高级英语 张汉熙 第一册 答案
lesson 1 课后练习答案及补充练习
习题全解
I．
1)A bazaar is a market or street of shops and stands in Oriental countries．Such bazaars are likely to be found in Afghanistan，the Arabian Peninsula，Cyprus，Asiatic Turkey and Egypt．
2)The bazaar includes many markets：cloth—market，copper—
smiths’market．carpet—market，food—market，dye—market，pottery—market，carpenters’market，etc．They represent the backward feudal economy．
3)A blind man could know which part 0f the bazaar he was in by his senses of smell and hearing．Different odours and sounds can give him some ideas about the various parts 0f the bazaar．
4)Because the earthen floor，beaten hard by countless feet，deadens the sound of footsteps，and the vaulted mudbrick walls and roof have hardly and sounds to echo. The shop-keepers also speak in slow, measured tones, and the buyers follow suit.
5)The place where people make linseed oil seems the most picturesque in the bazaar. The backwardness of their extracting oil presents an unforgetable scene.
II .
1)little donkeys went in and out among the people and from one side to another
2)Then as you pass through a big crowd to go deeper into the market, the noise of the entrance gradually disappear, and you come to the much quieter cloth-market.
3)they drop some of items that they don't really want and begin to bargain seriously for a low price.
4)He will ask for a high price for the item and refuse to cut down the price by any significant amount.
5)As you get near it, a variety of sounds begin to strike your ear.
Ⅲ. See the translation of text.
IV.
1)n. +n..seaside, doorway, graveyard, warlord
2)n. +v..daybreak, moonrise, bullfight
3)v. +n..cutback, cutthroat, rollway
4)adj. +n..shortterm, softcoal, softliner, hardware
5)adv. +v. .output , upgrade, downpour
6)v. +adv..pullover, buildup
V.
1)thread (n.) she failed to put the thread through the eye of the needle.(v.) He threaded through the throng.
2)round (v.) On the 1st of September the ship rounded the Cape of Good Hope. (adv.) He wheeled round and faced me angrily.
3)narrow(v.) In the discussions we did not narrow the gap any further. (adj．)He failed by a very narrow margin．
4)price(n．) The defence secretary said the U．S．was not looking for an agreement at any price．(v．)At the present consumption rates(of oil)the world may well be pricing itself out of its future．
5) (v．)live About 40％of the population lives on the land and tries to live off it． (adj．)The nation heard the inaugural speech in a live broadcast．
6)tower (n．)The tower was built in the 1 4th century．(v．)The general towered over his contemporaries．
7)dwarf (v．)A third of the nation's capital goods are shipped from this area，which dwarfs West Germany's mighty Ruhr Valley in industrial output．(n．)Have you ever read the story of Snow White and the Dwarfs?
Ⅵ．
1)light and heat：glare，dark，shadowy，dancing flashes．the red of the live coals，glowing bright，
dimming，etc．
2)sound and movement：enter，pass，thread their way．penetrate，selecting，pricing，doing a little preliminary bargaining，din，tinkling，banging，clashing，creak，squeaking，rumbling，etc．
3)smell and colour：profusion of rich colours，pungent and exotic smells，etc．
Ⅶ．
1)glare指刺眼的光；brightness指光源发出的强烈稳定的光， 强调光的强度。
2)din指连续不断的噪音，听了很使人心烦意乱；sound指人们感觉到的各种各样的声音，包括高亢的，轻柔的，悦耳的，难听的；noise指所有强烈的、混乱的或令人不快的sounds。
3)quiet或silent指没有声音；而 音被压低或吸收而已。muted则指有声音，只不过声
4)display指陈列(物品)，让人看得见；exhibition指展示(物品)，以引人注意、观看。
5)distinct指声音十分清晰，让人一听就知道与别的声音不一样；clear指某物丝毫也不混乱、含糊或模糊不清，因而也就易于理解或领悟。
6)huge指体积大，比large更具体。
7)varied不同于different，它强调的是充满变化，有多种形式或种类繁多。
8)exotic不仅指很奇怪，而且指外来的，本地没有的。strange 的“奇怪”内涵是：生疏、异样、不自然、费解等。
9)sunlit一词更为具体，指因为阳光照耀而明亮；bright则强调光的强度。
lO)massive不仅指大，而且指重，给人的印象深。
11)constantly强调稳定，始终如一；endlessly则强调没完没了，单一，乏味。
12)old意指旧的、老的或古老的；used不一定就是陈旧的，它的意思是因已用过而不再新了。
Ⅷ．
1)buyers 2)sharp，strong 3)dismal，gloomy，solemn 4)declaring，insisting 5)strike 6)abundance，plenty 7)rich and costly 8)goods 9)mixing
Ⅸ．
1)There is the cloth—market，with its profusion of rich colour．
2)There is the coppersmiths’market，where you can hear the sounds of tinkling，banging and clashing．
3)There is the carpet—market，where you can find varied textures and regional designs．
4)There is the spice—market，with its pungent and exoti’c smells．
5)There is the food—market，with everything you need for the most sumptuous dinner．
6) There is a sunlit courtyard, with flowers blooming and birds chirping.
X．
1)A zig-zag path loses itself in the shadowy distance of the woods.
2)At the bazaar there are many stalls where goods of every conceivable kind are sold.
3)I really don't know what it is that has made him so angry.
4)The newly unearthed bronze vase is pleasing in form and engraved with delicate and intricate traditional designs.
5)Beyond the mountains there is a vast grassland that extends as far as the eye can see.
6)They decided to buy that house with. a garage attached.
7)The teachers make a point of being strict with the students.
8)This little girl is very much attached to her father.
9)To achieve the four modernization, we make a point of learning from the advanced science and technology of other countries.
10)As dusk fell, daylight faded away.
11)The apprentice watched his master carefully and then followed suit.
12)Frank often took a hand in the washing-up after dinner.
XI.
bazaar, veiled women, copper vessels, carpets, spice, mosque, camels, caravanserai, desert, etc.
XlI. Omitted.
XIII.
1)As I go deeper into the bazaar, the noise of the entrance fades away, and I come to the muted cloth-market. The earthen floor, beaten hard by countless feet, reduces the sound of footsteps, and I can hear no sound being echoed. The shop-keepers speak in slow, controlled tones, and the; customers talk in the same way.
The copper-smiths' market is easily traced by the noise coming from it．As I approach it，a tinkling and banging and clashing begins to strike my ear. The noise is so deafening that 1 have to leave as quickly as I can. I can hardly imagine how those copper—smiths and their apprentices can bear to live in all that noise．
《高级英语》第一册练习
Lesson 1
The Middle Eastern Bazaar
Ⅰ. Word explanation
1. conceivable
A. reasonable
B. imaginable
C. considerable
D. credible
2. din
A. muted noise
B. loud distinct noise
C. tinkling sound
D. continuous, confusing noise
3. penetrate
A. make a round about way into
B. force a way into
C. get into easily
D. dash into
4. deaden
A. to die
B. of, or related to death
C. to lessen
D. no longer alive
5. sepulchral
A. overwhelmed
B. pleasant
C. picturesque
D. grave-like
6. persecution
A. cruel treatment
B. bringing a case to the law court
C. violation of one's right
D. unfairness
7. preliminary
A. previous
B. prospective
C. would-be
D. preparatory
8. burnished
A. polish
B. smooth and shiny
C. having been burned
D. something made of copper
9. delicate
A. complicated
B. fine and fragile
C. beautiful and intricate
D. tiny and easily broken
10. girder
A. an I-shaped iron beam
B. closely organized association
C. ancient trade union
D. a tree trunk
11. particular
A. partly
B. generally
C. special
D. participant
12. extend
A. stretch out
B. intent
C. intend
D. trend
13. purchase
A. perch
B. chase
C. buy
D. pay
14. bargain
A. negotiate
B. barge
C. boat
D. gain
15. peculiarity
A. particular
B. characteristic
C. specific
D. species
16. customer
A. custom
B. tradition
C. convention
D. purchaser
17. deprive
A. depict
B. take away
C. rub
D. rob
18. distinct
A. distinguish
B. distance
C. clear
D. distract
19. engrave
A. cut
B. tomb
C. gloom
D. grave
20. humble
A. hunch
B. hump
C. respect
D. lowly
Ⅱ. Replace each underlined part with one word learnt in the text, the first letter of which is given:
1. Stepping out of the dark room, I felt the strong bright light of the sun hurting my eyes. g______
2. Watching the ballet-dancer spinning on her toes, I felt everything turning around me. d_______
3. The sharp, biting smell of the food makes you sneeze time and again. P_____
4. The pressing of the linseed pulp to get out the oil is done by a vast machine operated by one man. e ___
5. The Chinese people will never be forced to yield to foreign economic blockade. o ______by
6. The busiest men have the most free time. l _____
7. A mother will give up her life for her children. s_____
8. She fastened a chain to the dog's collar. a____
9. The earth goes around the sun. r____
Ⅲ. Fill in each of the blanks with one of the following words or expressions in its proper form. Each word or expression is to be used only once.
________________________________________
order of the day, at intervals, glimpse, tower, approach, beaten, makes a point of, credible, take a hand, deal in, fade away, attached to, deprive...of, live
________________________________________
1. We followed the well _____path through the forest.
2. Most foreign trading companies in West Africa _____rubber, cocoa and vegetable oils.
3. The young couple ______disciplining their only son.
4. The troubles _______him his sleep
5. After the latest affair he hardly seems ______as a politician.
6. They gave ______broadcast while the performance was in process on the stage.
7. As dusk fell, daylight ______.
8. The huntsman caught only a ______of the deer before it ran into the woods.
9. He is so intelligent that he _____above all the others in his class.
10. Complaints about the new regulations have become the ______on the campus.
Ⅳ. Reading comprehension.
1. The sentence “The Middle Eastern bazaar takes you back hundreds --- even thousands --- of years” means:
A. The bazaar was built hundreds or even thousands of years ago.
B. The market reminds you people and their life of the middle eastern countries centuries ago.
C. For hundreds or thousands of years, the middle eastern bazaar has not changed
D. The Middle eastern bazaar brings you back from hundreds or even thousands of years ago.
2. The striking characteristic of the middle eastern bazaar is:
A. its noise
B. its brightness
C. its ancientness
D. crowdedness
3.“Bargaining is the order of the day” means:
A. Every customer tries to beat down the price of the item he wants to buy.
B. Every customer knows that the seller cheats all the time.
C. An order was issued that everyone should bargain.
D. During daytime everyone bargains.
4. From the phrase “…the maze of vaulted streets which honeycomb this bazaar” we can infer know that:
A. the streets were vaulted so as to make the bazaar a maze.
B. the streets crisscrossed the bazaar, cutting the bazaar into lots of small sections.
C. the maze was full of bees
D. shops, stores and houses together made the bazaar into a big honeycomb.
5. From the sentence “in the background, a tiny apprentice blows a big charcoal fire with a huge leather bellows…” we can well infer that
A. the bellows is larger than the charcoal fire.
B. the charcoal fire is larger than the apprentice
C. Both the charcoal fire and the leather bellows are bigger than the apprentice
D. The apprentice must be young and small in stature.
第一册第1课练习答案
1-1: / 答案:B 1-2: / 答案 1-3: / 答案:B
1-4: / 答案:C 1-5: / 答案:D 1-6: / 答案:A
1-7: / 答案:D 1-8: / 答案:B 1-9: / 答案:B
1-10: / 答案:A 1-11: / 答案:C 1-12: / 答案:A
1-13: / 答案:C 1-14: / 答案:A 1-15: / 答案:B
1-16: / 答案:D 1-17: / 答案:B 1-18: / 答案:C
1-19: / 答案:A 1-20: / 答案:D
2-1: / 答案:glare 2-2: / 答案: dizzy2-3: / 答案:pungent 2-4: / 答案:extract
2-5: / 答案verwhelmed 2-6: / 答案: leisure 2-7: / 答案:sacrifice
2-8: / 答案:attached 2-9: / 答案:revolves
3-1: / 答案: beaten 3-2: / 答案:deal in 3-3: / 答案: makes a point of
3-4: / 答案: deprived of 3-5: / 答案:credible 3-6: / 答案: live
3-7: / 答案: faded away 3-8: / 答案: glimpse 3-9: / 答案:towers
3-10: / 答案:order of the day 4-1: / 答案:B 4-2: / 答案:C
4-3: / 答案:A 4-4: / 答案:B 4-5: / 答案:D
Lesson 2 Hiroshima -- the \"Liveliest” 习题全解
I .
1)The writer must be an American journalist or reporter.
2)The aim of the visit, I think, was to gather information about Hiroshima today.
3)A lot of sad thoughts were on his mind. There were other visitors from abroad who didn't share his views. The first paragraph shows this to us clearly. 4)He felt a sense of guilt.
5)The Japanese were not preoccupied with the same thought as the writer was.
6)Hiroshima was different from other Japanese cities in that it was destroyed by an atomic bomb on August 6, 1945.
7)Since then, it has been rebuilt with hard work and with the help of education, science and technology.
8)One is an obvious conflict between western influences and the traditional customs. Another is that the impact of the 1945 bomb attack is still felt or seen till now.
9)Because he thought it was unnecessary to do so since the answers were obvious after his talk with the patients.
10)The answer was the Hiroshima was not the liveliest city in Japan.
Ⅱ .
1)They were so absorbed in their conversation that they seemed not to pay any attention to the people around them.
2)As soon as the taxi driver saw a traveler, he immediately opened the door.
3)The traditional floating houses among high modern buildings represent the constant struggle between old tradition and new development.
4)1 suffered from a strong feeling of shame when I thought of the scene of meeting the mayor of Hiroshima wearing my socks only.
5)The few Americans and Germans seemed just as restrained as 1 was．
6)After three days in Japan one gets quite used to bowing to people as a ritual to show gratitude．
7)1 was on the point of showing my agreement by nodding when I suddenly realized what he meant．His words shocked me out my sad dreamy thinking．
8)I thought for some reason or other no harm had been done to me．
Ⅲ．See the translation of the text．
Ⅳ．
1)n．+present participle：epoch—making，face—keeping，time consuming，nerve—wracking
2)n．+past participle：home—made，bedridden，sun—burnt， heartfelt
3)n．+adj．：pitch—dark，headstrong，duty—free，coal—black
4)n．+n．+-ed：lion-hearted，iron-fisted，wall—eyed，brick—walled
5)adj．+n．+-ed：stiff-necked，highminded，dull—witted，warm—blooded，empty—headed，cold—blooded
6)adj．+present participle：high—sounding，hard—working, plain-sailing，far—reaching
7)adj．+past participle：high—flown，new-born，finespun, high—strung
Ⅴ．
1)was指事实如此；而must be意为“很可能”。
2)“Was I at the scene…?”表示不能断定是不是在那里，而 “Was I not at the scene…?”表示肯定是在那里，有“难倒……不是”的意思。
3)elderly意为“上了年纪的”，但不算太老。
4)grin指露齿而笑，有时可指傻笑，但不出声；laugh表示大笑；。mile一词最常用，指不出声地微笑，可表示开心、满意、喜爱等等。
5)sketch指很快地勾画出轮廓。
6)careful指认真、周全，小心谨慎以免出错；cautious指处处谨小慎微，以防失败或危险。
7)site大多指一块地方，可大可小；它可能是留作特殊用途的地方，如建筑工地(a building site)，也可能指发生某事的地方或场所，如第一枚原子弹爆炸的地方(site of the first atomic bombardment)。spot所指地点较小。
8)demolish意义比较实在，指彻底拆除，而destroy仅指破坏。
9)gay意为轻松愉快，兴致高。delightful指有魅力，心情好。
lO)gaze指目不转睛地长久地注视，往往出于好奇、钦羡、着迷等。stare指盯着看，瞪大眼睛看，往往出于吃惊、羡慕等。
Ⅵ．
1)job，task，duty 2)unaware 3)fronts，by the front doors
4)striking/fascinating/strange / sight；continual，endless， constant 5)sudden，sharp feeling；idea，thought，expectation
6)killed，murdered
7)pain，torture
8)fame
9)daydream，thoughts 1O)atomic disaster 11)tear down， pull down 12)meet with，face
Ⅶ．
1)他刚才所讲的与讨论的问题无关。
2)战场旧址使他回想起那战火纷飞的抗战岁月。
3)他专心致志地工作，完全没有理会周围正在发生的事。
4)记者们看到诺贝尔奖获得者时感到很兴奋。
5)——老师用了个什么字?我没太听清楚。 ——我也没听清楚，很像是preoccupation。
6)又拐了一个弯，我们来到了一个可容几百人的大岩洞。
7)人们领悟到这骇人听闻的消息之后都惊得目瞪口呆。
8)铁水倒人混铁炉有如把茶水从茶壶倒入茶杯。
9)手术的失败使年青的外科大夫心情沉重。
10)将军常到兵营里去，和普通战士们在一起。
Ⅶ．
1)soil 2)soil 3)earth 4)earth 5)familiar to 6)familiar with 7)puzzled 8)surprising 9)admits 10)had confessed 11)careful 12)cautiously
Ⅸ．
1)There is not a soul in the hall．The meeting must have been put off．
2)The book looks very much like a box. (The book looks much the same as a box. )
3)Sichuan dialect sounds much the same as Hubei dialect. It is sometimes difficult to tell one from the other.
4)The very sight of the monument reminds me of my good friend who was killed in the battle.
5)He was so deep in thought that he was oblivious of what his friends were talking about.
