UNIT1THEFOURTHOFJULYKEYTOEXERCISE練習答案

UNIT1THEFOURTHOFJULYKEYTOEXERCISE練習答案

Unit 1

The Fourth of July

I. Text Comprehension

1. Decide which of the following best states the author's

purpo.

condemn with the author's own experience of racial

discrimination in American

society as late as the 1940s.

describe the author's trip with her family to Washington

D.

C. as a graduation

prent.

disclo the fact that the black people were still leading

a poor life in the United

States.

tell the readers that her first trip to Washington D.C. was

really a worthwhile

graduation gift.

Key: [ A ]

2. Judge, according to the text, whether the following

statements are true or fal.

author took her first trip to Washington D. C. at the

beginning of the summer

upon her graduation from the eighth grade. [ T ]

author's sister graduated at the same time from the

same school. [ F ]

went at night on a milk train to Washington D. C.

becau it was cheaper. [ F ]

dining car food in the 1940s always cost too much

money and no one could tell

who hands had been playing all over that food, nor where

tho same hands had been just before. [ F ]

s's high school nior class trip had been to

Washington D. C. before, but she

didn't enjoy herlf at all. [ F ]

author's father, moved by the historical surroundings

and the heat of early

evening, decided to entertain the family again. [ T ]

ed by the waitress's words, the author and her family

turned around and

marched out of the store, quiet but outraged. [ T ]

author wrote and typed her angry letter and managed

to mail it to the president

of the United States. [ F ]

4. Explain in your own words the following ntences taken

from the text. 1. Mother meant to deliberately overlook whatever

she did not like and could not change.

2. From June to the end of July school clod for the summer

vacation.

3. Literarily, the writer was unable to open wide her eyes due

to the dazzling summer sunlight as well as her eyes defect.

Figuratively, the freedom, equality and democracy all American

citizens were allegedly entitled to were simply distorted images

in the author's eye.

4. Mother was bright and father brown, and the three of us

girls reprented gradations from bright to brown.

5. Inside the Breyer's, the soda fountain was so dim and the

air so cool that the pain of my eyes was wonderfully lesned.

6. My forceful question got no respon from my family; they

remained silent as if they had done something wrong and

shameful walking into Breyer's.

7. My anger was not going to be noticed or sympathized with

by my family members who were similarly angry, though.

II. Writing Strategies

1. Flashback

A flashback (閃回，插敘) is a technique ud by writers. It is

often ud in movies, television and literature. It involves a

character remembering something that happened to him in the

past.

Activity: Besides Paragraph 2, you’re expected to find out

some other paragraphs that contain this technique.

Tips: Besides Paragraph 2, Paragraphs 6, 8 and 9 contain or

involve flashbacks.

Here is a movie clip from The Bourne Ultimatum, in which

the technique of flashback is ud.

2. Symbolism

Symbolism in art tries to show not what is real but what could

stand instead of what exists. It deals with ideas that aren't

physical, mostly.

e.g. Moby-Dick: reprentation of an unknowable God;

Scarlet Letter: The scarlet letter “A” is meant to be a symbol

of shame, but

instead it becomes a powerful symbol of identity to Hester.

Activity: Find some examples of symbolism in the text.

Tips: “summer brightness” (Paragraph 8)

“corolla of dazzling whiteness” (Paragraph 9)

“white mottled marble” (Paragraph 15)

The repeated “white” in the last paragraph, and it reveals

the phony democracy

of the United States and the fal freedom of colored people,

which drove our

writer mad and indignant.

III. Language Work

1. Explain the underlined part in each ntence in your own

words.

1)The first time I went to Washington D.C. was on the edge

of the

→ at the beginning of

2)Preparations were in the air around our hou before

school was even over.

→ the whole family were already either actually busy making

preparations or enjoying the ambience

3)In fact, my first trip to Washington was a mobile feast.

→ a large enjoyable meal on the train

4)…as if we had never been Black before.

→ as if we had never been mistreated for being Black

5)My parents wouldn't speak of this injustice, not becau

they had contributed to it.

→had partially caud

6)My fury was not going to be acknowledged by a like fury.

→ was not going to be openly sympathized with by people

displaying a similar anger

2)She continued massaging her right foot, which was bruid

and aching.

3)He was scarred for life during a pub fight.

4)This is something that's going to scar him forever.

dampen soak

1)Nothing quite beats the luxury of soaking in a long and hot

bath at the end of a tiring

day.

