The Answers to Unit 6
Enhance Your Language Awareness
(I) Working with Words and Expressions
2. (1) delivered (2) released (3) permission (4) rented (5) miserable (6) exploded (7) pressed (8) motion (9) barely (10) enthusiasm (11) knelt (12) request (13) policy (14) necessities
3. (1) go wrong (2) broke down
(3) on my way to (4) by himself
(5) in time (6) set the stage for
(7) set out for (8) make fun of
(9) pleaded for (10) in disbelief
(II) Increasing Your Word Power
1. (1) specialized (2) large (3) eat (4) go (5) sociable (6) wide
2. merrily→ miserably
boring→ interesting
carelessly→ carefully
monotonously→ cheerfully
unpleasantly→ pleasantly
lively→ dull
satisfactory→ unsatisfactory
sternly→ kindly
tiny→ huge
traditional→ modern
regular→ irregular
empty→ occupied
(1) sternly (2) miserably (3) cheerfully (4) carelessly (5) tiny
(6) irregular (7) unsatisfactory (8) occupied (9) boring/dull (10) traditional
3. (1) slapped (2) present (3) lit (4) whispered (5) slap (6) presented
(7) ordered (8) light (9) listed (10) motioned (11) supply (12) order
(13) list (14) supply (15) motion (16) wonder (17) whispers (18) wondering
4. (1) personality; sensitivity; loyalty
(2) frailty
(3) complexity
(4) Mutuality
(5) stupidity
(6) regularity
(7) reality
(8) specialty / speciality
(III) Cloze
(1) supplies (2) fun (3) permission (4) necessities (5) rundown
(6) decorated (7) straight (8) item (9) overwhelmed (10) embraced
(IV) Translation
1. Translate the sentences
1) Straighten up! Your feet should keep time to the rhythm of the music.
2) She slipped a note into his hand. He was very unhappy after reading it, as he thought that she was making fun of him.
3) The thief pleaded for our mercy when he was caught. He said he had stolen the food because his mother was starving to death and there was barely any food left in the house.
4) They have made a request for more electricity supplies, which we should satisfy in order to release them from the pressure they are under.
5) They made the rounds with the wine bottle; each took a gulp and then they set out for the forest.
6) My TV set broke down; I have ordered a new one online and the shop is going to have it delivered to the door.
7) His words made everyone unhappy and stop eating. After a while, they resumed eating, but they all looked as if something was weighing on their minds.
8) We stared at him in disbelief, astonished that someone as gentle as he is could interrupt us so rudely.
2. Translate the paragraph
去年圣誕節(jié)前夜，我們的旅途諸多不順。當我們住進尼斯一家骯臟而昏暗的旅館時，我們的心中已無任何圣誕節(jié)的感覺而言。我們進入一家看上去很乏味的飯館吃飯時，情況一點也沒有好轉(zhuǎn)。但是，在這沉悶飯館中度過的不愉快的夜晚最后卻變成我們所度過的最好的圣誕前夜，這一切都是因為那個充滿了圣誕精神的美國水手。他將我們心中被憤怒和失望壓抑的愛和歡樂釋放出來，他帶給了我們圣誕節(jié)。
