新视野大学英语第三册课后习题答案
Connotation(s): blow hard on the city streets. The implied meaning of the sentence is that the wind was very strong and blew hard on the city streets like an army making a fierce attack on its enemy.
5. Denotation: production
Connotation(s): his achievements. The implied meaning of the sentence is that the man from the West was boasting about how he made his "achievements": rising to the top by means legal or illegal, etc.
6. Denotation: (cause to) change shape, the true or intended meaning, or direction
Connotation(s): change a good man into a bad one. The use of the word "twist" suggests that the man was not only changed in appearance but also in nature.
Comprehension of the Text
II：
l.D 2. A 3.C 4. A 5.C 6.D 7. B 8. A
Vocabulary
III.
1. sucked 2. visible 3. booming 4. fared 5. output 6. installed 7. routines 8. prescribe 9. tore 10. emitting
Exercises on Web course only:
11. stripes 12. twists 13. strap 14. deduct 15. certificate
IV.
1. run into trouble 2. let alone 3. free of 4. deducted from 5. torn down 6. rise to the top 7. toying with 8. laid siege to 9. making her way 10. on my way