新標準大學英語第二版綜合教程 Unit A篇練習答案及課文翻譯(1)

1、整理課件1整理課件2ContentsActive Reading 1整理課件3 Chief introduction to O. Henry O. Henrys main worksWarming Up整理課件4Warming UpW i l l i a m S y d n e y P o r t e r (September 11, 1862 June 5, 1910), known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American short story writer, who wrote about the life of ordinary people

2、 in New York City. O. Henrys short stories are known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization, and surprise endings. 整理課件5The Gift of the Magi麥琪的禮物The Cop and the Anthem 警察和贊美詩The Ransom of Red Chief 紅毛酋長的贖金The Last Leaf 最后一片藤葉A Retrieved Reformation 浪子回頭The Furnished Room 帶家具出租的房間Warming Up整理

3、課件6The Gift of the Magi is about a young couple who are short of money but desperately want to buy each other Christmas gifts. Unbeknownst to Jim, Della sells her most valuable possession, her beautiful hair, in order to buy a platinum fob chain for Jims watch; while unbeknownst to Della, Jim sells

4、his own most valuable possession, his watch, to buy jeweled combs for Dellas hair. The essential premise of this story has been copied, re-worked, parodied, and otherwise re-told countless times in the century since it was written.Warming Up整理課件7The Cop and the Anthem is about a New York City hobo n

5、amed Soapy, who sets out to get arrested so that he can be a guest of the city jail instead of sleeping out in the cold winter. Despite efforts at petty theft, vandalism, disorderly conduct, and “mashing” with a young prostitute, Soapy fails to draw the attention of the police. Disconsolate, he paus

6、es in front of a church, where an organ anthem inspires him to clean up his life and is ironically charged for loitering and sentenced to three months in prison.Warming Up整理課件8In The Ransom of Red Chief, two men kidnap a boy of ten. The boy turns out to be so bratty and obnoxious that the desperate

7、men ultimately pay the boys father $250 to take him back. The pattern of “The Ransom of Red Chief” is suggested by the first sentence of the story: “It looked like a good thing: but wait till I tell you.” The story is essentially ironic; in a series of comic reversals, the expected event is replaced

8、 by its opposite.Warming Up整理課件9In The Last Leaf, a woman nick-named Johnsy has come down with pneumonia, and is close to death. Outside the window of her room, the leaves fall from a vine. Johnsy decides that when the last leaf drops, she too will die, while her room mate Sue, who stays with her, t

9、ries to tell her to stop thinking so pessimistically.Warming UpIn the same apartment building, an artist named Behrman has been claiming that he will paint a masterpiece. A storm comes, the last leaf does not fall, nor the next day. When Johnsy is strong enough, Sue reveals to her that their neighbo

10、ur Behrman has died of pneumonia, and that the one remaining leaf is in fact his masterpiece done for Johnsys sake to live.整理課件10A Retrieved Reformation tells the tale of safecracker Jimmy Valentine, recently freed from prison. He goes to a town bank to case it before he robs it. As he walks to the

11、door, he catches the eye of the bankers beautiful daughter. They immediately fall in love and Valentine decides to give up his criminal career. He moves into the town, taking up the identity of Ralph Spencer, a shoemaker. Just as he is about to leave to deliver his specialized tools to an old associ

12、ate, a lawman who recognizes him arrives at the bank. Jimmy and his fiance and her family are at the bank, inspecting a new safe, when a child accidentally gets locked inside the airtight vault. Knowing it will seal his fate, Valentine opens the safe to rescue the child. However, much to Valentines

13、surprise, the lawman denies recognizing him and lets him go.Warming Up整理課件11 The Furnished Room is perhaps the bleakest of O. Henrys best-known stories. The basic ironic plot can be summarized in a sentence a young man commits suicide in the same room where a young woman for whom he has vainly searc

14、hed killed herself. The fact that the young man ends up in the very same room in which his lost sweetheart took her life is one of the most extreme coincidences in all of O. Henrys fiction. It is a story of transience, of lives that move through a bleak, indifferent world, leaving only bits of thems

