Reference answer： 给友好的公车司机付小费是我们国家的一种习俗。
第三单元
Part 1
4. Working with words and phrases (c)1. initiate (e)2. compromise (b)3. eliminate (a)4. explore (d)5. cast
(h)6. hold back (f)7. weed out (g)8. sign up for a. inquire into b. do away with
c. start something or cause it to happen d. throw forcefully
e. reach an agreement with them f. get rid of g. register
h. hesitate before you do something
preferably genuine intention initiated eliminate confusion expectation rush into brush... aside for that matter sign up for
1. If this offer is 2. To
(genuine), I will gladly accept it.
weed out
(eliminate) the error message, we must first reduce the possibility of users making errors.
(intention) to remain in my position until a successor is elected.
(confusion).
3. It is my
4. Omissions in my recent article must have caused 5. Perhaps you shouldn't 6. We have to 7. The trip was
(brush) the idea
(aside) too hastily.
(weed out) unqualified applicants.
(initiated) by the manager of the community centre.
(For that matter), I can't blame him.
8. He doesn't trust his partner. 9. We must not
(rush into) anything without careful planning.
(preferably) in the fresh air.
10. Do something creative or take exercise,
7. Practice: translation
1. Everyday I am excited to talk to him via an instant messenger program on the computer, and we talk for about two hours a night.
Reference answer： 我每天都非常兴奋地通过一个计算机内的即时消息程序和他聊天，每个晚上要谈上大概两个小时。
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2. You might as well get certain things out in the open sooner rather than later, before you invest a great deal of time and energy into that relationship.
Reference answer： 不妨把话都摊开来说，宜早不宜迟，然后再投入大量的时间和精力来建立这种关系。
3. I find girls, as well as guys, are open books on these online dating sites.
Reference answer： 我发现无论女性还是男性，在这些交友网站上都是极坦率的人。
4. I would start a relationship with the first available guy who happened to walk into my life at a certain moment.
Reference answer： 如果碰巧在某一时刻有个男的走进我的生活，我会开始和他交往。 5. I am very excited to cast out my fishing line every day on the online dating website and see what I reel in.
Reference answer： 我每天很兴奋地在交友网站抛出钓鱼线，然后收线看我钓到什么。
1.[ I didn't have to rush into finding the name of the place](我不必着急去找地名). I had all day.
2. [I find it difficult to hold back my anger](我觉得很难抑制住我的愤怒) when he starts arguing in favor of racial segregation.
3. It is much better to [ get things out in the open right from the start](从最初便把事情公开).
4. That sounds fantastic.[ Where do I go to sign up for that tour?](我到哪里去报名参加那次旅游呢？)
5. We were sitting on the bridge, [trying to click with a few girls](试图结识几位姑娘).
第四单元
Part 1
4. Working with words and phrases 1. hide in the h (ollow) tree 2. b (rood) over his bad luck 3. speak with a strong a (ccent) 4. miss her boyfriend s (orely) 5. be s (mitten) with grief
6. be j (ealous) of his rich neighbor 7. a g (igantic) statue
8. make out two dim shapes in the g (loom)
stammer sorely shot off revolutionary gigantic dashed bluff brooded curly monster looked back hollow sprang upon
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1. He is kind and friendly despite his rather 2. His left hand was
(bluff) manner.
(shot off) during the war.
(sprang upon) a young deer.
3. The wolf rushed out of the grass and 4. Loch Ness is world famous for the
(monster) that may not even exist.
(looked back) to those days with him.
5. She would smile happily whenever she 6. The shy soldier would
(stammer) when reporting to his officer.
(curly) hair is quite eye-catching among the white kids.
(dashed) through his legs.
(revolutionary) inventions in the twentith century.
7. The little black boy with his
8. He was shocked when a strange animal 9. The farmer made a
(hollow) in the ground to plant a pine tree in.
10. Television is recognized as one of the most
7. Practice: translation
1. He is ever seen hurrying along in the gloom of night, looking for his lost head. Reference answer： 人们看见他在幽暗的夜色中匆匆前行，寻找他失去的头颅。
2. He always won the horse races in Tarry Town and earned many prizes. Brom was never seen without a horse.
Reference answer： 达里镇的赛马比赛他总是赢家，赢得了许多奖项。而且，布罗姆总是骑着他的马。
3. Such was the enemy Ichabod had to defeat for Katrina's heart.
Reference answer： 伊卡博德要赢得卡特里娜的心，必须打败这样一个敌人。
4. Gone were his clothes and his skin. All that was left was a man with white bones shining in the moonlight.
Reference answer： 他的衣服和皮肤倏然脱落，仅剩一堆白骨，在月光下闪闪发亮。
5. There, in the dark woods on the side of the river where the bushes grew low, stood an ugly thing.
Reference answer： 河边漆黑的树林中，在低矮的灌木丛里，站着一个丑陋的东西。
6. He rained a shower of kicks and blows upon his horse, hoping by a sudden movement to give his companion the slip; but the spectre started full jump with him.
Reference answer： 他对马一阵拳打脚踢，希望能快速甩掉这个跟踪者，但那个幽灵却全速跟着他跑了起来。
1. The old lady had all the lights on all night long because she thought this was the only way [not to have her house broken into] (防止他人闯入她的房间) .
2. [Gone were the buildings and the trees] (房屋和树木不复存在). All that was left was a complete ruin.
3. [Such was the force of the explosion] (爆炸的力量如此之大) that all the windows were broken.
4. Something black and sharp looked like a gigantic [monster ready to spring upon the girl] (随时准备扑向女孩的怪物).
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5. The car hit the rider so hard that it [knocked him off his bike to the grass five meters away] (把他从自行车上撞下来，落在了五米开外的草地上).
第五单元
Part 1
4. Working with words and phrases (d)1. expand into a. rules (c)2. compress b. a goal (e)3. blow up c. one's lips (f)4. conceive d. the next room (b)5. accomplish e. a dangerous bridge (a)6. lay down f. an idea
energetic intact satellite reverse accuracy bound density indications mechanism pillar evolution eventual transition microwave
1. Having collected the data and analyzed it thoroughly, we have confidence in the statistics.
2. All of a sudden, the driver put the lorry in 3. There are
(reverse) to back it into the garage.
(accuracy) of the
(bound) to be changes when the new system is introduced.
(energetic), and with
4. The interviewer tends to prefer those candidates who are young, bright, strong ambition.
5. As for music's emotional influence, there are some various hormones.
6. Darwin spent more than twenty years working on his theory of debate in the Western world.
7. His careless management and unwise investments led to the company.
8. China will launch a communications days, a spokesman said Wednesday. 9. We have a 10. The
(indications) that music can affect the levels of
(evolution), and it stirred up heated
(eventual) bankruptcy of his
(satellite) for Pakistan at an \
(microwave) oven, so it shouldn't take a long time to cook the meal.
(pillar) in the building does not serve as a support, but as an ornament.
7. Practice: translation 1. In the creation of the universe, everything was compressed into an infinitesimally small point in which all physical laws that we know of do not apply.
Reference answer： 宇宙在形成过程中，万物被压缩成无穷小的一个奇点，在这个奇点中，我们所知的所有物理定律一概无效。
2. There must have been some point in time when the universe was half its current size.
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