1、Lesson Three A Dill Pickle Keys to the Exercises,Put in each blank the right form or derivative of the words in brackets. decoration, traditional functional, decorative managerial/management, management rolling, delightful Occasionally, creativity forgetful, troublesome respected, admiration, impres
2、sive Proportionately/Proportionally, surprisingly impulse, Impulsive Skydiving, exhilarating,1 Translate the following expressions. 1. decorate a room 2. be my haunting memory 3. take a deep breath 4. give a hint 5. stretch ones neck 6. drift on the river 7. let it go at that 8. prick up its ears,9.
3、 ripple in the breeze 10. hover over the trees 11. a bond between brothers 12. a carpet for you to walk on 13. snap the door to 14. be serious out of proportion to the occasion 15. go for a picnic 16. put ones arms round her,2 Fill in the blanks with appropriate words. 1. unreasonable/irrational/una
4、cceptable 2. unsettled 3. learned/well-educated 4. unfolded 5. sad/tragic/pathetic 6. vague 7. melancholy 8. discontented 9. crafty 10. wrapped up in her own affairs / self-engrossed,11 Put in the blanks appropriate prepositions or adverbs . I. of, at 2. Of, out, of 3. into, at, up, to 4. for, to 5.
5、 For, at 6. out, for 7. for 8. up, on 9. out, to 10. out, up,4 Think of words or expressions we might use in the following situations. 1.1 love/adore.; I am mad about. 2.1 dislike/hate/loathe/abhor.; I am sick and tired of. 3. It is huge/massive/gigantic/colossal. It is monstrous (big and ugly). It
6、is a white elephant (big and useless). 4. He/She is terrific/excellent/superb/outstanding/unique.,5.1 am delighted/oveijoyed/shocked/stumied/astonished/astounded/flabbergasted/heartbroken. I am struck/ speechless / scared to death / thrown into a panic. 6. The place is spectacular/heavenly.,The plac
7、e is exceedingly beautiful / absolutely out of this world / a paradise on earth. 7. In affirmative terms: He/She is kind/passionate/generous/upright/frank/honest/broad-minded/lively. He/She is resolute/brave/modest/humorous/independent. He/She is smart/ learned /knowledgeable/gifted/talented/creativ
8、e/original.,He/She is a person with a heart of gold / a person of integrity / a man of mission.In negative terms: He/She is weak/dumb/idiotic/nanow-minded/stubbom/indecisive/cowardly/shallow. He/She is inconsiderate/cold/mean/selfish/self-centered/dishonest/ . He/She is vain/conceited/money-grubbing
9、/power-hungry/miserly/crafty.8. It goes up and down / rises and fells / increases and declines / rockets and skydives / takes off and comes to a standstill / thrives and feces a downturn.,5 Translate the following sentences into English. 1. They all stretched their necks to see what was happening, a
10、s if pulled by an invisible string.2. We got out of the car to stretch a little. In front of us was a beautiful stretch of open land.3. They talked for hours at a stretch, but they still failed to settle their differences. 4. For all the warm weather, fresh air and delicious food, her health still d
11、id not recover.,5. One glance at the car, and he knew that it was beyond repair. He looked ahead and found the desert stretching as far as the eye could see without a soul in sight. Ho knew he was in a terrible fix. 6. Wu Song swung his stick at the tiger with all his strength. But the stick snapped
12、 and the tiger was unharmed. In his panic, he had hit the tree nearby. 7. I am terribly fond of the pictures you snapped in Russia, especially the one showing the Russian coachman sitting by the Black Sea with his supper in a cloth on his knees.,8. “You cant just let it go at that,” I tried to plead
13、 with him. “It is none of your business,“ he snapped.9. He snapped his briefcase to, stood up and said, Then its all settled.“10. He was standing in front of his house on a hill, only about a hundred meters apart/away from the wharf when the tsunami came.,6 Fill in the blanks with the appropriate wo
14、rds. 1.B 2.B/D 3.A 4. B 5.B 6.C 7.A,Grammar 1 Learn to use exclamatory sentences. 1 Turn the statements or the underlined parts into exclamatory sentences. 1. What a worthless fellow (he is)! 2. How cleverly Vera hid her feelings! 3. What a stroke of luck (it was)! 4. What an amazing player (he was
15、then)! 5. How I wish I could manage alone!,6. What a pleasant surprise (it was)! 7. What a wonderful evening weve had! 8. How 1 envy your energy! 9. What a nice group of students you have here! 10. How nice it is to be back at home again!,2 Supply responses to the remarks by translating the Chinese
16、in brackets, type off rhetorical question listed below. 1. Why? Hasnt she been preparing for it all the time? 2. Dont you believe? 3. Arent they lovely? 4. What? Havent you finished it yet? 5. Dont you know hes been admitted to Fudan University?,6. Isnt he in his office? He was there five minutes ag
17、o. 7. Whats there to worry about? Weve left no stone unturned. 8. Cant you see Im busy? 9. How can she say such things to her father? 10. Havent you heard of the world-famous tenor Luciano Pavarotti?,2 Translate the sentences using the structures indicated in bold type. 1. The hungry boy wolfed down
18、 the leftover corn bread as though it was his favorite king prawns.2. What remains in his mind of his high school days is nothing but endless rounds of tests and exams.3.1 dont think the resolution is in accord with the purpose of the organization. Thats why I voted as I did.,4. He doesnt understand
19、 what it is that makes his grandson so crazy about microblogging.5. I remember the details about the incident as though it was yesterday. 6. What remained of her home after the tornado was the land the house was built on.7. Thats why he behaved as he did when he witnessed the car crash this morning.
20、,8. They are trying to figure out what it was that turned one of the twin brothers into a criminal, the other an excellent policeman.9. When he found a particularly strong rice plant he was very happy as though he had discovered a gold mine.10. Now that hes quite well-off, he has decided to get in t
21、ouch with what remains of his family.,4 translate the selection into Chinese. 分不清“坠入” 爱河的经历与稳定的“恋爰”状态，这是导致爱情没有什么可学习这样的臆断的第三个因素。 如果两个陌生人突然让他们之间的那堵墙堉坍塌，并且感到亲密，感觉成为一体，这是人生中最令人神往，兴奋的经历，对于孤单、缺爱的人们，这种经历更加美好。然而这种爱本质上不会持久。当这两个人非常热悉时，他们之间的亲密感会逐渐失去魔力，直至双方之间的对立，失望以及相互的厌烦把所剩无几的兴奋消磨得精光。可是一开始他们并不明白这一点。其实那时他们都把那强烈的感受以及相互的“迷恋”当成了感情深厚的佐证，然而那种状态只是证明了他们以往的孤独有多深。,