15、elves. Warming Up整理課件12After twenty yearsText整理課件13After twenty years1 The policeman on the beat moved up the avenue impressively. The impressiveness was habitual and not for show, for spectators were few. The time was barely ten oclock at night, but chilly gusts of wind with a taste of rain in them

16、 had well nigh de-peopled the streets.Text整理課件142 Trying doors as he went, twirling his club with many intricate and artful movements, turning now and then to cast his watchful eye adown the pacific thoroughfare, the officer, with his stalwart form and slight swagger, made a fine picture of a guardi

17、an of the peace. The vicinity was one that kept early hours. Now and then you might see the lights of a cigar store or of an all-night lunch counter; but the majority of the doors belonged to business places that had long since been closed.Text整理課件153 When about midway of a certain block the policem

18、an suddenly slowed his walk. In the doorway of a darkened hardware store a man leaned, with an unlighted cigar in his mouth. As the policeman walked up to him the man spoke up quickly.4 “Its all right, officer,” he said, reassuringly. “Im just waiting for a friend. Its an appointment made twenty yea

19、rs ago. Sounds a little funny to you, doesnt it? Well, Ill explain if youd like to make certain its all straight. About that long ago there used to be a restaurant where this store stands Big Joe Bradys restaurant.”Text整理課件165 “Until five years ago,” said the policeman. “It was torn down then.”6 The

20、 man in the doorway struck a match and lit his cigar. The light showed a pale, square-jawed face with keen eyes, and a little white scar near his right eyebrow. His scarfpin was a large diamond, oddly set.Text整理課件177 “Twenty years ago tonight,” said the man, “I dined here at Big Joe Bradys with Jimm

21、y Wells, my best chum, and the finest chap in the world. He and I were raised here in New York, just like two brothers, together. I was eighteen and Jimmy was twenty. The next morning I was to start for the West to make my fortune. You couldnt have dragged Jimmy out of New York; he thought it was th

22、e only place on earth. Well, we agreed that night that we would meet here again exactly twenty years from that date and time, no matter what our conditions might be or from what distance we might have to come. We figured that in twenty years each of us ought to have our destiny worked out and our fo

23、rtunes made, whatever they were going to be.”Text整理課件18 8 “It sounds pretty interesting,” said the policeman. “Rather a long time between meets, though, it seems to me. Havent you heard from your friend since you left?”9 “Well, yes, for a time we corresponded,” said the other. “But after a year or t

24、wo we lost track of each other. You see, the West is a pretty big proposition, and I kept hustling around over it pretty lively. But I know Jimmy will meet me here if hes alive, for he always was the truest, staunchest old chap in the world. Hell never forget. I came a thousand miles to stand in thi

25、s door tonight, and its worth it if my old partner turns up.”Text整理課件1910 The waiting man pulled out a handsome watch, the lids of it set with small diamonds.11 “Three minutes to ten,” he announced. “It was exactly ten oclock when we parted here at the restaurant door.”12 “Did pretty well out West,

26、didnt you?” asked the policeman.13 “You bet! I hope Jimmy has done half as well. He was a kind of plodder, though, good fellow as he was. Ive had to compete with some of the sharpest wits going to get my pile. A man gets in a groove in New York. It takes the West to put a razor-edge on him.”Text整理課件

27、2014 The policeman twirled his club and took a step or two.15 “Ill be on my way. Hope your friend comes around all right. Going to call time on him sharp?”16 “I should say not!” said the other. “Ill give him half an hour at least. If Jimmy is alive on earth hell be here by that time. So long, office

28、r.”17 “Good night, sir,” said the policeman, passing on along his beat, trying doors as he went.Text整理課件2118 There was now a fine, cold drizzle falling, and the wind had risen from its uncertain puffs into a steady blow. The few foot passengers astir in that quarter hurried dismally and silently alo

