1 I passed all the other courses that I took at my University, but I
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1 I passed all the other courses that I took at my University, but I
췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍 췍 byJame sThur be r2 1 I passed all the other courses that I took at my University, but I could never pass botany. This was because all botany students had to spend several hours a week in a laboratory looking through a microscope at plant cells, and I could never see through a microscope. This used to enrage my instructor. I would just be standing there. “I can’t see anything,” I would say. He would begin patiently enough, explaining how anybody can see through a microscope, but he would always end up in a fury, claming that I could too see through a microscope but just pretended that I couldn’t. “Well,”I’d say, “I can’t see anything.”“Try it just once again,”He’d say, and I would put my eye to the microscope and see nothing at all, except now and again a nebulous milky substance — a phenomenon of maladjustment. You were supposed to see a vivid, restless clock-work of sharply defined plant cells. “I see what looks like a lot of milk,”I would tell him. This, he claimed, was the result of my not having adjusted the microscope properly, so he would readjust it for me, or rather, for himself. 2 I finally took a deferred pass, as they called it, and waited a year and tried again. The professor had come back from vacation brown as a berry, bright-eyed, and eager to explain cell-structure again to his classes. “Well,” he said to me, cheerily, when we met in the first laboratory hour of the semester, “we’re going to see cells this time, aren’t we?”“Yes, sir,”I said. Students to the right of me and left of me and in front of me were seeing cells; what’s more, they were quietly drawing pictures of them in their notebooks. Of course, I didn’t see anything. 3 “We’ll try it,”the professor said to me, grimly, “with every adjustment of the microscope known to man. As God is my witness, ’ I ll arrange this glass so that 췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍 췍 1 综合大学英语 UNIT1 췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍 췍 you see cells through it or ’ I ll give up teaching. In twenty-two years of botany, I — ”. He cut off abruptly for he was beginning to quiver all over, like Lionel Barrymore 3 . 4 So we tried it with every adjustment of the microscope known to man. With only one of them did I see,to my pleasure and amazement, a variegated constellation of flecks, specks, and dots. These hastily I drew. The instructor, noting my activity, came from an adjoining desk, a smile on his lips and his eyebrows high in hope. He looked at my cell drawing. “What’s that?”he demanded, with a hint of squeal in his voice. “That’s what I saw,” I said. “You didn’t, you didn’t, you didn’t!” he screamed, losing control of his temper instantly, and he bent over and squinted into the microscope. His head snapped up. “That’s your eye!” he shouted, “You’ve fixed the lens so that it reflects! You’ve drawn your eye!” Another course that I didn’t like, but somehow managed to pass, was 5 economics. I went to that class straight from the botany class, which didn’t help me any in understanding either subject. I used to get them mixed up. But not as mixed up as another student in my economics class who came there direct from a physics laboratory. He was a tackle on the football team, named Bolenciecwcz. At that time Ohio State University had one of the best football teams in the country, and Bolenciecwcz was one of its outstanding stars. 6 One day when we were on the subject of transportation and distribution, it came Bolenciecwcz’s turn to answer a question. “Name one means of transportation,” the professor said to him. No light came into the big tackle’s eyes. He had the look of a man who is being led into a trap. “That is,” pursued the professor, “any medium, agency, or method of going form one place to another.” Bolenciecwcz had the look of a man who is being led into a trap. “You may choose among steam, horse-drawn, or electrically propelled vehicles,” said the instructor, “I might suggest the one which we commonly take in making long journeys across land.” There was a profound silence in which everybody stirred uneasily, including Bolenciecwcz and Mr. Bassum. Mr. Bassum abruptly