6)What he did had nothing to do with her.
7)She couldn't fall asleep as her daughter's illness was very much on her mind.
8)I have had the matter on my mind for a long time.
9)He loves such gatherings at which he rubs shoulders with young people and exchange opinions with them on various subjects.
10)It was only after a few minutes that his words sank in.
11)The soil smells of fresh grass.
12)Could you spare me a few minutes?
13)Could you spare me a ticket?
14)That elderly grey-haired man is a coppersmith by trade.
X. Omitted.
XI.
My Visit to the European Town
One autumn, my friends and I went to Wuxi on vacation. We decided to visit the European Town first. It is a park located on the side of Tai Lake. Many European scenic spots are built smaller there and a lot of tourists go there for sightseeing everyday. Because they may never have the chance to see the real ones, they pay to see these imitations.
We arrived at the town late in the morning. It began to drizzle as we stepped inside. But the rain didn't decrease our plea-sure because it was more romantic than in the sunlight. I was deeply impressed by the scenery there. The number of European 31style buildings was beyond my imagination. We saw Triumphal Arch and Eiffel Tower of Paris, the Windmills of Holland and many others. Here and there, people were taking pictures. In an excited mood, we strolled to each building. We also took a lot of photos there. I liked the one taken in front of Triumphal Arch most. It was so real that you might think I had been to Paris.
We spent the rest of the day there. It was really an unforgetable experience for me.
《高级英语》第一册练习
Lesson 2 Hiroshima---the “Liveliest City in Japan”
Ⅰ. Word explanation
1. elderly
A. olderly
B. mid-age
C. approaching mid-age
D. past mid-age
2.facade
A. the wall of a building
B. the front of a building
C. in front of a building
D.the wall in front of a building
3. ignorance
A. disregard
B. pretend not to see
C. lack of knowledge
D. neglect
4. demolish
A. decrease
B. . erect
C. tear down
D. set aside
5. inhibit
A. live
B. dwell
C. suppress
D. unlock
6. barge
A. a kind of cloth
B. a kind of clothing
C. a colour
D. a boat
7. scar
A. a wound
B. a hidden wound
C. a mark on the skin
D. a mark of damage
8. commit
A. to do
B. to commission
C. to trust
D. to place an order
9. preserve
A. to keep from danger
B. . to serve in advance
C. . to save
D. . to reserve
10. consist of
A. be composed of
B. be composed of
C. contain
D. include
11. lump
A. lamp
B. mass
C. limp
D. lung
12. gratitude
A. appreciation
B. thankfulness
C.gratefulness
D.all the above
13. halt
A. stop
B. prevent
C. salute
D. alter
14. destination
A. destiny
B. desperate
C. goal
D. doom
15. sketch
A. stretch
B. skeptic
C. scratch
D. draw
Ⅱ. Replace each underlined part with one word learnt in the text, the first letter of which is given:
1. The teacher answered with a brief nod of agreement.a
2. The book was so interesting that I was practically unconscious of my surroundings. o
3. The thought of his past experience of stealing brings him a sudden sharp pain of conscience.t
4. I see little hope of his recovery.p
5. His greatest concern washow to find money for a holiday in Europe.p by
6. She shouldn't have come to the hotel suite. She shouldn't have delayed leaving --- this was fatal --- after others had left.l
7. If I had been less careful I might have been more wise.c
8. They faced one another in the boxing ring.e
9. The town will build a monument to its war heroes.e
10. She was deeply disturbed until she learned that her husband was among the survivors.a
Ⅲ. Fill in each of the blanks with one of the following words or expressions in its proper form. Each word or expression is to be used only once.
________________________________________
to have a lump in one's throat, spare, spectacle, on the part of, rub shoulders with, humiliate, shiver, sink in, in response, fold
________________________________________
1. Obviously my warning failed to , and he got into trouble as a consequence.
2. The children at play among the flowers made quite a fine
3. There is no objection the land owner.
4. Twice I put the request to him, but he said nothing
5. All during her mother's funeral, Alice
6. You should disdain such a person as that
7. a piece of paper round the flowers so that they'll be easier to carry.
8. . China will never forget the treaties forced upon her by foreign invaders.
9. The victorious enemy neither young nor old
10. Judging from the of the children it must be cold outside
Ⅴ. Reading comprehension.
1. The sentence “little girls and elderly ladies in kimonos rubbed shoulders with teenagers and women in western dress” shows that __.
A. western influence and national tradition co-existed in Japan
B. There were lots of female walking in the streets.
C. . Little girls and elderly women wore kimonos but teenagers and women wore western dress
D. Women in Japan wore different clothes
2. The sentence “the usher bowed deeply and heaved a long, almost musical sigh” shows that __.
A. the usher was pleasant and loved music
B. the usher was bored but still very polite
C. the was boring but still kept his politeness
D. the usher was boring but still wanted to keep himself in pleasant mood
3.The author’s description of the mayor “he was a tall, thin man, sad-eyed and serious” shows that __.
A. the meeting with the author who was an American reminded the mayor of the atomic crime
B. the mayor must be in sad mood that night.
C. the author’s own mentality distorted the image of the mayor
D. the mayor did not want to talk with the author
4. The sentence “there are two different schools of thought in this city of oysters” means __.
A. people in Hiroshima hold different opinions on the A-bomb attack
B. people in Hiroshima hold different opinions on World War II
C. people in Hiroshima hold different opinions on how to treat the remnants of the A-bomb attack.
D. people in Hiroshima hold different opinions on how to preserve their memory of the A-bomb attack
5. The sentence “the very sight of which would send shivers down the spine of any healthy visitor” means __.
A. any healthy visitor would feel uneasy when he saw the medical instruments
B. Any healthy visitor would start trembling when he saw the medical instruments
C. the medical instruments were burnished and cold
D. as soon as he saw the cold medical instruments, the visitor began shivering
6. The expression “earthly cares” in this text can be best understood as __.
A. daily worries such as food, clothing and etc
B. global considerations such as environment and etc
C. social conflicts such as terrorism, disarmament and etc.
D. everyday business such as economy and finance and etc.
第一册第2课练习答案
1-1: / 答案:D 1-2: / 答案:B 1-3: / 答案:C
1-4: / 答案:C 1-5: / 答案:C 1-6: / 答案:D 1-7: / 1-8: / 答案:A 1-9: / 答案:A 1-10: / 答案:A 1-11: / 1-12: / 答案:D 1-13: / 答案:A 1-14: / 答案:C 1-15: / 2-1: / 答案:assent 2-2: / 答案: oblivious 2-3: / 答案:twinge
2-4: / 答案:prospect 2-5: / 答案:preoccupation 2-6: / 答案: lingered 2-7: / 答案: cautious 2-8: / 答案:encountered 2-9: / 答案:erect
答案:D
答案:B
答案:D
3-0: / 答案: agitated 3-1: / 答案: sink in 3-2: / 答案: spectacle
3-3: / 答案: on the part of 3-4: / 答案: in response
3-5: / 答案: had a lump in her throat
3-6: / 答案: to rub shoulders with 3-7: / 答案: Fold 3-8: / 答案:humiliating
3-9: / 答案:spared 3-10: / 答案: shivering 4-1: / 答案:A
4-2: / 答案:B 4-3: / 答案:C 4-4: / 答案:D
4-5: / 答案:A 4-6: / 答案:A
Lesson 3 Ships in the Desert
课后练习答案及补充练习
习题全解
I.
1)The writer went to the Aral Sea to search for the underlying causes of the environmental crisis. What he saw there was hot dry sand.
2)It was the annual layers of ice in a core sample dug from the glacier.
3)Scientists were monitoring the air several times a day to chart the course of the climate
change.
4)Because the polar cap plays a crucial role in the world's weather system, the thinning of the polar cap might cause flood in many places of the world.
5)There are more different species of birds in each square mile of the Amazon than exist in all of North America. The destruction of the Amazon rain forest will mean silencing thousands of songs we have never even heard.
6)The writer calls noctilucent clouds\"ghosts in the sky\". As a result of pollution, the clouds occasionally appear when the earth is first cloaked in the evening darkness. And they appear more often because of a huge buildup of methane gas in the atmosphere.
7)Because we are not yet awakened to take effective measures to deal with the climate change.
8)Carbon dioxide's ability to trap heat in the atmosphere causes global warming. Because global warming seriously threatens the global climate equilibrium that determines the pat- tern of winds, rainfall, surface temperatures, ocean cur- rents, and sea level. These in turn determine the distribution of vegetative and animal life on land and sea and have a great effect on the location and pattern of human societies.
9)The two key factors are human population and the scientific and technological development. The dramatic changes that have occurred in these two factors are a sudden and startling surge in human population and a sudden acceleration of the scientific and technological revolution.
10)The writer's solution to our ecological problems is to reinvent and finally heal the relationship between human beings and the earth by carrying out a careful reassessment of all the
{actors that led to the relatively recent dramatic change in the relationship.
Ⅱ.
1)It was not at all possible to catch a large amount of fish.
2)Following the layers of ice in the core sample, his finger came to the place where the layer of ice was formed 2050 years ago.
3)keeps its engines running for fear that if he stops them, the metal parts would be frozen solid and the engines would not be able to start again
4)Bit by bit trees in the rain forest are felled and the land is cleared and turned into pasture where cattle can be raised quickly and slaughtered and the beef can be used in ham- burgers.
5)Since miles of forest are being destroyed and the habitat for these rare birds no longer exists, thousands of birds which we have not even had a chance to see will become extinct.
6)Thinking about how a series of events might happen as a consequence of the thinning of the polar cap is not just a kind of practice in conjecture (speculation), it has got practical Value.
7) We are using and destroying resources in such a huge amount that we are disturbing the balance between daylight and darkness.
8) Or have we been so accustomed to the bright electric lights that we fail to understand the threatening implication of these clouds.
9)To put forword the question in a different way
10)and greatly affect the living places and activities of human societies
ll)We seem unaware that the earth's natural systems are delicate.
12)And this continuing revolution has also suddenly developed at a speed that doubled and tripled the original speed.
Ⅲ. See the translation of the text.
IV.
1)transportation, imitation, destruction 2)encirclement, enrichment, enlightenment
3)postage, coinage, advantage 4)sharpness, boldness, smoothness
5)admission, concession, depression 6)productivity, sensitivity, desirability
7)posture, departure, indenture 8)independence, prudence, impudence
9)flagrancy, consistency, potency 10)analysis, metabasis, metamorphosis
ll)dictatorship, ownership, partnership 12)depth, length, birth
V.
1)technology 技术 2)ecology 生态学
3)hydrology 水文学 4)phrenology 颅像学
5)neurology 神经病学 6)pathology 病理学
7)physiology生理学 8)pharmacology药理学
9)gynaecology妇科学 lO)oceanology海洋学
11)lexicology词汇学 12)archaeology考古学
13)anthropology人类学 14)criminology犯罪学
Ⅵ．
1)anarchist无政府主义者 2)naturalist自然主义者
3)biologist生物学家 4)psychologist心理学家 5)satirist讽刺作家
6)encyclopaedist百科全书编纂者 7)geologist地质学家
8)sociologist社会学家 9)zoologist动物学家 lO)impressionist印象派艺术家
l1)environmentalist环境保护论者 12)terrorist恐怖主义分子
Ⅶ．
1)submarine潜水艇 2)submerge淹没，潜入水中 3)subantartic亚南极的
4)subsolar在太阳正下面的，赤道的 5)subhead小标题 6)subaquatic半水栖的
7)subdivide把……再分 8)suboxide低氧化物 9)subclass亚纲 lO) subclimax亚顶极群落
l1)subcommittee小组委员会 12)subconscious下意识的
13)subcontinent次大陆 14)subcontract转包合同 15)subculture亚文化群
16)subspecies亚种 17)subsoil 底土 18)sublethal ( 毒药的量等 ) 尚不致命的
Ⅷ.
inland sea, desert, core sample, glacier, atmosphere, carbon dioxide, polar ice cap, global warming, Amazon rain forest, species of birds, ecological balance, noctilucent cloud, methane gas, natural gas, landfills, coal mines, rice paddies, termites, biomass, upper atmosphere, elephants, greenhouse gases, water vapor, growing mountains of waste, acid rain, chlorine, human activities, heat-absorbing molecules, global climate equilibrium, winds, rainfall, surface temperatures, ocean currents, sea level, vegetative and animal life, etc.
IX.
1)basic examples 2)unalterable 3)meeting 4)characterized strike against each other 5)set up 6)see, attack 7)at the same time 8)balance 9)increasing, existence 10)task ll)out-of-date
X.
1)consequences 2)results 3)results 4)outcome 5)results, 6)outcome 7)causes 8)causes 9)reason 10)reason ll)relations 12)relationship 13) relations 14)relationship 15)complex 16)complex 17)complicated 18)complex
19)simple 20)simplistic
XI.
1)with 2)of 3)on 4)of 5)in 6)in 7)against 8)than 9)of lO)as ll)as 12)with 13)of 14)of 15)for 16)of
XII.
relationship, environment, garbage, what, endless, allow, that, dumping, dispose, drown, having, old, mind, running, waste, it, sight 11 recent, debates, disposal, ocean, elsewhere, confront, capacity, of, quantities, only, change, reduce, we, used, interdependent, chosen, unless, dramatically, thinking, humankind, inherit
XIII. Omitted.
XIV.
We Must Protect Our Ecological System
With the development of human civilization, man has created countless wonders, but at what a price! Our ecological sys-tem, on which all animals' existence depends, has been seriously damaged and is still being threatened. The earth's temperature is getting higher, more and more forests are being felled, large numbers of animals are facing extinction, and deserts are expanding at an incredible rate.
The causes for the worsening ecological system are manifold. Perhaps two of the major problems lie in people's pursuit of short-term interests with little attention to long-term interest
sand their pursuit of individual interests rather than collective interests. In the first case, many lakes are filled to grow crops or even build houses; trees are cut down, only bare mountains stand cold in the wind and are capable of holding no water when it rains. In the second case, scenic spots become dirty and deserted because of newly established nearby factories producing waste water and air; industrial countries invest heavily in chemical factories in the Third World nations, keeping their own land relatively clean.
To solve the problems mentioned above, we should try our best to balance short-term interests with long-term ones by making long-term plans and taking as many things as possible into consideration. We're living today and are still to live tomorrow we and our posterity both have to live on the earth. Besides, Global action should be taken to protect our ecological system. People, eastern or western, rich or poor, should join their hands to prevent our ecological system from being further damaged. We have only one earth and we have to make it a better world.
《高级英语》第一册练习
Lesson 3
Ships in the Desert
Ⅰ. Choose the best words to complete the sentences.
1. This thought _______ their objections.
A. underlied
B. processed
C. scattered
D. slipped
2. She wore a dress that _______ her stomach.
A. pointed
B. revealed
C. burned
D. chart
3. The boiling water _______ the glass.
A. crashed
B. stretched
C. changed
D. cracked
4. The patient showed signs of ________.
A. distress
B. layers
C. atmosphere
D. slab
5. The trade union _______a new contract with the owner.
A. monitored
B. absorbed
C. negotiated
D. comprehend
6. The bank required collateral to _______ the loan agreement.
A. adjust
B. ecure
C. reserved
D. shimmered
7. The film will soon be _______.
A. threatened
B. understood
C. released
D. shimmered
8. The noise outside _______ my attention.
A. distracts
B. transforms
C. resists
D. changes
9. The amount of rain _______ the growth of crops.
A. influenced
B. effected
C. affected
D. impacted
10. He _______ several important changes.
A. emerged
B. submerged
C. restrained
D. effected
11. Scientists _______ that there is no animal life on the Mars.
A. present
B. assume
C. assess
D. require
12. This is a fact even our enemies have to _______.
A. hold
B. leapfrog
C. complicate
D. acknowledge
13. He tried to _______ his anger.
A. disarm
B. restrain
C. pose
D. include
14. I have got _______ in the quarrel between Tom and Jack.
A. involved
B. inspired
C. concluded
D. accomplished
15. An airliner _______ west of the city last night.
A. arose
B. landed
C. crashed
D. dropped
16. I saw a clearly __ shape outside the window in a flash of light.
A. developed
B. accelerated
C. viewed
D. defined
17. The milk __ over the table.
A. distributed
B. reshaped
C. lasted
D. spilled
18. Can't you guess the meaning of the word from the _______?
A. environment
B. atmosphere
C. context
D. relationship
19. The children were thin and badly in need of ________.
A. precedents
B. sustenance
C. species
D. regulation
20. This microscope has a ________ of eight.
A. magnification
B. acceleration
C. transformation
D. collision
Ⅱ. Spell out the words according to the meaning and the first letter of the word is given.
1. to move or hit with little waves l
2. a large-scale plan produced by a government s
3. lasting forever p
4. an enclosed area in a harbour where ships go to be loaded, unloaded and repaired. d
5. the release of sth. such as gas e
6. able to be reached a
7. person who goes with another c
8. to meet and strike together violently c
9. causing much argument c
10. land where grass is grown for cattle p
11. a group of plants or animals that are of the same kind s
12. typical example i
13. great suffering of the mind or body d
14. a large group of insects moving in a mass s
15. the repeated happening of sth f
16. to make impure or bad c
17. an outer sign of inner change s
18. to add pictures to show the meaning of sth. i
19. to go under the surface of water s
20. to get rid of as useless d
Ⅲ. Fill in the blank with the following phrases and make changes if necessary.