29、ng with coat collars turned high and pocketed hands. And in the door of the hardware store the man who had come a thousand miles to fill an appointment, uncertain almost to absurdity, with the friend of his youth, smoked his cigar and waited.19 About twenty minutes he waited, and then a tall man in

30、a long overcoat, with collar turned up to his ears, hurried across from the opposite side of the street. He went directly to the waiting man.Text整理課件2220 “Is that you, Bob?” he asked, doubtfully.21 “Is that you, Jimmy Wells?” cried the man in the door.22 “Bless my heart!” exclaimed the new arrival,

31、grasping both the others hands with his own. “Its Bob, sure as fate. I was certain Id find you here if you were still in existence. Well, well, well! twenty years is a long time. The old restaurants gone, Bob; I wish it had lasted, so we could have had another dinner there. How has the West treated

32、you, old man?”23 “Buddy; it has given me everything I asked it for. Youve changed lots, Jimmy. I never thought you were so tall by two or three inches.”Text整理課件2324 “Oh, I grew a bit after I was twenty.”25 “Doing well in New York, Jimmy?”26 “Moderately. I have a position in one of the city departmen

33、ts. Come on, Bob; well go around to a place I know of, and have a good long talk about old times.”27 The two men started up the street, arm in arm. The man from the West, his egotism enlarged by success, was beginning to outline the history of his career. The other, submerged in his overcoat, listen

34、ed with interest.28 At the corner stood a drug store, brilliant with electric lights. When they came into this glare each of them turned simultaneously to gaze upon the others face.Text整理課件2429 The man from the West stopped suddenly and released his arm.30 “Youre not Jimmy Wells,” he snapped. “Twent

35、y years is a long time, but not long enough to change a mans nose from a Roman to a pug.”31 “It sometimes changes a good man into a bad one,” said the tall man. “Youve been under arrest for ten minutes, Silky Bob. Chicago thinks you may have dropped over our way and wires us she wants to have a chat

36、 with you. Going quietly, are you? Thats sensible. Now, before we go on to the station heres a note I was asked to hand you. You may read it here at the window. Its from Patrolman Wells.”Text整理課件2532 The man from the West unfolded the little piece of paper handed him. His hand was steady when he beg

37、an to read, but it trembled a little by the time he had finished. The note was rather short.33 Bob: I was at the appointed place on time. When you struck the match to light your cigar I saw it was the face of the man wanted in Chicago. Somehow I couldnt do it myself, so I went around and got a plain

38、 clothes man to do the job. JIMMYText整理課件26二十年后二十年后 1 正在巡邏的警察沿街而行，神態(tài)威嚴。威嚴的神態(tài)是習慣性的而不是給別人看的，因為也沒幾個人在看。時間將近夜里十點鐘，但是，夾帶著一絲雨意的陣陣寒風已使街道近乎空無一人了。Text整理課件27 2 警官邊走邊推門，看看沿街的店門關好了沒有。他以錯綜復雜的精妙動作熟練地擺弄著警棍，時不時轉(zhuǎn)身把警覺的目光投向安靜的街道，他健壯的身形和微微大搖大擺的樣子形成一幅和平守護者的美妙圖像。這一帶街區(qū)的人是習慣早睡早起的。時不時能看到一家雪茄店或一間通宵營業(yè)的便餐館還亮著燈；但大多數(shù)商鋪都早已關門了。Tex

39、t整理課件28 3 走到某一街區(qū)的中段時，警察突然放慢了腳步。在一家黑了燈的五金店門口倚著一個男人，嘴里叼著一根沒點著的雪茄。警察一走上前去，那人急忙開了腔。 4 “沒事兒，警官，”他說這話好叫警官放心?！拔抑皇窃诘扰笥?。這是二十年前定的約會。聽起來您覺得有點兒滑稽，對吧？呃，如果您想弄清楚這是不是實話，我可以解釋。大約二十年前，這家店所在之處原是個餐館 大喬布拉迪餐館?！?Text整理課件29 5 “直到五年前，”警察說。“五年前被拆了?！?6 門口那人劃了一根火柴點燃雪茄?；鸸庹粘鲆粡埳n白、方下巴、長著一雙銳利眼睛的臉，右眉邊上有一處微小的白色疤痕。他的別針是一塊大鉆石，鑲嵌的方式很奇特。

