大學體驗英語綜合教程2_第三版_unit6_passage_A

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大學體驗英語綜合教程2 第三版 unit 6

Passage A 答案 解析 翻譯 語言點

Listen and Talk

Key:1. published 2. fitness 3. support 4. leading to 5. enjoyment 6. challenge 7. culture 8. physical 9.

goal 10 preparation

Passage A

Read the Text: Never Give Up

Think About It:1. Do you enjoy watching figure skating? Explain.

Answer:Yes, I enjoy it very much. I enjoy watching it becau figure skating requires a combination of

strength, elegance and grace. We also call it “the ballet on ice.”

2. Do you know any famous figure skaters? Share what you know with each other.

Answer:Yes, there are many famous figure skaters in the world. For example, Chen Lu from

China,Michelle Kwan from the U.S., Irina Slutskaya from Russia, etc.

3 .What do you usually do when facing difficulties?

Answer:Usually, I would take the difficulties as a challenge and try my best to find ways to overcome

them with courage.

Content Awareness

Read and think

2. Work with your partner and answer the following questions.

1. How was Paul Wylie’s life changed after he won the silver medal?

Answer:After he won the silver medal, Paul Wylie was regarded as a hero. He suddenly became busy

with a lot of activities, such as signing advertising contracts, traveling on figure-skating world

tours,being invited to exclusive events, being chad for his autographs by fans, etc.

2. What did the reporter’s question “what are you doing here?” imply?

Answer:It implied that people were dissatisfied with Paul Wylie’s performance and lost confi dence in

him.

3. Why did Paul Wylie give the answer “daily” to the question “how often do you contemplate

retirement?”

Answer:He answered “daily” becau he was undergoing an extremely difficult time in his skating

career and it was hard for him to keep going.

4. Was Paul Wylie a famous skater in the U.S. before he won the silver medal of 1992 Winter

Olympics?

Answer:No,he wasn’t. Before winning the silver medal, he was a nobody who performance at big

events was usually unimpressive.

5. What have you learned from Paul Wylie’s story?

Answer:Open.

Read and think

3. Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or fal (F) according to the

passage.

Anwr: 1. F 2. T 3. F 4. T 5 T

Language Focus

Read and complete

4 Fill in the blanks with the words given below. Change the form where necessary

Anwr: 1. clapped 2. defend 3. quit 4. perfection 5. interviewed 6. survey 7. exclusive 8.

storage 9. obrved 10. Cover

5. Complete the following ntences with phras or expressions from the passage. Change

the form where necessary

.

Anwr: 1. count ... out 2. be unaware of 3. stopped in his tracks 4. at times 5. turn ... around

6. Find the words in Passage A according to the clues given. Then make two ntences

with each of the words you have found.

1. A noun meaning “a flat piece of metal, usually shaped like a coin, that is given to someone who

has won a competition or who has done something brave”: (Para. 1)Answer:medal

Answer:He was awarded a medal for his heroic deed of saving a drowning child.

Answer:Britain’s Olympic team returned from Los Angeles with five gold medals, 11 silver and 21

bronze.

expression meaning “a t of buildings for the u of pasngers joining or leaving an

airplane”: (Para. 1)Answer:air terminal

Answer:A free shuttle bus runs between the air terminal and the train station.

Answer:Many pasngers were stuck at the air terminal building becau of the foggy weather.

3.A verb meaning “derve, have a right to”: (Para. 9)Answer:merit

Answer:He merits promotion for his excellence in leadership and management.

Answer:The committee will decide whether the ca merits more rious attention.

4. A noun meaning “tasks and activities typically happen as part of a normal job or of normal

procedure”: (Para. 11)Answer:routine

Answer:The music band played their routines in every city across the nation.

Answer:The athlete performed her bold and difficult routines with perfection in the match.

5.A noun meaning “a point or moment of great danger, difficulty, or uncertainty”: (Para.

11)Answer:crisis

Answer:The sudden ri in oil prices has led to an economic crisis in the country.

Answer:Relations between the two countries have reached the crisis point after rounds of talks.

Language Focus

Read and translate

7. Translate the following ntences into English.

1. 那件工作很難做，不過我想試試看。(have a shot)

Answer:It’s a difficult job, but I’d like to have a shot.

