新视野大学英语第四册(第二版)读写教程 课后习题参考答案
several days to consider the matter. When they finally got my wheelchair repaired，I had been confined
to bed for more than half a month． Section B Reading Skills I. 1. "The stacks of paper" is being personified as someone who can bear witness to something. 2. "Western ears" symbolize people from Western countries.
3. "A gallery of human faces" symbolizes a gathering of people of different origins.
4. As we know a portrait does not have life. It is in a figurative way to say "a living portrait".
5. The word "like" tells us that this part is a simile, comparing hats to small crowns. 6. "Two tiny birds" are clearly a metaphor for the girl's two small hands, showing that it was with loving care that the blind man held the girl's hands. Comprehension of the Text II. 1. The stacks of paper bore witness to a huge amount of work waiting to be done, even though I had