broke this silence in an amazing manner. “Choo-choo-choo,”he said, in a low voice, and turned instantly scarlet. He glanced appealingly around the room. All of us, of course, shared Mr. Bassum’s desire that Bolenciecwcz should stay abreast of the class in economics, for the Illinois game, one of the hardest and most important of the season, was only a week off. Somebody else gave fine imitation of a locomotive letting off steam. 췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍 췍 2 Comp r ehens i veCo l l egeEng l i sh3 췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍 췍 Mr. Bassum himself rounded off the little show. “Ding, dong, ding, dong,” he said, hopefully. Bolenciecwcz was staring at the floor now, trying to think, his great brow furrowed, his huge hands rubbing together, his face red. 7 “How did you come to college this year, Mr. Bolenciecwcz?” asked the professor. “Chuffa chuffa, chuffa chuffa.” 8 9 “M’father sent me,”4 said the football player. “What on?”asked Bassum. “I git an ’lowance,” said the tackle, in a low, husky voice, obviously 10 embarrassed.“No, no,”said Bassum. “Name a means of transportation. What did you ride here on?” 11 12 “Train,”said Bolenciecwcz. “Quite right,”said the professor with face still red. 5 13 Ohio State was a land grant university and therefore two years of military drill was compulsory. We drilled with old Springfield rifles and studied the tactics of the Civil War even though the World War6 was going on at the time. At 1 1 o’clock each morning thousands of freshmen and sophomores used to deploy over the campus, moodily creeping up on the old chemistry building. 14 As a soldier I was never any good at all. Most of the cadets were glumly indifferent soldiers, but I was no good at all. Once General Littlefield, who was commandant of the cadet corps, popped up in front of me during regimental drill and snapped, “You are the main trouble with this university!” I was mediocre at drill, certainly — that is, until my senior year. By that time I had drilled longer than anybody else. I was the only senior still in uniform. The uniform which, when new, had made me look like an interurban railway conductor, now had become faded and too tight. This had a definitely bad effect on my morale. 15 The next day General Littlefield summoned me to his office. He was swatting flies when I went in. I was silent and he was silent too, for a long time. I don’t think he remembered me or why he had sent for me, but he didn’t want to admit it. He swatted some more flies, keeping his eyes on them narrowly before he let go with the swatter. “Button up your coat!”he snapped. Looking back on it now I can see that he meant me although he was looking at a fly, but I just stood there. Another fly came to rest on a paper in front of the general and began rubbing its hind legs together. The general lifted the swatter cautiously. I moved restlessly and the fly flew away. “You startled him!”barked General Littlefield, looking at me severely. 췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍 췍 3 综合大学英语 UNIT1 췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍 췍 I said I was sorry. “That won’t help the situation!”snapped the General with cold military logic. I didn’t see what I could do except offer to chase some more flies toward his desk, but I didn’t say anything. Finally, he told me I could go. So I went. He either didn’t know which cadet I was or else he forgot what he wanted to see me about. I don’t know. I don’t think about it much any more. ———From My Life and Hard Times /n. bo t any/ ' bɒ t ən ɪ mi c r o s cope / 'ma ɪ kr ə skəʊp/ n. / enr ag e/ ɪ n ' r e ɪ dʒ v t. / i ns t ruc t o r/ ɪ n ' s t rʌkt ə( r) n. nebu l ou s/ ' neb ʊ l ə s/ adj. j c l a im /kl e ɪm/ v t. / v i. e t end/pr ɪ ' t end, i ː pr pr / n. s ubs t anc e/ ' s ʌb s t əns / e nome non/ f ɪ ' nɒmɪ nən,f ə ph n. scientific study of plants an instrument that makes very small objects larger, and so can be used for examining them to make very angry person who teaches an activity not clear esp. in meaning or expression; vague to declare to be true; state esp. in the face of opposition; maintain to give an appearance of something that is not true material; type of matter a fact or event in nature ( or society) as it appears or experienced by the senses, esp. one that is unusual and/or of / ad u s t/ad ' ʌs t v t. j j / adj. r e s t l e s s/ ' r e s t l ɪ s / de f e r/d ɪ ' f ɜ ː( r) v t.