大學(xué)英語(yǔ)精讀3課后問(wèn)題問(wèn)題詳解

1、標(biāo)準(zhǔn)Unit 11. How did the author feel about the incident at the time it occurred?What does he think of it now?the author felt that it was a rather unpleasant experience at the time it happened,but now he thinks he can make a good story from the incident2. Why did he go to Richmond?he went there to look

2、 for a temporary job to make enough money to go travelling3. What did the author think got him into trouble with the law?the author thought it must be his obvious aimlessness of wandering in the streets that got him into trouble with the law4. What did he see when walking out of the local library?He

3、 saw a man walking across the road with the obvious intention of talking to him5. What did the man say to him? Did he take the man s works seriously at first?The man said that he was a policeman and was going to arrest him. But theauthor didn t take the man s words seriously but thought it was some

4、kind of joke at first6. When and how did the author come to see the man was being serious?At the time when another policeman appeared in uniform, the author came to see the man was serious7. What grounds did the policemen have for suspecting that the young man waswandering with intent to steal milk

5、bottles?First ,the policemen saw the young man wandering aimlessly in the streets sometimes just stopping and looking around him. Then, it turned out there had been a lot of petty thieves in the area who stole milk bottles from doorsteps. On these grounds ,the policemen suspected that the young man

6、was wandering with intent to steal milk bottles8. What does the author mean by his “ big mistake ” ?By his “ big mistake ” , the author means he shouldn t have had long hair and appeared so cool and unconcerned about the incident ,and shouldn t takehimself as part of the sixties “ youth countercultu

7、re ” ,because all theseconfirmed the policemen s suspicion that he was a disrespectable fellow9. How did he behave when he was questioned at the police station?W hat did the police decide to do with him?When he was questioned ,he continued to try to look worldly and au fait withthe situation. As a r

8、esult , the police charged him officially and told him toreport to Richmond Magistrates Court the follow Monday10. What did his father do when he learned about the incident?As soon as his father learned about the incident ,he hired a good solicitor11. What were the things his release from the charge

9、 depended on?The things his release from the charge depended on were his“ right ” accent,respectable middle-class parents, reliable witnesses, such as, his English teacher as his character witness, and a very good solicitor in particular.12. What did the policeman probably mean by saying” You could

10、have been a bitmore helpful when we arrested you ” ?By saying these words, the policeman probably meant that he should havelooked very angry and said something like,” Look here,do you know who youre talking to? Iam a highly successful student with a brilliant academic record.How dare you arrest me!

11、” then, they world perhaps have apologized to him and let him go.Unit 21. what did the author s children teach him he other night?作者的孩子們?cè)谀硞€(gè)晚上教給了他什么The author s children taught him about paradigm shifts, and limitations oflinear thinking and how to refocus parameters one night2. what were the author

12、and his children doing that night?當(dāng)天晚上作者和他的孩子們?cè)谧鍪裁?？They were playing their own oral version of the Sesame Street game,“ WhatDoesn t Belong? ”3. what was the question the father put to his children?父親給孩子提的問(wèn)題是什么？The question is “ What doesn t belong, an orange ,a tomato or a strawberry? ”4. what was t

13、he oldest child s answer to the question?最大的孩子的答案是什么？The oldest child answered that it was tomato became the other two were fruits.5. What did the author think of his answer?作者認(rèn)為他的答案如何？The author thought the answer was right6. What answers did his 4-year-old and 6-year-old give?四歲和六歲的孩子又給出了什么樣的答案The

14、 author s 4-year-old child said that the right answer was strawberry because the other two were round and a strawberry was not. And his 6-year-old child said that answer should be orange because the other two were red7. What did the 9-year-old and the middle one add to the answers?作者九歲和六歲的孩子又補(bǔ)充了什么樣的

15、答案？The 9-year-old added that it could also be the orange because the other two grew on vines and the middle child said that it could be strawberry because it was the only one they put on ice cream8. Why does the author think Copernicus, Reuben Mattus and Edward Jenner belong in the same group?作者為什么認(rèn)

16、為哥白尼、魯賓馬修斯和愛(ài)德華詹納都屬于同一種人？The author thinks that these three famous people belong in the same group because they were doing what every scientist who s ever made an important discovery throughout history has done, according to ThomasKuhn, in his book, The Structure of Scientific Revolution :They were s

17、hiftingold paradigms9. What did the author s children do to deserve membership in the samegroup as Copemicus and Edward Jenner?作者的孩子們做了什么使得他們能夠成為和哥白尼和愛(ài)德華詹納同一種的人？The children were refocusing the parameters. They were redefining theproblems. They were reframing the questions. And these are exactly the

