新世纪大学英语综合教程第三册 Unit 6课后练习答案

Unit  6

1.       Now combine each pairof sentences into one by using one of the three phrases mentioned above.

▆ Answers for reference:

1)        Judging fromher accent, she is either Russian or Polish.

2)        Eitherhe could not come here or he did not want to.

3)        I neitherknew nor cared about what happened to him.

4)   I cannotfind out what the weather will be like tomorrow because there is neither TV norradio in the                house.

5)        She can bothspeak and write Spanish.

6)        The results ofthe research are both impressive and alarming.

2.        Now translate the following sentences intoEnglish, using expressions of comparison.

▆ Answers for reference:

1)       If only I could do half as well as you (have done)!

2)       The press haspublished twice as many booksas it did last year.

3)       Sending gifts to your kidsis not the same as giving them yourcompanionship.

4)       Since the construction ofthe subways was completed, the population of the suburbs has grown                  twice as large as that of the city proper.

5)       An increase in income is far/much less important than aharmonious relationship among family             members, friends and neighbors.

Complete the following passage withwords chosen from this unit. The initial letter of each is given.

▆ Answers:

1)  terminally

2)  purchasing

3)  other than

4)  ever

5)  held/had

6)  was taken with

7)  fact of life

8)  substitute

9)  tenderness

10)  crossed off

11)  devoting

12)  railing against

13)  cultivate

14)  filled with

1.       Translate thefollowing sentences into English, using the words and expressions given inbrackets.

▆ Answers for reference:

• 1)     Weshould be honest with ourselves and never become foggedup by greed and cryoverwhat we have failed to obtain.

• Itis a fact of life that happiness brought about bymaterial things such as property and money is temporary.

• Forthousands of years philosophers have taken pains to interpret the meaning of happiness from their ownperspectives.

• If you substitute materialthings for love or a hug, you will not get happiness, because spiritual happiness haslittletodowith material wealth.

• After he learned that he was terminally ill, he informed his family that he had nothing / no propertyto leave them otherthan the house he was living in.

• Theywere worn out after a long day’s work in thefields. So seeing the sun dip below the horizon, they couldn’twait to go back home.

2.       Translate thefollowing paragraph into English, using the words and expressions in the boxbelow.

▆ Answers for reference:

Nowadays, the media and commercials repeat overand over again the significance of the material side of life, so that we havebeen all brainwashed into believing that happiness can be purchased. We showoff to people around us a new piece of property, and take pains to keep enriching our bankaccounts. We are hungry for love, trying to substitute material things for love, gentleness and tenderness. However, we havenever experienced maximum happiness. We are always envious of those who have more money and power. As amatter of fact, we have put our values in the wrong things and failed to tell/distinguishmaterial happiness from spiritual happiness. Money is incredibly important, but otherthan it, we should also have good friends, aharmonious family, a strong body and a worthy goal. It is these things that(will) bring us lasting happiness.

Do either one of the following two tasksafter class.

1.  Write an essay entitled “Man Does Not Live byBread Alone”. You can refer to the following outline:

1) Material things are important for man’s existence.

2) Man also seeks spiritual satisfaction.

3) Your conclusion.

2.  Whenwe talk about happiness, we usually refer to a specific moment when we feelthat we are very happy. Write a short passage about one of your happiest experiencesat college.

▆ Sample EssayOne:

Man Does Not Live byBread Alone

No one would doubt the truth that man’s existence reliesessentially on material things. We need them to get fed, clothed and sheltered.Once we are living near the breadline, we’ll feel frustrated and miserable.        However, our contentment does notmerely lie in material things. This is especially the case in modern times.

The fast-developing economy has noticeably improved ourlives and fulfilled most of our material needs. Then there comes the need of spiritualsatisfaction, which is derived from good health, close friends, aloving spouse, well-raised children, a home built on love, a clear conscience, aworthy goal and an enjoyable job. While material things may lose their charmover time, spiritual satisfaction will bring us lasting happiness.

Therefore, to live ahappy life, we should focus more on those things that meet our spiritual demands.After all, when our need for bread is met, happiness will not come unless wefeel spiritually satisfied. (156words)

▆Sample Essay Two:

I Really Made It

I will never forget theawful feeling in my first Oral English class at college. I tried hard to listento every word the teacher spoke, but what she was saying made no sense to me.Bitterly, I admitted that I was so poor at listening and speaking in English.

I wept several times,cursing my middle school for failing to provide adequate listening and speakingpractice. But finally I calmed down because the familiar words rang in my ears:There must be a way out. I had a rather solid foundation of English vocabularyand grammar. What was left for me to do was to increase my listening input andspeaking output. I made it a rule that every morning I would do reading aloudby the campus lake for 40 minutes, and every evening I would stay in thelanguage lab, listening to English for at least an hour.

Then at the end of thesecond year came my happiest moment: I got the Scholarship for AcademicExcellence. When the president granted me the award, I grinned from ear to ear,realizing with pleasure that happiness is gained through hard work. (197 words)