& v i. scientific interest to change slightly, esp. in order to make suitable for a particular job or new conditions never quiet; always moving about to put off or hold back until a later date; delay; postpone 췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍 췍 4 Comp r ehens i veCo l l egeEng l i sh3 췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍 췍 / i v e r/ ' kwɪ və( r) v i. qu / sque a l/ skwi ː l v i. / / i. s c r e am skr i ːm v / i ns t an t l ' ɪ ns t ən t l ɪ adv. y/ / v t. r e f l e c t/r ɪ ' f l ekt to tremble a little to make a very long high sound or cry to cry out loudly on a high note at once to throw back; to express; to consider carefully / e conomi c s/ ' i ː kə ' nɒmɪ ks n. the science of the way in which industry / t ack l e/ ' tækl n. ( in football) and act of trying to take the and trade produce and use wealth ball from an opponent t r anspo r t a t i on / t rænz -, ' t ræns ' t e ɪ 췍n,' pə ʃ passengers or goods from one place to d i s t r i bu t i on / ' d ɪ s t r ɪ ' b u ː 췍n/ j ʃ the act or action of distribution or the / ' t r췍 ː n n. n. / v t. ope l/pr ə ' l pr pe o f ound/pr əʊ ' f aʊnd/ adj. pr / adv. abrup t l ' brʌp t l ɪ y/ə / s ca r l e t/ ' sk췍 ː l ɪ t adj. appe a l i ng/ə ' i ː l ɪ adj. p 췍/ l ocomo t i v e / ' l əʊkə 'məʊ t ɪ v, / ' l əʊkə 'mn. / v i. squ i n t/ skwɪ n t f ur r ow/ ' f ʌr əʊ/ v. / hu sky/ ' hʌsk ɪ adj. / r an t/췍 r췍 ː n t n. g a means or system of carrying another state of being distributed to move, drive, or push ( steadily ) forward deep, complete, very strongly felt suddenly and unexpectedly of a very bright red color able to move feelings concerning or causing movement to look with almost closed eyes, as at a bright light or in aiming a gun to make a deep line or fold in the skin of the face, esp. the forehead ( of a person or voice) difficult to hear and breathe, as if the throat were dry money given by the state, usu. for educational purposes, such as to a university or to a student during his studies; land given by a king or government 췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍 췍 5 综合大学英语 UNIT1 췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍 췍 / compu l s o r l s 췍 r ɪ y/kəm' pʌ adj. n. t ac t i c/ ' tækt ɪ k/ f r e shman/ ' f r e n. ʃmən/ / s ophomo r e/ ' s ɒ f əmɔ ː( r) n. obligatory; which must be done by the law, orders a means of getting a desired result a student in his or her first year at university a student in the second year of a course in a US college or high school / dep l oy/d ɪ ' l ɒ ɪ v i. p to spread out, use, or arrange for action, c r e ep/kr i ː v i. p/ to move slowly and quietly with the / de t n. cade t/kə ' esp. for military action body close to the ground a person studying to become an officer in one of the armed forces or the police; a person who is a member of a /adv. l uml ' l ʌml I g y/ 췍 / i nd i f f e r en t/ ɪ n ' d ɪ f 췍 r 췍n t adj. / commandan t/ ' kɒmən ' dæn t n. / co rps/kɔ ː n. cadet corps sadly; in low spirit not interested in; not caring or noticing the chief officer in charge of military organization a trained army group with special duties and responsibilities; a branch of the army equal in size to 2 divisions; a group of people united in the same v i. pop/pɒp/ / r e ime n t a l/ ' r edʒ ɪ 'men t l adj. g snap/ s næp/ v i. / 'mi ː d ɪ ' əʊkə( r), / 'mi ː d ɪ ' əʊkə( r) adj. i n t e r u r ban/ ' ɪ n t ə r ' ɜ ː b ən/ adj. / ( / conduc t o r kən ' dʌkt ə r) n. med i oc r e f ade/ f e ɪ d/ v i. activity to make a short sharp explosive sound of a regiment to close the jaws quickly on of not very good or bad quality or ability, usu. not good enough between towns esp. AmE. the guard on a train to ( cause to ) lose strength, colour, freshness, etc. 췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍 췍 6 Comp r ehens i veCo l l egeEng l i sh3 췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍 췍 / de f i n i t e l adv. ' de f ɪ n ɪ t l ɪ y/ / e f f e c t/ ɪ ' f ekt n. / mo r a l e/mɒ ' r췍 ː l n. in a definite way; without doubt, clearly a result; a result produced on the mind of feelings the state of mind of ( a person or group of people, often an army) with regard to pride, faith in the rightness of one’s action, determination not to yield, v t. s ummon/ ' s ʌmən/ / swa t/ swɒ t v t. / cau t i