________________________________________
oa good catch, at best, at rest, at stake, in time to, blot out, comparable to, in nature, in progress, in the process, in turn, present … with, reserve for, taken together, to the point
________________________________________
1. Nothing is her beauty.
2. The mist came down and the view
3. He is for some young woman.
4. Our work is now .
5. I told Frank and he told Sheila.
6. They are trying to extend the range of goods they sell and, to appeal to a new type of customer.
7. The company is on the verge of bankruptcy, and hundreds of jobs are .
8. These seats are old and sick people.
9. Our class ____the school ____a clock.
10. We can’t get home before nine o’clock .
11. The machine is
12. The audience clapped the music.
13. The temperature rose that the firemen had to leave from building.
14. , these measures should create a lot of new jobs.
15. The two things are the same in outward form but different .
Ⅳ. Text comprehension:
1. By saying “It wasn’t a good day,” the author meant ______.
A. there wasn’t any fish
B. the weather was not good
C. they were not feeling good
D. it’s impossible to have a good catch of fish
2. In order to search for the underlying causes of the environmental crisis, the author has been to ________.
A. the equator
B. the North pole
C. the South pole
D. all the above
3. According to the author, _______ is the worst among the following problems.
A. acid rain
B. large oil spills
C. global warming
D. the contamination of underground aquifers
4. The eventual solution to the arms race exists in _______.
A. disarmament of one side
B. a new deployment of forces on either side
C. some ultimate weapon owned by one side or another
D. new understanding and a mutual transformation of relationship itself
5. From this text we learned the best way to settle the environmental crisis is to ______.
A. return to nature
B. stop deforestation
C. educate people about environment
D. reduce our power to affect the world
Ⅴ. Write T for a true statement and F for a false statement, according to the text.
1. The core sample dug from the glacier showed that a small reduction in one country’s emissions had changed the amount of pollution found in the Antarctic.
2. The industrial revolution early in the 19th century accelerated the global warming.
3. There are more different species of birds in each square mile of the Amazon than in all
Americas.
4. In high northern latitude, you can sometimes see a strange kind of cloud high in the sky, if the sky is clear after sunset.
5. All the water pollution, air pollution, and illegal waste dumping are essentially local in nature.
6. Human civilization is now the main cause of change in the global environment.
7. The 20th century has witnessed two key factors that define the physical reality of our relationship to the earth are: a sudden and starling surge in human population and a sudden acceleration of the scientific and technological revolution.
8. The startling images of environmental destruction now occurring all over the world have so much in common that they do not shock and awake us any more.
9. The problem of the unclear arms race is primarily caused by technology.
10. The key changes in the transformation of the way we relate to the earth involve more new technologies than new ways of thinking about the relationship itself.
Ⅵ. Point out the right rhetorical device for the following used in the text.
1. … but as I looked out over the bow, the prospects of a good catch looked bleak.
2. Acre by acre, the rain forest is being burned to create fast pasture for fast-foodbeef:
3. What should we feel toward these ghosts in the sky?
4. But, without even considering that threat, shouldn’t it startle us that we have now put these clouds in the evening sky which glisten with a spectral light?
5. And in our own time we have reshaped a large part of the earth’s face with concrete in our cities …
第一册第3课练习答案
1-1: / 答案:A 1-2: / 答案:B 1-3: / 答案:D 1-4: / 答案:A
1-5: / 答案:C 1-6: / 答案:B 1-7: / 答案:C 1-8: / 答案:A
1-9: / 答案:C 1-10: / 答案:D 1-11: / 答案:B 1-12: / 答案:D
1-13: / 答案:B 1-14: / 答案:A 1-15: / 答案:C 1-16: / 答案:D
1-17: / 答案:D 1-18: / 答案:C 1-19: / 答案:B 1-20: / 答案:A
2-1: / 答案:lap 2-2: / 答案:scheme 2-3: / 答案:permanent
2-4: / 答案:dock 2-5: / 答案:emission 2-6: / 答案:accessible
2-7: / 答案:companion 2-8: / 答案:collide 2-9: / 答案:controversial
2-10: / 答案:pasture 2-11: / 答案:species 2-12: / 答案:image
2-13: / 答案:distress 2-14: / 答案:swarm 2-15: / 答案:frequency
2-16: / 答案:contaminate 2-17: / 答案:symptom 2-18: / 答案:illustrate
2-19: / 答案:subemerge 2-20: / 答案:discard 3-1: / 答案:comparable to
3-2: / 答案:blotted out 3-3: / 答案:a good catch 3-4: / 答案:in progress.
3-5: / 答案:in turn 3-6: / 答案:in the process 3-7: / 答案:at stake
3-8: / 答案:reserved for 3-9: / 答案:presented with 3-10: / 答案: at best.
3-11: / 答案:at rest 3-12: / 答案:in time to 3-13: / 答案:to the point
3-14: / 答案:Taken together 3-15: / 答案:in nature 4-1: / 答案:D
4-2: / 答案:D 4-3: / 答案:C 4-4: / 答案:D 4-5: / 答案:C
5-1: / 答案:T 5-2: / 答案:F 5-3: / 答案:F 5-4: / 答案:T 5-5: / 答案:F
5-6: / 答案:T 5-7: / 答案:T 5-8: / 答案:T 5-9: / 答案:F
5-10: / 答案:F 6-1: / 答案:understatement 6-2: / 答案:alliteration
6-3: / 答案:metaphor 6-4: / 答案:rhetorical question
6-5: / 答案:metonymy
Lesson 4 Everyday Use for your grandmama
习题全解
I .
1)Germany attacked Russia on an enormous front by air on Sunday, June 22.
2)He was not surprised at the news, because he had thought that the Germans would attack the Soviet Union.
3)Because he had only one purpose, the destruction of Hitler, who he thought was the worst in the world.
4) The policy that Churchill declared Britain would pursue was to destroy Hitler and wipe off every single trace of the Nazi regime.
5)According to Churchill, Hitler's invasion of Russia served as the first step for his invasion of Britain, thus controlling of the Western Hemisphere.
Ⅱ .
1)Hitler was hoping that if he attacked Russia, he would win in Britain and the U.S. the support of those who were enemies of Communism.
2)Winant said the United States would adopt the same attitude.
3)In this way, my life is made much easier in this case, it will be much easier for me to decide on
my attitude towards events.
4)I will not take back a single word of what I have said about Communism.
5) I can see the German bombers and fighters in the sky, who, after suffering severe losses in the aerial battle of England, now feel happy because they think they can easily beat the Russian air force without heavy loss.
6) We shall be more determined and shall make better and fuller use of our resources.
7)Let us strengthen our unity and our efforts in the fight against Nazi Germany when we have not yet been overwhelmed and when we are still powerful.
Ⅲ. See the translation of the text.
IV.
1 ) anti-Communist 反共产主义的（人）； antichrist反对基督（教）的（人） Here \"anti-\"means \"against\\"hostile to\\"opposed to\". Other examples, anti-Japanese, anticolonial, anti-party, anti-imperialist, anti-fascist, anti-apartheid, antidraft, antislavery, anti-Smith.
2) antibacterial抗细菌的，抗菌物； antifreeze 防冻剂 In these two cases, \"anti-\"means \"preventing', \"curing', \"neutralizing\" or \"reducing\". Other examples : antiknock, antitoxin, anti-pollution, anti-malarial, antifriction, anti-icer.
3)antiaircraft 防空的 anti-ballistic missile反弹道导弹 Here \"anti-\"has the meaning of \"counteracting\\"operating against \"or \"resisting\". Other examples: antitank, antipersecution, antitrust, antigas, antisubmarine, antidote, antimagnetic.
4 )antithesis （修辞学中的）对句，对话，偶句； antihero （小说，戏剧中）不按传统性主角品格塑造的主角 Here \"anti-\"means \"opposite\\"reverse\". Other examples : antimatter, antipole, antiparticle, antineutron, antiphrasis, antipode, antinovel.
V.
1)He was almost at the end of his powers when…
2)-\"his reputation is uncertain.
3)He completely ignored…
4)People who are in a vulnerable position should not attack others.
5)This may teach the young man not to take foolish risks.
6)\"'brought him great success.
7)The pupils took the teacher as their example.
8)...an enormous pile of letters.
Ⅵ.
1)Whether for him, the arch anti-Communist, this was riot bowing down in the House of Rimmon :whether he was not renouncing his previous attitude towards Communism; whether he was not changing his position since he had all along been opposed to Communism.
2)I suppose they will be rounded up in hordes: I think the Red armymen will be surrounded and captured in surprisingly large numbers.
3)The Nazi regime is devoid of all theme and principle except appetite and racial domination: Here \"appetite\" is used metaphorically, meaning strong German desire for conquest.
4)Still smarting from many a British whipping: Here \"whipping\" is used metaphorically, meaning counterattack.
5)rid the earth of his shadow and liberated its peoples from his y** both \"shadow\" and \"yoke\" are used metaphorically, the former meaning the very strong power or influence (of Hitler) and the latter meaning control.
Ⅶ.
1)as cool as cucumber 2)fact and fantasy
3)He came back sound and safe.
4)She sang a song.
5) Next to health, heart and home, happiness for mobile Americans depends upon the automobile.
Ⅷ.
Parallel structure :
1)We will never parley
We will never negotiate with Hitler or any of his gang
2)We shall fight him by land
We shall fight him by sea
We shall fight him in the air
3)behind all this glare
behind all this storm I see'\"
4)1 see the Russian soldiers standing'\"
I see them guarding...
I see the ten thousand villages...
I see advancing upon...
I see also the dull…
I see the German bombers…
I see that small group…
5)that is our policy
and that is our declaration
6)We shall be fortified and encouraged in our efforts.
We shall be strengthened and not weakened in determination and resources.
7)Let us learn the lessons already taught by such cruel experience.
Let us redouble our exertions…
Repetition :
1)We have but one aim and one single, irrevocable purpose.
2)He has so long thrived and prospered.
3)We will never parley, we will never negotiate...
IX.
the Nazi war machine, a swarm of crawling locusts, small group of villainous men, his shadow, his yoke, his tyranny, Hitler's blood-lust and the hateful appetites
X.
1)preparing, writing down 2)very fast and violently 3)obtaining, getting 4)returned
5)spent...on it 6)frontiers 7)ancient time 8)evil 9)agree 10)hold talks with our enemy ll)religious belief; faith 12)sadly, deplorably 13) great and sudden disaster
XI.
1)This is true of the rural area as well as of the urban area.
2)He was counting on their support.
3)I don't remember his exact words, but I'm sure he did say something to that effect.
4)Churchill said, \"Tell Stalin that Britain has but one desire --to crush Hitler.
5)Only 9% of the population in that country remains illiterate.
6)This leaves them no choice but to rely on his efforts.
7)The guests were overwhelmed by the warm reception.
8)They overwhelmed the enemy by a surprise attack.
9)Their difficulty is our difficulty just as we view their victory as our own victory.
10)It is clear that German fascists were trying to put the people in that region under their domination.
XII.
1)turn 2)turned...into 3)turn 4)turned to 5) turned…into 6 ) turning… to 7 ) turn … on 8) turned down 9 ) turned out 10)turned out 11)turn up
XIII.(6) (1) (4) (7) (3) (2) (5)
XIV. Omitted.
XV.
The Nazi regime is the most wicked in the world. Now, it is invading U. S. S. R. , and the Russian soldiers are doing their best to safeguard their country. This is a crucial point. I have to declare the policy we should follow. Our policy is to destroy Hitler and every vestige of the Nazi regime. Therefore, we must make every effort to fight together with those who fight Hitler and his supporters. We must unite all our friends and allies in every part of the world to fight Hitler.
Hitler's invasion of Russia is merely a prelude to an invasion of Great Britain, which will lead to his total control over the Western Hemisphere. The Russian danger is therefore our danger, and the danger of the United States. If we don't unite, we'll be struck down one by one. Let us make a joint effort to fight the Nazi German.
《高级英语》第一册练习
Lesson 5
Speech on Hitler’s Invasion of the U.S.S.R
Ⅰ. Word explanation
1. conviction
A. convention
B. well established fact
C. the state of being convinced
D. certainly
2. consult
A. advice
B. suggest
C. look up
D. go to a person
3. private
A. person
B. one's own
C. previous
D. preserve
4. count on
A. depend on
B. expect
C. take into account
D. all of
5. enlist
A. win over
B. attractive
C. obtain
D. both A and C
6. means
A. unkind
B. to represent
C. average
D. method
7. onslaught
A. invasion
B. aggression
C. fierce attack
D. annexation
8. cataract
A. cataclysm
B. waterfall
C. disaster
D. flood
9. prey
A. sth. killed
B. speak to God
C. please
D. enemy
10. ally
A. join or unite
B. without the company of others
C. the centre of sth.
D. volunteer
11. fortify
A. multiply by forty
B. strengthen
C. a stronghold
D. fortress
12. doom
A. grave
B. sepulchral
C. terrible fate
D. barge
13. prelude
A. introductory movement
B. to lure in advance
C. tyrant
D. steadfast
14. intervene
A. invade
B. aggression
C. intermezzo
D. interfere
15. ferocious
A. brutishly violent
B. attacking on purpose
C. benign situation
D. obedient
16. presently
A. right away
B. now
C. deliver
D. gift
17. portion
A. pork
B. part
C. port
D. proper
18. horde
A. class
B. squad
C. company
D. throng
19. primordial
A. prime
B. introductory
C. primitive
D. element
20. smart
A. painful
B. wisdom
C. foe
D. folly
21. vestige
A. trace
B. vest
C. invest
D. privilege
22. resolve
A. solve
B. settle
C. revolve
D. determine
23. accomplish
A. accompany
B. achieve
C. compliment
D. complement
24. distinction
A. distinct
B. distinguished
C. difference
D. instinct
25. rescue
A. recover
B. queue
C. obscure
D. obscure
Ⅱ. Replace each underlined part with one word learnt in the text, the first letter of which is given:
1. Pressures made him go back to his old habit of smoking. r
2. The teacher wrote his remark of the composition in the margin. c
3. The lecture has been put off till next Friday. p
4. She still suffered in mindunder his unkind words. s
5. The men threw their spears at the enemy. h
6. I earnestly hope that you will agree with me on this issue. c
7. Don't trust him, he is as clever as a fox. c
8. He came to America as a poor immigrant but soon got rich as a merchant. p
9. It is not our aim to conquer our foe, we are interested only in establishing peaceful relations. s
10. The fine for spitting on the street is 5 yuan. p
Ⅲ. Fill in each of the blanks with one of the following words or expressions in its proper form. Each word or expression is to be used only once.
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appeal to, be true of, count on, devoid of, fresh from, in due course, issue, on the contrary, rid...of, round up, thereby, to
that effect
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1. The great today is whether there will be war or peace.
2. The sheepdog the sheep and drove them through the gate.
3. Our team is you to win the match, Joe.
4. As \"due to\
5. He finished first in the race, winning the championship for his school.
6. She called him a villain or words .
7. Sound waves can not travel through a space air.
8. These are eggs the hen, not preserved ones.
9. I will answer all your questions .
10. His speech did not the head so much as to the heart.
Ⅴ. Reading comprehension.
1. The sentence “I asked that notice should immediately be given that I would broadcast at 9 o’clock that night” means that:
A. I noticed that I should deliver a speech at 9 that night.
B. I asked them to notice me giving a speech at 9 that night.
C. that I was to give a speech at 9 that night should be noticed.
D. the BBC should be informed that the P.M. would deliver a speech at 9 that night.
2. The sentence “I suppose they will be rounded up in hordes.” means:
A. The Russian Army was broken up into small groups and would be captured one after another by the Germans.
B. The Germans came into Russia like hordes of beasts, surrounding and capturing many cities.
C. The Russian army would line up to form a circle so as to surround the Germans
D. The German army would line up to form a circle so as to surround the Russians.
3. The sentence “it is devoid of all theme and principle except appetite and racial domination” can be understood as:
A. Hitler and his regime were greedy and wanted to surpass other nations.
B. For Hitler and his gang, nothing could be considered as ideal or guiding principle. The conquest of and rule over other nations was the strongest desire in them.
