高英第三版 練習(xí)冊 答案

1、高英第三版 練習(xí)冊 答案 unit 1: 1which sentence in the first paragraph establishes the link between the driving of a nail and the choice of a word? 2so with language firmly and exactly. 2. what does the word “this” in sentence 1,para 2, refer to? getting the word that is completely right for the writers purpos

2、e. 3do you agree with the author that there is a great deal of truth in the seemingly stupid question “how can i know what i think till i see what i say?” the questionl 4. expain why the word “imprison” in the example given in para.9, though not a malapropism, is still not the right word for the wri

3、ters purpose? “malapropism” means the unintentional misuse of a word by confusing it with one that resembles it, such as “human” for “humane”, “singularity” for “singleness”. but the misuse of imprison is different case, it is wrongly chosen because the user has failed to recognise its associations.

4、 5.please make comments on the three pairs of examples given in this section. compare and contrast their differences in meaning. human: of, or relating to man. (human being; human nature; human rights) humane: characterized by kindness, mercy, or compassion. (humane judge,humane officer) human actio

5、n = action taken by human; humane action = merciful action; human killer = person that kills human; humane killer = instruments which kill but cause little pain, esp. those for the painless killing of animals. 6. what does the word “alive” in the sentence “a student needs to be alive to these differ

6、ences” (para.9)mean? sensitive, alert. 7. the writer begins his article with an analogy between the unskilled use of the hammer and the improper choice of words. indentify the places where the analogy is referred to in the rest of the article. “we dont have to look far afield to find the evidence of

7、 carpentry”(para.5) “it is perhaps easier to be a good craftman with wood and nail than a good craftsman with words.”(para.9) “a good carpenter is not distinguished by the number of his tools, but by the craftsmanship with which he uses them. so a good writer is not measured by the extent of his voc

8、abulary, but by his skill in finding the “mot juste”, the word that will hit the nail cleanly on the head.”(para.11) paraphrase 1.a writer who pay great attention to expressing the exact english will never be satisfied with a word which can not express an idea accurately. 2.for the reader can easily

9、 understand what kind of feelings and thoughts we want to convey, we need to be careful to choose the words we used in article. 3.finding the most suitable word is in no sense easy. but there is nothing like the delight and excitement we shall experience when we pick up such a word. 4.if we can use

10、language accurately we are in a position to totally understand the subject matter. tanslation 1. 在舉出許多事實(shí)并列出一些統(tǒng)計(jì)數(shù)字后，他終于把他的論點(diǎn)說清楚了。(drive sth. home) after citing many facts and giving a number of statistical figures, he finally drove home his point. 2. 差不多花了半年功夫，我們才完成了那個(gè)研究項(xiàng)目。(more or less) it took us h

11、alf a year more or less to carry through the research project. 3. 他說的話如此微妙，我們很難理解他的真實(shí)意圖。(subtle) what he said was so subtle that we could hardly make out his true intention. 4. 他的新書一針見血地審視了當(dāng)代的社會(huì)問題。(squarely) his new book looks squarely at the contemporary social problems. 5. 今日的年輕一代對互聯(lián)上的最新信息很關(guān)注。(be

12、alive to) the younger generation today are very much alive to the latest information found on the internet. 6. 外語是不是在童年更容易學(xué)好？這是一個(gè)觀點(diǎn)問題。(a matter of) it is a matter of opinion whether a foreign language is more easily learned in ones childhood or otherwise. 7. 在挫折面前千萬不要喪失信心；鼓起勇氣堅(jiān)定不移地去克服它。(take courage) never lose heart in the face