ou s l ' kɔ ː ə s l ɪ adv. y/ ʃ / s e v e r e l s ɪ ' v ɪ ə l ɪ adv. y/ strength of spirit, etc. to give an official order ( to come, do, etc.) to hit ( an insect) with a flat object or hand, esp. so as to cause death carefully not kindly or gently; not allowing failure or change in rules, standards, etc.; sternly; strictly see through end up lose control of mix up stay abreast of let off snap up round off be supposed to send for pop up with a hint of 1 . Suggestion for reading “University Days”appears in one of Thurber’s most successful books, My Life and Hard Times ( 1 9 3 3 ) . “University Days” is one of Thurber’s best short pieces in which he cleverly combined the techniques of storytelling and essayist. The humor in this piece is underlined by vivid description of incongruity between august university atmosphere and the funny events happened in it. Its light satire 췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍 췍 7 综合大学英语 UNIT1 췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍 췍 provides a subtle and penetrating comment on school life at Thurber’s time. 2 . James Thurber ( 1 8 9 4 —1 9 6 1 ) : was one of American’s leading humorists, essayists, and cartoonists. Thurber grew up in Columbus, Ohio, and attended the Ohio State University. In 1 9 2 5 , he joined the Staff of The New Yorker , where E. B. White helped him to perfect his prose style. Is Sex Necessary? Thurber’s first book ( 1 9 2 9 with E. B. White) ,established his reputation as a humorist. 3 . Lionel Barrymore: American actor ( 1 8 7 8 —1 9 5 4 ) . 4 . “M’father sent me”: Mr. Bolenciecwcz is depicted as an uneducated person. His less standard language reveals his uneducated background, e. g. “M’father sent me.”for “My father sent me.” “I git an’lowance.”for “I get an allowance.” 5 . a land grant university: refers to any American colleges and universities that are built on land originally given by the federal government or receiving federal aid on the stipulation that practical courses be offered, esp. in agriculture and the mechanical arts. 6 . The World War: The World War I armistice was signed on November 1 1 , 1 9 1 8 , two days before Thurber landed in Paris as a code clerk for the State Department of the U.S.A. 1 . How does Thurber build the tone of humor in Paragraph 1 ? Why did the instructor always end up in a fury? 2 . What happened to the narrator in his botany exam? 3 . What is meant by “a smile on his lips and his eyebrows high in hope”in Para. 4? 4 . How does the story of Bolenciecwcz highlight the author’s sense of humor? 5 . Why did the narrator still wear uniform in his senior year? 6 . How is the narrator’s soldier experience related to his university life? 7 . What kind of person do you think General Littlefield is? How does the author portray General Littlefield? 8 . What does the author in this short story attempt to achieve technically? Is his style effective? Why? 췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍 췍 8 Comp r ehens i veCo l l egeEng l i sh3 췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍 췍 Cond i t i ona lSent enc e A conditional sentence consists of a conditional clause and a main clause. It is commonly classified as “real”and “unreal”. I.Re a lcond i t i ona l sar eu s edt odeno t e: 1 . Universal truth or general validity In this case, the sequence of verb forms is as follows: ( If) simple present + ( main) simple present If water temperature is 100℃ , it boils. If you divide 20 by 4 , you get five. 2 . Present habitual action In this case, the sequence of verb forms is as follows: ( If) simple present + ( main) simple present If the weather permits,he cycles to school every day. I I.Unr e a lcond i t i ona l s 1 . To talk about “unreal”events and situations or improbable present, we use the following structure: ( If) simple past + ( main) would, etc + infinitive If I had enough money, I would go to Japan. If I got longer holidays I would be perfectly happy. 