C. The only thing that Hitler and his gang wanted was to be better than other nations.
D. Hitler and his regime had conquered many other nations and this was very bad.
4. According to the speech, Hitler had believed that his attack on the USSR would:
A. cause conflicts between the United States and Great Britain.
B. ignite sympathy from the right wing of the western countries.
C. make the United States retreat from the war.
D. lead to a conclusion of the war.
5. According to the text, the final act of Hitler’s aggression was to:
A. defeat his enemy one by one.
B. make the whole western hemisphere subject to his rule.
C. completely destroy the USSR.
D. free the Russians from communist rule.
第一册第5课练习答案
1-1: / 答案:B
1-2: / 答案:C
1-3: / 答案:B
1-4: / 答案:D
1-5: / 答案:D
1-6: / 1-7: / 1-8: / 1-9: / 1-10: / 1-11: / 1-12: / 1-13: / 1-14: / 1-15: / 1-16: / 答案:D
答案:C
答案:B
答案:A
答案:A
答案:B
答案:C
答案:A
答案:D
答案:A
答案:A
1-17: / 答案:B
1-18: / 答案:D
1-19: / 答案:C
1-20: / 答案:A
1-21: / 答案:A
1-22: / 答案:D
1-23: / 答案:B
1-24: / 答案:C
1-25: / 答案:D
2-1: /
答案: revert
2-2: /
答案: comment
2-3: /
答案:postponed
2-4: /
答案:smarted
2-5: /
答案: hurled
2-6: /
答案: concur
2-7: /
答案:crafty
2-8: /
答案:prospered
2-9: /
答案:subjugate
2-10: /
答案:penalty
3-1: /
答案: issue
3-2: /
答案:rounded up
3-3: /
答案: counting on
3-4: /
答案: is true of
3-5: /
答案:thereby
3-6: /
答案: to that effect
3-7: /
答案: devoid of
3-8: /
答案: fresh from
3-9: /
答案:in due course
3-10: /
答案:appeal to
4-1: / 答案:D
4-2: / 答案:A
4-3: / 答案:B
4-4: / 答案:B
4-5: / 答案:B
BLACKMAIL
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Aims of teaching
1. the comprehension of the text
2. the mastery of the vocabulary and the language points
3. the familiarization with the language and the writing techniques
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Important and difficult points
1. Slangy and ungrammatical expressions such as “pretty neat set-up”, “now then”, “ain’t” and etc.
2. The transition from mental monologue of the Duchess and the dialogue between her and Ogilvie.
3. The function of the stage property --- cigar.
Blackmail
Arthur Hailey
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The chief house officer, Ogilvie, who had declared he would appear at the Croydons suite an hour after his cryptic telephone call actually took twice that time. As a result the nerves of both the
Duke and Duchess were excessively frayed when the muted buzzer of the outer door eventually sounded.
The Duchess went to the door herself. Earlier she had dispatched her maid on an invented errand and, cruelly, instructed the moon-faced male secretary – who was terrified of dogs – to exercise the Bedlington terriersn. . Her own tension was not lessened by the knowledge that both might return at any moment.
A wave of cigar smoke accompanied Ogilvie in. When he had followed her to the living room, the Duchess looked pointedly at the half-burned cigar in the fat man’s mouth. “My husband and I find strong smoke offensive. Would you kindly put that out.\"
The house detective's piggy eyes surveyed her sardonically from his gross jowled face. His gaze moved on to sweep the spacious, well-appointed room, encompassingthe Duke who faced them uncertainly, his back to a window.
\"Pretty neat set-up you folks got.” Taking his time, Ogilvie removed the offending cigar, knocked off the ash and flipped the butt toward an ornamental fireplace on his right. He missed, and the butt fell upon the carpet where he ignored it.
The Duchess's lips tightened. She said sharply, imagine you did not come here to discuss décor \". The obese body shook in an appreciative chuckle . \"No, ma'am, can't say I did. I like nice things, though.\" He lowered the level of his incongruous falsetto voice.\" Like that car of yours. The one you keep here in the hotel. Jaguar, ain't it?\"
\"Aah!\" It was not a spoken word, but an emission of breath from the Duke of Croydon. His wife shot him a swift, warning glance.
\"In what conceivable way does our car concern you?”
As if the question from the Duchess had been a signal, the house detective's manner changed. He inquired abruptly, \"Who else is in this place?\"
It was the Duke who answered, \"No one. We sent them out.\"
\"There's things it pays to check.\" Moving with surprising speed, the fat man walked around the suite, opening doors and inspecting the space behind them. Obviously he knew the room arrangement well. After reopening and closing the outer door, he returned, apparently satisfied, to the living room.
The Duchess had seated herself in a straight-backed Ogilvie remained standing.
\"Now then,\" he said. \"You two was in the hit-'n-run .\"
She met his eyes directly.\" What are you talking about?\"
\"Don't play games, lady. This is for real.\" He took out a fresh cigar and bit off the end, \"You saw the papers. There's been plenty on radio, too.\"
Two high points of color appeared in the paleness of the Duchess of Croydon's cheeks. \"What you are suggesting is the most disgusting, ridiculous...\"
\"I told you – Cut it out!” The words spat forth with sudden savagery , all pretense of blandnessgone. Ignoring the Duke, Ogilvie waved the unlighted cigar under his adversary 's adversary 's nose. \"You listen to me, your high-an'-mightiness. This city's burnin' mad – cops, mayor, everybody else. When they find who done that last night, who killed that kid an' its mother, then
high-tailed it, they'll throw the book, and never mind who it hits, or whether they got fancy titles neither. Now I know what I know, and if I do what by rights I should, there'll be a squad of cops in here so fast you'll hardly see 'em. But I come to you first, in fairness, so's you could tell your side of it to me.\" The piggy eyes blinked, then hardened. \" 'f you want it the other way, just say so.\"
The Duchess of Croydon – three centuries and a half of inbred arrogancebehind her – did not yield easily. Springing to her feet, her face wrathful, gray-green eyes blazing, she faced the grossness of the house detective squarely. Her tone would have withered anyone who knew her well. “You unspeakable blackguard ! How dare you!”
Even the self-assurance of Ogilvie flickered for an instant. But it was the Duke of Croydon who interjected, \"It's no go, old girl. I'm afraid. It was a good try.\" Facing Ogilvie, he said, \"What you accuse us of is true. I am to blame. I was driving the car and killed the little girl.\"
\"That's more like it,\" Ogilvie said. He lit the fresh cigar. \"Now we're getting somewhere.\"
Wearily, in a gesture of surrender, the Duchess of Croydon sank back into her chair. Clasping her hands to conceal their trembling, she asked. \"What is it you know?\"
\"Well now, I'll spell it out.\" The house detective took his time, leisurely putting a cloud of blue cigar smoke, his eyes sardonically on the Duchess as if challenging her objection. But beyond wrinkling her nose in distaste, she made no comment. Ogilvie pointed to the Duke. \"Last night, early on, you went to Lindy's Place in Irish Bayou. You drove there in your fancy Jaguar, and you took a lady friend. Leastways, I guess you'd call her that if you're not too fussy.\"
As Ogilvie glanced, grinning, at the Duchess, the Duke said sharply, \"Get on with it!\"
\"Well\" – the smug fat face swung back – \"the way I hear it, you won a hundred at the tables, then lost it at the bar. You were into a second hundred – with a real swinging party – when your wife here got there in a taxi. \"
\"How do you know all this?\"
\"I'll tell you, Duke – I've been in this town and this hotel a long time. I got friends all over. I oblige them; they do the same for me, like letting me know what gives, an’ where. There ain't much, out of the way, which people who stay in this hotel do, I don't get to hear about. Most of ’em never know I know, or know me. They think they got their little secret tucked away , and so they have – except like now.\"
The Duke said coldly, \"I see.\"
\"One thing I'd like to know. I got a curious nature, ma’ am. How'd you figure where he was?\"
The Duchess said, \"You know so much... I suppose it doesn't matter. My husband has a habit of making notes while he is telephoning. Afterward he often forgets to destroy them. ”
The house detective clucked his tongue reprovingly . \"A little careless habit like that, Duke – look at the mess it gets you in. Well, here's what I figure about the rest. You an' your wife took off home, you drivin', though the way things turned out it might have been better if she'd have drove.\"
\"My wife doesn't drive.\"
Ogilvie nodded understandingly. \"Explains that one. Anyway, I reckon you were lickered ( = liquored ) up, but good...\"
The Duchess interrupted. \"Then you don't know! You don't know anything for sure! You can't possibly prove...\"
\"Lady, I can prove all I need to.\"
The Duke cautioned, \"Better let him finish, old girl.\"
\"That's right,\" Ogilvie said. \"Just sit an' listen. Last night I seen you come in – through the basement, so's not to use the lobby. Looked right shaken, too, the pair of you.
Just come in myself, an' I got to wondering why. Like I said, I got a curious nature.\"
The Duchess breathed, \"Go on.\"
\"Late last night the word was out about the hit-'n-run. On a hunch I went over the garage and took a quiet look-see at your car. You maybe don't know – it's away in a corner, behind a pillar where the jockeys don't see it when they're comin' by.\"
The Duke licked his lips. \"I suppose that doesn't matter now.\"
\"You might have something there,\" Ogilvie conceded . \"Anyway, what I found made me do some scouting -- across at police headquarters where they know me too.\" He paused to puff again at the cigar as his listeners waited silently. When the cigar tip was glowing he inspected it, then continued. \"Over there they got three things to go on. They got a headlight trim ring which musta come off when the kid an’ the woman was hit. They got some headlight glass, and lookin’ at the kid's clothin', they reckon there'll be a brush trace. \"
\"A what?\"
\"You rub clothes against something hard, Duchess, specially if it's shiny like a car fender, say, an' it leaves a mark the same way as finger prints. The police lab kin pick it up like they do prints – dust it, an’ it shows.\"
\"That's interesting,\" the Duke said, as if speaking of something unconnected with himself. \"I didn't know that.\"
\"Not many do. In this case, though, I reckon it don't make a lot o' difference. On your car you got a busted headlight, and the trim ring's gone. Ain't any doubt they'd match up, even without the brush trace an’ the blood. 0h yeah, I should a told you. There's plenty of blood, though it don't show too much on the black paint.\"
\"Oh, my God!\" A hand to her face, the Duchess turned away.
Her husband asked, \"What do you propose to do?\"
The fat man rubbed his hands together, looking down at his thick, fleshy fingers. \"Like I said, I come to hear you, side of it.\"
The Duke said despairingly , \"what can I possibly say? You know what happened.\" He made an attempt to square his shoulders which did not succeed. \"You'd better call the police and get it over.\"
\"Well now, there's no call for being hasty .\" The incongruous falsetto voice took on a musing note. \"What's done's been done. Rushing any place ain't gonna bring back the kid nor its mother neither. Besides, what they'd do to you across at the headquarters, Duke, you wouldn't like. No sir, you wouldn't like it at all. \" The other two slowly raised their eyes.
\"I was hoping,\" Ogilvie said, \"that you folks could suggest something.\"
The Duke said uncertainly, \"I don't understand.\" \"I understand,\" the Duchess of Croydon said. \"You want money, don't you? You came here to blackmail us.\"
If she expected her words to shock, they did not succeed. The house detective shrugged. \"Whatever names you call things, ma'am, don't matter to me. All I come for was to help you people out of trouble. But I got to live too.”
\"You'd accept money to keep silent about what you know?\"
\"I reckon I might.\"
\"But from what you say,\" the Duchess pointed out, her poise for the moment recovered, \"it would do no good. The car would be discovered in any case.\"
\"I guess you'd have to take that chance. But there's some reasons it might not be. Something I ain't told you yet.\" \"Tell us now, please.\"
Ogilvie said, \"I ain't figured this out myself completely. But when you hit that kid you was going away from town, not to it.\"
\"We'd made a mistake in the route,\" the Duchess said. \"Somehow we'd become turned around. It's easily done in New Orleans, with the street winding as they do. Afterward, using side streets, we went back. ”
\"I thought it might be that,\" Ogilvie nodded understandingly. \"But the police ain't figured it that way. They’re looking for somebody who was headed out. That's why, right now, they're workin' on the suburbs and the outside towns. They may get around to searchin' downtown, but it won't be yet. \"
\"How long before they do?\"
\"Maybe three, four days. They got a lot of other places to look first.\"
\"How could that help us --- the delay‘?\"
\"It might,\" Ogilvie said. \"Providin' nobody twigs the car – an' seein' where it is, you might be lucky there. An' if you can get it away.\"
\"You mean out of the state?\"”
\"I mean out o’ the South.\"
\"That wouldn't be easy?\"
\"No, ma'am. Every state around – Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, all the rest'll be watching for a car damaged the way yours is.\"
The Duchess considered. \"Is there any possibility of having repairs made first? If the work were done discreetly we could pay well. \"
The house detective shook his head emphatically. \"You try that, you might as well walk over to headquarters right now an' give up. Every repair shop in Louisiana's been told to holler 'cops' the minute a car needing fixin' like yours comes in. They'd do it, too. You people are hot.\"
The Duchess of Croydon kept firm, tight rein on her racing mind. It was essential, she knew, that her thinking remain calm and reasoned. In the last few minutes the conversation had become as seemingly casual as if the discussion were of some minor domestic matter and not survival itself.
She intended to keep it that way. Once more, she was aware, the role of leadership had fallen to her, her husband now a tense but passive spectator of the exchange between the evil tat man and herself. No matter. What was inevitable must be accepted. The important thing was to consider all eventualities. A thought occurred to her.
\"The piece from our car which you say the police have. What is it called?\"
\"A trim ring.\"
\"Is it traceable?\"
Ogilvie nodded affirmatively. \"They can figure what kind o' car it's from --- make, model, an' maybe the year, or close to it. Same thing with the glass. But with your car being foreign, it'll likely take a few days.\"
\"But after that,\" she persisted, \"the police will know they're looking for a Jaguar?\"
\"I reckon that 's so. \"
Today was Tuesday. From all that this man said, they had until Friday or Saturday at best. With calculated coolness the Duchess reasoned: the situation came down to one essential. Assuming the hotel man was bought off, their only chance -- a slim one -- lay in removing the car quickly, If it could be got north, to one of the big cities where the New Orleans tragedy and search would be unknown, repairs could be made quietly, the incriminating evidence removed. Then, even if suspicion settled on the Croydons later, nothing could be proved. But how to get the car away?
Undoubtedly what this oafish detective said was true: As well as Louisiana, the other states through which the car would have to pass would be alert and watchful. Every highway patrol would
be on the lookout for a damaged head-light with a missing trim ring. There would probably be road-blocks. It would be hard not to fall victim to some sharpeyed policeman.
But it might be done. If the car could be driven at night and concealed by day. There were plenty of places to pull off the highway and be unobserved. It would be hazardous, but no more than waiting here for certain detection. There would be back roads. They could choose an unlikely route to avoid attention.
But there would be other complications ... and now was the time to consider them. Traveling by secondary roads would be difficult unless knowing the terrain. The Croydons did not. Nor was either of them adept at using maps. And when they stopped for petrol, as they would have to, their speech and manner would betray them, making them conspicuous . And yet ... these were risks which had to be taken.
Or had they?
The Duchess faced Ogilvie. \"How much do you want?\"
The abruptness took him by surprise. \"Well ... I figure you people are pretty well fixed.\"
She said coldly, \"I asked how much.\"
The piggy eyes blinked. Ten thousand dollars.\"
Though it was twice what she had expected, her expression did not change. \"Assuming we paid this grotesque amount, what would we receive in return?\"
The fat man seemed puzzled. \"Like I said, I keep quiet about what I know.\"
\"And the alternative ?\"
He shrugged. \"I go down the lobby. I pick up a phone. \"
\"No,\" The statement was unequivocal . \"We will not pay, you.\"
As the Duke of Croydon shifted uneasily, the house detective's bulbous countenance reddened, \"Now listen, lady Peremptorily she cut him oft. \"I will not listen. Instead, you will listen to me.\" Her eyes were riveted on his face, her handsome, high cheek boned features set in their most imperious mold. \"We would achieve nothing by paying you, except possibly a few days' respite . You have made that abundantly clear.\" \"That's a chance you gotta...\"
\"Silence!\" Her voice was a whiplash. Eyes bored into him. Swallowing, sullenly , he complied .
What came next, the Duchess of Croydon knew, could be the most significant thing she had ever done. There must be no mistake, no vacillation or dallying because of her own smallness of mind. When you were playing for the highest stakes, you made the highest bid. She intended to gamble on the fat man's greed. She must do so in such a way as to place the outcome beyond any doubt.
She declared decisively, \"We will not pay you ten thousand dollars. But we will pay you twenty-five thousand dollars. \" The house detective's eyes bulged.
\"In return for that,\" she continued evenly, \"You will drive our car north.”
Ogilvie continued to stare.
\"Twenty-five thousand dollars,\" she repeated. “Ten thousand now. Fifteen thousand more
when you meet us in Chicago. \" Still without speaking, the fat man licked his lips. His beadyeyes, as if unbelieving, were focused upon her own. The silence hung.
Then, as she watched intently, he gave the slightest of nods.
The silence remained. At length Ogilvie spoke. \"This cigar bother in' you, Duchess?\"
As she nodded, he put it out.
(from Hotel, 1965)
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NOTES
1) Arthur Hailey: Born in Luton, England, in 1920, Arthur Hailey was educated in English schools until fourteen. In 1947 Mr. Hailey emigrated to Canada and became a Canadian citizen. Hailey's best sellers include: Hotel, Airport, Wheels, The Final Diagnosis and The Moneychangers.
2) chief house officer: chief detective (employed by the hotel) in charge of hotel security
3) Bedlington terrier: a blue or liver-colored, woolly-coated terrier resembling a small lamb
4) Ogilvie: The author depicts him as a coarse, vulgar and uneducated person. Hence his language is ungrammatical and slangy, e. g.
'There's things it pays to check' for ' there' re things ...'
'You two was... ' for ‘ 'You two were... '
'They find who done ...' for 'When they find who did... ' etc.
His pronunciation is also non-standard, e. g. 'set' for 'sit'
'musta' for 'must have'
'kin' for 'can'
'shoulda' for 'should have'
'outa' for 'out of'
'gotta' for 'got to', etc.
5) Jaguar: trademark of a British motorcar
6) tables: gambling tables
7) what gives: U. S. colloquialism meaning 'what happens'
Background information
Title of the novel: Hotel
Setting:
The story happened in a hotel named St. Gregory /'greg ri/ in New Orleans, Louisiana which is in the south of US.