2)Dampen the stamp at the back and stick it on the envelope;

there you are.

3)I've gotten my feet thoroughly soaked in the cold, feeling

frozen through and

through.

4)I hate to dampen your spirits, but aren't you overlooking a

few minor points?

acknowledge admit

1)"There are some faults which men readily admit but others

not so readily”

minutes when the lethal

injection finally took effect.

2)So you will be saving the villagers a lot of trouble and

anguish if you tell us now

where they are.

3)No child derves to live in the shadow of fear, anguish and

pain.

4)The driver screamed in agony and dropped the automatic

as he was crushed between

the door and the chassis.

3. Fill in the blank in each ntence with a word or phra

taken from the box, using its appropriate form.

1)The local council has decreed that the hospitals that are

not able to reach the rvice

standards should clo.

2)When Hamlet murmured "To be, or not to be," he was

faced with a(n) agonizing

dilemma.

3)The young mother smiled approvingly at her son, who

asked to play outdoors.

4)The Prime Minister is now firmly ensconced in Downing

Street with a large majority.

5)We need a manager with plenty of flair to run the business

in China.

6)It is noticed that quick-minded people suffer no

vulnerability to criticism.

7)It was a relief to be outside in the fresh air again after

staying weeks-long

underground.

8)The government's avowed commitment to reduce tax has

been largely appreciated.

4. Make a ntence of your own for each of the given words

with meanings other than tho ud in the text. You may change

the part of speech of the words.

1)prent

→John prented me with the challenge, and I took it up.

2)capital

→To open a supermarket demands a large amount of capital.

3)pack

→Well, it’s your turn to shuffle the pack and deal the cards.

4)move

→It would be a wi move to check the market first.

5)counter

→The results of the test ran counter to expectations.

6)drop

→Is there a drop of tea left in the pot?

5. Fill in each blank with a definite, indefinite, or zero article.

(1) The concept of (2) / sleep rearch is (3) a fairly new

development. (4)

A lot of experimental work is done to increa our knowledge

about (5) / insomnia and other sleep-related problems in order

to help (6) / people who are deprived of (7) / sleep. Some of the

studies have shown that, although some people have (8) /

trouble falling asleep, (9) / others have (10) an equally difficult

time waking up. It is believed that there is (11) a natural cycle

which regulates (12) / man's body temperature.

During (13) the night (14) a person's temperature may drop

one or two degrees, and it can be difficult to arou him in (15)

the morning if his body hasn't become hot enough yet. In

addition, (16) a person awakened during (17) a period of (18) /

heavy sleep is irritable and cannot think clearly. Finally, some

people don't want to get up simply becau they don't like (19)

the activity that awaits them.

6. Put a word in each blank that is appropriate for the context.

I remember the very day that I became colored. Up (1) to my

thirteenth year I lived in the little Negro town of Eatonville,

Florida. The only (2) white people I knew pasd through the

town going to or coming (3) from Orlando. The native whites

rode dusty hors, and the Northern tourists chugged down the

sandy village road in automobiles. The Northerners were peered

at cautiously from behind curtains by the (4) timid. The more

venturesome would come out on the porch to watch them go

past and got just as (5) much pleasure out of the tourists as the

tourists got out of the village.

During this period, white people (6) differed from the colored

to me only in that they rode through town and never (7) lived

there. They liked to hear me “speak pieces” and sing and

wanted to e me dance, and (8) gave me generously of their

small silver for doing the things, which emed (9) strange to

me for I wanted to do them so much that I needed bribing to (10)

stop . Only they didn’t know it. The colored people gave no

dimes.

IV. Translation

1. Translating Sentences

Translate the following into English.

1)我自己還沒有看過，不過大家都認為是一部好片子。(suppo)

→I haven’t en it mylf, but it is suppod to be a really

good movie.

2)女主人把奶酪切成一口一塊的大小，客人們吃起來就方便了。

(bite-size)

→The hostess cut the chee into bite-size pieces; therefore,

it would be more convenient for the guests to eat it.

3)睡眠不足的話，很少有人能夠正常生活。(deprive)

→ Few people can function properly if they are deprived of

adequate sleep.

4)他細心地學我的樣子，裝作什么怪事都沒有發生。(copy)

→ He carefully copied my preten that nothing unusual had

occurred.

5)他上臺后發布的第一項法令就是禁止私人擁有槍支。(decree)

→ The first decree he issued after he came into office was

that private ownership of guns (should) be banned.

