?1)e
2)a
3)c
4)g
5)d
6)f
7)b
1) instantly
2) absolute
3) privacy
4) approaching
5) indicates
6) acquire
7) astonished
8) avoid
9) Confidence
10) expose
11) slight
12) hint
13) range
14) slapped
1) scrape together
2) in search of
3) hold back
4) robbed???? of
5) think over
6) came upon
7) come true
8) express their sincere gratitude
1) surprised
2) surprise
3) Surprisingly
4) surprised
5) surprising
6) surprise
1) pleasantly
2) please
3) pleasing
4) pleasure
5) pleasant
1) admire
2) admiration??? admire??? admire
3) admirable
4) admiring
5) admiringly
6) admired
1) astonishingly
2) astonishing
3) astonishment
4) astonish
5) astonished
1) hand-written
2) hand-held
3) hand-made
4) weather-beaten
5) tongue-tied
6) home-made
7) town-bred
8) heart-felt
1) the greatest living artist
2) live animals
3) If I come back alive one day
4) entirely alone
5) find anyone else alive
6) The poor lone old man
7) look exactly alike??? wearing similar clothes
8) when you're asleep
9) a sleeping dog
10) treat like situations in like manner
1) She had received the news that her husband was seriously ill and she and her children had rushed back to be with him.
2) Our planning system is designed around the idea that people should have a say in what happens to their immediate surroundings.
3) I share John's belief that energy policy is critical to the economic development of our nation.
4) No one can deny the fact that Ryan's attempt to help the old man had hurt his feelings.
5) Everyone present accepted Mary's suggestion that we think over the matter carefully before we come to a conclusion.
1) It is such a good chance that we mustn't miss it.
2) Sara left in such haste that she forgot to lock the door.
3) Jack felt such deep gratitude to his teacher that he sold his car to help pay her medical expenses.
4) For a time, they were enjoying such economic prosperity that they did not think it necessary to reform their system.
5) There is such a serious lack of knowledge about the transmission of the disease that people became afraid of normal social contact.
6) Pablo Picasso was such a great genius that he became a master of any art form he chose to try his hand at.
1) approached
2) came upon
3) scrape together
4) something like
5) rob
6) in search of
7) astonished
8) come true
9) luckiest
10) reveal
11) indicated
12) gratitude
13) spontaneously
14) critical
15) absolutely
16) deny
1)mine
2)ought
3)nobody
4)mind
5)then
6)On
7)find
8)full
9)walked
10)at
11)returned
12)looking
13)in
14)However
15)for
16)feeling
17)which/that
18)before
19)where
20)must
1)period
2)gifts
3)posted
4) arrange for Santa to send a reply
5)hang
6) travel through the air
7) lets himself down the chimney
8) important
9) appear
10) believing in
翻譯
1) 我很幸運，在我年輕的時候就學會了許多不同的技能。
I am lucky to have acquired a wide range of skills when I was young.
2) 這些畫價值在五千萬美元左右，絕不能直接暴露在陽光之下。
These drawings, which are worth something like 50 million dollars, must not be exposed to direct sunlight.
3) 我兒子寫出他第一首詩的時候，我就知道他有天賦。
I knew my son got talent when he composed his first poem.
4) 由于流感(the flu)在社區(qū)傳播，她用暖和的冬衣將自己裹起來，以防傳染上這種疾病。
As the flu was spreading in the community, she wrapped herself in warm winter clothing to avoid catching the disease.
5) 被告(defendant)否認他曾經(jīng)向政府官員付錢以獲得合同。
The defendant denied that he had ever made any payment to the government official to get a contract.
6) 我吃驚地看到，當他妻子泄露了一個家庭秘密的時候，他摑了她一記耳光。
I was startled to see he slapped his wife in the face when she revealed a family secret.
7) 他說他掌握了一個關(guān)于戰(zhàn)爭的秘密文件，這使每一個在座的人都大為吃驚。接著他啪地一聲打開公文包(briefcase)便開始讀起來。
He astonished everyone present by saying that he possessed a secret paper about the war. He then snapped open his briefcase and began to read it.
8) 當他漸漸地獲得了信心的時候，他的語調(diào)變得自然了，說起話來也就自然脫口而出了。
As he gradually acquired confidence, his tone became natural and his words came out spontaneously.
附: Reading Activity及 Guided Writing
1) It was Galileo's wise use of the telescope that helped him understand the sun is the center of the planets.
2) c, d, e
3) By means of his telescope.
4) Twelve.
5) d
1)a
2)d
3)c
4)c
5)d
6)b
7)a
8)略
1) 然而，很多人感到，圣誕節(jié)的商業(yè)化削弱 了它的宗教意味。
2) 圣誕之夜，趁孩子們睡著的時候，他順著 煙囪悄悄下來，把禮物留在他們的床邊。
3) 晚上，是一頓豐盛的茶點，茶點中常有一 只圣誕大蛋糕，蛋糕上有甜如糖果、滑爽似布丁的糖霜；用過茶點，全家人可能會圍坐在壁爐旁一邊吃干果、糖果和水果，一邊聊天或看電視，或玩集體游戲。
4) 大作家查爾斯 ? 狄更斯很喜歡圣誕節(jié)， 他在《圣誕頌歌》等書中描述了圣誕節(jié)的歡樂與溫馨：客廳內(nèi)干柴燃起熊熊爐火時的一幅幅場景，而屋外12月的白雪給整個大地披上一層素裝。
1) Most plants grow more quickly in warmer areas.
2) Jim was fired for being absent-minded while working.
3) I doubt whether these fish are really eatable.
4) We tried our best with a magnifying glass but the dry grass simply would not burn.
5) Exports provide the funds to pay for imports.
6) The traveller entertained his hosts with stories, some of which were really unbelievable.
7) She was not hired because she wasn't qualified.
8) Personally, I don't approve of the idea.
9) The effect of an unhappy childhood on a man's character is not always permanent.
10) The lecture was so boring that we couldn't help yawning.
11) Henry Adams became a millionaire overnight after coming into possession of the one million pound bank note.
12) The house is at the next corner; you can't miss it.
Unit8 翻譯
1) 我很幸運，在我年輕的時候就學會了許多不同的技能。
I am lucky to have acquired a wide range of skills when I was young.
2) 這些畫價值在五千萬美元左右，絕不能直接暴露在陽光之下。
These drawings, which are worth something like 50 million dollars, must not be exposed to direct sunlight.
3) 我兒子寫出他第一首詩的時候，我就知道他有天賦。
I knew my son got talent when he composed his first poem.
4) 由于流感(the flu)在社區(qū)傳播，她用暖和的冬衣將自己裹起來，以防傳染上這種疾病。
As the flu was spreading in the community, she wrapped herself in warm winter clothing to avoid catching the disease.
5) 被告(defendant)否認他曾經(jīng)向政府官員付錢以獲得合同。
The defendant denied that he had ever made any payment to the government official to get a contract.
6) 我吃驚地看到，當他妻子泄露了一個家庭秘密的時候，他摑了她一記耳光。
I was startled to see he slapped his wife in the face when she revealed a family secret.
7) 他說他掌握了一個關(guān)于戰(zhàn)爭的秘密文件，這使每一個在座的人都大為吃驚。接著他啪地一聲打開公文包(briefcase)便開始讀起來。
He astonished everyone present by saying that he possessed a secret paper about the war. He then snapped open his briefcase and began to read it.
8) 當他漸漸地獲得了信心的時候，他的語調(diào)變得自然了，說起話來也就自然脫口而出了。
As he gradually acquired confidence, his tone became natural and his words came out spontaneously.