Main character of the novel:
Peter McDermott, assistant general manager
Main characters in this part of the novel:
Ogilvie: chief house officer
the Duke of Croydon: newly appointed British ambassador to the United States
the Duchess of Croydon: wife of the Duke
a prostitute called lady friend by Ogilvie
Plot:
Gregory was now at the brink of bankruptcy, but Peter McDermott is trying every means he could to save it.
Several events happened during the week with the present text as part of it.
The Duke of Croydon was an internationally famous statesman and the newly appointed British ambassador to Washington. They occupied the best suite of the hotel.
Monday evening, the Duke went to the gambling house. Later, his wife pursued and found him.
On their way back, the car Jaguar knocked down a woman and her child. Both killed.
Then we have the present text.
...
At one o'clock Thursday morning, Ogilvie drove the car north. But he was seen leaving the hotel by McDermott. Later in the afternoon, McDermott witnessed the funeral of the two victims of the accident. He suddenly realized the relation between these two events and contacted police.
Ogilvie was caught in Tennessee and sent back to New Orleans.
The Duke decided to go to the police to confess his crime (to surrender himself / to give himself up). But he was hurled out the elevator due to the breakdown of it. He hit the cement ground and died instantly.
Anyway, the novel had a pleasant ending.
One of the guests, who looked old and sick, turned out to be a millionaire. Earlier he was seriously ill and was saved by McDermott and his girl friend. To show his gratitude and to repay the hotel staffs' kindness, he bought the hotel and appointed McDermott executive vice president of the hotel.
This kind of novels are called thrillers. Generally defining, a thriller is a work of fiction or drama designed to hold the interest by the use of a high degree of intrigue, adventure or suspense. (thrill: to cause sudden strong feeling of joy, fear, excitement, pleasure etc. that seems to flow round the body like a wave)
Others can be called cop-criminal novels, detective novels. The main purpose is for entertainment, amusement. Very often this kind of novels contain a lot of action, usu. suspension, not very much deep thought, without moral intention, not considered classic.
The basic technique is to make the whole story of crime into sth. like a jigsaw puzzle. You can not see the outcome until the final part is put in.
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Detailed Study of the Text
1. blackmail: the obtaining of money or advancement by threatening to make known unpleasant facts about a person or group
2. suite: a set or rooms. A suite in a hotel is usually expensive. The suite the Croydons are staying in is St. Gregory Hotel's largest and most elaborate, called the Presidential Suite
3. cryptic: hidden, secret, mysterious
4. excessively frayed
excessive: derog. too much, too great, too large
Excessive rainfall washes out valuable minerals from the soil.
If you sell the article at that price, the profit will be excessive.
excessive profit 暴利
fray:
a. to cause rope, cloth etc. to become thin or worn by rubbing, so that loose threads develop.
His shirt is frayed at the neck / elbows.
frayed button holes
b. to cause a person's temper, nerves, etc to become worn out
His nerves were frayed by the noises in the street.
5. eventually: in the end, especially after a lot of delays, problems, or argument.
6. dispatch: (fml) to send away / off with promptness for a particular reason or in order to carry out a particular task The cruiser despatched boats to rescue the survivors.
7. errand: a short journey made to get sth. or to carry a message
I have no time to run errands for you!
I've got a few errands to do in town.
8. terrier: any of several types of small active dogs, originally used for hunting (for pictures, see Longman)
wolfdog 狼狗, hound /au/ 猎狗, Pekinese 京吧, pug-dog 狮子狗, bull dog 牛头犬 etc.
9. tension:
a. the degree of tightness or stiffness of a wire, rope, etc.
Here: nervousness, anxiety, worry or pressure
The doctor said that tension made her ill.
b. mental strain or excitement, condition when feelings are tense. an anxious, untrusting or possibly dangerous relationship between people or countries.
There was a lot of tension in the air at the meeting.
You feel the tension in the room when the two opponents faced each other.
International tension should be reduced when this agreement is signed.
10. accompany: to go with as on a journey, happen or exist at the same time as
Lightning usually accompanies thunder.
I'll be very glad to accompany you to the church.
11. pointedly: directly, in a noticeable and often unfriendly way, sharply expressed or shown
12. offensive: causing unpleasant or hurting feelings
to have an offensive manner / language
n: attack
spring offensive, counter offensive
offend: to hurt the feelings of
His words offended me.
13. piggy eyes: small eyes lost in the mess of flesh.
piggy: dirty, greedy
You are a pig (dirty, greedy, ill-mannered)
I've made a pig of myself.
14. sardonically: disdainfully, showing a feeling of being too good or important to consider a matter or person seriously, scornfully, cynically
15. gross: unpleasantly fat, vulgar, not refined
gross weight / net weight
16. jowl: the lower part of the side of the face, esp. loose skin and flesh near the lower jaw.
17. gaze: steady fixed look
18. appoint: to provide with complete and elegant furnishings or equipment
well / badly / luxuriously appointed room.
19. encompass: to surround on all sides, to form a circle about, enclose
The enemy encompassed the city.
cf: compass: an instrument for showing direction
a pair of compasses: a V-shaped instrument used for drawing circles
20. set-up: the arrangement of furniture
21. flip: to send sth. spinning, often into the air by striking with a light quick blow.
22. butt: large thick or bottom end of sth.
(slang) the part of the body on which a person sits.
23. d cor: Fr. the ornamental furnishing and arranging of a place. esp. a room, house or stage
24. appreciative: showing admiration, pleasant, understanding
cf: appreciate:
The importance of oceanography is not as well appreciated.
25. chuckle: laugh inwardly or quietly, to make a continuous gently sound resembling suppressed merry, happiness, quiet laugh with close mouth
26. incongruous falsetto voice:
incongruous: not in harmony or agreement with, not harmonious, absurd, inappropriate
behaviour incongruous with the principles
incongruous colours
A modern building that looks incongruous that old fashioned village
falsetto: unnaturally high voice by a man, esp. in singing
car:
saloon: motor car with wholly enclosed space for 4-7 passengers.
sedan: saloon car for 4 persons or more.
limousine: motor car with an enclosed body, the driver’s seat being separated
sports coupe [‘kupei] 2-seater saloon car
estate car / station wagon (waggon) saloon car with an enlarged body (as Peugeot)
convertible: touring car with a folding hood
jeep: useful on rough road, great freedom of movement
van: Covered road vehicle for carrying goods and sometimes people
coach: a bus used for long-distance travel or touring
double-decker: bus with two floors
cf: caravan: a vehicle that can be pulled by a car, which contains apparatus for cooking, beds for sleeping, etc and in which people can live, usu for holidays.
27. emission: the act of sending out heat, light, smell, sound, etc.
the emission of light from the sun
the emission of heat from a fire
If you sit by the hearth, you can sense the emission of the fire.
28. apparently: it seems that, as it appears, easily seen or understood, plain, obviously
29. disgusting: strong feeling of dislike caused by an unpleasant sight, sound or smell, or by bad behaviour, highly distasteful
What a disgusting smell / behaviour.
30. ridiculous: silly, absurd
31. blandness: gentle or polite in manner or talk
32. adversary: a person or group to whom on is opposed, opponent or enemy. Connotation: active hostility
Do as adversaries do, strike mightily, but eat and drink as friends.
cf: rival: a person with whom one competes. rival in love
33. your high-an-mightiness: used for ridicule, mockery
Your Majesty （陛下）: to emperor, empress, king, queen
Your Highness （殿下）: to prince, princess
Your Grace（大人）: to duke, duchess, archbishop
Your Mightiness (大人): to marquis, marquise / marchioness (Br.); count / earl (Br.), countess; viscount, viscountess; baron, baroness
Your Excellency（阁下）: to governor, ambassador, archbishop, premier
Your honour （阁下）: to judge:
34. high-tail: (colloq.) run away in a hurry
35. throw the book:
If you throw the book at sb., you accuse them of every offence that is possible in a particular situation, or give them the greatest punishment that you are allowed to.
36. fancy: higher than the usu. reasonable price, not ordinary, fine
fancy cake / fruit / skating / birds
37. inbred: natural, possessed by a person from birth
inbred good manners
breed: to breed cows
China artificially breeds 10 pandas in 2002.
38. arrogance: pride and self-importance shown in a way that is rude and disrespectful to others.
I dislike him for his arrogance.
The boss's son is arrogant to all the employees.
39. spring: to jump, bound, bounce
an object, usu. a length of metal wound around, which tends to push, pull, or twist against a force and return to its original shape
40. wrath: (lit.) great anger, indignation, outrageous
41. wither: to cause sth. to become dry, faded, or dead
to cause sb. to be covered with shame or confusion
Flowers withered in the cold.
The hot sun withered all the plants.
Her scornful look withered her opponent.
Time can not wither her beauty.
42. unspeakable: that can not be described in words, inexpressibly bad, evil
blackguard: villain, a wicked unhonourable person
43. flicker: wave, tremble, to move backwards and forwards unsteadily, Here: hesitate
44. interject: to make a sudden remark between others.
Interject carries extremely strong implication of abrupt or forced introduction. The word is often employed in place of 'said' in introducing a remark, statement, or question that forms more or less as in interruption or addition
(to interrupt means to cut or break the flow of sth. continuous such as the speech of others)
45. It's no go. What you are trying to do wouldn't work
It's a go.
accuse: to charge sb. with doing wrong or breaking the law, typically personal and immediate, suggests directness and sharpness
accuse sb. of sth.
The police accused him of murder.
I don't think anyone can accuse me of not being frank.
the accused
Several of the accused were found guilty / not guilty / innocent.
blame: consider sb. responsible for sth. bad. criticize
blame sb. for sth.
I don't blame you. I blame myself.
Bad workman often blame their tools.
I don't blame you for being cautious. (Your being cautious is understandable)
be to blame: be guilty of
Who is to blame for the failure?
I regard myself as very much to blame.
You are not to blame (It's not your fault).
to blame sth. on sb.
He blamed his failure on his teacher.
Don't blame our defeat on the weather.
blame, n.: responsibility for sth. bad.
Your are clear of all blame.
The accountant accepted the blame for the miscalculation
I'm going to take all the blame on myself.
46. wearily: (specific) very tired, unable to suffer any more of the same thing, unwilling to continue，exhausted
tired: general term, use up strength or patience, over exertion, bored
47. conceal: hide
These two words are exchangeable. While hide is a general term, conceal suggests intuition to hide, to refuse to let others know.
The snow hides all the ground.
The robber concealed the weapon under his coat.
You can't conceal the truth.
to conceal one's displeasure
48. spell out: literally, to write or say a word letter by letter, literarily, to explain in the most detailed way to spell out the government's plans
49. challenge: to call sb. to compete again St one in a fight, to call one to competitive action or effort, to test the abilities of a person
50. wrinkle: to cause to from into lines, folds
51. bayou: (in South-Eastern US) any of various bodies of water with slow current and lots of water plants
52. fussy: nervous and excitable about small matters, too much concerned about details
fuss: (It's uncountable, but often goes together with 'a') unnecessary nervousness or excitement
There is no need for fuss.
There is sure to be a fuss about...
Don't make so much (a) fuss.
Don't fuss. Stop fussing!
She is too fussy about her clothes.
He is impatient of bureaucratic fuss.
53. smug: goo pleased with oneself, showing too much satisfaction with one's qualities, position, etc.
He looks smug about knowing the answer.
54. swing: (of sth. having one end or one side fixed and the other free) move to and fro, forward & backward or in a curve a swing (qiuqian), a swing(ing) door
swinging: lively & up-to-date, gay and full of life, fashionably free & modern, esp, on sex life
55. oblige:
a. require sb. to do sth., compel
We were obliged to work for him without pay, obliged to feed scores of his tame birds on our wretched crops.
b. to so sth. for sb. as a favour
Please oblige me by closing the door
Could you oblige me by preparing the text in advance?
Could you oblige me with a match / stamp / cigarette...
56. What gives: (sl) What is going on?
57. out of the way: improper, wrong, unusual
58. tuck away: put or push into a convenient position, to put into a convenient narrow space for protection, safety, etc.
tuck your shirt inside the trousers
have the bottles of wine tucked away under the bed.
59. cluck: to make a clicking sound with the tongue, to express interest or concern
60. reproving: blaming, accusing
to reprove to scold or correct usu. gently or with kindly intent, to express disapproval
61. mess: the state of disorder or untidiness
62. lickered up = liquored up, to have drunk alcoholic liquor excessively, drunk (cf: Don't drive when intoxicated.)
cf:
beverage: (fml) liquid for drinking, esp. one that is not water, medicine or alcohol
liquor: strong alcoholic drink, such as whisky, Maotai,...
chaser: mild drink, taken after hard liquor, such as beer
wine: alcoholic drink made from fruit, esp. grape
soft drink: non-alcoholic drink, such as soda pop, coca cola
63. I reckon you were lickered up, but good...
reckon: (infml) guess, suppose, calculate without counting exactly
I guess that you were not only intoxicated, but you were dead drunk.
Here GOOD is used as an intensive
a good 200 pounds / a good long time
64. caution: to warn against possible danger, to warn sth. bad already done, often with the threat of future punishment for doing it again with the stress laid on advice.
The weather-broadcaster cautioned us about the icy roads.
He was cautioned to speak as a little as possible.
65. basement: the part (rooms) of a house which is below the street level
66. lobby: a passage inside the building which leads from the entrance
67. hunch: intuitive guess or feeling, suspect, strong intuitive feeling concerning a future event or result
68. pillar: general term for tall upright usu. round post made usu. of stone
cf:
column: architectural term, a pillar supporting sth.
69. concede: reluctantly accept sth. as true, it usu. suggests the strength of the opponent's argument.
You admit unwillingly that your opponent is right, what he says is true.
to concede a point in an argument
to concede a game, contest, argument means to end it by admitting that you can no longer win
I conceded that an error had been made.
\"Maybe there is some truth in it,\" he conceded.
cf: admit: It stresses reluctance to grant or concede and refers rather to facts than to their implications
to admit a charge only means to admit the fact but not the view-point which the charge implies
to admit his crime / one's fault / one' error
confess: say or admit, often formally (that one has done wrong, committed a crime, etc)
The prisoner refused to confess (his crime).
I must confess I did not expect a speech about oyster here.
70. trim: material used for ornament
to decorate sth. with ribbons, laces, or ornaments
71. bust: to smash, break as with force
I dropped my camera on the pavement and bust it.
(of the police) raid (a house) or arrest sb
Mickey was busted for drug smuggling.
(phr. v) bust up (infml.) (esp. of a married couple) quarrel and separate
They busted up after 5 years of marriage.
It was his drinking that busted up their marriage.
(infml.of burst)break into pieces with a scattering of contents.
cf: crack: make a sudden sharp sound as that of ice or glass
bust: n.
1 sculpture of a person's head, shoulders and chest
2 (a)woman's breasts; bosom. (b) measurement round a woman's chest and back
What is your bust size, madam?
72. take on a musing note:
take on: begin to have an appearance
These insects can take on the colour of their surroundings.
Her eyes took on a hurt expression.
muse: to think deeply, forgetting the world around
His words sounded as if he was in deep thought.
73. poise: good judgement and self-control in one's action, combined with a quiet belief in one's abilities
The diver poised on the edge of the high board.
The gymnast poised on the balance beam.
She has perfect poise of mind & body, never seems embarrassed.
A good hostess should have a lot of poise.
turn sb / sth round: face in a different direction
Turn round and let me look at your back.
Turn your chair round to the fire.
74. get around to: find the necessary time to
I haven't been able to get around to reading your essay. I'll read it tonight.
After a long delay, he got around to writing the letter.
75. twig: (Br. sl.) (sl of thieves) notice, understand the meaning of, understand
76. discreet: careful, having good judgement in conduct, prudent, This word stresses the power of control
77. may (might, could) as well: with equivalent or comparable effect, with the same result
You may just as well wait upstairs.
You might as well stay with us here.
You might as well talk to her in person.
78. holler: (colloq.) cry, shout, call
You could hear grandma hollering Ned from the upstairs window.
79. seemingly: according to what appears, usu. opposed to what actually is so
a seemingly good luck / a seemingly nice person
He is seemingly very intelligent, but in fact he isn't.
80. casual: not serious, careless
a casual manner / remark / glance / handshake
An attractive woman always get seemingly casual glances on the street.
81. eventuality: possible esp. unpleasant or surprising event, result or outcome, possibility
He is ready for any eventuality.
82. trace: to find out the origins of sth., to find out how sth. first began
83. slim: poor, slight, not considerable
84. incriminating: showing or proving the involvement of a crime
85. oafish:
oaf: stupid, ungraceful person, esp. male
Why did she marry that great oaf?
86. roadblock: a bar or other objects used for closing a road to stop traffic
fall victim: victim
He soon fell victim to her charms.
He fell a victim to his own greed.
Our people will never fall victims to fascism.
87. hazardous: of an activity which contains risk or danger from sth. beyond control. This word contains strong implication of dependence on chance while RISKY implies voluntarily taking danger.
hazard n.,v.: danger; risk
Smoking is a serious health hazard.
Wet roads are a hazard to drivers.
Rock-climbers are hazarding their lives.
I don't know where he is but I could hazard a guess.
risk n., possibility of meeting danger or suffering harm, loss, etc
Is there any risk of the bomb exploding?
You shouldn't underestimate the risks of the enterprise.
Persons swimming beyond this point do so at their own risk. The whole future of the company is at risk.
risk one's health, fortune, neck (ie life)
risk failure
risky adj. (-ier, -iest)
jeopardy: n. (idm) in jeopardy: in danger of harm, loss or destruction
A fall in demand for oil tankers has put/placed thousands of jobs in the shipbuilding industry in jeopardy.
