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1、高级英语Lesson5 No Signposts in the Sea 课后练习及答案EXERCISES 15 . Give brief answers to the following questions, using your own words as much as possible: 1) What pleasure does Edmund Carr get by observing Laura without her knowing it? What compliment does he pay her? 2) Does Carr appreciate natural beauty?
2、 Was he always like that? 3) What effect does the moon and the cool water of the swimming pool have on him? 4) What kind of coastline does he like? Why? 5) Who is in charge of the lighthouse? Does he like his job? 6) Why does Edmund Carr like islands? 7) Why does he say: God, is there no escape from
3、 suffering and sin? 8) What is the green flash? . Paraphrase: 1) The Colonel, who is not too offensively an Empire builder, sometimes tries to talk to me about public affairs 2) Or maybe Lauras unwitting influence has called it out. 3) Dismissive as a Pharisee, I regarded as moonlings all those whos
4、e life was lived on a less practical plane. 4) And now see how I stand, as sentimental and sensitive as any old maid doing water-colours of sunsets! 5) I want my fill of beauty before I go. 6) Thus, I imagine, must the pious feel cleansed on leaving the confessional after the solemnity of absolution
5、. 7) there is a touch of rough poetry about him 8) I like also the out-of-the-way information which he imparts from time to time without insistence 9) I suspect also that there is quite a lot of lore stored away in the Colonels otherwise not very interesting mind. 10) This is the new Edmund Carr wit
6、h a vengeance. .Translate the following into Chinese: 1) What I like best are the stern cliffs, with ranges of mountains soaring behind them, full of possibilities, peaks to be scaled only by the most daring. What plants of the high alti tudes grow unravished among their crags and valleys? So do I l
7、et my imagination play over the recesses of Lauras character, so austere in the foreground but nurturing what treasures of tenderness, like delicate flowers, for the discovery of the venturesome. 2) In all this serenity of ocean it is seldom that we espy so much as another ship; the jolly dolphins a
8、nd the scratchy little flying-fish have the vast circle all to themselves, the Flying Fish, who has a part with the birds, and doubtless are glad to see the last of the monster which bears us into and out of sight. Our wake closes up and we might never have been. But it does happen from time to time
9、 that an island appears on the horizon, nameless to us and full of mystery, the peak of a submarine mountain range , lonely, unblemished, re mote. Does one like islands because one unconsciously appropriates them, a small manageable domain in a large unmanageable world? I cannot tell why it should g
10、ive me suck a queer sensation to reflect that that island has always been there (unless indeed it be no more than the work of the patient coral) and will be there still, should I return to find it waiting for me. IV. Look up the dictionary for the following loan words. Try to find out from what lang
11、uages they are borrowed and then put them into Chinese. Model: creme de menthe- (法) 薄荷酒 1) ad hoe 2) blitzkrieg 3) skoal 4) charg6 daffairs 5) concerto 6) coup ddtat 7) d6eor 8) detente 9) hors d oeurves 10) intermezzo 11) kimono 12) kowtow 13) kulak 14) macho 15) smorgasbord 16) status quo 17) fies
12、ta 18) rajah 19) emir 20)eureka .Make sentences with the following words using the parts of speech indicated in the brackets: 1) fill (v. n. ) 6) range (n. v. ) 2) ripple (n. v. ) 7) beach (n. v. ) 3) marble (n. v. ) 8) catch (v. n. ) 4 ) pile (n. v. ) 9) hump (n. v. ) 5) touch (v. n. ) 10) obscure
13、(adj. v. ) .pick out from the text all the words and phrases describing colours. .Replace the italicized words with simple, everyday words or expressions 1) and thus beguile ourselves for an hour or so after dinner ( ) 2) prefacing his remarks by Of course its not for me to suggest to you ( ) 3) I r
14、egarded as moonlings all those whose life was lived on a less practical plane. ( ) 4) I once flattered myself that I was an adult man. ( ) 5) or a low-lying arid stretch with miles of white sandy beach ( ) 6) So do I let my imagination play over the recesses of Lauras character, so austere in the fo
15、reground ( ) 7) Darkness falls, and there is nothing but the intermittent gleam of a lighthouse on a solitary promontory. ( ) 8) which he imparts from time to time without insistence ( ) 9) and it is not a sensation I could expect anyone save Laura to understand ( ) 10) We gazed, as the ship slid by