40、Text整理課件307 “二十年前的今晚，”那人說，“我在大喬布拉迪這里和我最好的哥們兒、世上最棒的伙計吉米威爾斯一起吃飯。我和他在紐約這塊兒一起長大，就像哥兒倆。我當時十八歲，吉米二十歲。第二天早上我就要動身去西部發(fā)財了。你沒法兒把吉米拽出紐約；他以為這是地球上唯一的一塊地兒。呃，那天晚上我們約定，我們將在二十年后的同一天、同一時間在這里再見面，無論我們混成什么樣子，或者得從多遠的地方來。我們估計二十年后，我們應該都已經(jīng)知道了自己的命運，發(fā)了財。至于是好是壞都無所謂了?！?Text整理課件318 “聽起來很有趣，”警察說?！安贿^在我看來，兩次會面之間隔了相當長一段時間。自從離開后，你沒有聽到

41、過你朋友的消息嗎？” 9 “呃，有的，我們通過一段時間的信，”那人說。“可是一兩年后，我們彼此就失去了聯(lián)系。你知道，西部的生意相當大，我一直忙得團團轉(zhuǎn)。但我知道如果吉米還活著，他一定會到這兒來見我的，因為他始終是這世界上最忠實、最可靠的老伙計。他絕不會忘的。今晚我從千里之外趕到這個地方， 如果我的老伙伴露面的話，一切都值得了?！?Text整理課件3210 那個等候的人掏出一只漂亮的懷表，表蓋上鑲嵌著小鉆石。11 “差三分鐘十點，”他宣布?！拔覀兪鞘c整在這餐館門口分手的?！?12 “你在西部混得相當不錯，對吧？”警察問道。13 “當然啦！我希望吉米混得有我一半兒好。他是那種悶頭苦干的人，不過是

42、個好人。我可得跟一幫打我錢財主意的最精明的人競爭。一個人在紐約容易墨守成規(guī)。西部則會讓他身處險境?！?Text整理課件3314 警察轉(zhuǎn)動警棍，又踱了幾步。15 “我得上路了。希望你的朋友能準時到來。如果他沒有按時來，你會離開嗎？” 16 “我不會離開 ！”另一位說?！拔視辽僭俳o他半個小時。如果吉米還活在世上，到時候他會來的。再見，警官。” 17 “晚安，先生，”警察說著，沿巡邏路線繼續(xù)前行，邊走邊推著店門。Text整理課件3418 此時下起了毛毛細雨，寒意襲人，原先若有若無的微風也變成凜冽的寒風。還在街上行走的少數(shù)行人也都豎起了大衣領子，將手插進了口袋，陰郁而沉默地匆匆走開了。五金店門口，從

43、千里之外趕來赴約的那個人抽著雪茄等待著，他與少年時代朋友的這場不確定的約會幾乎到了荒誕的程度。19 他等了大約二十分鐘，這時一個身穿長大衣，領子豎起到耳朵的高個子男人匆匆從街對面走來。他徑直走向正在等待的人。Text整理課件3520 “是你嗎，鮑勃？”他猶疑地問。21 “是你嗎，吉米威爾斯？”門口的人大叫。22 “天哪！”新來的人歡呼起來，緊緊抓住對方的雙手?！笆酋U勃，確定無疑。只要你還活著，我肯定會在這兒找到你的。好，好，好！ 二十年很長。老餐館沒了，鮑勃；我多希望它還在，那樣我們就可以在這兒再吃一頓飯了。西部待你怎樣，老伙計？” 23 “好極了！它給了我要的一切。你變了很多，吉米。我可沒想