Danger, jeopardy, hazard, risk mean either the state or fact of being threatened with loss of life or property or with serious injury to one’s health or moral integrity or the cause or source of such a threat.
Danger is the general term and implies contingent evil in prospect but not necessarily inescapable.
Jeopardy implies exposure to extreme or dangerous chances. The term is much used in law in reference to persons accused or serious offenses, being tried in court, and therefore exposed to the danger of conviction and punishment.
Hazard implies danger from something fortuitous or beyond one’s control, it is not so strong
a term as Jeopardy.
Risk, more frequently than hazard implies a voluntary taking of doubtful or adverse chances.
88. complication: complicated situation
Sth. complicated is so complex that it is exceedingly difficult to understand, explain, solve or to deal with
Sth. complex is made up of so many different interrelated parts or elements that it requires deep study of expert knowledge to deal with it. Not like complicated, it does not imply a fault or failure.
Sth. intricate is hard to follow out because its parts are interwinding or interlacing.
89. terrain: a region or a stretch of land, esp. with regard to its natural features or suitability for some special purpose, as used in warfare.
90. adept: highly skilled, understanding the mysteries of some art or craft
be adept in music / playing games
cf:
expert: successful experience, broad knowledge of one's subject, distinguished achievement
91. betray: to reveal unknowingly or against one's will
Her red face betrayed her nervousness.
His accent betrayed that fact that...
The footprints betrayed the presence of a stranger.
92. conspicuous: noticeable, attracting attention
A traffic sign should be conspicuous.
She is conspicuous because of her trendy clothes.
Lincoln is a conspicuous example of a poor boy who succeeded.
93. abruptness: sudden, unexpected, rough
(Notice here involves a sudden change of topic of conversation. They were talking about the police' search of a car. The question \"How much do you want?\" is followed by the Duchess' interior monologue)
94. grotesque: absurd, strange & unnatural so as to cause fear or be laughable, exaggerated in an unpleasant way so that it is frightening or ridiculous
95. unequivocal: having a meaning that cannot be misunderstood or doubted, unambiguous, leaving no doubt.
96. bulbous: shaped like a bulb, swelling and disgustingly fat and round
bulbous dome / nose
97. peremptorily: (fml) showing an expectation of being obeyed at once and without question, impolitely and unfriendly, commanding, insisting obedience
98. rivet: metal pin for fasten plates.
to hold or fasten with or as if with rivets
cf: glare, stare, fix
99. feature: any of the noticeable parts of the face
a man with Oriental features
Her mouth is her worst feature / best feature, like a cherry.
100. set in a mould:
When you take a picture, you set your body, your countenance ...in a certain way. That is to set in a mould.
(A lame one-eyed king taking a picture)
mould (Am.E) = mould (Br.E): character, distinctive nature, a person's character, nature, etc., considered as having been shaped by family type, education, training, experience, etc.
Be cast in a mould of a particular kind means to have the characteristics, attitudes, behaviour or
lifestyle that are typical of that kind of person
be made / cast in mould of
He is made in his father's mould. (He has the same personality and character as his father's)
101. imperious: in tensely compelling, marked by arrogant assurance, dominating. This word is related to imperial.
The whole sentence can be paraphrased as follows:
Her handsome high-cheekboned features were set in a way which shows her imperial character.
102. respite: a short period of pause or rest, during a time of great effort pain, or trouble, a time of relief (as from labour, suffering or war) or delay (as before sentencing or executing).
The patient said he never had any respite from the pain.
Sentence sb. to death with 2-years' respite.
103. bore: make a hole in
This machine can bore through solid rock.
104. swallow: to take back, to keep from expressing or showing, to accept without questioning, protest or resentment
to swallow one's words: take back what was said
105. sullen: silently bad-tempered, unforgiving, dark, gloomy
look sullen, to wear a sullen look
106. comply: act according to a demand, order, rule
to comply with the law / regulations
107. vacillation: hesitation, uncertainty, waver, continuous changing of one's opinions
This word implies prolonged hesitation resulting from one's inability to reach a decision
He vacillates between accepting & not accepting.
The earthquake caused the entire house vacillate.
108. dally: to waste time or be slow
Don't dally or we'll be late.
dally over one's work
109. bulge: to swell out as a result of the pressure from within
110. bead: small ball of glass or other material with a hole through it for a string worn with other others on a thread, esp. round the neck for ornament.
She is wearing a string of green beads.
Structural and stylistic analysis
Part 1. Prelude
The chief house officer...Ogilvie remained standing {p.84 (old book, ditto)}.
Section 1. The chief house officer...that both might return at any moment.
The setting, main characters, and the suspension.
Section 2. A wave of cigar smoke...Ogilvie remained standing.
The preliminary encounter between the house detective and the Croydons.
Part 2: Process of unveiling the crime
Now then...the Duchess turned away (p. 89).
Section 1. Now then...Now we're getting somewhere (p. 86).
First round of clash. the Duke confessed his crime.
Section 2. Wearily, in a gesture...I can prove all I need to (p.87).
Second round of clash. Ogilvie spelt out what he found out about the activity of the Croydons and tried to confirm all the detailed. The Duchess tried to win back the upper hand.
Section 3. The Duke cautioned...the Duchess turned away (p. 89).
The Croydons realized that they were convicted of the crime. The conviction was undeniable.
Part 3. The Dirty Deal
Section 1. Her husband asked...You people are hot (p.91).
Eliminating the possibility of having the car repaired in New Orleans.
The possibility of not being found.
Section 2. The Duchess ...Or had they? (p. 93)
The interior monologue of the Duchess. Her judgement, analysis and calculation of the situation, weighing the advantages and disadvantages, the pros and cons.
Section 3. (The Duchess faced Ogilvie... the silence hung (p. 94)
The Duchess' decision to gamble on the greed of the house detective.
Section 4. The ending.
The dirty deal reached.
RHETORIC
Metaphor:
...the nerves of both ... were excessively frayed...
his wife shot him a swift, warning glance.
The words spat forth with sudden savagery.
Her tone ...withered...
...self-assurance...flickered...
The Duchess kept firm tight rein on her racing mind.
Her voice was a whiplash.
eyes bored into him
I’ll spell it out.
Euphemism:
...and you took a lady friend.
Metonymy:
won 100 at the tables
lost it at the bar
they'll throw the book,...
Onomatopoeia:
appreciative chuckle
clucked his tongue
词汇(Vocabulary)
blackmail ( n.) :the obtaining of money or advancement by threatening to make known unpleasant facts about a person or group敲诈；勒索
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suite ( n.) :a group of connected rooms used as a unit，such as an apartment一套房间
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cryptic ( adj.) :having a hidden or ambiguous meaning；mysterious隐蔽的，秘密的；神秘的
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fray ( v．) :make or become weakened or strained(使)变弱；(使)紧张
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dispatch ( v．) :send off or out promptly，usually on a specific errand or official business(迅速地)派遣，派出(常指特别差事或公事)
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errand ( n.) :a trip to carry a message or do a definite thing，esp. for someone else差事(尤指为别人送信或办事)
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piggy ( adj. ) : like a pig；gluttonous猪一般的；贪婪的(=piggish)
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sardonic ( adj.) :bitter，scornful(used of smile or laughter)disdainfully or bitterly sneering，ironic or sarcastic讥讽的；嘲笑的／sardonically adv．
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gross ( adj.) : big or fat and coarse—looking；corpulent；burtly肥胖的，臃肿的；粗壮的
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jowl ( n.) :the fleshy，hanging part under the lower jaw下颚的下垂部分
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encompass ( v．) :shut in all around；surround；encircle 围绕，环绕
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flip ( v．) :toss or move with a quick jerk；flick(用指等)轻弹；轻拂
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decor ( n.) :[Fre.]decoration[法语]装饰，装璜
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obese ( adj. ) :very fat；stout；corpulent过度肥胖的；肥大的
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appreciative ( adj.) :feeling or showing appreciation欣赏的；有欣赏力的；有眼力的；有鉴赏力的
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incongruous ( adj.) :lacking harmony or agreement; incompatible不和谐的；不调和不相容的；自相矛盾的
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falsetto : ①n．an artificial way of singing or speaking，in which the voice is placed in a register much higher than that of the natural voice假声(说、唱)②adj.假声的；用假声唱的
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emission ( n.) :the act of sending out or giving forth(heat，light，smell)；the action of uttering(sound)(热、光、气味等的)散发，放出；(声音等的)发出
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spit ( v．) :eject，throw(out)，emit，or utter explosively喷出，吐出；激烈地说出
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savagery ( n.) :savage act，behavior，or disposition；barbarity暴行；残忍；凶猛
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blandness ( n.) :being mild and soothing温和，和蔼；文雅
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adversary ( n.) : person who opposes or fights against another；opponent敌手；敌方；对手
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high—tail ( v.) :[colloq．]leave or go in a hurry；scurry off (chiefly in high—tail it )[口]匆忙离开，匆忙走开；迅速撤退；迅速逃走(主要用于high—tail it)
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blink ( v．) :wink(the eyes)rapidly；cause(eyes)to wink眨(眼)；使眨(眼)
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inbred ( adj.) : innate or deeply instilled天生的，生来的，先天的
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flicker ( v．) :move with a quick，light，wavering motion摇曳，摇动，晃动
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interject ( v．) :throw in between；interrupt with打断；插入，插(话)
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clasp ( v．) :hold tightly(with the arms or hands)；grasp firmly握住；紧握
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conceal ( v．) :put out of sight；hide把……藏起来，隐藏，隐匿
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puff ( v．) :blow，drive，give forth，etc．in or with a puff or puffs(一阵阵地)吹；喷出
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leastways ( adv．) :(chiefly dial．)leastwise；anyway(多用于口语)至少；无论如何
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smug (adj.) :narrowly contented with one’s own accomplishments，beliefs，morality，etc．；self—satisfied to an annoying degree沾沾自喜的；自鸣得意的；自满的
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tuck ( v．) :put into a secluded or isolated spot把……放入隐蔽或隔离的地方；使隐蔽；(收)藏起
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cluck ( v．) :make a low，sharp，clicking sound，as of a hen calling her chickens or brooding；utter with such a sound(母鸡唤小鸡时的)咯咯叫，作咯咯叫声；(人)咯咯地叫；咯咯地说
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reproving ( adj. ) :expressing disapproval of指摘的；非难的／reprovingly adv．
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hunch ( n.) :[colloq．]a feeling about something not based on known facts；premonition or suspicion[口]预感，预兆；疑心
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jockey ( n.) :[Am．slang]one who operates a specified vehicle，machine，etc．[美俚](某种车辆的)驾驶员；(机器等的)操作者
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bust ( v．) :[slang]burst or break[俚](使)爆裂，(使)击破
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despairing ( adj.) :feeling or showing despair；hopeless绝望的，没有希望的／despairingly adv．
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shrug ( v．) :draw up(the shoulders)，as in expressing indifference，doubt，disdain，contempt，etc．(为表达冷漠、无奈等)耸肩
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twig ( v．) :[Brit．colloq．]observe；notice[英口]观察；注意
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discreet ( adj.) :careful about what．one says or does；prudent：keeping silent or preserving confidences when necessary (言行)谨慎的；慎重的；考虑周到的／discreetly adv．
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holler ( v．) :[colloq．]shout or yell[口]叫喊，呼喊
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oafish( adj.) :stupid愚蠢的，笨拙的
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grotesque (adj.) :ludicrously eccentric or strange；ridiculous；absurd；fantastic怪僻的；荒谬的；滑稽可笑的
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unequivocal ( adj.) :not equivocal；not ambiguous；plain；clear不含糊的；不模棱两可的；明确的；明白的
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bulbous (adj.) :shaped like a bulb；fat and round(often derog．)球茎形的；又肥又圆的(常用作贬义)
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countenance ( n.) :the face；facial features；visage脸,面孔;面貌，面容，容貌，脸色
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peremptory (adj. ) :intolerantly positive；dictatorial；dogmatic；imperious高傲的；武断的；专横的；强制的／peremptorily adv．
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rivet ( v．) :fix or hold(the eyes，attention，etc．)firmly(把目光、注意力等)集中于……
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imperious (adj.) : overbearing；arrogant；masterful，domineering傲慢的；专横的；盛气凌人的
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respite ( n.) :an interval of temporary relief or rest暂时的休息；暂时的喘息
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whiplash (adj. ) : showing resentment and ill humor by morose，unsociable withdrawal愠怒的，闷闷不乐的／sullenly adv．
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vacillation ( n.) :he state of wavering in mind；hesitation；indecision犹豫；踌躇
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dally ( v．) :be slow or waste time闲荡；延误
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bulge ( v．) :swell or bend outward；protrude or project膨胀，肿胀；鼓起，隆起，突出
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beady ( adj.) :(esp．of an eye)small，round，and glittering like a bead(尤指眼睛)似珠子般小而亮的
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短语 (Expressions)
put out: stop sth．burning熄灭
例： I threw water over him．desperately trying t0 put out the flames．我往他身上泼水，拼命地想扑灭他身上的火焰。
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take one’s time(doing sth．或to do sth．或about sth．): do sth．slowly不着急，慢慢(做事)
例： You can take your time coming to See me．你不用着急来看我。
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on a hunch: based on feeling and for which there is no proof凭预感
例： Few people are wiHing to stake their reputation on a hunch．很少有人愿意贸然用名声冒险。
课文翻译
第六课
讹 诈
阿瑟•黑利
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负责饭店保安工作的欧吉维探长打了那个神秘的电话，本来说好一个小时后光临克罗伊敦夫妇所住的套房的，可实际上却过了两个小时才到。结果，当外间门上的电铃终于发出沉闷的嗡嗡声时，公爵夫妇的神经都紧张到了极点。
公爵夫人亲自去开门。此前她早已借故把女仆支开，并且狠心地给那位脸儿圆圆的、见到狗就怕得要死的男秘书派了一个要命的差事，让他牵着贝德林顿狼犬出去散步。想到这两个人随时都会回来，她自己的紧张情绪怎么也松弛不下来。
随着欧吉维进屋的是一团雪茄烟雾。当他随着她走进起居室时，公爵夫人目光直射着这个大肥佬嘴里叼着的那烧了半截的雪茄。“我丈夫和我都讨厌浓烈的烟味，您行行好把它灭了吧!”
探长那双夹在面部隆起的肉堆中的猪眼睛轻蔑地将她上下打量了一番。接着，他便移动目光，对这个宽敞豪华、设备齐全的房间扫视了一周，看到了那位正背朝窗户、神色茫然地望着他们的公爵夫人。
“你们这套房间布置得倒挺讲究的呢。”欧吉维慢条斯理地从口中拿下雪茄，敲掉烟灰，然后将烟蒂扔向靠右边的一个装饰性壁炉，但他失了准头，烟蒂掉到地毯上，他也不去管它。 公爵夫人的嘴唇绷得紧紧的。她没好气地说道，“我想你该不是为谈论房间布置到这儿来的吧。”
他乐得咯咯直笑，肥胖的身子也跟着抖动起来。“不是的，夫人，怎么会呢!不过，我确实喜爱高雅的东西。”他压低了他那极端刺耳的尖嗓音接着说，“比如像你们那辆小轿车，就是停在饭店的那辆，美洲虎牌，是的吧?”
“噢!”这声音不像是从口中说出来的，倒像是从克罗伊敦公爵鼻子中呼出来的。他的夫人马上瞪了他一眼，以示警告。
“我们的车子与你有什么相干呢?”
公爵夫人的这句问话似乎是个信号，一听到这个信号，探长的态度马上就变了。他猝然问道，“这儿还有别的人么?”
公爵回答道，“没有。我们早把他们都打发出去了。”
“还是检查一下的好。”这个大胖子以敏捷得出奇的动作对整个套房前前后后地巡查了一遍，凡是有门的地方就打开往里看看。显然，他对整套房间布局是极为熟悉的。他再次打开外间的房门并重新关上之后，面带满意的神色回到了起居室。
公爵夫人已端坐在一张直背靠椅上，欧吉维还是站立着。
“我说，”他开口了，“你俩怎么撞了人就开车逃跑呢?!”
她直视着他的眼睛。“你在胡扯些什么呀?”
“别做戏了，夫人。这可不是闹着玩儿的。”他又掏出一支新雪茄，把烟头咬掉。“你们该看过报纸吧，电台里也广播得不少哩。”
克罗伊敦公爵夫人那本来很苍白的双颊上泛起了两团红晕。“你那些含含糊糊的话真是太令人恶心，太荒唐可笑了……”
“我要你一一闭嘴!”这些话从探长口中像炸雷似地吐了出来，他此时凶相毕露，先前装出的那副温和劲儿荡然无存。欧吉维全然没把公爵放在眼里，竞把那支没点燃的雪茄在他的对手鼻子底下晃了一晃。“你给我听着，尊敬的殿下。这会儿全城上下都闹翻了——警察，市长，所有的人。一旦他们查出昨夜的事是谁干的，是谁撞死了那小孩和她的母亲，然后却逃之天天，他们一定会对肇事者严加惩处，不管那肇事者是谁，也不管他们有着多么显赫的爵衔。现在我知道了真相，假如我照章办事的话，没等你眨眼，便会有一队警察开到这儿来。但是我要讲讲公道，所以先到你们这儿来，想听听你们自己的说法。”他那猪一般的小眼睛眨巴了几下，随即变得凶狠起来。“要是你们想另寻出路，不妨就直说了吧。”
克罗伊敦公爵夫人——依仗着三个半世纪祖传下来的狂傲天性——并没有轻易就范。她猛地一下跳了起来，怒容满面，灰绿色的眼睛里喷射出火光，直直地逼视着肥肉成堆的探长。她说话的声调简直可以把熟悉她的任何人都吓得矮掉半截。“你这下流的恶棍，竟敢撒野，真是狗胆包天!”