2. 這是一本關于商務實踐而非理論的書。(as oppod to)

Answer:This is a book about business practice as oppod to theory.

3. 社會活動從未耽誤她的學習。(in the way)

Answer:Social activities never get in the way of her studies.

4. 直到1911年人們才發現第一種維生素。(It is not until ... that)

Answer:It was not until 1911 that the first of the vitamins was identified.

5. 盡管年事已高，爺爺每天還幫忙做家務。(despite)

Answer:Despite advanced years, Grandpa helps do houwork every day.

Read and simulate

8 Read and compare the English ntences, paying attention to their italicized parts, and

then translate the Chine ntences by simulating the structure of the English ntences.

1 從那一刻起，在《哈利?波特》系列影片中擔任主角的11歲少年丹尼爾意識到自己的生活從此永遠地改變了。

Answer:From that moment on, 11-year-old Daniel who played the leading role in the Harry

Potter movies recognized that his life would never be the same.

2 這個年輕人相信：不管前進途中有多少困難，他都會實現他的夢想。

Answer:He was a young man who believed that he will fulfill his dream no matter how many

difficulties lie in the way.

3 他的妻子在車禍中喪生之后，他才意識到妻子在他的生活中曾經有多么重要。

Answer:It wasn’t until his wife was killed in the accident that he realized how important she

had been in his life.

4 手中拿著一本童話故事書時，我總是覺得我被領進了一個美麗而純潔的世界。

Answer:With fairy tale book in hand, I always felt I was ushered into a world of beauty and

purity.

5 正像運動員要達到完美的地步需要日復一日反復訓練一套大的日常訓練計劃中的少數動作一樣，一個好學生平日就應該不斷努力充實自己。

Answer:Just as an athlete achieves perfection by repeated training of a few actions of the

larger routine day after day, a good student should make continuous efforts to improve himlf

on a regular basis.

Write About It

10 Answer:No matter how many obstacles lie in the way, you can reach your goals as long

as you don’t give up. To illustrate, look at the story of Paul Wylie, an American fi gure skater.

Paul took part in the 1988 Calgary Olympics and 1991 World Championships, but his performance

was so unimpressive that after the ’91 World Championships he was advid to quit. Paul himlf

had frequently thought of retirement, but he continued anyway. He decided not to give up. At last,

his perverance paid off. He won a silver medal at the 1992 Winter Olympic Games at the age of

27 and became an Olympic hero.

Translation

永不放棄

人們勸他引退，說他天分不夠，但是花樣滑冰選手保羅?懷利拒絕放棄。

1992年冬奧會閉幕后，保羅?懷利抵達華盛頓。走下飛機時，歡迎的人群開始鼓掌。他差點停下了腳步。誰在后面呀？他心里嘀咕。雖說銀牌在手，他怎么也不敢相信這掌聲是獻給他的。從那一刻起，保羅意識到自己的生活從此永遠地改變了。

這位27歲的花樣滑冰運動員在法國的阿爾貝維爾獲得了銀牌，從此走向全新的生活。1988 年的卡爾加里冬奧會上，他表現平平，只得了第10名，可如今他再也不是在大型賽事中舉止失措的無名小卒了；1991年的世界錦標賽上，保羅比賽完后，裁判建議他退出冰壇，“給年輕選手讓位”，如今再也聽不到這樣的建議了。

跟蹤報道1991年冬奧會選拔賽的記者們曾問他“你來這兒干什么？”，如今再也不會有這種別有用心的提問了。他再也不是美國冠軍托德?埃爾德雷奇的手下敗將，再也不會被三度問鼎世界冠軍寶座的加拿大運動員庫爾特?布朗寧甩在身后。

現在保羅?懷利成了奧運英雄。雖然有些人對他沒有信心，建議他放棄，可他依然勇往直前。雖然這個剛出校門的哈佛畢業生經常幻想，離開嚴酷的冰上訓練生活將會是怎樣，但他仍然苦苦堅持著；這個年輕人發現：不管途中有多少障礙，要經歷多少次失敗，目標終能實現，而且他證明了這一點。

