Unit 1 Exercise I
1. I had just the feeling of a newcomer at college without the strength a mature student might possess 2. my apparent confidence
3. some food to appease my hunger as well as my anxiety 4. going with the tide was no longer crucial to one’s success 5. foolish and glaring mistakes.
Exercise III 1. assure 2. discretion 3. relaxation 4. humiliate 5. strategy 6. embarrassment 7. maneuverable 8. immaturity
exercise IV 1. lived up to 2. headed for
3. seek out 4. has broken out 5. groped for 6. trying on 7. go out to 8. tipped off
translation
1. it distress me a great deal to hear the new that he had suffered repeated failures.
2. he assumed a air for cheerfulness, even though he lost favor with his boss.
3. Gulliver met with extraordinary adventures, and saw a strange assortment of people.
4. he will be furious with you if you repeat the same mistake.
5. we were all greatly drawn by his frank view, humorous words and genial manner.
6. after cheers and applause died down ,the Nobel Prize winner began his speech.
7. he is gifted with a sort of insight and foresight, so he rarely runs with the crowd.
8. I feel realities are after all very harsh, so one can hardly live up
entirely to his ideals. Unit 3 Exercise I
1. pleasant/comfortable, practically 2. very long
3. places of physical exercises 4. was made to realize this
5. decided not to have coffee and instead to go to the bookstore 6. held in mind
Exercise III 1. disagreeable 2. eccentricity 3. acquainted 4. ridicule 5. triumphal 6. deficiencies 7. woefully 8. contorted
exercise IV
1. going about 2. going through 3. pops out 4. pace off 5. pulled up 6. dug out 7. stroll up to 8. habituated to
translation
1. The university is one of the most venerable institutions of higher learning in the world.
2. if one is deficient in practical experience, he can hardly make himself a success with only what he has acquired in class.
3. I felt exasperated by constant interruptions, for I had to finish writing the monograph by the end of this week.
4. he feels that it is ludicrous to write on a contemporary theme in an ancient style.
5. the Bund in Shanghai was a place where young couples liked to come to coo in the 70s and the 80s of the last century.
6. his daughter is very sedate for a girl of about ten, for she likes reading more than playing.
7. the couple strolled hand-in –hand along the country road when the sun in its first splendor steeped the earth.
8. the poet was commonly considered as an eccentric romantic genius when alive. Unit 4 Exercise I
1. we would be morally too strict with ourselves to enjoy life 2. that made all other questions less significant 3. counting fun as the most important quality of life. 4. the best example of having fun 5. by nothing more than simple exposure
Exercise III 1. insured 2. undeserved 3. generosity 4. benefits 5. regrettable 6. mirthful 7. blasphemy 8. reverence