2 . To talk about things that did not happen in the past, we use the following structure: ( If) past perfect + ( main) would, etc. + perfect infinitive If you had worked harder last year, you would probably have passed your exam. If you had asked me, I would have told you the whole story. I I I.Var i antf ormso fcond i t i ona l s 1 . ( If) were to + infinitive + ( main) would , etc. + infinitive If you were to move your chair a bit to the right, we could all sit down. 췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍 췍 9 综合大学英语 UNIT1 췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍 췍 What would you do if war were to break out? 2 . ( If) would + infinitive + ( main) would, etc. + infinitive If you would cook the dinner, I would do the washing up afterwards. I d be grateful if you would give me a little help. ’ 3 . ( If ) were to have + past participle + ( main) would have + past participle If you were to have asked me, I would have been only too willing to help. 4 . Omission of “if”: literary inversion structure In a literary style, the structures were I/you/he , etc., should I/you/he , etc. and had I/you/he ,etc. are used instead of if I/you/he ,etc. were, if I/you/he , etc. should and if I/you/he ,etc. had. Were she my daughter, I could suggest several steps I should consider profitable to take. Should their scheme have succeeded, that would have led to great retrogression. Had I realized what you intended, I should not have wasted my time trying to explain matters to you. 5 . if only If only I had more money, I could buy some new clothes. If only you hadn’t told Jackie what I said, everything would have been all right. 6 . other words with the same meaning as if Many words and expressions can be used with a meaning similar to if, such as provided, providing, supposing, as long as , on condition that etc. Supposing you fell in love with your boss, what would you do? I ll give you the day off on condition that you work on Saturday morning. ’ Fi l li nt heb l ankswi t hpr ope rfo rmsofc ond i t i ona l sac c o rd i ngt os ugge s t i ons i v eni nt hebracke t s. g 1. you change your mind, let us know. ( in a literary style) 2 . If it ( not be) for his wife’s money he ( never be) a doctor. 췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍 췍 10 Comp r ehens i veCo l l egeEng l i sh3 췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍 췍 3 . If he ( not failed) last year, he 4 . If the rocket ( not take) it again in June. ( go ) into orbit, it ( mark) a step forward in space research. 5 . You ( welcome) to stay with us, as long as you ( pay) the rent. 6 . What 7 . If they 8 . If we you ( do) supposing he ( not save) us, we ( be) here? ( drown) in the stormy river. ( not work) hard in the past few years, things ( not go) so smoothly. 9 . If your desires 1 0 . Even if the sun ( be) endless, your cares ( be) so, too. ( be) to rise in the west, my resolution ( be) unchanged. Cl a im c l a im v. 1 . ask for or demand as the rightful owners or as one’s right Did you claim on the insurance after your car accident? Every citizen in China may claim the protection of the law. 2 . take as the rightful owner The prince hoped to claim the crown with the help of a foreign army. 3 . assert; say that sth. is a fact The professor would always end up in a fury, claming that I could too see through a microscope but just pretended that I couldn’t. He claimed to have done the work without any help. He claimed to be the best soccer player in the school. c l a im n. 1 . demand for something as one’s own by right His claim to own this house is invalid. Does anyone make a claim to this car? 2 . a statement of something as fact The government’s claim that war was necessary was clearly mistaken. 췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍 췍 11 综合大学英语 UNIT1 췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍 췍 His claim to have decoded the ancient ideogram was unbelievable. Pur s ue suev. pur 1 . go after in order to catch; capture The policemen were pursuing a robber who broke into The Construction Bank. The girl said to her boyfriend, “Make sure you are not being pursued.” 2 . harass ( sb.) persistently His record as a criminal pursued him wherever he went. Mrs. Li has been pursued by misfortune. 3 . go on with; work at The Chinese girl with Ph.D in law pursued her studies after leaving Harvard. He could see he was losing the argument, so he said, “’ I d rather not pursue the matter.” “That is,” pursued the professor, “any medium, agency, or method of going from one place to another.” su i tn. pur act of pursuing The police car raced through the street in pursuit of the car of the drug trafficker. The movie tells the story of a young man in his pursuit of happiness. r Remembe r emembe rv. 1 . keep in the memory; call back into the mind I don’t think he remembered me or why he had sent me for. I remember having heard the President of UC Berkeley spoke on the growth of their applicant pools in recent years. 