欧吉维虽有那股自信劲儿，也不禁为之一震。但在这时克罗伊敦公爵插话了：“这恐怕也不是个办法，老婆子。不过这样试试也好。”他面向欧吉维说道：“你对我们的指控属实，肇事者是我，是我开车撞死那小姑娘的。”
“这还有点像话，”欧吉维说着点燃了那支新掏出的雪茄。“豌在我们总算是谈到点子上了。”
克罗伊敦公爵夫人疲乏地做了一个认输的手势后，颓然坐回到椅子上。她双手对握着，以掩饰自己的手在颤抖，嘴里发话问道：“你都知道些什么?”
“好吧，我就全说出来。”探长要紧不慢，悠然自得地喷吐出一团青色的雪茄烟雾，同时还把那一双眼睛带着嘲弄意味地瞟向公爵夫人，仿佛有意要逗她表示反感似的。但公爵夫人一言未发，只是厌恶地皱了皱鼻子。
欧吉维手指着公爵说：“昨晚，入夜不久；你去了爱尔兰牛轭湖的林迪娱乐城。你是开着你们那辆豪华的美洲虎去的，并且还带着一个女朋友。至少，你若不过份挑字眼的话，我想你是会这么称呼她的。”
说到这儿，欧吉维目光瞥向公爵夫人，一边还咧着嘴笑。见此情形，公爵厉声吼道：“接着说下去!”
“好哇”——那张得意洋洋的胖脸又转了回来——“据我所知，你先在赌桌上赢了一百，跟着又在酒吧里全花掉了。正当你准备——同一些有头有脸的人物——赌上第二个一百时，你的夫人乘坐出租车赶到了那儿。”
“你是怎么得知这一切的?”
“告诉你吧，公爵——我在这个城市和这个旅馆呆的时间都很久了。到处都有我的朋友。我时常为他们帮忙，他们也同样帮我的忙，比如说告诉我哪儿发生了些什么事儿，住在这个旅馆的人们做了些什么事情，凡是有点儿出格的，那就很少能瞒得过我。他们多半都不知道我会知道，而且也不认识我。他们以为自己的那些小秘密被隐瞒住了——也的确有瞒住的时候——可是这一回却瞒不住了。”
公爵冷冷地说，“原来如此。”
“有一件事我想弄明白。我生性好奇，夫人。你是如何猜到他的去处的呢?”
公爵夫人说道，“你知道得这么多……说给你听也无所谓了。我丈夫打电话时有做记录的习惯，而打完电话后又总是忘了毁掉这些记录。”
探长连啧舌头，表示责备。“就这么一个小小的粗心大意的习愤，公爵——你看它为你带来多大的麻烦。对啦，接下来的情况我猜是这样的。你和你的夫人一起回家了。是你开的车，尽管后来的结果表明，若是换了她来开车，那情形也许会好些。”
“我夫人不会开车。”
欧吉维点了点头，表示理解。“这个是清楚了。反正，我估计你当时是已经醉酒了，但是好……”
公爵夫人打断了他的话：“这么说你并不知道!你并没有掌握什么真实情况，你拿不出任何真凭实据……”
“夫人，凡是需要证实的，我都能证实。”
公爵规劝她说，“老婆子，还是让他把话说完吧。”
“这就对了，，，欧吉维说道。“好好坐着听我讲。昨天夜里，我看见你们进来的——为了不穿过门厅，你们走的是地下室，而且看起来还是一副惊魂未定的样子，你们两人都是。我本人也恰在那时进屋，一看那
情形就觉得奇怪，想探个究竟。我刚才说过，我这人生性好奇。”
公爵夫人轻声道，“说下去。”
“昨晚深夜，汽车撞人的消息传开了。我觉得有点儿不对劲，就去车库里悄悄地查看了一下你们的汽车。你们大概没注意到吧一它刚好停在一个角落里，又隐在一个柱子背后，使得那些开车经过的人都无法看见。”
公爵舔了舔嘴唇。“我想现在那已经没什么要紧了。”
“不过，你也有可能会在那儿留下一点什么蛛丝马迹，”欧吉维欲擒故纵地说。“不管怎么说，我的发现促使我去侦察了一番——去警察局打听了一下，那儿的人也都和我相熟。”他停下来吸了口雪茄，他的听众则静静地等候着。雪茄烟头发出红光时，他对它细看了一眼，又接着说下去。“他们那儿掌握了三件可供追查的东西。他们找到了一个车前灯框圈，那一定是撞倒那孩子和女人时从车上掉下来的；他们找到了一些车前灯玻璃的碎片；查验那小孩的衣服时，他们判断一定有一种摩擦印痕。”
“一种什么?”
“公爵夫人，假如你把衣服擦在硬物上，尤其是像汽车防护板这种光滑的硬物上时，那上面会留下类似指纹的印痕。警察局的化验室有办法像提取指纹一样处理这种印痕——涂上药粉、印痕便显现出来了。”
“这倒挺新鲜的，”公爵说起话来就好像是在谈论什么与己无关的事情似的。“我以前可从来没有听说过。”
“听说过的人本就不多。不过，在这件案子上，我想那也没多大差别。你们车上有一只前灯破了，框圈也掉了。毫无疑问，他们会核查无误的，即使没有发现擦痕和血迹也能查出来的。哦，我还忘了告诉你们，车上有许多血迹，不过在黑漆面上不大显眼。”
“哦，天哪!”公爵夫人一手捂着脸，转过面去。 她的丈夫问道，“依你看该怎么办?”
大胖子搓着双手，低下头看着自己那粗大多肉的手指。“我方才已经说过，我是来先听你们的说法的。”
公爵绝望地说，“我还能说什么呢?发生的一切你都知道了。”他作势想挺起胸来，可就是挺不起来。“你还是通知警方来处理此事吧。”
“依我说呢，这事也不用着急。”他那刺耳的尖嗓音此时带着一种沉思的声调。“事已至此，急也无益，再急也不能让那小孩和她的母亲复生。况且，到了警察局．他们用来处置你的办法，公爵，你是不会喜欢的。真的，阁下，你绝不会喜欢的。”
那两位听完这话后慢慢拾起了眼睛。
“我倒是希望，”欧吉维说，“你们俩能想出点儿什么办法来。”
公爵狐疑地说：“我听不明白。”
“我听明白了，”克罗伊敦公爵夫人说。“你想要钱，是不是?你是来这儿敲诈我们的。” 假如她是想以这话来产生震慑效果的话，那她的期望就落空了。探长只耸了耸肩。“你说得再难听，夫人，我也不会在乎的。我来这儿的目的只是为了帮助你们摆脱困境，但我也要吃饭呀。”
“你得了钱便对你所知道的事守口如瓶吗?”
“我想可能是这样。”
“但照你所讲的情况看来，”此刻已恢复了往日镇定自若的神态的公爵夫人指出，“那根本没用，反正车子迟早会被人发现的。”
“我看你们也只能去碰碰运气了。不过车子也不一定会被发现，有些情况我还没对你们讲呢。”
“那就请快讲吧。”
欧吉维说，“有些事情我自己也还没有完全弄清楚。撞死那小孩时，你们的车子是往城外开，而不是往城里开。”
“我们走错了方向，”公爵夫人说道。“也不知怎么搞的，我们走反了方向。新奥尔良的街道弯弯曲曲．是很容易走错方向的。后来我们是通过走小路才找了回来的。”
“我想恐怕是这样的，”欧吉维点了点头表示理解。“但警方却没想到这种情况，他们正在搜查往城外跑的人。所以，他们这会儿只在郊区和城外小镇里进行搜索。他们也可能会回头搜索市区，但眼下还不会来。”
“那能有多久才会来呢?”
“大约要等三四天吧。他们有很多地方要先去搜索。”
“那对我们又有什么帮助呢——几天的拖延?”
“也许会有帮助，”欧吉维说。“只要没人注意到你们的车子——没有发现它所停的地方，你们就可能会有这样的好运气。只要你能把它弄走。”
“你是说弄出这个州去?”
“我的意思是离开南方。”
“那恐怕不容易吧?”
“是不容易，夫人。邻近各州——得克萨斯、阿肯色、密西西比、亚拉巴马以及其余各州都会密切注意搜寻一辆损坏得像你们那辆一样的汽车。”
公爵夫人沉思起来。“有没有可能先修理一下呢?如果能把车子悄悄修理一下，我们会出大价钱。”
探长使劲摇着头。“那样的话，还不如现在就去警察局投案自首。路易斯安那州境内的每一家修车铺都已接到通知，一旦发现像你们那样需要修理的汽车送来修理，立即向警方报告。他们也都会照办的，你们的事谁都知道。”
克罗伊敦公爵夫人极力控制自己那如脱缰野马般的思绪。她知道保持自己头脑的冷静和理智是至关重要的。方才那最后几分钟的谈话似乎变得非常随便，仿佛他们所讨论的只是一些无关紧要的家常琐事，而不是人命关天的大事。她有意要使谈话照这样进行。她意识到，唱主角的责任又一次地落到了自己的肩上。此时此刻，在她与这个存心恶毒的肥佬之间的激烈交锋中，她的丈夫只当了一名紧张而被动的旁观者。没关系，既然躲不过，就只好去面对它了。要紧的是对各种可能发生的意外变故预作考虑。她突然想出了一个主意。
“你说警方拿到了我们车上掉下来的一件东西，它叫什么来着？”
“框圈。”
“它会成为追查的线索吗?”
欧吉维肯定地点了点头。“他们能查出它是从什么样的汽车上掉下来的——生产厂家，车型，也许还能查出出厂年份，或者是大致的出厂时间。那车灯玻璃碎片也可以起到同样作用。但由于你们的车子是外国的，查起来可能得花几天的工夫。”
“几天过后，”她追问道，“警方就会知道他们要找的是一辆美洲虎吗?”
“我想是这样。” 今天是星期二。从这家伙所讲的情况看来，他们最多只能拖到星期五或星期六。公爵夫人冷静地盘算了一番：现在需要解决的是一个关键的问题。假使买通了这个旅馆侦探，他们唯一的一个机会——一个渺茫的机会——就在于迅速将汽车弄走。若能弄到北方某个大城市里去，那儿人们不知道新奥尔良发生的这起车祸和警方的搜查行动，车子可以在那里悄悄修好，这样罪证也就消灭了。那么，即使以后再
怀疑到克罗伊敦夫妇头上，也找不到什么真凭实据。但车子如何才能弄走呢?
毫无疑问，这个粗俗愚笨的侦探说的是真话：要想把车子开到北方，沿途所要经过的各州都会像路易斯安那州一样警惕和注意的，所有的公路巡警都会留心注意一辆前灯撞破、框圈掉落的车子，也许还会设有路障。要想不被某个目光锐利的警察抓到，谈何容易。
但这还是有可能做得到的，只要能够趁着黑夜行车，而白天里将汽车隐藏起来。有许多偏僻地方远离公路，不会受人注意。这样做可能要冒风险，但总比在这里坐等受擒要强些。也许有些乡间小路可走，为掩人耳目，他们可以选择一条不大会有人走的路线。
但还存在其他的一些复杂问题……现在该对那些问题加以考虑了。走偏僻小路必须要熟悉地形才行，克罗伊敦夫妇可不熟悉地形，而且他们俩对地图都不怎么在行。另外，行车途中不能不停车加油，停车加油时他们的言谈举止都有可能暴露自己的身分而引起别人注意。不过……这些险是非冒不可的。
真的非冒不可吗?
公爵夫人面对着欧吉维。“你要多少钱?”
这突如其来的问话把他吓了一跳。“唔……我想你们家是非常有钱的。”
她冷冷地说：“我只问你要多少。”
那对猪眼睛眨巴了一下。“一万美元。”
尽管这数目比她所预料的多了一倍，她却不动声色。“倘若我们真付了这样一笔巨款，我们能得到什么样的回报呢?”
大胖子似乎被这话问糊涂了。“我已经说过，我可以对自己知道的一切守口如瓶。” “我们若是不
付钱呢?”
他耸了耸肩。“我就下楼到门厅里去，拿起电话。”
“不，”话说得斩钉截铁。“我们不会付钱给你。” 克罗伊敦公爵不安地移动着身子，探长那圆滚滚的肉脸涨得通红。“你听着，夫人……”
她蛮横地打断他的话。“我不要听你的，你给我听着。”她目光紧紧盯住他的脸，同时她那漂亮、高颧骨的俏脸上展出一副霸道的神态。“我们即使付钱给你也得不到什么好处，顶多也只是拖延几天时间罢了。你把这一点已经讲得很清楚了。”
“这对你们可是一个难得的机会……”
“住口!”她眼睛死死地盯住他，厉声呵斥道。他忍气吞声，满脸不高兴地住口了。 克罗伊敦公爵夫人知道，接下来的行动也许会是她一生中所作出的最重大的决定。决不能因自己的见识有限而出半点差错，决不能优柔寡断或举棋不定。要想赢大钱，就得下大注。她想利用这大肥佬的贪心大赌一场，而且恰到好处，使结果能保证万元一失。
她果断地宣布，“我们不会付给你一万美元，但我们会付给你二万五千美元。”
探长的眼珠子都鼓起来了。
“作为回报，”她不动声色地继续说道，“你得将我们的汽车开到北方。” 欧吉维依然是一副目瞪口呆的样子。
“二万五千美元，”她重复道。“现在先付一万，等你到芝加哥与我们碰面时再付一万五。”
大胖子舔了舔自己的嘴唇，依然一言未发，那双圆圆的小眼睛似乎不相信似的直盯住她的双眼。一阵沉
默。
后来，在她目不转睛的逼视下，他微微点了一下头。
场面还是一片寂静。最后还是欧吉维开了腔：“这支雪茄让您讨厌了吧，公爵夫人?” 她点了点头，他随即将它掐灭了。
(摘自《旅馆》，1965)
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EXERCISES 6
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Ⅰ. Give brief answers to the following questions, using your own words as much as possible-
1) Did Ogilvie deliberatedly delay his call at the Croydons' suite? Why?
2) Why did the Duchess send her maid and secretary out?
3) Why do you think Ogilvie was being deliberately offensive to the Croydons in the beginning?
4) How did the Duchess know where the Duke had gone the night the accident occurred?
5) How did Ogilvie come to suspect the Croydons of the hit-' n run crime?
6) what is a 'brush trace'?
7) What made the Duchess jump to the conclusion that Ogilvie had come to blackmail them?
8) Why didn't the police come immediately to the hotel to check the cars?
9) Why couldn't the Duchess get her car repaired discreetly in New Orleans?
10) Why did the Duchess decide to make the detective drive their car north?
11) Why did the Duchess offer Ogilvie twenty-five thousand dollars instead of the ten thousand the detective asked for?
12) Did Ogilvie accept the Duchess’ offer?
Ⅱ. Paraphrase:
1) The house detective's piggy eyes surveyed her sardonically from his gross jowled face.
2) Pretty neat set-up you folks got.
3) The obese body shook in an appreciative chuckle.
4) He lowered the level of his incongruous falsetto voice.
5) The words spat forth with sudden savagery, all pretense of blandness gone.
6) The Duchess of Corydon – three centuries and a half of in-bred arrogance behind her -- did not yield easily.
7) \"It is no go, old girl. I'm afraid. It was a good try.\"
8) \"That's more like it,\" Ogilvie said. He lit the fresh cigar, \"Now we're getting somewhere.\"
9) his eyes sardonically on the Duchess as if challenging her objection.
10) The house detective clucked his tongue reprovingly.
Ⅲ. Translate the following into Chinese:
1) \"I'll tell you, Duke -- I've been in this town and this hotel a long time. I got friends all over. I oblige them; they do the same for me, like letting me know what gives, an' where. There ain't much, out of the way, which people who stay in this hotel do, I don’ t get to hear about. Most of 'em never know I know, or know me. They think they got their little secret tucked away, and so they have – except like now.\"
2) \"Well now, there's no call for being hasty,\" The incongruous falsetto voice took on a musing note. \"What's done's been done. Rushin' any place ain't gonna bring back the kid nor its mother neither. Besides, what they' d do to you across at the headquarters, Duke, you wouldn’t' t like. No sir, you wouldn't like it at all.\"
3) The Duchess of Croydon kept firm, tight rein on her racing mind. It was essential, she knew, that her thinking remain calm and reasoned. In the last few minutes the conversation had become as seemingly casual as if the discussion were of some minor domestic matter and not survival itself. She intended to keep it that way. Once more, she was aware; the role of leadership had fallen to her, her husband now a tense but passive spectator of the exchange between the evil fat man and herself. No matter. What was inevitable must be accepted. The important thing was to consider all
eventualities. A thought occurred to her.
