新世纪大学英语综合教程unit4 课文要点.doc

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1、Unit4Book3HealthI.DifficultSentences1.Althoughbothmyparentsdiedyoung,Ihavedonewellinthisrespectasregardsmyotherancestors.(1)Whatdoes“inthisrespect”referto?(=Itreferstochoosingone’sancestorscarefully.ItisnaturallyhumorousofRusselltosayhehasdonewellinchoosinghisancestorsbecauseinr

2、ealitynoonecanchoosehisorherownancestors.)(2)Translatethissentence(=虽然我的父母皆属早逝，但是考虑到我其他的祖先，我的选择尚好。)2.Agreatgrandmotherofmine,whowasafriendofGibbon,livedtotheageofninety-two,andtoherlastdayremainedaterrortoallherdescendants.Whydidtheauthor’sgreatgrandmotherremaina“terror”toallher

3、descendants?(=Shewasinsuchgoodhealththatshewasheldinawebyherchildrenandgrandchildrenrightupuntilthedayofherdeath.)3.Ifyouhavewideandkeeninterestsandactivitiesinwhichyoucanstillbeeffective,youwillhavenoreasontothinkaboutthemerelystatisticalfactofthenumberofyearsyouhavealreadylive

4、d,stilllessoftheprobablebrevityofyourfuture.Whatdoestheauthorsuggestinthissentence?(=Hesuggeststhatyoushouldcultivatewideandkeeninterestsanddoactivitiesinwhichyoucanbeeffective.)4.Ineverdoanythingwhateveronthegroundthatitisgoodforhealth,thoughinactualfactthethingsIlikedoingaremo

5、stlywholesome.Doyouthinktheauthorwoulddothingsharmfultohishealth？Whatistheimpliedmeaningofthissentence?(=Theauthorwouldbeunlikelytodoanythingthatisharmfultohishealth.)Whatcanweinferfromthissentence?(=Whenhedoessomething,heneverbothersaboutwhetheritdoesanygoodtohishealth,butinrea

6、lity,thethingshelikestodoaremostlygoodforhishealth.)5.Itdoesnotdotoliveinmemories,inregretsforthegoodolddays,orinsadnessaboutfriendswhoaredead.Whatdowelearnfromthissentence?(=Undueabsorptioninthepastdoesnotbenefitoneatall.)6.Itiseasytothinktooneselfthatone’semotionsusedtobemorev

7、ividthantheyare,andone’smindmorekeen.(1)Paraphrasethissentence(=Peopletendtobelievetheiremotionsusedtobemoreactiveandtheirmindsusedtobequickerthanitisnow.)(2)Translatethissentence(=人们很容易以为过去的情感比现在强烈，过去的头脑也比现在敏锐。)7.Ifthisistrueitshouldbeforgotten,andifitisforgottenitwillprobablyn

8、otbetrue.Whatistheimpliedmeaningofthissentence?