大学英语四第三版翻译答案解析

1. 上海外语教育出版第三版社大学英语精读4课后习题翻译答案

Key to the Exercises
II. Vocabulary
I. Practice using the rules of word formation.
1) Examine how the compound nouns from the text are formed Work out their meanings. Add more words that are formed in the same way.
These compound nouns are formed by noun+noun.
2) Examine how the word "sincerity" is formed. Find out the meaning of the noun suffix "-ty" with the help of a dictionary.
sincerity; sincere + -ity
The suffix "-ty", from French, is used to form abstract nouns that refer to the state of having a particular quality or sth. that has that quality.
e. g. certain + -ty —? certainty
Note: "-ity" is a variant form of "-ty".

3)Turn the following adjectives into nouns ending with "-ty" or "-ity" and then vice versa. Add more words to the list.
Adjective Noun Adjective Noun
able ability stupid stupidity
active activity capable capability
available availability creative creativity
certain certainty human humanity
cruel cruelty responsible responsibility
curious curiosity original originality
relative relativity possible possibility
probable probability
special specialty
visible visibility

4) Complete the sentence with the words in the brackets in their noun forms.

(1) construction (8) humanity

(2) Creativity (9) Poverty

(3) motivation (10) ignorance

(4) difference (11) sincerity

(5) investment (12) Politeness

(6) capabilities (13) Curiosity

(7) activity (14) shortness

2. Give words or expressions with similar meanings.
1) to freeze 10) to pick/to pull off
2) precious 11) exactly
3) soft 12) true/genuine/actual
4) low/soft/weak 13) foolish/stupid/unwise/mb/brainless
5) to throw/to toss/to cast 14) to watch over/to look after/to control/to
6) big/gigantic/huge/large preside over/to manage/to direct/to guide
7) to cut/to cut short/to cut off/to destroy 15) to shake/to shiver/to quiver
8) ache/pain 16) to sob/to cry
9)area/field/patch/space/section/lot 17) miserable/unhappy/pitiful/unfortunate/
sorrowful/ broken-hearted

3. Complete the sentences with the expressions listed below in their proper forms .
1) blind with 2) pressed, against 3) For want of
4) in return 5) lingered on 6) compared to
7) was fond of, something of 8) Compared to 9) For want of
10) compared to 11) was blue with

4. Put the following into English.

1) to give/hold/have a ball 8) to press the doorbell
2) to give/hold/have/throw a party 9) to sacrifice/give/lay down one's life'
3) to give a press conference 10) to nip the buds
4) to bury the treasures 11) to pierce the heart
5) to bury/cover one's face in one's hands 12) to deny the fact
6) to pluck/pick the flowers 13) to deny the charge
7) to pay the price 14) to fill up the bottle

5. Complete the sentences with the following phrasal verbs of "go" in their proper
forms.
1) go ahead 2) go by 3) went off 4) going up
5) going on 6) went on with 7) gone over 8) going through
9) go into 10) go with, go together

6. Give the meanings of the underlined parts in the sentences below. Note how the meanings are different in different contexts.

1) 清了清（嗓子） 7）细胞
2) 放晴了 8）登机
3）清醒清醒（头脑） 9）董事（委员）会
4）还清（债务） 10）伙食
5）清楚地 11）木板
6）牢房

7. Give the sentence patterns of the underlined parts in the sentences below, and then using the patterns, rewrite the sentences that follow.
Sentence patterns: imperative + and + clause
imperative + or + clause
One possibility of the sentences;
1) Read Lu Xun and your mind will include a piece of his.
2) Drink tomato juice for some time and you will not be afraid of seeing blood.
3) Rest for a while and your headache will be gone.
4) Give Jimmy less money, or he will develop some bad habit.
5) Improve the quality of your proct, or you will lose your market.
6) Punish these people severely, or illegal trade in wild life will never stop.
7) Take this opportunity, or you will live to regret it.
8) Stop polluting our rivers and lakes immediately, or we will be in deep trouble.

8. Put in the missing words.
(1) lives (2) noticed (3) but (4) or (5) heard
(6) to (7) plant (8) by (9) calmed (10) used
(11) dollars (12) seems (13) slower (14) shopping (15) weekends
(16) be (17) create (18) to

III. Grammar
1. Combine each pair of the sentences as shown in the example.
1) Xiao Fang is the smartest girl I've ever known.
2) This is the most fantastic story I've ever heard.
3) 15,000 yuan is the lowest price we can offer for this laptop.
4) Pearl Harbor is the best American film I've seen for quite a while.
5) Lin is the most easy-going professor I've ever met.
6) The storm last night was the worst I can remember.
7) I think Dialogue is the most thought-provoking talk show CCTV offers.
8) I think Mr. Cui is the wittiest talk show host you can find at the moment.
9) In the 1930s, nursing and teaching were the best jobs capable women could dream of.
10) These are the most delicious noodles we've had since a long time ago.