Ⅳ. Write out the full words for the following shortenings:
Models: 1) lab -- laboratory
2) Paper -- newspaper
1) ad 11) mod
2) bra 12) perm
3) doc 13) polio
4) fridge 14) pop-song
5) gym 15) prep
6) hi-fi 16) prof
7) intercom 17) sis
8) lib 18) telly
9) memo 19) vet
10) mike 20) zoo
Ⅴ. Put the following phrases into English, using adv. + past participle compound adjectives:
Model: 抽了一半的雪茄—— a half-burned cigar
1) 写了一半的信
2) 半开的窗子
3) 烤得半生不熟得面包
4) 半转过来的身子
5）设备完善的旅馆
6）有礼貌的小学生
7）恰当的用词
8）营养充足的儿童
9）消息灵通人士
10）夸张的语言
Ⅵ. Make sentences with the following words, using the parts of speech indicated in the brackets:
1) sound (v. ) 2) figure (v. )
3) go (n. ) 4) try ( n. )
5) dust (v. ) 6) square (v. )
7) good (n. ) 8) head ( v. )
9) make (n. ) 10) reason (v. )
Ⅶ. Replace the italicized words with more formal words or expressions:
1) This is for real ( )
2) It’s no go. ( )
3) Now we are getting somewhere .( )
4) I’ll spell it out. ( )
5) They do the same for me, like letting me know what gives,an' where. ( )
6) How'd you figure where he was? ( )
7) You an' your wife took off home. ( )
8) Looked right shaken, too, the pair of you. ( )
9) On a hunch I went over to the garage and took a quiet look see at your car. ( )
10) Well now, there's no call for being hasty. ( )
11) Providin' nobody twigs the car ( )
12) Assuming the hotel man was bought off ( )
13) I figure you people are pretty well fixed. ( )
Ⅷ. Replace the italicized words with specific words that appear in the text:
1) We took a general view of the countryside from the top of a hill. ( )
2) He took a long and steady look at the beautiful picture. ( )
3) The searchlight passed swiftly over the sky to search for the plane. ( )
4) He threw the coin with a jerk into the air. ( )
5) The old man laughed quietly in amusement while reading the novel. ( )
6) A car suddenly came out from a side-street. ( )
7) She uttered these words angrily. ( )
8) When she heard the knock on the door, she rose to her feet quickly. ( )
9) The old woman prayed to god with her hands pressed together. ( )
10) The car turned round quickly and went off in the opposite direction. ( )
11) The dentist could discover no sign of decay in her teeth.
12) They all looked with their eyes wide open in astonishment.
Ⅸ. Explain how the meaning of the following sentences is affected when the italicized words are replaced with the words in brackets. Pay attention to the shades of meaning of the words.
1) The house detective’s piggy eyes surveyed her .sardonically from his gross yowled face. (sarcastically)
2) Even the self-assurance of Ogilvie flickered for an instant.( self-confidence)
3) What you accuse us of is true. (charge... with)
4) Wearily, in a gesture of surrender, the Duchess of Croydon sank back into her chair. (tiredly)
5) The house detective took his time, leisurely puffing a cloud of blue cigar smoke (slowly)
6) I oblige them; they do the same for me. (help)
7) \"If the work were done discreetly we could pay well.”(carefully)
8) The Duchess of Corydon kept firm, tight rein on her racing mind. (quick)
9) Her husband now a tense but passive spectator of the exchange between the evil fat man and herself (nervous)
10) The important thing was to consider all eventualities.(possibilities)
11) \"We would achieve nothing by paying you, except possibly a few day's respite”. (relief)
12) There must be no mistake, no vacillation or dallying because of her own smallness of mind.(indecisiveness)
Ⅹ. Choose the right word from the list given below for each blank.Pay attention to the correct combinations of nouns.
perspiration steel work music
sleep time thought laughter
events the moment a doubt
refusal lab our mind
1) I didn’t have a wink of ___ last night.
2) He hasn't done a stroke of ____ so he deserves no pay.
3) On the spur of ___he decided he would go to Spain for his holiday.
4) When you interrupted me, you broke my train of ___
5) There was never a shadow of____ that he was innocent.
6) He caught his bus in the nick of ____
7) Only by division of___ can an increase in production be achieved.
8) A bead of ___stood out on his forehead.
9) He had to play by ear because he couldn't read a note of___
10) When he saw the flames, he had the presence of ____to ring the fire brigade.
11) He must have nerves of___ to be able to withstand such an ordeal.
12) The recent turn of ___in Iran has been rather disturbing.
13) His obese body shook in a fit of ___
14) She sh**ad as a gesture of___
Ⅺ .Translate the following into Chinese:
1) He is never put out by unexpected questions.
2) They will put out more rice next year.
3) Here is a pretty go!
4) He is itching to have a go at it.
5) The old man is still full of go.
6) This small shop sells fancy goods.
7) Do you fancy anything to drink?
8) The boy is shooting up fast.
9) The girl is a dead shot.
10) The two big shots had a private meeting.
11) We were fixed up for the night in a hostel.
12) He found himself in a fix.
13) Suddenly I hit upon an idea.
14) His science fiction was quite a hit in the States.
Ⅻ. Translate the following into English (using the following words or expressions: to suggest, to conceal, to take one's time, to assume, chance, adept, to betray, to comply with, alternative, unless):
1)不用着急，慢慢来。
2)你的意思是说我在撒谎吗？
3)他企图尽一切办法掩盖事实的真相。
4)虽然成功的机会很少，我们仍然要竭尽全力去干。
5)如不另行通知，我们的会在明天上午十点开。
6)我们俩谁也不善于计算数字。
7)假定五点出发，我们在黄昏前能到达那里吗？
8)他不愿意依从她的要求。
9)我知道你是南方人，一听你的口音就知道了。
10)在这件事情上，我们没有任何选择的余地。
ⅩⅢ. Topic for oral work
Describe and comment on the three characters.
XIV. Write a short summary of the story within 400 words.
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习题全解
I .
1)Yes, he did, because he wanted to make them more anxious.
2)Because she didn't like her maid and secretary to know what they would talk to the detective.
3)Because he thought that he knew their secret and that he was in an advantageous position.
4)She found a note made but not destroyed by her husband.
5)He found that on the night the couple entered the hotel through the basement instead of the lobby, both very much shaken.
6)A brush trace is a mark left on something when lightly touched or rubbed.
7)Ogilvie came to talk with them rather than go to report to the police.
8)They had to spend one day or two investigating in the suburban areas.
9)Because every repair shop had been told to report to the police when a car needing fixing like theirs came in.
10)She thought that was safe for them by making use of the detective's avidity.
11)Originally, the detective asked for ten thousand only to keep silent and not to report to the police. But now the Duchess was asking him to drive their car north and she was ready to offer such a large sum. She knew the detective was greedy. Given so much money, he would do as she told him to.
12)Yes, Ogilvie accepted the Duchess' offer.
Ⅱ .
1)The house detective's small narrow eyes looked her up and down scornfully from his fat face with a heavy jowl.
2)This is a pretty nice room that you have got.
3)The fat body shook in a chuckle because the man was enjoying the fact that he could afford to do whatever he liked and also he was appreciating the fact that the Duchess knew why he had come.
4)He had an unnaturally high-pitched voice. now, he lowered the pitch. When he spoke
5)Ogilvie spat out the words, throwing away his politeness. pretended
6)The Duchess was supported by her arrogance coming from parents of noble families with a history of three centuries and a half. She wouldn't give up easily.
7)It's no use. What you did just now was a good attempt at trying to save the situation.
8) \"That's more acceptable,\" Ogilvie said. He lit another cigar, \"Now we're making some progress. \"
9)...he looked at the Duchess sardonically as if he wanted to see if she dared to object to his smoking.
10)The house detective made noises with his tongue to show his disapproval.
Ⅲ. See the translation of the text.
IV.
1)advertisement 2)brassiers 3)doctor 4)refrigerator 5)gymnasium
6)high fidelity(radio, photography, etc. ) 7) intercommunication system 8)liberation 9)memorandum
10)microphone
11)modern
12)permanent
wave
13)poliomyelitis 14)popular-song 15)preparatory (school) 16)professor 17)sister 18)television 19)veterinarian 20)zoological
V.
1)a half-finished letter 2)a half-closed window 3)a piece of half-baked bread 4) a half-turned body 5) a well-appointed hotel 6)well-behaved pupils 7)well-chosen words 8)well-fed children 9)well-informed sources (people) 10) high-flown language
VI.
1)sound (v.) His words sound lofty and pretentious.
2)figure (v.) Commerce figures largely in the prosperity of the city.
3)go (n.) He is always on the go from early morning till late at night.
4)try (n.) He didn't succeed in his first try, but he kept on jumping.
5)dust (v.) They are dusting
6)square(v. ) He squared his the crops with insecticide. shoulders to show his determination．
7)good(n．)Overworking yourself will do more harm than good．
8)head(v．)On hearing that，he headed straight for the gate without looking back．
9)make(n．)I don't like a bicycle of this make．
10)reason(v．)If you reason from false premises．how can you expect the conclusion to be sound?
Ⅶ.
1)real 2)of no use／useless 3)are making some progress／ are accomplishing something 4)explain it exactly and in detail 5)what happens 6)deduce/reason out 7)started for 8)upset 9)a quick examination or inspection 10)need／occasion 11)observes／notices 12)bribed 13)wealthy／well— to—do
Ⅷ.
1)surveyed 2)gaze 3)swept 4)flipped 5)chuckled 6) shot out 7)spat forth these words 8)sprang to her feet 9)clasped lO)swung around 11)detect 12)stared
Ⅸ.
1)sardonic重在嘲讽，sarcastic重在嘲笑。
2)self-confidence意为依靠自己的力量；self-assurance指过于相信自己的能力，带贬义，可指自负。
3)accuse可用于正式场合，也可用于非正式场合，可用于官方，也可用于私人;charge指正式控告，到法院控告某人。
4)tired指疲劳或疲倦；weary指厌倦，不能或不愿继续下去。
5)leisurely意为不紧不慢地或从容不迫地。
6)oblige指为……帮忙；help意义广泛得多。
7)discreetly意为保持沉默，不让别人知道。
8)racing指脑筋在飞快地转动，quick指的是反应快，聪明(quick—minded)。
9)tense和nervous都表示害怕、担心；tense还可指焦虑不安,神经上紧张。在这里，用tense暗示公爵不是一个生性紧张的人，而是当时焦虑不安和害怕。
10)eventuality指可能出现的结果，possibility指可能出现的事情。
11)respite指延期、推迟或短时间的休息；relief指解除痛苦、疲劳、忧虑等之后的轻松。
12)vacillate指思想一时动摇，拿不定主意；indecisiveness则指人优柔寡断的性格。
Ⅹ．
1)sleep 2)work 3)the moment 4)thought 5)a doubt 6)time 7)labour 8)perspiration 14)refusal
9)music
lO)mind
11) steel
12)events
13)laughter
Ⅺ．
1)他从不会被出乎意料的问题难倒。
2)明年他们将生产更多的稻米。
3)这事真难办。(或：这事真糟。)
4)他跃跃欲试。
5)这位老人仍然精力充沛。
6)这个小店出售花哨的小商品。
7)你想喝点什么?
8)这个男孩正在猛长个儿。
9)这个女孩是个神枪手。
10)这两位大人物进行了私下会晤。
11)我们被安排在招待所里过夜。
12)他发现自己陷入了困境。
13)突然我想到了一个主意。
14)他的科学幻想小说在美国轰动一时。
Ⅻ．
1)There is no call for hurry．Take your time．
2)Are you suggesting that I am telling a lie?
3)He tried every means to conceal the fact．
4)Our chance to succeed is very slim．Nevertheless we shall do our utmost．
5)We will have our meeting at 10 tomorrow morning unless notified otherwise．
6)Neither of us is adept at figures．
7)Would it be possible to reach that place before dark assuming we set out at 5 o'clock(in the morning)?
8)He was reluctant to comply with her request.
9)I know you are from the South. Your accent has betrayed you.
10)We have no alternative in this matter.
XIII. Omitted.
XIV.
Summary
The Duke and the Duchess occupy a luxurious suite in a large hotel in New Orleans. On Monday evening while driving with his wife from a gambling house, the Duke knocks down a woman and her child. Both are killed. The Duke and the Duchess, however, drive away. The hit-and-run becomes top sensational news in the city. The hotel's chief house detective Ogilvie notices the battered car when it comes back. He does not go to report this to the police, instead, he comes to the couple's suite and has a talk with them. He promises to keep quiet about what he knows and asks for a large sum of money in return for the favour. The Duke, now totally at a loss as to what to do, has to let his wife handle the problem. The Duchess, a clever woman, first pretends to know nothing about what the detective says and denies the fact that they have killed the woman and the girl, but later admits it after the detective has produced a lot of evidence. She understands that to get themselves out of this mess, the car has to be driven out of the south where people are alerted about the hit-and-run. So she offers to pay Ogilvie twice more than he has asked on condition that he drives the ear to Chicago up in the north. The greedy detective accepted the offer under the imposing air and the lure of money.
《高级英语》第一册练习
Lesson 6
Blackmail
Ⅰ. Word explanation
1. cryptic
A. hidden
B. strange
C. mystery
D. sacred
2. errand
A. task
B. a trip to get sth.
C. a written message
D. a piece of business
3. offensive
A. attract
B. aggression
C. intervening
D. onslaught
4. swift
A. quick
B. smooth
C. timely
D. swept
5. abrupt
A. sudden
B. erect
C. erupt
D. corrupt
6. blandness
A. frankness
B. mildness
C. polite
D. blank
7. swinging
A. full of life
B. move back and forth
C. turn around
D. turn out
8. hunch
A. doubt
B. double
C. suspect
D. intuitive feeling
9. poise
A. self-assurance
B. poison
C. direct attention
D. pointless
10. discreet
A. secret
B. hidden
C. careful
D. volunteer
11. inevitable
A. certain
B. not to prevent
C. not to avoid
D. evident
12. adept
A. adapt
B. adopt
C. add
D. expert
13. rivet
A. attach
B. tie down
C. fasten firmly
D. hammer
14. abundant
A. absolute
B. complete
C. profuse
D. thorough
15. respite
A. postponement
B. respect
C. in spite of
D. despite
16. spacious
A. special
B. large
C. magnificent
D. glorious
17. appoint
A. point to
B. name
C. important
D. furnish
18. apparent
A. appearing
B. parental
C. disappear
D. evident
19. reproving
A. understanding
B. comforting
C. blaming
D. approve
20. essential
A. sensitive
B. sentimental
C. fundamental
D. primordial
Ⅱ. Fill in each of the blanks with one of the following words or expressions in its proper form. Each word or expression is to be used only once.
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accompany, alternative, assume, beyond, blame,caution conceal, fall victim, get around to, get...---where, on the lookout for, oblige, take one's time, wither
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1. The lecturer his explanation with some tape recordings.
2. As a result, his reputation by the scandal.
3. Since there was no need to hurry, we leaving.
4.Work, work, work and ___ does it ___ you? It ___you exactly ___!
5. Clever though she was, she could not her eagerness for praise.
6. There is not much they can do for him, giving him their sympathy.
7. She that he wouldn't want to talk to her after their quarrel.
8. You should always be for pickpockets while taking a bus.
9. You have the of fighting or being taken prisoner.
10. Where there is not enough food many people to disease.
11. If you fail the exam you'll only have yourself __, because only a foolish workman __ his tools.
12. Could you me with five pounds until the weekend?
13. I did plenty of designs, he hasn’t using it yet.
14. You should exercise extreme when driving in fog.
Ⅲ.Replace each underlined part with one word learnt in the text, the first letter of which is given:
1. Where did you get that foolish and absurd idea? r
2. Hands pressed together with the fingers interlaced, she stood there, silently praying to God. c
3. Could you do me a favour by posting the letter? o
4. Visitors to the factory must act in accordance with the rules. c
5. I don't think anyone can blame you for not being cautious. a of
6. The boys are not at fault in this case. to b
7. Prospecting for gold is a dangerous way to earn a living. h
8. The plane was old. There was not enough fuel. And bad flying conditions were an unexpected factor which made the whole situation even more complicated. c
9. The boy's face showed the fact that he had been eating jam. b
10. Lincoln is a striking and obvious example of a poor boy who succeeded. 第一册第6课练习答案
1-1: / 答案:A
1-2: / 答案:B
1-3: / 答案:D
1-4: / 答案:A
1-5: / 答案:A
1-6: / 答案:B
1-7: / 答案:A
1-8: / 答案:D
1-9: / 答案:A
c
1-10: / 答案:C
1-11: / 答案:A
1-12: / 答案:D
1-13: / 答案:C
1-14: / 答案:C
1-15: / 答案:A
1-16: / 答案:B
1-17: / 答案:D
1-18: / 答案:D
1-19: / 答案:C
1-20: / 答案:C
2-1: /
答案: accompanied
2-2: /
答案: withered
2-3: /
答案:took our time
2-4: /
答案:where...get, gets...nowhere
2-5: /
答案: conceal
2-6: /
答案: beyond
2-7: /
答案:assumed
2-8: /
答案:on the lookout
2-9: /
答案:alternative
2-10: /
答案:fall victims
2-11: /
答案: to blame… blames
2-12: /
答案: oblige
2-13: /
答案:got around to
2-14: /
答案:caution
3-1: /
答案: ridiculous
3-2: /
答案:clasped
3-3: /
答案: oblige
3-4: /
答案: comply
3-5: /
答案:accuse
3-6: /
答案: blame
3-7: /
答案: hazardous
3-8: /
答案: complication
3-9: /
答案:betrayed
3-10: /
答案:conspicuous
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