6)我就是來看他那被說得神乎其神的腳法的。(fabled)

→I’ve come to e his fabled footwork that people talk so

much about.

7)我不是一個嚴格意義上的教師，因為我沒有接受過訓練，但是

我有豐富的教學經驗。

(proper)

→I’m not a teacher proper, since I haven’t been trained,

but I’ve had a lot of teaching experience.

8)學生通常都會在考試之前猜考試題目。(anticipate)

→ Students tend to anticipate what questions they will be

asked on the examination.

2. Translating Passage

Translate the following into Chine.

It would be fatal for America to overlook the urgency of the

moment and to underestimate the determination of the Negro.

This sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will

not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and

equality. Nineteen sixty-three is not an end, but a beginning.

There will be neither rest nor tranquility in America until the

Negro is granted his citizenship rights. The whirlwinds of revolt

will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the

bright day of justice emerges.

參考譯文:

如果美國對此時此刻的迫切性視而不見，低估黑人的決心，那么

這對美國的命運來說將是致命的。自由平等、令人心曠神怡的秋天遙

遙無期，黑人正當憤怒的悶熱夏季就不會消失。1963年并不是終結，

而是一個開端。只要黑人得不到公民權益，美國就不可能有安寧和穩

定。反抗的旋風會繼續撼動這個國家的根基，直到光明正義的日子來

臨。

VI. Writing

Study the following picture carefully and write an essay of

about 400 words on the following topic:

HOW TO FIND AN IDEAL JOB

You should: describe the cartoon; give some tips to job

ekers.

The following patterns or ntences may be uful when you

interpret a picture.

As described/illustrated/portrayed/shown/in the picture, ...

As can be en from the photo, ...

According to the picture, …

As you can e from the picture,....

In the cartoon, we can e that…

The cartoon is thought-provoking, and it illustrates a

common phenomenon in today’s society.

Further Enhancement

Text II

CHAMPION OF THE WORLD

Maya Angelou

Text II: Comprehension

1. Answer the following multiple-choice questions:

1)On the day of the boxing match, the Store was D .

A. tightly packed like sardines with TV viewers

B. sparly ated with listeners to the radio

C. crowdedly filled with children

D. crowded with people listening to a boxing match over the

radio

2)From the passage Champion of the World, the people,

probably all black, were

listening to the radio with the great expectation that ___B___.

A. Joe Louis would lo the game

B. Joe Louis would win the game

C. Joe Louis would kill his opponent

D. Joe Louis would be killed by his opponent

3)Which of the following mean words is not ud by the

writer to describe the black

people in the eye of white racists? __A__

A. snobbish

B. dirty

C. ugly

D. stupid

4)The black people in the Store celebrated Joe Louis’

victory by doing all the following

EXCEPT _ D .

A. Drinking cokes.

B. Eating candy bars.

C. Sneakily enjoying liquors.

D. Setting fireworks.

5)Joe Louis’ victory of the boxing matching symbolizes

___C__.

A. he would win a lot of money

B. he was the son of the strongest mother in the world

C. he was the reprentative of the strongest people in the

world

D. he would stay in town until the next morning

2. Text II: Questions for Discussion

1)What is the symbolic meaning of "master's voice"?

Angelou us “master’s voice” for symbolic emphasis. It

reprents the white establishment that unfairly discriminates on

the basis of color. This kind of literary technique results in a

powerful and poignant story of growing up black in America.

2)Why was it important that Joe Louis win the heavyweight

championship fight?

“It wouldn’t do for a Black man and his family to be caught

on a lonely country road on a night when Joe Louis had proved

that we were the strongest people in the world.” It was an event

that symbolized the ability of black people to compete in a white-

dominated world.

3)Do you think the title "Champion of the World" is

appropriate? Why or why not?

Yes. The title symbolizes all black people who, despite great

adversity and oppression, live with dignity and strength. They

learn to survive and to respect themlves in the process. In this

essay Angelou ems to be asking for recognition not only of her

struggle and identity but of the struggle and identity of all black

American women and all black people.

4)Angelou us African-American dialect in this essay. Are

the dialectical expressions

effective? Why or why not?

Most of the story is written in standard English, but it

occasionally includes realistic snatches of regional dialect and

black English, which make the language colorful and the tone

animated. When Angelou’s voice enters the narrative, her

rious tone calls the reader’s attention to her underlying

demand for black equality.

5)Have you ever listened to your favorite sport on the radio?

How does it differ from

watching it in person or on television?