An Integrated English Course Book III
Key to Exercises
Unit 1
Text Comprehension
IV. Explain in your own words the following sentences taken from the text.
1. I planned to keep silent and act in such a way so that nobody would notice that I was only a new-comer to college.
2. For three days, I had not been to the cafeteria due to my feeling of humiliation and shame. Instead, I stayed alone in my room and ate junk food of various kinds from a vending machine which was in just the right place to aid me in avoiding others. 3. It didn’t matter or not you were widely accepted or admired; you did not have to behave to the liking of everybody else.
Translation Exercises (Chinese into English)
1. It distressed me a great deal to hear the news that he had suffered repeated failures.
2. He assumed an air of cheerfulness, even though he lost favor with his boss.
3. Gulliver met with extraordinary adventures and saw a strange assortment of people.
4. He will be furious with you if you repeat the same mistake. 5. We were all greatly drawn by his frank views, humorous words and genial manners.
6. After cheers and applause died down, the Nobel Prize winner began his speech.
7. He is gifted with a sort of insight and foresight, so he rarely runs with the crowd.
8. I feel realities are after all very harsh, so one can hardly live up entirely to his ideals. Unit 2
Text Comprehension
IV. Explain in your own words the following sentences taken from the text.
1. He had dedicated all his time to his work and had no hobby at all, except that he played a golf game every month which cannot be taken as a hobby anyway.
2. Their daughter said that, when they were still small, her father had become a company man and her mother had given up any attempt to keep him at home.
Translation Exercises (Chinese into English)
1. My immediate boss is a typical workaholic, for he works for over
ten hours each day all the year round.
2. The principal attaches much importance to extracurricular activities and he believes that they will help to cultivate students’ tremendous interest in the external world.. 3. He always grabs a shower, a sandwich, and then a taxi to go to work every Monday morning.
4. Since you are leaving the company, you should straighten out the accounts within the week.
5. He often stays up late at night in order to finish writing his Ph.D. Dissertation on time.
6. Nothing can replace the profoundest love lodged in one’s heart of hearts.
7. He is considered a natural for the post of the president, for he has been an excellent vice-president for almost ten years. 8. He is just too common to be picked out from the crowd. Unit 3
Text Comprehension
IV Explain in your own words the following sentences taken from the text.
1. People in the Unites States tend to drive for every purpose, so much that they have forgotten that they still have legs and about what their legs can do.
2. I admit that I had never realized how poorly equipped our bodies are in this respect.
3. ...Maybe I was the only person who had ever attempted to cross that intersection on foot.
Translation Exercises (Chinese into English)
1. The university is one of the most venerable institutions of higher
learning in the world.
2. If one is deficient in practical experience, he can hardly make
himself a success with only what he has acquired in class. 3. I felt exasperated by constant interruptions, for I had to finish
writing the monograph by the end of this week.
4. He feels that it is ludicrous to write on a contemporary theme
in an ancient style.
5. The Bund in Shanghai was a place where young couples liked to come
to coo in the 70s and the 80s of the last century.
6. His daughter is very sedate for a girl of about ten, for she likes
reading more than playing.
7. The couple strolled hand in hand along the country road when the
sun is in its first splendor.
8. The poet was commonly considered as an eccentric romantic genius
when alive.
Unit 4
Text Comprehension
IV Explain in your own words the following sentences taken from the text.
1. Nowadays, people believe that they can have fun when they want it, and that they should have fun; otherwise they would be leading a dull and bitter life as a puritan.
2. We have long assumed that fun was easy to have, but now we are paying a price for that shallow-mindedness, i.e, our party is hardly as much fun as it is expected to be.
Translation Exercises (Chinese into English)
1. It goes without saying that Shakespeare overshadows all the other playwrights throughout the ages.
2. The Great Gatsby is commonly deemed as the epitome of the Jazz Age of the last century in America.
3. It is advisable for you not to put a damper on his enthusiasm to further his studies at Harvard.
4. Young people tend to make a fetish of glamorous stars in sports and entertainment circles.
5. They traipsed all the way to the downtown area to watch the National Day fireworks display.
6. He does not deserve such a severe punishment as he has committed
neither serious errors nor grave crimes.
7. Every time I met him, he would talk a whole lot of nonsense. 8. Reputation is a trap into which many people are ready to fall. Unit 5
Text Comprehension
IV. Explain in your own words the following sentences taken from the text.
1. When we start to tell a lie, we have entered a very intricate situation, as a lie often requires other lies until the whole structure of lies becomes so complex that it ensnares the liar. 2. One is less inhibited from lying; his ability to make moral right and wrong judgments is dulled, and he may become less cautious against being caught.
3. The most understandable and acceptable lies are those which are told for the sake of love and care at the expense of trust, according to the ethicists.
Translation Exercises (Chinese into English)
1. Hamlet feigned madness when he was hesitating what to do. 2. Prevarication is one of the techniques this businessman likes to employ.
3. Sometimes the light of the truth is just too dazzling, so white
lies are ubiquitous.
4. Many women in America profess that they are unhappy with their status as second-class citizens.
5. On the impulse of the moment, he blurted out the secret. 6. You should get rid of any prejudice, resist temptations and let nothing warp your judgment.
7. Being over-sensitive and imaginative, he often weaves a tangled web in his mind.
8. He is very popular among his peers as he always tries to spare others any trouble. Unit 7
Text Comprehension
IV Explain in your own words the following sentences taken from the
text.
1. “Just because I am able to do you a favor/sell you the love potion,
I feel safe telling you so much about my other medicine.” 2. “They, the love potions”, said the old man, “will help change
the girl’s attitude towards you. She will no longer hold you in contempt. Instead, she will begin to give you her dep-felt love and care”.
Translation Exercises (Chinese into English)
1. To me, you are definitely more than an acquaintance.
2. Many artisans in this region deal in a variety of handicrafts. 3. They went into raptures over the unexpected success.
4. Much to my surprise, he analyzed with extraordinary detachment
the dangerous situation that threatened all of them. 5. She peered at the stranger from behind the curtain.
6. During the holidays, he indulged in the luxury of a bath of
sunshine on the beach.
7. When she learned the news of his death, she was overwhelmed with
grief.
8. I’m not in favor of buying a house on the installment plan;
instead, I maintain that everyone of us should save up for a rainy day. Unit 8
Text Comprehension
IV Explain in your own words the following sentences taken from the
text.
1. It would be unwise to pursue a goal that is bound to fail, although
it might be noble to do so.
2. I think the essence of wisdom is to get one’s horizon free from
the confinement of time and space.
Translation Exercises (Chinese into English)
1. The result of the experiment far surpassed their expectations. 2. We should take full account of the cost of the project and the
difficulties we might encounter.
3. The fair weather contributed to the success of the scientific
expedition.
4. Ronaldo, one of the football stars from Brazil, scored several
spectacular goals in the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
5. Many honorary degrees from different colleges and universities
in America were conferred upon Robert Frost for his remarkable contributions to poetry.
6. Patience and perseverance are required in emancipation from bad
habits.
7. They tried to instill such new ideas into students’ minds. 8. You should demonstrate impartiality in your assessment of the
employees.
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