16、 and the humps receded into darkness and even the lights were obscured by the shoulder of a hill ( ) ( ) 11) Vicious viridian I say, not to be outdone. ( ) 12) I would never have believed in the simplde bliss of being, day after day, at sea. ( ) . Replace the italicized words or phrases with specifi
17、c words that appear in the text: 1) The teacher tends to fill us with too many facts. ( ) 2) As the policemen approached on horseback, the demonstrators went away quickly in different directions. ( ) 3) The thief moved stealthily along the corridor. ( ) 4) The detective inspected the room and wrote
18、something hastily in his notebook. ( ) 5) Prices went up rapidly when the war broke out. ( ) 6) There is more and more work for me. ( ) 7.)Some idlers were standing about in a lazy way at the street corner. ( ) 8) After the tide went back, the kids began to pick shells on the shore. ( ) 9) On hearin
19、g the shot, he quickly put out his hand and took the gun lying on the table. ( ) 10) She struck him on the face with the palm of her hand. ( ) .Point out the metaphors, similes and alliterations used in the text. .Point out the figures of speech used in the following sentences: 1) in the evening she
20、 wears soft rich colours ( ) 2) he says he used to read me ( ) 3) I want my fill of beauty before I go. ( ) 4) The young moon lies on her back tonight as is her habit in the tropics, and as, I think, is suitable if not seemly for a virgin. ( ) 5) and the cool support of the water ( ) 6) I wondered w
21、hat mortal controlled it, in what must be one of the loneliest, most forbidding spots on earth. ( ) 7) and the sky a tender palette of pink and blue ( ) 8) I had no temptation to take a flying holiday to the South ( ) 9) And then I like all the small noises of a ship: the faint creaking, as of the s
22、addle-leather to a horseman riding across turf, the slap of a rope, the hiss of sudden spray. ( ) 10) but above all I love these long purposeless days in which I shed all that I have ever been. ( ) . Choose the right word from the list given below for each blank. Pay attention to the correct combina
23、tions of adverbs and adjectives. disappointed simple beautiful conscious close high obvious inadequate beaten ignorant impartial confident interested clear jealous exaggerated 1) A referee should always try to be strictly _ 2) The answer is laughably _ when you think it over. 3) The rate of income-t
24、ax in this country is astronomically 4) He was insanely _ of his brothers success. 5) The children played on, blissfully _ of their parents death. 6) Our host made it painfully _ that we should leave. 7) The casualties in the war have been grossly _ 8) The team played badly and were soundly _ 9) It
25、was abundantly _ to everyone that he had something on his mind. 10) Just before the exam, he appeared to be supremely _ of Success. 11) He was bitterly _ when he heard the result. 12)The roads are woefully _ and simply cant meet todays requirements? 13)The bullet passed uncomfortably _ to his head.
26、14)Jim is keenly_ in collecting stamp。? 15)Everyone turned round when a strikingly_ girl came in 16)He was acutely_ that someone was talking about him behind his back .Translate the following into English(using the following words or expressions： to have an eye for， to recede，to relieve a touch of，
27、to read sb， to venture， to take to， if not，to the exclusion of，to pile up，to beguile with)： 1)他对水彩画很有鉴赏能力。 2)女儿大胆地表示不同意父母对她婚事的安排。 3)由于贫困的逼迫，他开始进行偷窃活动。 4)在旅途中，我看小说，以消磨时间。 5)我想你一定读过马克?吐温的书。 6)他的全部注意力都集中在这个问题上，而不顾其他的问题。 7)不立刻做出正确的决定将会使整个事情很困难，如果不是不可能的话。 8)问题堆积如山，我们必须尽快地解决。 9)哨兵每四个小时换一次岗。 10)他的话里带有一点讽刺的
28、味道。 11)童年的回忆渐渐淡漠了。 Topics for oral work 1) Who is Edmund Carr? How has he changed? 2) How does the writer manage to make her description of the sea and the coastline so vivid and beautiful? . Written work Describe a beautiful place that you have visited 习题全解 I . 1)He can appreciate the grace of her
29、gestures and the beauty of her clothes ,for the good taste of which he praises her. 2)Yes, he appreciates natural beauty, but he was not always like that. 3)The moon and the cool water of the swimming pool provided him with relaxation, and a feeling of serenity of mind and sublimation of emotion. 4)
30、He likes the stern cliffs best, with ranges of mountains soaring behind them, because they are full of possibilities and only the most daring can climb on to the top. 5)An Italian is in charge of the lighthouse. He loves his job so much that he will not quit it for anything. 6)He imagines that one m
31、ay live an idyllic life there. 7)Because suffering and sin can be found everywhere human beings live，including those two islands，one being a leper colony，the other a penal settlement 8)The green flash means the green light seen in the sky the moment the sun sets under the horizonand only in certain
