed to have an intuitive, irrational capability for the possible, ⑺_ allowed him to devise unique solutions to (often previously unsolvable) problems he had little use for textbooks and was known to work in his office from 10:00 p.m. till 3:00 a.m.⑻ _ difficult problems using “no references but his own mind”. His peers called the results he was able to obtain “beautiful” and “striking”. Perhaps his greatest achievement was his work in game theory, which led to a Noble Prize for economics in 1994, he possessed a true love of discovery- he just had to know about things⑼_ swimming with a friend in California, the two were dragged out to sea by an undercurrent and nearly drowned. Finally reaching shore⑽_, the friend was grateful for surviving while Nash, after briefly catching his breath, reentered the surf exclaiming,“I wonder if that was an accident. I think I’ll go back in and see.” Translation Ⅰ. Translate each of the following sentences into English, using the words or expressions given in the brackets. 1. 研究人员建议，人到老年应该多参加个人呢或群体的心理和生理活 动。（engage in） 2. 他在奥运会上夺冠让他一夜之间成了在家乡受人敬慕的人物。（toast） 3. 许多国家政要前来这里，对他的一生成就表示诚挚的敬意。（pay homage） 4. 我认为 快速 的生 活变 化和 全球 化很 可能 让人 们不 再单一 执着 （single-minded） 5. 他没能赢得第二个冠军，浇灭了他对体育活动的热情。（dampen） 6. 货币再次出现贬值，经济复苏的期望随之远去。（fade away） 7. 我们父子俩的吵架从不间断，它是一种冷战，从我进入少年期一直延 续到我上大学。（onset） 8. 姑娘悲悲凄凄的徐叙述深深地打动了老太太的心。（pitiful） Ⅱ. Translate the following into Chinese. Alfred Nobel, the great Swedish inventor and industrialist, was a man of many contrasts. He was a son of a bankrupt man, but became a millionaire; a scientist with a love of literature, an industrialist who managed to remain idealist. He made a fortune but lived a simple life, and although cheerful in company he was often sad in private. A lover of mankind, he never had a wife or family to love him; a patriotic son of his native land, he died alone on foreign soil. He invented a new explosive-dynamite, to improve the peacetime industries if mining and road building, but saw it used as weapon of war to kill and injure his fellow men. During his useful life he often felt he was useless. World famous for his works, he was never personally well know, for throughout his life he avoided publicity, but since his death, his name has brought fame and glory to others