新世纪大学英语综合教程第二册Unit 5答案(2)

3) Particularly does this observation apply to those who have lost sight and hearing in adult life. (Para. 5)

This is especially true of the people who have become blind and deaf after they have grown up.

4) To me the colorful seasons are a thrilling and unending drama, the action of which streams through my finger tips. (Para. 8)

It seems to me that the change of seasons is like an exciting drama and I can fully appreciate what is going on there just by my sense of touch.

5) It is human, perhaps, to appreciate little that which we have and to long for that which we have not. (Para. 9)

Perhaps, it is human nature that we do not truly cherish the things we already have but are always eager to get what we do not have.

Checking Your Vocabulary Word Detective

1 Choose the definition in Column B that best matches each italicized word in Column A. 1) b 2) f

3)d 4) h 5) j 6) a 7) i 8) c

2 The table below contains approximate synonyms and antonyms for some words from Text B. Complete the crossword puzzle that follows. If you have put in the correct words, you will discover a hidden vertical word that means \and admiration\ 1) STRAIGHTEN 2) RELAXED 3) LOWER 4) INDIRECT 5) RESPECTIVE 6) OWE 7) HOPEFUL 8) CEASE

The hidden word is GLORIOUS.

3 The italicized part in each of the following sentences can be paraphrased by a phrase or idiomatic expression from Text B. Play detective and find it with the help of the clues.

1) The waiting room is full of people travelling to the Maldives(马尔代夫). (Para. 1) bound for

2) He left without even thanking me for returning his lost wallet. (Para. 5)

without so much as

3) Laughter is fairly likely to be the best medicine. (Para. 9) may well

4) It is much easier to owe money than to repay the debt. (Para. 11 / Para. 12)

fall / get into debt

5) We couldn’t help laughing every time he behaved in a playful or comical manner in public. (Para. 13) played the fool

6) All the troubles of life in the world will seem like a drop of salt water in a fresh water river when compared to life in Paradise. (Para. 14) on earth

7) Harry wants to recommend me as a member of the tennis club. (Para. 27) put my name up for

8) An award for poetry was given to Philip Levine for his collection(作品集) “What Work Is”. (Para. 27) was bestowed on

Checking Your Comprehension

1 Answer the following questions with the information contained in Text B.

1) What was the author going to Stockholm for?

She was to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature in Stockholm.

2) How did she feel about being awarded the Prize?

She was very happy and anxious. And she felt a deep sorrow that her father, to whom she owed her success so much, had passed away and couldn’t share her happiness.

3) Did the author really have a conversation with her father?

No. Her father was no longer alive. She was talking with her father in her imagination.

4) According to the author, how would her father respond when she told him that she was in debt?

He would say he couldn’t help her because there was no money in Paradise.

5) What did the author mean when she said that she was in debt?

She meant that she owed her success to a) her father who taught her to love reading and the country and human life; b) other people who told her wonderful stories and gave her deeds to write about; c) nature, from which she learned so many secrets; d) those who had formed and molded the language into a good instrument and taught her to use it; e) the great writers in the past who turned writing into art; f) her readers; and g) those who singled her out for the Prize.

2 Read the following sentences carefully and discuss in pairs what the author intends to say by the italicized parts.

1) I seem to have heard of such things happening to other people — why, then,

not to myself ? (Para. 5)

I have heard of other people meeting their dead family members in Paradise, so why should I not do the same?

2) The train went gliding on but it had a long way to go yet, and my thoughts raced ahead of it. (Para. 5)

The train moved smoothly forward. There was still a long way to go. So, I began to daydream and my thoughts sped even faster than the train.