32、cases does it appear 1)The Colonel，an Empire builder who is not too disgustingly aggressive，sometimes tries to talk to me about public affairs 2)Or maybe my suppressed inclination has been brought out under Lauras unintentional influence 3)1 was as puritanical as a Pharisee and I viewed with contemp
33、t a11 those who lived a less practical life than my own and regarded them as inhabitants on the moon 4)Just imagine how I have changed nowHere I stand。sentimental and sensitive，like an o ld unmarried woman painting a watercolour picture of sunsets 5)Before I die，1 want to enjoy beauty to my hearts c
34、ontent 6)I imagine devoted religious people must be experiencing a thorough catharsis as I do now when they leave the solemn confessional after gaining pardon of their sins 7)There is a trace of simple poetic quality in his character 8)1 also like the unusual information he conveys to me from time t
35、o time without speaking emphatically 9)There is quite a lot of knowledge stored away in the Colonels mind，which is not interesting except for that 10)This is quite another Edmund Carr，who has changed so much! See the translation of the text 1)(拉)特别，持定 2)(德)闪电战 3)(丹)祝你健康、干杯 4) (法)代办 5)(意)协奏曲 6)(法)政变
36、7)(法)布置，舞台美术 8)(法)缓和 9)(法)冷菜，冷盘 10)(意)间奏曲 11)(日)和服 12)(汉)叩头 13)(俄)富农 14)(西)强壮男子 15)(瑞)餐前冷菜 6)(拉)现状 17)(西)节日 18)(印地)(印度的)王公 19)(阿拉伯)(穆斯林国家的)酋长 20)(希)我想出了，我找到了 V 1)fill(V)：He filled the position capably fill(n)：Let her cry her fill 2)ripple(n)：The moon danced on the ripples of the lake ripple(V)：A lau
37、ghter rippled through the hall 3)marble(n)：He stopped to admire a statue in marble marble(v)：All the book edges were marbled 4)pile(n)：The actressfan mail forms a huge pile pile(V)：He finished a whole dish piled high and thick with meat 5)touch(V )：Her words touched him to the quick touch(n)：I have
38、a mild touch of flu 6)range(n)：Da Vinci had a wide range of interests range(V)：The size of computers range from that of a button to that of a room 7)beach(n)：He was drowned while swimming at the beach beach(v)：They found a small boat beached on the shore 8)catch(v)：1 was nearly caught in the shower
39、catch(n)：Nothing could give the angler a greater delight than a good catch 9)hump(n)：He was born with a hump on his back hump(v)：When the cat saw the mouse，it humped its back for a jump 10)obscure( adj)：The meaning of that sentence is obscure to me obscure(v)：Later successes obscured his earlier fai
40、lures grey，white，rich colours，dark red，olive green，midnight blue， blacker， more golden， bleached， yellow， golden brown，green，red，a tender palette of pink and blue，blue， purple, emerald . 1)pass our time pleasantly 2)beginning 3)level of existence 4) grown up 5) dry and barren 6) inner places (parts)
41、 stern/forbidding 7)lonely 8)tells/reveals 9)except 10)moved backward hidden ll)intense bluishgreen 12)joy/happiness . 1) cram 2) disperse 3) crept 4) scribbled/jotted down 5)soared/rocketed 6)Work is piling up 7)lounging 8)receded 9)snatched 10)slapped him lX. metaphor : 1)a new Clovis, loving what
42、 I have despised 2)an Endymion young and strong 3)the sea with no ripples at all but only the lazy satin of blue 4)the red ball (the sun) simile : 1)it is as in a moving picture that I can note the grace of her gestures 2)dismissive as Pharisee 3)as sentimental and sensitive as any old maid doing wa
43、ter colours of sunsets 4)my imagination so austere in the foreground but nurturing what treasures of tenderness, like delicate flowers, for the discovery of the venturesome 5)gives a cry like a sea-bird 6) we are as pleased a children when our game succeeds 7)I like the footfall of naked feet in the
44、 dust, silent as a cat passing. 8)the faint creaking, as of the saddle-leather to a horseman riding across turf alliteration : 1)on a less practical plane 2)And now see how I stand, as sentimental and sensitive as any old maid 3)clear of cloud 4)I would never have believed in the simple bliss of bei
45、ng 5)the hiss of sudden spray X. 1)metonymy 2)metonymy 3)euphemism 4)personification 5) transferred epithet 6)hyperbole 7)transferred epithet and9 ) onomatopoeia 10) trans XI. 1)imperial 2)simple 3)high 4)jealous 5)ignorant 6) clear 7) exaggerated 8) beaten 9) obvious 10) confident 11 ) disappointed
46、 12)inadequate 13)close 14)interested 15)beautiful 16)conscious . 1)He has a good eye for water-colours. 2)The daughter ventured to object to her parentss arrangement of her marriage. 3)Pressed by poverty, he took to stealing. 4)My long journey was beguiled with novels. 5)I suppose you have read Mark Twain. 6)He concentrated all his attention on this problem to the exclusion of all ot
