综英复习资料
Unit 1
II. Explain the underline part in each sentence in your own words.
1.The fact was that no matter how mature I liked to consider myself,I
was feeling just a bit first-gradish.
I had just the feeling of a newcomer at college
2.I only hoped his attention was drawn to my airs of assurance rather than to my shaki ng knees. my apparent confidence
3.After class I decided my stomach needed a litter nourishment and I hurried to the ca feteria. Some food to appease my hunger
4.This wasn’t like high school.Popularity was not so important;running with the crow
d was no longer a law of survival.
Going with the tide of the majority was no longer crucial to one’s success
5.College, I decided,was probably the only time I would be completely forgiven for massive mistakes .
Foolish and glaring mistakes
IV. Explain the underline phrasal verbs in your own words.
1. At first,many people did not like that kind of music,but after a while,it caught on.
became popular 2. Dr.Brown is someone all the students look up to.
respect
3. If you persist in this reckless behavior you'll risk losing everything.
insist on
4. I predict that the experiment will result in complete
lead to
5.I can't figure out why she left home so suddenly.
understand
6.They exhibited all the satisfaction of someone who has just hit upon a method of ca using water to flow uphill. found
7.She had to draw on her money to settle the matter.
use/cash in on
8.The publisher plans to kick off the promotional tour with a press conference for the author. to start
VI. Translate Chinese into English.
1听到他屡遭失败的消息，我感到很难过（distress）
It distressed me a great deal to hear the news that he had suffered repeated failures. 2他虽然失去了老板的欢心，但仍然装出一副高兴的样子（assume）
He assumed an air of cheerfulness, even though he lost favor with his boss.
3格列佛（Gulliver）经历了冒险奇遇，见到了各色奇异的人物（assortment）
Gulliver met with extraordinary adventures and saw a strange assortment of people. 4如果你再犯同样的错误，他会很生你气的（furious）
He will be furious with you if you repeat the same mistake.
5我们都被他坦率的观点、幽默的语言和亲切的态度所深深吸引（draw）
We were all greatly drawn by his frank views, humorous words and genial manner. 6等到欢呼的掌声平息下来，那位诺贝尔奖获得者开始演讲（die down）
After cheers and applause died down, the Nobel Prize winner began his speech.
7他天生有一种特别的洞察力和预见力，因此他很所随大流（run with the crowd）He is gifted with a sort of insight and foresight, so he rarely runs with the crowd.
8我发现现实毕竟是非常严酷的，一个人难以完全按照自己的理想去生活（live up with）
I feel realities are all very harsh, so one can hardly live up entirely to his ideals.
Unit 2
II. Explain the underline part in each sentence in your own words.
1.He worked himself to death,finally and precisely,at 3:00am.Sunday morning.
died from overwork
2.He was,however,one of six vice-presidents,and one of three who might conceivably-if the president died or retired soon enough---have moved to the top spot. most likely
the highest position in company 3.He is survived by his wife,Helen,forty-eight years old,a good woman of no particula
r marketable skill,who worked in an office
with no special skills wanted by employers
4.In the day and a half before the funeral,he went around the neighborhood researchin
g his father,asking the neighbors what he was like.
Trying to discover the facts of his father
5.Phil was a Type A,a heart-attack natural.
a person vulnerable to heart attack
IV. Explain the underline phrasal verbs in your own words.
1.It's understandable that people feel let down by a government that said it would not bring taxes down. disappointed
2.Tell them to hold on a few seconds until we get the rest of the cartoons unpacked.
wait for
2.The smallest details can be insisted upon in a formal contract.
reqired
4.For guidance on grammar,refer to the appendices at the back of the book.
read
5.Do you know what he was driving at when he said he suspected some people were b eing disloyal meant
6.He breezed in as if he didn't have a care in the world.
entered cheerfully
7.No wonder the film is a huge success.It works up to thrilling climax.
Intensifies gradually
8.The students have been researching tribes and tribal customs that died out centuries ago. became extinct
VI.Translate Chinese into English.
1.我的顶头上司是典型的工作狂，一年365天每天工作10小时以上（workaholic）My immediate boss is a typical workaholic, for he works for over ten hours each day all the year round.
2.校长十分注重课外活动，他认为课外活动有助于培养学生对外部世界的浓厚兴趣（extracurricular）
The principal attaches much importance to extracurricular activities and he believes th at they will help to cultivate students' tremendous interest in the external world.
3.星期一早上，他总是快速冲个澡，胡乱吃块三明治，拦辆出租车去上班（grab）He always grabs a shower, a sandwich and then a taxi to go to work every Monday m orning.
4.既然你要离开公司了，你要在本周内清算账目（straighten out）
Since you are leaving the company, you should straighten out the accounts within the week.
5.为了按时完成博士论文，他经常熬夜（stay up）
He often stays up late at night in order to finish writing his Ph.D dissertation on time.
6.没有什么能够取代内心深处最深切的爱（replace）
Nothing can replace the profoundest love lodged in one's heart of hearts.
7.他被认为是总裁职位的当然人选，因为他已经出色地做了近10年副总裁（natural n.）
He is considered a natural for the post of the president, for he has been an excellent vi ce-president for almost ten years.
8.他实在太普通了，丢人堆里根本找不着（pick out）
He is just too common to be picked out from the crowd.
Unit 3
II. Explain the underline part in each sentence in your own words.
1.It is,in short,an agreeable,easy place to go about one's business on foot,and yet as
enjoyable
far as I can tell,virtually no one does.
actully
2.I'm sure he jogs extravagant distances and plays squash and does all kinds of
very long
healthful things,but I am just as sure that he drives to each of these undertakings.
places of physical exercises 3.I had this brought home to me one summer when we were driving across Maine and
was made to realize
stopped for coffee in one of those endless zones of shopping malls,motels,gas stations and fast-food places.
4.I noticed there was a bookstore across the street, so I decided to skip coffee and head over.
decided not to have a cup of coffee and to go to the bookstore
5.At the time ,it seemed ridiculous and exasperating,but afterward I realized that I was possibly the only person ever to have entertained the notion of negotiating that interse
ction on foot. held in mind
VI. Translate Chinese into English.
1、这所大学是世界上历史最悠久的高等学府之一（venerable）
The university is one of the most venerable institutions of higher learning in the world 2、如果一个人缺乏实践经验，仅凭课堂里学到的东西是难以成功的（deficient）If one is deficient in practical experience, he can hardly make himself a success with only what he has acquired in class.
3、我火冒三丈，这片专题文章本周内必须写完，但老是被打断（exasperate）
I felt exasperated by constant interruptions, for I had to finish writing the monograph by the end of this week.
4、他认为用就问题来写一个当代的主题是滑稽可笑的（ludicrous）
He feels that it is ludicrous to write on a contemporary theme in an ancient style. 5、上海的外滩在上世纪七八十年代是年轻情侣喜欢来的谈情说爱的之地（coo）The Bund in Shanghai was a place where young couples liked to come to coo in the 7 0s and the 80s of the last century.
6、作为10来岁的孩子，他女儿算是非常恬静的，因为她喜欢读书胜于嬉戏（sedate）
His daughter is very sedate for a girl of about ten, for she likes reading more than playing.
7、当一抹阳光洒向大地的时候，这对情人手拉手，在乡村道路上散步（stroll）The couple strolled hand-in0hand along the country road when the sun in its first splendor steeped the earth.
8、这个诗人在世时被普遍认为是一个怪癖的浪漫天才（eccentric）
The poet was commonly considered as an eccentric romantic genius when alive. Unit 4