2. Complete the sentences by translating the -Chinese in the brackets Into English, using "all/everything etc. +a relative clause".
1) The doctors did all they could
2) I don't always agree with everything he says
3) anything they ask for
4) All he got from a week of hard work
5) All that is written in his wife's letter
6) Nothing the doctors said
7) anything you suggest
8) Something he read in a popular magazine
9) All that can be done is done
10) Anything the artist painted
11) something that never existed before

3. Put in the blanks proper modals listed below.
(1) can't (ability)
(2) must (obligation)
(3) mustn't (obligation)
(4) must (obligation) , had to (necessity)
(5) cannot (possibility), can (possibility)
(6) May (permission), can't (permission), might (possibility)
(7) can (possibility), must (obligation)
(8) can/may (possibility), must (subject certainty)
(9) might (possibility), have to (necessity), can't (possibility)
(10) could (possibility), could (possibility), might (possibility)
(11) must (necessity), can't (possibility), have to (necessity)
Note: According to the Ox ford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, the 2000 edition, there
isn't much difference between "must" and "have to" in American English. The latter is more common, especially in speech. In British English there is a difference between them. "Must" is used to talk about what the speaker or listener wants, and "have (got) to" about rules, laws and other people's wishes. There are no past or future forms of "must".

4. Put in proper prepositions.
1) through 2) over 3) like 4) As, like
5) through 6) Over/In/During, into 7) through 8) over
9) As, from, without, around. As, with, with, to
10) with, for, Besides/Apart from, at, at, between, of, on round/around

5. Identify and correct the mistake in each of the sentences.
1) Something (that) a witness said ring the trial has been bothering me.
2) Many parents mistakenly believe that the more toys children have, the more creative they will be.
3) A house without a book is like a room without a window.
4) He was 50 glad to see his old friend that tears ran down his cheeks.
5) People believe that tomorrow's car will be bigger, faster, and more comfortable than before.
6) Both on land and at sea, helicopters have rescued many people.
7) Jim is intelligent, but not as hard-working as his sister.
8) The most humorous person (that) I've ever met is my teacher of Chinese.
9) I don't believe an old man of 80 could be so strong as to knock down a door.
10) All that the people want are lasting peace and social progress.

2. 大学体验英语综合教程4 第三版 passageA课文翻译及课后翻译题的答案

颐养天年
人人都知道孤儿院和养老院绝不能替代家庭。人们的感觉是只有家庭才能给老人与幼童提供使他们会产生满足感的一切。对子女来说，享有父母的呵护毋庸多说，因为这是一种本能的父辈的情感。不过晚辈对于长辈的孝敬，正如中国的一句俗话 “水往低处流” 所说，则需要由文化去培养。一个自然人必会爱其子女，但只有受过文化教育的人才会珍爱和孝敬父母。这个爱老、敬老的原则最终成为了大众所信守的准则，并且根据某些著书立说者所言，在父母年老时能有幸在其身边服侍，实际上已成为一种强烈的愿望。父母生病了却没有机会在病榻前亲侍药汤，亡故时未能亲临送终，已被有文化的中国人视为终身最大的遗憾。官员到了五六十岁尚不能迎养父母，于官署中晨昏定省，会被视为道德缺失而倍感羞愧，不得不常向亲友和同僚解释他不能迎养孝敬的理由。从前有个人，因赶回家时父母已亡故，悲痛之
下说了这样两句话：

“树欲静而风不止，

子欲养而亲不在。”

在美国，身体健康且精神矍铄的老年人常对人说他尚“年轻”，或者是旁人说他们“年轻”，而实际上则是说他们身体康健。这似乎是一种语言上的不幸。老来健康或者说“长寿康健”是人生莫大的幸运，而改称之为“健康且年轻”，则会贬损其魅力，使原本很完美的东西变得不那么完美了。终究，世上再也没有什么能比一个健康而智慧的老者更完美的了。他有着“红润的面庞，雪白的头发”，用和蔼的声音，谈论着人生世故。中国人很明白这一点，所以画出来的老翁总是“红颊白须”，视之为尘世终极快乐的象征。美国人大概也看到过中国人所画的老寿星，他那高突的前额、红润的面庞、雪白的长须，还有他笑容可掬的神态！这是何等生动的画像。他手抚飘逸垂胸的长须，悠然自得。他何等的庄严，令人起敬；他何等的自信，没有人会质疑他的智慧；他何等的仁慈，因为他见闻了太多的人间疾苦。对
于富有生气的老者，我们也会给予赞誉，说他们是“老当益壮”。
我丝毫不怀疑，美国的老人依旧要坚持说他们又忙碌又活跃这一事实，可以归为个人主义被推崇到了愚蠢的地步。他们以自主为荣，崇尚自立，耻于依赖子女。美国人在其宪法中规定了许多人权，但他们却很奇怪地忘掉了老年人应享受子女赡养这一权利，因为这也是因提供养育服务而产生的权利和义务。有谁能够否认，父母年轻时为子女何等地辛劳，子女小有病痛必彻夜不眠地照顾，在子女还没有学会说话时给他们换洗尿布，耗费二十余载将他们养育成人，教会他们自立生活。当他们年老时，就有权得到子女的赡养和孝敬。在普通的家庭生活模式中能否忘掉个人的自立及其自尊？凡是人都是先由父母养育，后来再养育自己的子女，最后则理所当然地得到子女的赡养。中国人对生活的完整理念是以家庭中的互帮互助为基础的，所以没有个人独立的意识，因此，到了夕阳红的老年时期得到子女赡养时就不会
有耻辱感，反而会因有子女赡养而倍感欣幸。

3. 大学英语4课后翻译答案

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