2 . convey greetings ( to sb.) Please remember me to your sister. r emembr anc en. 1 . the state or act of remembering In 1 9 0 8 , Marcel Proust began to work seriously on Remembrance of Things Past. I have many happy remembrances of our university days together. 췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍 췍 12 Comp r ehens i veCo l l egeEng l i sh3 췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍 췍 2 . sth. given or kept in memory of sb. or sth. He sent us a small remembrance of his visit. The student gave his teacher his photograph as a remembrance. Amaz i ng ama z i nga. ( usu. derog.) causing great surprise or wonder because of quantity or quality Mr. Bassum abruptly broke this silence in an amazing manner. Your wife is an amazing woman. ama z ev. fill with great surprise Your knowledge of Chinese culture amazes me. It amazed me to hear that Sydney’s Olympic torch blasted off into space on April 24, 2000. Exe r c i s e s I.Di c t a t i on I I.Vocabu l ar r c i s e yexe 1 . Vocabulary of higher education In his first year ( when he is called‘freshman’) and his second year ( as a ‘sophomore’) a university student must usually follow courses in a very wide range of subjects in arts and science. In his third year ( as a ‘junior’) and his fourth year ( as a ‘senior’) ,a student may specialize in his main subjects. A dean is the head of a college of studies. Above him is the president. Below him are department chairs. A tenure ( 终 身 制 ) system means when a teacher is tenured, he is automatically given the right to stay in a teaching position without needing to have a new contract of employment with his university. 2 . Practice of word forms ( choose the correct one) ( 1 ) pretend pretension a. It is only a b. The fox pretence of friendship. to be asleep, when the rabbit came in. 췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍 췍 13 综合大学英语 UNIT1 췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍 췍 c. She makes no ( 2 ) explain explanation to expert knowledge of ecology. explanatory a. I had better say a few words by way of . b. Please the problem of elder abuse to me. ( 3 ) embarrassment embarrass a. He felt by lack of money. b. The mother was facing a financial ( 4 ) cautious caution ( 5 ) decision decide . . a. A sign with “DANGER”on is a not to give offence when he traveled in a new place. b. He was decisive a. Are appearances often ? against the plaintiff. b. The judge c. Have they arrived at a ( 6 ) compulsory compulsive Is military service yet? in your country? smoking is bad for your health. ( 7 ) indifferent indifference I was so excited to see snow that I was The host treated the guest with to the cold. . 3 . Fill in the blanks with appropriate words in the brackets. ( 1 ) The Funan River through the very beautiful part of Chengdu. ( wander, wonder) ( 2 ) Somebody else gave fine imitation of a locomotive letting off . ( steam, stream) ( 3 ) We drilled with old Springfield rifles and studied the of the Civil War even though the World War was going on at the time. ( tackle, tactics) ( 4 ) Joe is in a today, so keep away from him. ( temper, temporary) ( 5 ) You’ve a hole in the elbow of your coat. ( rob, rub) ( 6 ) The university became a body . ( corporal, corporate) ( 7 ) At 1 1 o’clock each morning thousands of freshmen and sophomores used to over the campus, moodily creeping up on the old 췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍 췍 14 Comp r ehens i veCo l l egeEng l i sh3 췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍 췍 chemistry building. ( deploy, deplore ) I I I.Pr oo f r e ad i ng ( onee r r orbe f or et hel i ne) At all levels some judges are appointed their offices, and some are publicly elected; states differ at one another on this matter. In some cases the Chief Justice is elected and appointed the other judges, possibly with the advices of a judicial council. In some states the principle of the removal of a judge can be prepared, and if it was strongly enough supported a new election is held, that may confirm him in his office and replace him. IV.Tr ans l a t et hef o l l owi ng s ent enc e si nt o Eng l i s h,u s i ngt he wordsandexpr e s s i onsg i v enbe l ow. let off lose control of see through stay abreast of summon put through mix up pursue 1. 