18、same that Copemicus and Edward Jenner have done10. What if the Sesame Street game had been a workbook exercise in school?假如芝麻街的游戲是學(xué)校練習(xí)本上的習(xí)題，情況又會(huì)如何？If Sesame Street game had been a workbook exercise in school, every kidwho framed the question differently than“ Which is not a fruit? ” wouldhave been w

19、rong, that is to say every kid who didn t circle tomato wouldhave been marked wrong.11. Why does the author wish to remind us that there are real limits to the value of information?作者為什么希望提醒我們信息的價(jià)值是有限的？Because unless we shift our paradigms and refocus our parameters, thesuper information highway wil

20、l lead us nowhere. From the examples ofthose great scientists and inventors, the author tells us that we are not now, nor have we recently been suffering from a lack of information so that what we need as we begin to downshift onto the information highway is not more information but new ways of look

21、ing at it.12. What , according to the author, should we bear in mind when begin to downshift onto the information highway?作者認(rèn)為當(dāng)我們駛?cè)胄畔⒏咚俟窌r(shí)，我們應(yīng)該牢記的是什么？According to the author, we should bear in mind that what we need as we begin to downshift onto the information highway is not more information but ne

22、w ways of looking at itUint 31) according to the author, what is the goal most Americans are taught to achieve in life?譯文：在作者看來(lái)，大多數(shù)美國(guó)人受到要獲取什么生活目標(biāo)的教育？答案： most Americans are taught to manage to achieve money and power when they grow up according to the author.2) Is teaching the easiest way for the aut

23、hor to earn a living? How does he feel about teaching?譯文：教書(shū)是作者最容易的謀生手段嗎？他對(duì)教書(shū)感覺(jué)如何？答案： No. he feels that teaching is the most difficult of the various ways he has attempted to earn his living. for him, teaching is a red-eye, sweaty-palm, and sinking-sto mach profession.3) does the author think he is v

24、ery knowledgeable? How does he feel he sees his students take notes on what he says in class?作者認(rèn)為自己很有學(xué)問(wèn)嗎？當(dāng)他看到學(xué)生在他課堂上把他教的容作筆記時(shí)他怎么想？答案： No .he does not think that he is very knowledgeable. He is amazed to see that his students take notes on what he says in class.4) what does the author think of the pa

25、ce of the school calendar? What does he do in the summer vacation?譯文：作者認(rèn)為學(xué)校的生活節(jié)奏安排怎么樣？他在暑假里做什么？答案： he likes the pace of the academic calendar. He thinks that the summer vacation offers an opportunity for reflection, research, and writing.5) what does the author mean when he says teaching is a profes

26、sion built on change ?譯文：作者說(shuō)“教師是一個(gè)建立在變化基礎(chǔ)上的職業(yè)”是什么意思？答案： he means that when the teaching material is the same he can change his teaching methods, and what s more, he can teach different students each year.6) what does the author mean when he says “ as a teacher, I am my own boss ” ? 譯文：作者說(shuō)“作為一個(gè)老師，我是我

27、自己的老板”是什么意思？答案： he means he has the freedom to make his own mistakes, to learn his own lesson. Especially, he wants his freedom to choose the method. No one is to say he can t.7) can you say something about Jacqui in your own words?譯文：你是否能用你自己的話說(shuō)說(shuō)杰基是怎樣的人？答案： Yes . Jacqui is a woman who works as a cl

28、eaner in school, but she has theability to make more correct judgement by intuition than most of us can do byanalysis. Maybe she is influenced by the author, so she has decided to finishhigh school and go to college.8) was the corporation the author and his students set up a success? How do you know

29、?譯文：作者和他的學(xué)生建立起的公司成功了嗎？你是怎么知道的？答案： yes. The corporation was great success. We know from the fact that at theend of the semester they sold the house, paid off their debts and distributedthe profits among the classmembers.9) what are the most important reasons the author gives for choosing teaching as

30、his profession?譯文：作者選擇教師作為職業(yè)的最重要的原因是什么？答案： the most important reasons for the author to teach are that some of hisfavorite students, a teacher is being present at the creation, when the clay begins to breathe.10) )what does the author mean by saying that as a teacher he has money and power?譯文：作者說(shuō)作為教

31、師他又金錢(qián)和權(quán)利是什么意思？答案： the author means he gets paid to do what he enjoys: reading, talking withpeople and asking questions, and he has the power to nudge, to fan sparks, to suggest books and to pointout a pathway.Unit 41. In what ways was Sarah s similar to other letters the author received? In whatways