44、過你還能再長高兩三英寸。” Text整理課件3624 “哦，我二十歲以后又長了一點兒?！?25 “在紐約混得不錯，吉米？” 26 “一般。我在市政府部門有個職位。來吧，鮑勃；咱們?nèi)ヒ粋€我知道的地方，好好長談一番過去的時光?！?27 兩人挽著胳膊，沿街走去。來自西部的人，功成名就，信心滿滿，開始談論自己的發(fā)達史。另一位縮在大衣里，饒有興趣地聽著。28 街角有一家雜貨店，燈火輝煌。他們走到這光亮里時，不約而同地轉(zhuǎn)頭打量對方的面孔。 Text整理課件3729 西部來的人突然停住，松開了他的胳膊。30 “你不是吉米威爾斯，”他厲聲說?！岸晔呛荛L，但不足以把一個人的高鼻梁變成塌鼻梁?！?31 “有時

45、候會把一個好人變成壞人，”高個子男人說?！澳阋呀?jīng)被捕十分鐘了，滑頭鮑勃。芝加哥警方認為你可能會來我們這里，電報通知我們說她想跟你聊聊。乖乖跟我們走，好吧？這才算聰明?，F(xiàn)在，在我們繼續(xù)往警局走之前，這兒有一張紙條，有人讓我交給你。你可以在櫥窗這兒讀。是巡警威爾斯寫的?！?Text整理課件38 32 來自西部的人打開交給他的紙條。開始時他的手還是穩(wěn)的，但到讀完的時候他的手卻在顫抖。紙條很短。33 鮑勃：我按時到了約定的地點。你劃火柴點雪茄的時候，我看到了一張被芝加哥通緝的人的臉。不知怎么的，我自己下不了手，于是我轉(zhuǎn)了一圈，去找了個便衣來干這活兒。 吉米 Text整理課件39Words &

46、Phrases整理課件40Words & Phrases整理課件41Words & Phrases整理課件42impressively ad. used for saying sth. is impressive 令人欽佩地；令人印象深刻地e.g. 1. The several foreign students introduced themselves, and then continued the debate in impressively fluent English. 幾名外國學生進行了自我介紹，接著用令人驚嘆的流利的英語繼續(xù)辯論。2. The little merm

47、aid has one impressively big rack, dreams of living her life on shore and finding her true love. 小美人魚有一個很大的野心：夢想著在岸上生活，并找到自己的真愛。Word family: impress v.impressive a. impression n.impressiveness n.Words & Phrases整理課件43impressiveness n. U the quality of making a strong or vivid impression on the mi

48、nd 令人難忘，令人注目e.g. 1. In addition to the impressiveness of the settings, there is a use of the camera which at times seems magical. 除了布景的感染力外，攝影機的運用技巧有時顯出不可思議的效果。2. Cao Xueqin, the author of Dream of the Red Chamber, made full use of hyperbole which greatly increased the impressiveness of the works. 紅

49、樓夢的作者曹雪芹充分利用夸張手法，極大地增強了作品的感染力。Words & Phrases整理課件44habitual a. usually or often done by sb. 習慣性的e.g. 1. Habitual overeating had distended the boys stomach. 習慣性的暴食使這男孩的胃擴張了。2. Whorf developed the idea that the structure of language determines the structure of habitual thought in a society. 沃爾夫逐漸形

50、成了這樣的觀點，認為在人類社會中，語言結(jié)構(gòu)決定慣性思維結(jié)構(gòu)。Word family: habit n. Words & Phrases整理課件45chilly a. cold enough to be unpleasant 寒冷的；冷得難受的e.g. 1. His heavy coat besteaded him against the chilly north wind. 他的厚外衣有助于他抵御寒冷的北風。2. Pick a dark, cozy place thats not too warm or too chilly. (CET4-2013-12) 選一個光線暗的、舒適的地方，

51、不要太暖也不要太冷。Word family: chill n. & v. Words & Phrases整理課件46gust n. C a sudden strong wind 一陣強風；一陣狂風e.g. 1. A gust of wind drove down the valley. 一陣狂風掠過山谷。2. A gust of wind blew, which caused the wind chimes to dance. 一陣強風吹起，風鈴跟著跳動起來。Word family: gusty a.Words & Phrases整理課件47twirl v. to mo