这些改革大约在几个月后可以完成。 2. 他的解释使我更加糊涂了。 3. 他突然说了句笑话,紧张的气氛顿时缓和下来。 4. 我失去自制力,揍了他。 5. 你需要多少汽油? 五加仑能解决问题吗? 6. 上个月那家新的高科技公司召开了第一次股东大会。 7. 同学们认为他应该在经济学这门课上跟上全班水平。 8. 拿到博士学位以后,吴健雄继续她的物理学研究。 V.Tr ans l a t et hef o l l owi ngi nt oCh i ne s e. 1. The professor had come back from vacation brown as a berry, bright-eyed, and eager to explain cell-structure again to his classes. 2. So we tried it with every adjustment of the microscope known to man. 3. The instructor, noting my activity, came from an adjoining desk, a smile on his lips and his eyebrows high in hope. 4. All of us, of course, shared Mr. Bassum’s desire that Bolenciecwcz should stay abreast of the class in economics, for the Illinois game, one of the hardest and most important of the season, was only a week off. 췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍 췍 15 综合大学英语 UNIT1 췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍 췍 5. I don’t think he remembered me or why he had sent for me, but he didn’t want to admit it. VI.Cl oz e All Must Change Providers education will have to relinquish some of their authority teachers will have to There will be a courses change. to develop shorter and stand alone and designed focussed teach particular skills as and when the need arises. Education and training have to be “sold” smaller packages, and relevance knowledge appears increasing frequency. “comprehensive ” training will diminish need timing and modes be and new delivery of education will have to more flexible. Employers and individuals will not be cost of full time education. to afford the time or the will demand access to time or in shorter, more concentrated doses. part- VI I. Sk immi ngands cann i ng Pas s ageA Fi r s tr eadt hefo l l owi ngque s t i on. If you wanted to learn about government, where might you begin your research in Quick Reference Index? A. 8 2 , 6 7 3-8 8 3 B. 3 6 7-3 6 8 C. 4 8 , 5 1 , 3 2 4-3 2 7 D. 8 8 5-9 1 7 Nowr eadPa s s ageAqu i ck l r. yandmarkyouranswe Pas s ageA Qu i ckRe f e r enc eI ndex ACTORS AND ACTRESS 3 9 9-4 1 5 AEROSPACE AGRICULTURE 1 6 8-1 7 4 1 7 5-1 8 2 췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍 췍 16 Comp r ehens i veCo l l egeEng l i sh3 췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍 췍 ANIMAL AREA CODES, TELEPHONE BASKETBALL BOOKS, BESTSELLERS BUDGET BUILDING, TALL CABINET, U.S. CALENDARS CHRONOLOGY, 1 9 9 3-1 9 9 4 CITIES OF NORTH AMERICA DEATH ROLL DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE DISASTERS ECONOMICS EDUCATION ENERGY FIRST AID FLAGS OF THE WORLD FOOTBALL GOVERNORS HEADS OF STATE HEIGHTS AND WEIGHT AVERAGES 1 5 2-1 5 6 2 2 9-2 5 7 8 0 7-8 1 6 3 6 7-3 6 8 1 1 5-1 1 8 6 8 4-6 8 9 3 1 0-3 1 4-3 1 7-3 2 0 3 4 2-3 4 4 , 7 2 4-7 3 5 , 7 3 6-7 3 2 8 8 5-9 1 7 8 2 , 6 7 3-8 8 3 9 2 5-9 2 7 4 4 1-4 4 2 7 5 4-7 6 2 7 7-7 9 , 1 1 5-1 1 3 1 8 3-2 1 6 9 3-9 5 , 1 4 2-1 4 8 8 8-8 9 4 5 7-4 6 1 8 2 4-8 4 2 4 8 , 5 1 , 3 2 4-3 2 7 5 4 5-6 3 3 774 Pas s ageB Fi r s tr eadt hefo l l owi ngque s t i ons. 1 . If you were looking for a house with carpet to rent, which telephone number would you call? A. 8 0 0-5 9 0 8 B. 8 0 0-1 9 3 2 C. 8 0 0-4 9 9 2 D. 8 0 0-4 7 8 7 췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍 췍 17 综合大学英语 UNIT1 췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍 췍 2 . What is the earliest date on which you could sublet an apartment? A. Jan. 1 B. Dec. 1 C. Neither A nor B D. Both A and B 3 . If you were looking for an apartment, under which section would you place an ad? A. FOR RENT B. SUBLET C. WANTED TO RENT D. NONE OF THE ABOVE Nowr eadPa s s ageBqu i ck l r s. yandmarkyouranswe Pas s ageB CLASSIFIED ADS FOR DIRECT CLASSIFIED SERVICE CALL 800-0557,10 A.M.—16.P.M. MONDAY—FRIDAY FOR RENT SUBLET WANTED TO RENT SUBLETS: as of Jan. 1. 2- 2-bdrm. Place wanted. Excellent room for women bedroom furnished apartment. Hopefully under $750/mo. begins Jan., 2, 4, or 8,month $750; also roommates wanted. Thanks. 800-6839 lease, Singles. $335-375. Call modern Apartments. 418 BEST ON CAMPUS Double, $450. Call appointment. 8 0 0-1 9 3 2 for East Washington, 800-6906 Luxury A/C Studio, modern To Sublet: Apt., 2 1/2 rooms Garage or parking space kitchen, wall to wall carpet. and bath, near campus, wanted, near campus. Call Available immediately. On- completely furnished , $450/ Rob, 800-4992 before 10: campus location. $495/mo. mo. All utilities included. 