32、 was it differernt?莎拉的電子和作者收到的其它信件在什么方面相似？在什么方面不同？Similar to other letters, the Sarah Morris sent took the author to task for hiscomments on the Los Angles Dodgers and argued that the author had got everything wrong. However it was different from the others in at least two ways.It contained more det

33、ails than the usual“ You re an idiot ” , such as vitalstatistics on the team s performance2. What was Sarah s dream?莎拉的夢(mèng)想是什么？Sarah s dream is to become a baseball editorialist3. What in Sarah s second caught the author s attention? Why did he say it was worth one more response?莎拉第二封電子中什么容引起了作者的關(guān)注？為什

34、么他說(shuō)值得再回封信？The misspelling in the last line of her second . When spelling the word“ dreamshe missed the letter “ r” . The author thought Sarah might be truly searching for something, and he needed Sarah to explain.4. What did the author think of Sarah s website?作者如何看待莎拉的？The author found that Sarah s

35、 website was not a fancy one although she covered the Dogers as extensively as any reporter in the country. He wondered whether there was any reader.5. Did Sarah think her disability would prevent her from finding a job? How do youknow?莎拉認(rèn)為她的殘疾會(huì)妨礙她找工作嗎?你是如何知曉的？Yes , she knew her situation, and the p

36、urpose of starting her own website is tofind a job6. What led the author to think Sarah was deliberately deceiving him?什么使作者認(rèn)為莎拉故意欺騙他？When the author asked Sarah to give him a call, Sarah refused to do so and the reason she provided was that she had a speech disability.7. How did Sarah become a Dodg

37、er fan?莎拉如何成為道奇隊(duì)的球迷的？While growing up in Pasadena, Sarah had become a Dodger fan. In her sophomore year at Blair High, she undertook a post as the statistician of a junior varsity baseball team.8. Why did author drive a long way to visit Sarah? What did he find when he arrived at her house?為什么作者長(zhǎng)途驅(qū)車(chē)

38、拜訪莎拉？當(dāng)他到達(dá)她家時(shí)他有何發(fā)現(xiàn)？The author felt curious about what Sarah had said, and he also wanted to finds livingout the truth. When he arrived at her house ,he found that Sarahcondition was poor, the condition for her own website was not her supposed condition, and Sarah really got serious physical handicap.

39、 But all those couldn t stop her pursuing her dream of becoming a baseball editorialist.9. Why did the author call Sarah Morris the great Sarah Morris?為什么作者稱莎拉莫里斯是偉大的莎拉莫里斯？Sarah did not lose her hope because of her physical handicap, believing indedication to work.Without the best equipment and help

40、, she still started herown website and covered a baseball team as extensively as any reporter in the country.10. How did Sarah Morris change the author?莎拉莫里斯是如何改變作者的？Sarah Morris made the author believe people were sincere and honest, notmotivated by selfishnessUint 51) what did the author plan to d

41、o when he came home from school one winter day?譯文：在一個(gè)冬季的一天，作者放學(xué)回家準(zhǔn)備做什么？答案： he planned to read a new issue of his favorite sports magazine.2) who did he see in the living room? What was she doing?譯文：他在起居室看到了誰(shuí)？她在做什么？答案： his mother. She was crying.3) why was his mother in tears?譯文：他媽媽為什么哭？答案： because s

42、he was afraid of losing her new job, for she couldn t type fastenough.he told her that she would catch on.解析： in tears 是哭的意思4 how did he try to relieve her from anxiety?譯文：他是如何安慰她的？答案： he was repeating a line she had spoken to him a hundred times when hewas having trouble learning or doing something

43、 important to him.4) what did the author think of his mother s ability when he was sixteen yearsold?譯文：當(dāng)作者十六歲時(shí)他對(duì)于媽媽的能力有什么看法？答案： he still assumed that his mother could do anything.6) why was his mother trying every possible means to save money?譯文：他的媽媽為什么想盡辦法攢錢(qián)？答案： to send the author and his sister to

44、 college.7) why did his mother but herself a used typewriter?譯文：他媽媽為什么給自己買(mǎi)了臺(tái)舊打字機(jī)？答案： because she wanted to learn typing which would enable her to get a newjob with better pay8) how did the author feel when his mother got the job at the radio station ?譯文：當(dāng)作者的媽媽在電臺(tái)找到一份工作時(shí)他有什么想法？答案： he was not the leas

45、t bit surprised or impressed.9) did his mother enjoy her first day at the radio station?譯文：他的媽媽在電臺(tái)工作的第一天高興嗎？答案： No ,she didn t.10) how do you know?答案：the text said, “after her first day at work, I could see that the excitement was gone. Mother looked tired and drawn.”Unit 61. What time of day was it