保羅說：“閉幕式上我接受采訪，有個記者對我說，‘你來時不為人知，歸時卻名揚四海’。 我覺得這話很有意思，因為我當時在法國，根本不知道美國電視是怎么報道這次法國之旅的。 走下飛機，我才意識到人們把我當成了英雄。他們對我的看法改變了，因為我獲勝了。他們的 看法改變了，因為我堅持不懈并且贏得了銀牌，雖然賽前沒人看好我。”

有時，保羅也幾乎不看好自己。“離92年冬奧會開幕還有兩個月的時候，《今日美國》對運 動員們進行了一次調查，問道，你經常考慮退役嗎？選項有：‘每年’、‘每月’、‘每周’。”

“我寫的是‘每天’，因為要堅持下去實在是太難了。但我還是下定決心要堅持下去，絕不放棄，我要全力拼搏。”

1992年在阿爾貝維爾，事情完全改觀了。保羅說：“我的經歷使人們熱淚盈眶，因為結果出人意料。這同時也改變了我的生活，我看著自己的冰上生涯從此被改寫，變得精彩紛呈。其實也可能會是另一種結局：多年的努力化為烏有，結果令人大失所望。”

手中拿著獎牌，保羅突然進入到一個全新的世界：財源不斷的簽約、花樣滑冰巡回賽、獨家采訪、追星族要求簽名。凡是一個聲名鵲起的英雄能得到的一切他都得到了，但保羅認為這一頭銜值得稱道的東西遠不在此。

保羅說：“無私的奉獻能造就真正的英雄；用自己的經歷和行為激勵別人上進，變得更高尚，也算是一種英雄。我認為我并沒有無私奉獻，但上帝用我的生活經歷去激勵了別的人。”

保羅還說，英雄是需要日日維護的。要達到完美的地步，滑冰選手需苦練每個細小的動作，日復一日不能懈怠，英雄也一樣，應該日日奉獻，而不只是在危急關頭或者在眾人矚目之時才有所舉動。

收藏多年之后，奧運獎牌會退去它最初的光澤；若是不再關注別人的需要，英雄也會失去號召力。和成千上萬的人們一同觀看鹽湖城冬奧會時，保羅很清楚，每個勝利的背后，每次打破紀錄的背后，都有無數日日堅持不懈的英雄故事，那種永不放棄的英雄故事。

Language Points

: strike (one’ s hands) together with a quick movement and loud sound

Examples:

The teacher clapped to attract the class’s attention.

The audience clapped at the end of the play.

: bring or cau to enter

Examples:

A ries of reforms ushered in the new regime.

The rising sun ushered in a new day.

: stop (doing something)

Examples:

He quit his job for a better position.

He should really quit smoking for the sake of his health.

ere: continue firmly in spite of difficulties

Examples:

He didn’t know any English, but he pervered and became a good student.

Despite the failure of his early experiments, the scientist pervered in his rearch.

the way: blocking space for the forward movement

Examples:

The chair is in the way; so move it, plea.

Although he thought he was helping us prepare the dinner, he was only in the way.

iew: ask questions of (somebody)

Examples:

At the end of the race the winner was interviewed by NBC news.

In the oral test the student is interviewed by an examiner.

...out: leave ... out by choice

Examples:

If you are playing football in this rainy weather you can count me out.

We have ten applicants for the post, but two of them have now accepted other

appointments, so we can count them out.

times: sometimes

Examples:

I do feel a little nervous at times.

We have pie for dinner at times.

a shot: try

Examples:

I don’t know if I can do that, but I’ll have a shot (at it).

Have a shot at solving the problem.

oppod to: in contrast to

Examples:

The tax system favors the very rich as oppod to ordinary working people.

This is a book about business practices as oppod to theory.

ive: not shared with others

Examples:

The actress granted the reporter an exclusive interview.

This company has the exclusive right to print Mr. Dare’s books.

: derve; have a right to

Examples:

The suggestion merits rious consideration.

He merited all the prai they gave him.

: a point or moment of great danger, difficulty, or uncertainty

Examples:

I was on the verge of a terrible crisis in my life.

The potentiality for future government cris was growing.

the scenes: out of sight; cretly; without public knowledge

Examples:

He is an important man behind the scenes.

John was president of the club, but behind the scenes Robert told him what to do.