新世纪大学英语综合教程第二册Unit 5答案(3)

3) …, just as I am about to break my news to him, I will decide to keep it back just a while longer and try the indirect approach. (Para. 8)

…, just before I am to tell him the news, I will decide to wait for a while and tell him indirectly.

4) One may well say of this place that it has everything except money. (Para. 9)

One is likely to think that Paradise has everything except money.

5) It is not too much to ask that you should help. (Para. 11)

I have proper reasons to ask you for help.

6) I will not rack my brains about problems that no one in Heaven or on earth can solve. (Para. 28)

I will not try so hard to solve problems that can’t be solved.

Enhance Your Language Awareness Words in Action

Working with Words and Expressions

1 In the box below are some of the words you have learned in this unit. Complete the following sentences with the words given. Change the form where necessary.

1) Their experiment stretched over a period of ten years. At last, their efforts paid off.

2) Communication is the only remedy against conflict within the family.

3) You’d better confine your summary to the main idea; don’t try to talk about the trivial things.

4) Truly remarkable progress has been made in a short period of time, which is the result of the hard work of everyone involved.

5) Thank you for your kind help — I think I owe you a favour.

6) When he sleeps by the window on hot summer afternoons, he tends to lower the curtain to keep out the sun.

7) Joseph did give me a quick reply this time, but I wonder why he made no

response to my last question.

8) History will reveal the truth in the future and they will realize what a wrong thing they did.

9) The camel is characterized by an ability to go without water for days.

10) It is hard to picture him as a government official because he looks so funny, but I bet he makes a good one.

11) Men should open up their minds and adopt a correct attitude towards women.

12) Since all of us were tired, Martin proposed that we take a short rest before continuing our work.

13) Seeing a big snake under the table, Sophia could not help trembling from head to foot.

2 In the boxes below are some of the expressions you have learned in this unit. Do you understand their meanings? Do you know how to use them in the proper context? Now check for yourself by doing the blank-filling exercise. Change the form where necessary.

1) Rosa was singled out for praise by the teacher because her art project was so creative.

2) Rebecca told us most of the story but kept back the bit about herself because she didn’t want to make her good deed known.

3) The local people tell me it is all but impossible to climb up to the top of the snowy mountain.

4) Marilyn Monroe went to Hollywood in search of fame(名气) and fortune.

5) In Heaven let us be two birds flying ever together, and on earth two trees with branches interlocked(连结) forever.

6) Last but not least, I would like to thank all of you, and in particular the Chairman, Dr. Rogers, for his full support over the last three years.

7) Oliver is a respected engineer, manager and teacher, but first and foremost he is a kind father and loving husband, which is something he takes great pride in.

8) When he took in what was happening and realized something was wrong, he decided to get away quickly.

Increasing Your Word Power

1 In English some adjectives cannot be used as pre-nominal modifiers. Instead, they can only follow link verbs and function as the predicative, e.g. alone, afraid, asleep, awake, alive, alike, unable, ill, glad, sorry, fond. Hence, we can say a frightened girl or a sick boy, but it is wrong to say *an afraid girl or *an ill boy.

In each of the following sentences you are given two words in brackets. Choose the appropriate one to fill in the blank. Please note that for some sentences, both words are acceptable.

1) I know how you feel, because I have a similar problem. (similar, alike)

2) I think my mother and I are very much alike / similar in many ways. (similar, alike)

3) She looked lovingly at the sleeping child. (asleep, sleeping)

4) The little boy was so tired that he was sound asleep within seconds. (asleep, sleeping)

5) She greeted us with a cheerful smile. (glad, cheerful)

6) She was glad that the birthday party was a success. (glad, cheerful)