Lesson6 BLACKMAIL I .
1)Yes, he did, because he wanted to make them more anxious.
2)Because she didn't like her maid and secretary to know what they would talk to the detective.
3)Because he thought that he knew their secret and that he was in an advantageous position. 4)She found a note made but not destroyed by her husband.
5)He found that on the night the couple entered the hotel through the basement instead of the lobby, both very much shaken.
6)A brush trace is a mark left on something when lightly touched or rubbed. 7)Ogilvie came to talk with them rather than go to report to the police. 8)They had to spend one day or two investigating in the suburban areas.
9)Because every repair shop had been told to report to the police when a car needing fixing like theirs came in.
10)She thought that was safe for them by making use of the detective's avidity.
11)Originally, the detective asked for ten thousand only to keep silent and not to report to the police. But now the Duchess was asking him to drive their car north and she was ready to offer such a large sum. She knew the detective was greedy. Given so much money, he would do as she told him to.
12)Yes, Ogilvie accepted the Duchess' offer.
Ⅱ .
1)The house detective's small narrow eyes looked her up and down scornfully from his fat face with a heavy jowl.
2)This is a pretty nice room that you have got.
3)The fat body shook in a chuckle because the man was enjoying the fact that he could afford to do whatever he liked and also he was appreciating the fact that the Duchess knew why he had come.
4)He had an unnaturally high-pitched voice. now, he lowered the pitch. When he spoke 5)Ogilvie spat out the words, throwing away his politeness. pretended
6)The Duchess was supported by her arrogance coming from parents of noble families with a history of three centuries and a half. She wouldn't give up easily.
7)It's no use. What you did just now was a good attempt at trying to save the situation.
8) \more acceptable,\Ogilvie said. He lit another cigar, \we're making some progress. \
9)...he looked at the Duchess sardonically as if he wanted to see if she dared to object to his smoking.
10)The house detective made noises with his tongue to show his disapproval.
Ⅲ. See the translation of the text. IV.
1)advertisement 2)brassiers 3)doctor 4)refrigerator 5)gymnasium 6)high fidelity(radio, photography, etc. ) 7) intercommunication system 8)liberation
9)memorandum 10)microphone 11)modern 12)permanent wave 13)poliomyelitis 14)popular-song 15)preparatory (school) 16)professor 17)sister 18)television 19)veterinarian 20)zoological V.
1)a half-finished letter 2)a half-closed window 3)a piece of half-baked bread 4) a half-turned body 5) a well-appointed hotel 6)well-behaved pupils 7)well-chosen words 8)well-fed children 9)well-informed sources (people) 10) high-flown language VI.
1)sound (v.) His words sound lofty and pretentious.
2)figure (v.) Commerce figures largely in the prosperity of the city. 3)go (n.) He is always on the go from early morning till late at night. 4)try (n.) He didn't succeed in his first try, but he kept on jumping. 5)dust (v.) They are dusting
6)square(v. ) He squared his the crops with insecticide. shoulders to show his determination． 7)good(n．)Overworking yourself will do more harm than good．
8)head(v．)On hearing that，he headed straight for the gate without looking back． 9)make(n．)I don't like a bicycle of this make．
10)reason(v．)If you reason from false premises．how can you expect the conclusion to be sound? Ⅶ.
1)real 2)of no use／useless 3)are making some progress／ are accomplishing something 4)explain it exactly and in detail 5)what happens 6)deduce/reason out 7)started for 8)upset 9)a quick examination or inspection 10)need／occasion 11)observes／notices 12)bribed 13)wealthy／well— to—do Ⅷ.
1)surveyed 2)gaze 3)swept 4)flipped 5)chuckled 6) shot out 7)spat forth these words 8)sprang to her feet 9)clasped lO)swung around 11)detect 12)stared Ⅸ.
1)sardonic重在嘲讽，sarcastic重在嘲笑。
2)self-confidence意为依靠自己的力量；self-assurance指过于相信自己的能力，带贬义，可指自负。
3)accuse可用于正式场合，也可用于非正式场合，可用于官方，也可用于私人;charge指正式控告，到法院控告某人。
4)tired指疲劳或疲倦；weary指厌倦，不能或不愿继续下去。 5)leisurely意为不紧不慢地或从容不迫地。 6)oblige指为??帮忙；help意义广泛得多。 7)discreetly意为保持沉默，不让别人知道。
8)racing指脑筋在飞快地转动，quick指的是反应快，聪明(quick—minded)。 9)tense和nervous都表示害怕、担心；tense还可指焦虑不安,神经上紧张。在这里，用tense暗示公爵不是一个生性紧张的人，而是当时焦虑不安和害怕。
10)eventuality指可能出现的结果，possibility指可能出现的事情。
11)respite指延期、推迟或短时间的休息；relief指解除痛苦、疲劳、忧虑等之后的轻松。 12)vacillate指思想一时动摇，拿不定主意；indecisiveness则指人优柔寡断的性格。 Ⅹ．
1)sleep 2)work 3)the moment 4)thought 5)a doubt 6)time 7)labour 8)perspiration 9)music lO)mind 11) steel 12)events 13)laughter 14)refusal Ⅺ．
1)他从不会被出乎意料的问题难倒。 2)明年他们将生产更多的稻米。 3)这事真难办。(或：这事真糟。) 4)他跃跃欲试。
5)这位老人仍然精力充沛。 6)这个小店出售花哨的小商品。 7)你想喝点什么?