00 a.m. or after 6:00 p.m. Available Dec. 1 . Call Larry 800-5908 persistently. persistently. 800-4787 VI I I.Expr e s s i v eRe ad i ng ( 1) Phone t i cSymbo l s:Eng l i sh Vowe l sandConsonant s The production of any speech sound involves the projection of the air stream from the lungs through the mouth or the nose. Vowels and 췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍 췍 18 Comp r ehens i veCo l l egeEng l i sh3 췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍 췍 consonants denote sounds. A VOWEL is defined as a voiced sound, in forming which the voice issues freely and continuously through the pharynx and the mouth without obstruction and audible friction. There are 2 8 vowels. Among them 1 2 are simple vowels and 8 are diphthongs. The former are classified into 3 groups according to different positions of the tongue: /,/ /,/e/,/æ/ ( 1 ) Front vowels: / i: I /,/ɒ/,/ɔ: /,/ʊ/,/u: / ( 2 ) Back vowels:/췍: / ( 3 ) Central vowels:/ʌ/,/a/,/ə: A diphthong is a glide from one vowel to another. It is pronounced as one syllable. The 8 diphthongs are in three groups: /: /e /,/a /,/ɒ / ( 1 ) Those which end in/ i I I I /əʊ/,/aʊ/ ( 2 ) Those which end in/u/: / ( 3 ) Those which end in/ə/: I ə/,/ʊə/,/ɛ ə/ A CONSONANT is a unit of speech which differs from a vowel in that in its production the flow of compressed air through the mouth is obstructed in some way. There are 2 8 consonants, which fall into the following 6 groups according to different manners or articulation: /,/d/,/k/,/g/ ( 1 ) Plosive consonants:/p/,/b/,/ t /,/v/,/췍 /,/ð/,/ /,/z /,/ /,/ʒ /, ( 2 ) Fricative consonants:/ f s ʃ /r /,/h/ /,/dʒ /,/ /,/dr /,/ /,/dz / ( 3 ) Affricate consonants:/ t t r t s ʃ ( 4 ) Nasal consonants:/m/,/n/,/췍/ / ( 5 ) Lateral consonants:/ l / ( 6 ) Glides:/w/,/ʒ Parallel with students’ perspective on work were the visions they carried with them on teachers and what teachers did. I should note here that, like the subject of 1 work, characteristics of teachers were not frequently discussed either. As students filed from classes, they immediately began or continued their conversations relating to their personal interests with few comments on either how interesting or 췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍 췍 19 综合大学英语 UNIT1 췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍 췍 boring the class had been. Minimal discussion does not mean that students did not construct certain perspectives on teachers and the teaching process, for they obviously did. Yet these perspectives must be placed in context, for other activities were framework than did any discussion of work or the teachers who parceled out the work. 2 Generally, students believed that teachers could be divided into two groups, those labeled “teachers with positive attributes”and those labeled “teachers with negative attributes”. It is interesting to note the distinction that the students made between the two groups. Two conditions characterized teachers with negative attributes. The first 3 centered around physical or personal characteristics and included such characterizations as “bastard”, “screwy”,“weirdo”,“fairies”, “hard to get along with”,“fish”, “those that think they’re funny”, “crabs”, or “snappers”. There was not uniform agreement on what every one of these terms meant as distinguished from the other, but it was obvious that certain ones were reserved for specific people. The term “bastard ”, for example, was usually reserved for teachers who carried on in ways that were seen as unfair or demeaning. 1 . According to this passage, what is the topic sentence? A. Minimal discussion does not mean that students did not construct certain perspectives on teachers and the teaching process, for they obviously did. B. It is interesting to note the distinction that the students made between the two groups C. Parallel with students’perspective on work were the visions they carried with them on teachers and what teachers did. D. I should note here that, like the subject of work, characteristics of teachers were not frequently discussed either. 2 . What is the strategy of organizing this essay termed as? A. “classification” B. “comparison and contrast” C. “cause and effect” D. “definition” 췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍췍 췍 20