最新大学英语综合教程Unit 3 参考答案
Key to Unit 3
Text A Public Attitudes Toward Science
课前预习
Directions: Read the text and find out the English versions for the following expressions.
1.享有特权的少数人 a privileged minority (Para.1, L.6)
2.大多数民众the vast minority of population (Para.1, L.8)
3.将时钟拨回到从前put the clock back to an earlier age (Para.2, L.1)
4.阻止未来的进一步发展prevent further advances in the future (Para.2, L.3)
5.带来技术的发展bring about advances in technology (Para.2, L.6)
6.压制新生事物suppress anything new (Para.2, L.10)
7.人的积极极性和创造力human initiative and inventiveness (Para.2, L.10)
8.延缓变化的速度slow down the rate of change (Para.2, L.12)
9.确保方向正确的变化ensure the changes in the right direction (Para.3, L.2)
10.在一个民主社会in a democratic society (Para.3, L.3)
11.做出明智的决定make informed decisions (Para.3, L.5)
12.对科学抱着矛盾的态度be in two minds about science (Para.3, L.7)
13.生活水平的稳步提高the steady increase in the standard of living (Para.3, L.8)
14.科幻小说science fiction (Para.3, L.17)
15.利用这种兴趣harness this interest (Para.4, L.1)
16.以一种枯燥乏味的方式in a dry and uninteresting manner (Para.4, L.6)
17.认识其与世界的联系see its relevance to the world (Para.4, L.7)
18.通俗读物popular books (Para.4, L.11)
19.倾向于做某事tend to do sth. (Para.5, L.1)
20.科学概念scientific concepts (Para.5, L.4)
21.用文字和图表表述convey sth. by words and diagrams (Para.5, L.4)
22.提供基本框架provide the basic framework (Para.6, L.1)
23.阐明新的发展put across new developments (Para.6, L.8)
24.小部分人 a small proportion of the population (Para.6, L.10)
25.科学奇迹scientific wonders (Para.6, L.12)
26.负有教育民众的重任have a responsibility to educate the public (Para.6, L.16)
27.娱乐民众entertain the public (Para.6, L.16)
28.危机四伏be filled with dangers (Para.7, L.1)
29.接触外星文明contact an alien civilization (Para.7, L.2)
30.充分相信have sufficient faith in sth. (Para.7, L.4)
巩固应用
I. Directions: Now you’ve learned Text A in detail. Let’s check how much you’ve learned from it! Please translate the Chinese expressions in the following sentences into English. Be sure you use expressions from the text.
1.Whether you believe it or not (信不信由你)，we were left waiting in the rain for two hours.
(Para.1, L.1)
2.We saw /viewed this event as a turning point (把这件事看作是一个转折点). (Para.1, L.4)
3.I can’t afford a car, so I guess I will have to do without (就只好不用了) . (Para.1, L.7)
4.Forget all about it and look to the future; you can’t put the clock back (让时光倒流). (Para.2,
L.1)
5.He can’t see, nor could he hear (他还听不见) until a month ago. (Para.2, L.3)
6.I have come to realize (逐渐意识到) that what I have done is misguided.(Para.3, L.7)
7.As was mentioned in my last letter (正如上封信中所提到的)，I’ll be back in Ohio in June.
(Para.3, L.15)
8.I am wearing twice as much as I usually do (是平时穿的两倍) because of the cold weather.
(Para.4, L.14)
https://www.sodocs.net/doc/8218057775.html,ter, I’ll prove what you say wrong (证明你所说的是错的). (Para.7, L.5)
II. Language Focus
Ex. I. Translate the following English expressions into Chinese and Chinese into English.
1.The line of products will be highly profitable.这个行业的产品将十分有利可图(P.67-I-3-3)
2.regain health 恢复健康(P.68-II-1)
3.the right attitude towards science 对科学的正确态度(P69-Cloze 1- L.1)
4.the proportion of the population that………人口的比例(P.69-Cloze 1-L.9)
5.make discoveries that have practical value 做出具有实际应用价值的发现
(P.69-Cloze 2- L.5)
6. a glass wire 光纤(P.70-Cloze 2-L.7)
7.endless number of new discoveries 无穷无尽的新发现(P.70-Cloze 2- L.10)
8.in a space station in orbit around the earth 在一个围绕地球轨道运行的空间站
(P.70-Cloze 2- L.17)
9.扔掉这些旧椅子get rid of these old chairs (P.66-I-1-5)
10.及时的帮助timely help (P.66-I-1-9)
11.做出精确的预言make accurate predictions (P.67- I-3-3)
12.对……迟疑不决be undecided about (P.68- II-2)
13.山区the mountainous region (P.68-II-3)
14.缺少，不足be undersupplied with (P.68- II-3)
15.提出……的要求作为demand... as… (P.68-II-5)
16.在做某事上有困难have difficulty (in) doing sth. (P.68-II-7)
17.总的来说on balance (P.69-III-2-4)
18.优点多于缺点Strengths outweigh weaknesses. (P.69-III-2-4)
19.对……怀疑be distrustful of sth. (P.69-Cloze 1-L.2)
Ex. II. Please translate the Chinese expressions in the following sentences into English. Be sure to use expressions from the exercises.
1.As pace of life quickens (随着生活的节奏加快), things tend to change fast in the city.