52、ve in circles, or make sth. move in circles （使）轉(zhuǎn)動；（使）旋轉(zhuǎn)e.g. 1. Bonnie twirled her empty glass in her fingers. 邦妮用手指轉(zhuǎn)動著她的空杯子。2. Several hundred people twirl around the ballroom dance floor. 幾百人在舞廳的舞池里旋轉(zhuǎn)著。Words & Phrases整理課件48intricate a. very detailed in design or structure 復雜精細的；盤根錯節(jié)的e.g. 1. Lan

53、guages all share some deep and intricate universals. 所有語言都共享一些深層且復雜的共性。2. He knows his way around the intricate maze of European law. 他通曉錯綜復雜的歐洲律法。Word family: intricacy n. intricately ad. Words & Phrases整理課件49artful a. done using art or skill 巧妙的；有技巧的e.g. 1. Despite some artful editing, the ant

54、hology is a weak one. 除了編輯上的一些巧妙之處，這本選集乏善可陳。2. There is also an artful contrast of shapes. 形狀的對比也很巧妙。Word family: art n.artfully ad.Words & Phrases整理課件50watchful a. looking at sth. carefully or noticing everything that is happening 警惕的；警覺的e.g. 1. We should be watchful of computer viruses. 我們應該警惕

55、計算機病毒。2. They should keep a watchful eye on their children. (CET4-2003-12) 他們應該看護好孩子們。3. He first learnt to fish under the watchful eye of his grandmother. 在祖母的看護下，他第一次學起了釣魚。Words & Phrases整理課件51adown prep. (also down) to or towards a lower place 向下；往下e.g. 1. They took a moonlight walk adown swe

56、et-scented lanes. 他們在香氣襲人的小徑上月下漫步。2. Adown the vista of the garden avenue, a number of persons were seen approaching towards the house. 花園路的那頭，有幾個人正朝房子這邊走過來。 Words & Phrases整理課件52pacific a. (literary) peaceful and calm 溫和的；平靜的e.g. 1. The manager was less pacific than people thought. 經(jīng)理不像人們想得那樣溫和

57、。2. What a beautiful pacific village this is! 這是一個多么美麗而平靜的村莊啊！Cf. the Pacific Ocean 太平洋Words & Phrases整理課件53thoroughfare n. C a main road through a place 主干道；大街；大道e.g. 1. Construction site ahead. No thoroughfare. 前方施工，此路不通。2. Down the crowded thoroughfare comes the University of Cambridges most

58、distinctive vehicle, bearing its most distinguished citizen. 從擁擠的街道上駛來了一輛劍橋大學最有特色的車，車上坐著學校最著名的人物。Words & Phrases整理課件54stalwart a. (literary) used for describing a person who looks very strong（人）強健的，強壯的e.g. 1. Stalwart policemen stood guard outside. 強壯的警察在外面警戒。2. He had a stalwart figure and walk

59、ed with an air. 他身材魁梧，走起路來很有氣派。Words & Phrases整理課件55swagger n. sing a proud and confident way of walking or behaving 昂首闊步；狂妄自大； 趾高氣揚e.g. 1. He walked with a swagger that made him look ridiculous. 他趾高氣揚地走著，看起來很可笑。2. He makes the dust rise from the earth with his swagger. 他昂首闊步，使地上塵土飛揚。Words &

60、 Phrases整理課件56guardian n. C a person or organization that guards or protects sth. 看守者；保護者e.g. 1. A real dog never missed his duty as a dutiful guardian. 一條真正的狗從來不會忘記他的職責：一個盡職的守衛(wèi)。2. A minister or a priest is considered a guardian of faith. 牧師和教士被認為是信仰的護衛(wèi)者。Synonym: guardWords & Phrases整理課件57vicinity n. sing the area near a particular place 臨近地區(qū)；附近e.g. 1. Theres a chemical plant in the vicinity