8)这个男孩正在猛长个儿。 9)这个女孩是个神枪手。
10)这两位大人物进行了私下会晤。 11)我们被安排在招待所里过夜。 12)他发现自己陷入了困境。 13)突然我想到了一个主意。
14)他的科学幻想小说在美国轰动一时。 Ⅻ．
1)There is no call for hurry．Take your time． 2)Are you suggesting that I am telling a lie? 3)He tried every means to conceal the fact．
4)Our chance to succeed is very slim．Nevertheless we shall do our utmost． 5)We will have our meeting at 10 tomorrow morning unless notified otherwise． 6)Neither of us is adept at figures．
7)Would it be possible to reach that place before dark assuming we set out at 5 o'clock(in the morning)?
8)He was reluctant to comply with her request.
9)I know you are from the South. Your accent has betrayed you. 10)We have no alternative in this matter.
XIII. Omitted.
XIV.
Summary
The Duke and the Duchess occupy a luxurious suite in a large hotel in New Orleans. On Monday evening while driving with his wife from a gambling house, the Duke knocks down a woman and her child. Both are killed. The Duke and the Duchess, however, drive away. The hit-and-run becomes top sensational news in the city. The hotel's chief house detective Ogilvie notices the battered car when it comes back. He does not go to report this to the police, instead, he comes to the couple's suite and has a talk with them. He promises to keep quiet about what he knows and asks for a large sum of money in return for the favour. The Duke, now totally at a loss as to what to do, has to let his wife handle the problem. The Duchess, a clever woman, first pretends to know nothing about what the detective says and denies the fact that they have killed the woman and the girl, but later admits it after the detective has produced a lot of evidence. She understands that to get themselves out of this mess, the car has to be driven out of the south where people are alerted about the hit-and-run. So she offers to pay Ogilvie twice more than he has asked on condition that he drives the ear to Chicago up in the north. The greedy detective accepted the offer under the imposing air and the lure of money.
Lesson7 The Age of Miracle Chips I .
1)It looks like a stylized Navaho rug or the aerial view of a railroad switching yard. It is made mostly of silicon.
2)The computer of 25 years ago was as large as a room. The miracle chip of today is small, cheap, easy to mass produce, fast, infinitely versatile and convenient.
3)At 7:30 a. m. , when the alarm :lock burrs, the bedroom curtains swing silently apart, the venetian blinds snap up and the thermostat boosts the heat to a cozy 70~. The percolator in the kitchen starts burbling; the back door opens to let out the dog. The TV set blinks on with the day's first newscast. After the news on TV comes the morning mail, from correspondents who have dictated their messages into the computer network. Mr. A. , still in bed, then presses a button on a bedside box and issues a string of business and personal memos, which appear instantly on the genie screen. After his shower, which has turned itself on at exactly the right temperature at the right minute, Mr. A. is alerted by a buzzer and a blue light on the screen. His boss is on his way to the office. Mr. A. dresses and goes out to the car, the engine of which is running.\
After her husband has kissed her goodbye, Mrs. A. uses the computer to do shopping for tonight' s dinner party. Then she orders from the memory bank her favorite recipes, tells the machine to compute the ingredients for six servings, and directs the ovens to reach the correct temperature for each dish according to the recipe, starting at 7:15 p.m. She then joins a televised discussion of art. Later she wanders into the computer room where she has just learned from his headset that his drill in Latin verb conjugation was very good.
4)Home information management systems will take over memo pads, notebooks, files, bills and the kitchen bulletin board. And housewives will be able to do their shopping by computer TV. 5)Hospital computers will take the place of doctors to talk to patients and they are programmed not only to remind the pharmacy department to prepare prescriptions but also to alert nurses to give the proper dosage at the right time.
6)In addition to the microprocessors under the hood that will help the machine operate more efficiently, tiny computers will ease tensions and make life simpler for the driver and passengers
too. For example, at the push of a button, the driver can get a readout on the amount of fuel in the tank, and the number of miles he can expect to go before a refill is necessary or he can find out the miles yet to go to a preset destination and the estimated arrival time. The best auto will contain a small portable phone capable of reaching any number in the world in seconds, automatic braking and a miniradar to avoid collisions.
7)In schools, computers will be more common than slide projectors, movie film projectors and tape recorders. They'll be used from the moment school opens, through break, through lunch period, and to the closing of the school.
8)The computer revolution is stimulating intellects, liberating limbs and pushing mankind to a higher level of existence. Ⅱ .
1)The breakthrough in microelectronics will change people's lives in ways no one has ever thought of before.
2)Although at present only the rich man can afford custom made goods，the average person will be able to afford them in the future．
3)The computer might appear to make human beings machinelike，but it can bring some human qualities into our lives as well．
4)Personal service in medical care is regarded as the most important part of the American life． 5)It is the young Americans who will gain most of the advantages from the electronic revolution．
6)Right now，millions of American computer users are not able to make full use of the computer．
Ⅲ．See the translation of the text． Ⅳ．
1)微生物学 2)微型电路 3)缩微胶卷；缩微照片 4)显微图；微动扩大器；微写器 5)密纹唱片 6)显微照片；缩微照片 7)显微阅读器 8)微秒(百万分之一秒) 9)使微小化；使超小化 l0)微波 V．
1)miniradar超小型雷达 2)superpower超级大国 3)miniskirt超短裙 4)minipants超短裤 5)superfine过分精细的，(商品)特级的 6)minibus小型公共汽车，面包车 7)superhigh frequency超高频率 8)superhighway超级公路 9)superhuman超人的，神的，超过常人的 10)minicamera小型照相机 Ⅵ．
1)car 2)car 3)car 4)cigarettes 5)tape recorder(radio，TV set，stereo—equipment，etc．) 6)tea 7)watches 8)camera 9)airplane 10)life jacket Ⅶ．miracle chips，silicon，calculating capability，microcomputer, screen, read-out, keys, terminal, memory bank, compute, computer room, microelectronic revolution, home computer system, computerize, household computer, program, information management system, computer TV,