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• • • • • • • • 1) thoughtful 2) might as well/may as well/could as well 3) draw your attention to 4) marvelous 5) settle for 6) done with 7) Competitive competitive 8) pains/pained
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1) starts off 2) superstitious 3) promptly 4) exaggerates 5) fall back on 6) authorities 7) aim at 8) outlines 9) throwing light on 10) rests on 11) credulous 12) burden
Unit 3
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • 1) cited 2) as for 3) exaggerate 4) Statements 5) preface 6) justified 7) horizon 8) authority 9) follow up 10) advanced 11) and so forth 12) threw light on/shed light on 13) pressing 14) burden
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• • • • • 1) drew on/draws on 2) depend on 3) slowing down 4) put on 5) turn down
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• 1) The country is trying to be/become less dependent on foreign aid. • 2) It amused us to see the actor's beard fall off. • 3) The rhythm of life is made up of a cycle of birth, youth, maturity, and death. • 4) Conservation of our mineral resources is highly important because they can never be replenished. • 5) Parking spaces in this city are scarce on Saturdays.
• 1) It pained Jenny to learn of Jim's refusal to help her with the translation. • 2) The extra work to be assigned to you will greatly cut into your spare time. • 3) We'd been at the job for hours, but we hardly made a dent in it. • 4) You have no business saying those nasty things about Dick. • 5) We might as well listen to the radio program since there isn't anything interesting on television. •
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• • • • • • • • • • • • • • 1) fundamental 2) deposited 3) in the form of 4) in good condition/in condition 5) currencies 6) resources 7) lowering 8) conceived 9) Rhythm 10) reserve 11) romantic 12) productivity 13) dependent 14) internal
1) 萧伯纳在他一个剧本的前言中提出这样的看法：今 天人们比在中世纪时更加迷信。
In the preface to one of his plays, Bernard Shaw advances the idea that people are more superstitious today than they were in the Middle Ages. 2) 丈夫死后，她只好独自挑起抚养五个孩子的经济重 担。 After her husband died, she had to bear the severe financial burden of raising five children by herself.
• 4) 看到学生人数不断减少，校长心里很难受。(pain) • It pained the headmaster to find the number of students shrinking. • 5) 在那个国家一般用现金付账，但支票变得普遍起来了， 不久会代替现金作为人们结账的一种方式。 • Cash is commonly used in paying bills in that country, but checks are becoming more popular and will, in a short while, replace cash as a way for people to settle their accounts. • 6) 该公司声称，这条河流的污染不是它造成的。 • The company claims that it is not responsible for the pollution in the river
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9) bonus 10) shrink 11) delivery 12) overheard 13) sour 14) for rent 15) stack 16) reproduce
• • • •s set up/has been set up 3) pulled up 4) gives off 5) was held up 6) keep up 7) ran over 8) made up 9) be left out 10) cut off
• 1) 比尔已是个成熟的小伙子，不再依赖父母替他做主。 • Bill is a mature young man who is no longer dependent on his parents for decisions. • 2) 这个地区有大量肉类供应，但新鲜果蔬奇缺。 • There are abundant supplies of meat in this region, but fresh fruit and vegetables are scarce. • 3) 工程师们依靠工人们的智慧发明了一种新的生产方法， 使生产率得以提高。 • Drawing on the wisdom of the workers, the engineers invented a new production method that led to increased productivity.
• 1) 我们接到通知，财政部长将于次日接见我们。 • We were informed that the Minister of Finance was to give us an audience /receive us the next day. • 2) 我觉得很奇怪，他似乎不记得自己的生日。 • I thought it odd that he didn't seem to remember his own birthday. • 3) 学期论文最迟应在下星期二交来，可是至今大部分学生 却几无进展。 • Next Tuesday is the deadline for handing in the term papers, but most students have hardly made a dent in the work so far. • .
大学英语精读第三版第四 册Book4 Unit2答案
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1) practical 2) scarcity 3) external 4) raise 5) rise 6) waste 7) deficiency 8) minimum 9) draw 10) insufficient 11) reduce 12) freeze
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• • • • • • • • • • • • 1) mature 2) reserve 3) deposit/deposit enough money 4) currency 5) ample 6) fundamental 7) given birth to 8) somewhat 9) an excess 10) expended 11) safeguard 12) conceive
• 4) 他花了许多时间准备数学考试，因此当他获知自 己只得了个B时感到有点失望。 • He spent a lot of time preparing for his math exam. Hence he was somewhat disappointed to learn that he got only a B. • 5) 我们有充裕的时间从从容容吃顿午饭。 • We have ample time for a leisurely lunch. • 6) 地方政府不得不动用储备粮并采取其他紧急措施， 以渡过粮食危机。 • The local government had to draw on its grain reserves and take other emergency measures so as to pull through the food crisis.