大学英语Unit4-8参考答案.docVIP

Key to Unit 4 Text A Tony Trivisonno’s American Dream 课前预习 Directions: Read the text and find out the English versions for the following expressions. 1. make one’s dream come true 实现梦想 Intro.，L. 4 2. broken English 结结巴巴的英语 Para. 2, L.2 3. turn sb. away/down 拒绝某人 Para. 4, L.3/Para.15, L.4 4. come to sb. for help 上门求助 Para. 4, L.4 5. get home from work 下班回家 Para. 5, L.1 6. ask for pay 索要报酬 Para. 7, L.2 7. rebuild business 重整业务 Para. 8, L.2 8. compliment sb. on sth. 因（某人所做的）工作赞扬某人 Para. 8, L.5 9. summer passed into fall 夏去秋来 Para. 11, L.1 10. precision work 精细的工作 Para. 15, L. 3 11. take a cut in pay 减薪水 Para. 16, L.1 12. be delighted with … 为……感到高兴 Para.16, L. 5 13. a satisfying end 令人满意的结局 Para.16, L.6 14. loan money on character 人品贷款 Para. 19, L.1-2 15. a man of character 人品端正的人 Para. 20, L.2 16. odds and ends 零星杂物 Para. 21, L.3-4 17. a look of confidence 自信的样子 Para. 22, L.3 18. to send for sb. 接来某人 Para. 26, L.4 19. neatly dressed 穿戴整齐 Para.27, L.2 20. above all 最重要的是 Para.31, L.3 21. decimal point 小数点 Para.32, L.5 巩固应用 I. Directions: Now you’ve learned Text A in detail. Let’s check how much you’ve learned from it! Please translate the Chinese expressions in the following sentences into English. Be sure you use expressions from the text. 1. Tom did not rise as those super stars, yet he managed to make his own dream come true 他设法实现了自己的梦想 . Intro., L. 4 2. I found him standing by the road 我发现他正站在路边 , waiting for Mary. Para. 1, L.3 3. The secretary assumed you had turned him away 秘书还以为你拒绝了他 , so walked away without any words. Para. 6, L.2+ Para. 4, L.3 4. The boss complimented him on his hard work 夸奖他工作努力 . Para. 8, L.5 5. Her parents were delighted with her progress 为她的进步感到高兴 and decided to send her a gift. Para. 16, L.5 6. Our company could not afford three assistants 请不起三位助理 . Besides, the present staff are quite efficient. Para. 19, L.2 7. He persuaded his childhood friend to 他说服儿时伙伴 invest in Hong