(P.66-I-1-4)
2.The decision on the new project is made on the basis of scientific study (在科学研究的基础
之上). (P.67-I-3-2)
3.We have succeeded because we had the foresight to invest in new technology (投资于新技术
的先见之明). (P.68-II-6)
4.Only a minority of people support military action. The majority are for a peaceful solution (赞
成和平解决). (P.69-III-2-1)
5.Applicants who meet our job requirements (符合我们的工作要求) are accepted, those who
fall short (不符合条件的) are rejected. (P.69-III-2-2)
6.As is shown by history (正如历史所表明的), local clashes may lead to a global war.
(P.69-III-2-5)
III. Language Enhancement
Ex. I. Translate the following Chinese sentences into English.
1. 无论你是否相信，我们的家乡在过去的十年间发生了许多变化，而且在未来的十年里变
化会更多。(Para.1, L.1)
Whether you believe it or not, our hometown has changed a great deal in the last ten years, and it is likely to change even more in the next ten.
2. 目前，科学家们对克隆存在矛盾之心。(Para.3, L.7)
At the moment, scientists are in two minds about cloning.
3. 老师应该利用学生的兴趣把科学奇观解释清楚。(Para.4, L.1)
Teachers should harness students’ interest to put the scientific wonders across.
4. 一部好的电影负有教育民众的责任，而不仅仅是为人们提供娱乐。(Para.6, L.16)
A good film has a responsibility to educate people, not just entertain them.。
5. 我有足够的信心证明这个计划是切实可行的。(Para.7, L.4)
I have sufficient faith in proving the scheme practicable.
Ex. II. Complete the following passage by putting the Chinese expressions into English.
The development of science brings about advances in technology (带来技术的进步) and makes people’s life more comfortable than before (使人们的生活比以前更加舒适). Although some people would like to go back to an earlier age, no one can put the clock back (没有人能够使时光倒流). All we should do (我们所应该做的) is understanding science, so we can make informed decisions (做出明智的决定). As the way we understand science is, initially, the education in school, teachers should present the knowledge in an interesting manner (以一种有趣的方式呈现知识), for example, scientific concepts can be conveyed by words and diagrams (可以用文字和图表来表述), not just by equations. Only in this way can we be better informed (只有以这样的方式我们才能够了解的更多).
Text B How to Make Sense out of Science
课前预习
Directions: Read the text and find out the English versions for the following expressions.
1.全世界的话题the subjects of conversation around the world(Para.2, L.2)
2.与癌症搏斗的人们people battling cancer (Para.3, L.3)
3.感到某事令人沮丧find sth. frustrating (Para.3, L.4)
4.轻易袒露其奥秘yield her secrets easily (Para.3, L.5)
5.知识的积累an increase in knowledge (Para.3, L.9)
6.一组无可置疑的结果 a set of unquestionable results (Para.4, L.1)
7.一个渐进的过程 a gradual process (Para.4, L.5)
8.一组材料 a list of materials (Para.4, L.7)
9.一个要遵循的步骤 a procedure to follow (Para.4, L.8)
10.一系列有待进行的观察 a set of observations to make (Para.4, L.9)
11.医治或控制某种疾病cure or control a disease (Para.4, L.11)
12.在任意挑选的大量人群中试验be tested on a large random group of people (Para.4, L.12)
13.需要时间和耐心take time and patience (Para.4, L.18)
14.长期默默无闻的工作the years of quiet work (Para.5, L.2)
15.科学探索scientific inquiry (Para.5, L.4)
16.送交发表be submitted for publication (Para.5, L.7)
17.专业杂志professional journal (Para.5, L.11)
18.发布新闻稿issue a press release (Para.5, L.12)
19.向世界宣布make an announcement to the world (Para.5, L.13)
20.表明这一过程的结束signify the end of the process (Para.6, L.2)
21.包含古老生命的证据contain evidence of ancient life (Para.7, L.3)
22.兴奋慢慢平息。The excitement wears down. (Para.8, L.1)
23.发布成果announce the findings (Para.10, L.4)
24.检验成果examine the findings (Para.10, L.5)
25.跌跌撞撞的前进struggle up three feet and fall back two (Para.10, L.7)
26.一个充满失望和挫折的过程 a process filled with disappointment and reverses
(Para.10, L.8)
27.不断前进keep moving ahead (Para.10, L.10)
巩固应用
Directions: Translate the Chinese in the following sentences from Text B into English, and learn them by heart.
1. Rome was not built in a day. Our knowledge is accumulated step by step (我们的知识是逐
步地积累起来的). (Para.3, L.6)
2. Financial crisis resulted in an increase in unemployed population (导致了失业人口的增长)
(Para.3, L.9)
3. His success depends not on good luck but on his hard work (不是好运气而是他的努力)
(Para.4, L.1)
4. It was not until yesterday (直到昨天) that I knew the news. (Para.5, L.1)
5. The faster you run, the quicker you will catch up with him (你就能越快赶上他). (Para.6, L.7)
6. After a long wait, their enthusiasm and patience wore down (他们的热情和耐心快没了).
(Para.8, L.1)
7. Everyone is supposed to wear a seat belt (应该系上安全带) in the car. (Para.10, L.3)
四级词汇、语法专练
1-5 D C B D D 6-10 B C C D D 11-15 A A D A B 16-20 D C C C B
21-25 D D A A A 26-30 B A B D C 31-33 A C C