新世纪大学英语综合教程第三册第三单元打印版

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1、Unit3HappinessI.DifficultSentences1.Whenmostpeopleexistnearthebreadline,materialprogressdoesindeedmakethemhappier.(1)Whatdoes“existnearthebreadline”meaninthispassage?(=“Existnearthebreadline”means“justhaveenoughmoneytofeedthemselves.”)(2)Paraphrasethesentence.(=

2、Whenamultitudeofpeopleinasocietyonlyhavemoneyenoughtofeedthemselves,theywouldfeelmuchhappieriftheycanearnmoremoney.)2.Butwhenmaterialdiscomforthasbeenbanished,extraincomebecomesmuchlessimportantthanourrelationshipswitheachother:withfamily,withfriendsandinthecomm

3、unity.(1)Whatdoes“materialdiscomforthasbeenbanished”mean?(=Thispartmeansthatpeoplehaveenoughmoneytomeeteverydayneeds,theydon’tworryabouttheirdailylifeanymore.)(2)Translatethesentence.(=然而，物质上的匮乏一旦消除，收入的增加便不如亲情、友情、邻里和睦等人际关系那么重要。)3.Thereasonforthisisthatovertimeou

4、rstandardsandexpectationsrisetomeetourincome.(1)Whatdoes“ourstandardsandexpectationsrisetomeetourincome”mean?)(=Itmeans“withtheincreaseinourincome,ourstandardsandexpectationsalsorise.”)(2)Translatethesentence.(=原因是随着时间的推移，我们的标准和期望随着收入的增加而上升。)4.Sincepeoplearealwa

5、yscomparingtheirincomeswithwhatothershave,orwithwhattheyareusedto,theyonlyfeelbetteroffiftheymoveuprelativetothenorm.(1)Whatdoes‘thenorm”refertointhissentence?(=Thiswordrefersto“averageincome.”)(2)Paraphrase“moveuprelativetothenorm.”(=Theyearnmorethantheaveragei

6、ncome.)5.Sincesocietyasawholecannotraiseitspositionrelativetoitself,theeffortwhichitsmembersdevotetothatendcouldbesaidtobeawaste¾thebalancebetweenleisureandworkhasbeenshifted“inefficiently”towardswork.(1)Whatdoes“theeffortwhichitsmembersdevotetothatend”refertoin

7、thissentence?)(=Peoplemakeanefforttoraisetheirsocialstatusorpositionbyworkingharderorearningmore.)(2)Whatdoes“inefficiently”refertointhissentence?(=Itmeansuseless,meaningless,that’stosay,it’suselessforpeopletosacrificetheirleisuretimetowork.)(3)Whydoestheauthort

8、hinktheseeffortsaremeaninglessatall?(=Becausetheirincreaseinincomewoulddefinitelybecounterbalancedbyincreaseinaverageincome,sothattheywouldn’tfeelhappierthanbeforebyw