46、 at the beginning of the story?故事開(kāi)頭是一天的什么時(shí)間？It was in the morning ,because when the boy came into the room, the father was still in bed2. What illness did the boy catch? What were its symptoms?這個(gè)男孩得的是什么??？有哪些癥狀？Influenza.Fever3. What did the doctor say and what did he do about the boy s illness?對(duì)這個(gè)男孩

47、的病醫(yī)生說(shuō)了些什么，做了些什么？He said there were nothing to worry about if the fever did not go above onehundred and four degrees. This was a light epidemic of flu,and there was nodanger if pneumonia was avoided .The doctor left three different medicine in different colored capsules4. What was the boy s temperatu

48、re? How did he understand it?這個(gè)男孩的體溫是多少？他對(duì)這個(gè)體溫是怎么理解的？One hundred and two. The boy thought it was one hundred and two centigrade5. How did the boy respond when his father was reading to him?當(dāng)這個(gè)男孩的父親給他讀書(shū)時(shí)，他的反應(yīng)是什么?He didn t follow what was read6. Why did he prefer to stay awake? How do you think he fel

49、t when his father left the room?他為什么寧愿醒著？當(dāng)他的父親離開(kāi)房間時(shí)你認(rèn)為他心里是怎么想的？He was thinking he was going to die, so he preferred to stay awake. He might be thinking that his father didn t care about his death.7. Did the father realize what the boy was thinking about?How do you know?這位父親意識(shí)到這個(gè)男孩在想什么嗎？你怎么知道的？NO ， h

50、e didn t. He thought that the boy might be a little light-headed8. What conclusions can you draw from the hunting scene about the father scharacter and his influence upon his son?從打獵的場(chǎng)面中你對(duì)于這個(gè)父親的性格以及他對(duì)于他的兒子的影響能得出什么結(jié)論？The father enjoyed hunting , which needed patience and courage. This patienceand cou

51、rage had influenced his son9. Why did the boy refuse to let anyone come into the room?為什么這個(gè)男孩拒絕任何人進(jìn)入房間？Because he thought he was going to die, he didn t want the other to get whathe was suffering from10. . What condition was he in when his father came back from hunting?當(dāng)他的父親打獵回來(lái)時(shí)這個(gè)男孩處于什么狀態(tài)？He was in

52、 exactly the position his father had left him11. . What was it that led the boy to think that he was going to die? How did thefather make the whole matter clear to him?是什么導(dǎo)致這個(gè)男孩以為自己要死?父親是如何向他說(shuō)清楚這件事的？He confused centigrade with Fahrenheit. His father told him it was like miles and kilometers .On the

53、centigrade thermometer, thirty-seven is normal, and onFahrenheit thermometer, it is ninety-eight12. How did the boy react when he realized that he was not going to die? Does his behavior the next morning seem natural to you?當(dāng)這個(gè)男孩知道自己不會(huì)死時(shí)他反應(yīng)如何？在你看來(lái)他第二天早上的行為自然碼?His gaze at the foot of the bed relaxed

54、slowly, and he hold over himself relaxedtoo. Yes, It doesUint 7*1) what is going on at Dr.Stockon s one summer evening?譯文：一個(gè)夏日的傍晚在斯道克頓家發(fā)生著什么事？答案： a birthday celebration is going on at Dr.Stockon s one summer evening.2) why does the party break uo in confusion?譯文：為什么晚會(huì)在混亂里中止了？答案： the party breaks up

55、in confusion because, in the midst of it, over the radio, the president of the United States declares a state of emergency for suspected enemy missiles approaching.3) why do the neighbors come back to the Stocktons house soon after they leavein a hurry?譯文：鄰居們?yōu)槭裁丛诩泵﹄x去之后又返回斯道克頓家？答案： they come back bec

56、ause they want to surive want to share with theStocktons the bomb shelter which is the only one on their street.4) ) what is Stockton s reason for refusing his neighbors shelter? Do you feel that heis justified in refusing them ?譯文：斯道克頓為什么拒絕讓鄰居們進(jìn)防空洞？你認(rèn)為他這樣對(duì)嗎？答案： he said that he didn t have any room

57、or supplies, and the shelter is designed only for three people, though he is a little selfish, his reason seems understandable and convincing.5) what does Henderson attempt to do in the face of the crisis?譯文：亨德森在危機(jī)面前試圖做什么？答案： he attempts to go down into Stockton s basement and break down thedoor.6) why does Harlowe try to dissuade him from his attempt?譯文：為什么哈洛勸他放棄自己的打算？答案： harlowe tries to dissuade him from his attempt because not all of themcould fit in since the shelter, they would just be killing eneryone.7) what leads to the fight between Henderson