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【恒心】新编英语教程3(第三版)单元五(On not answering  the telephone)参考答案【李炳璋提供】

Unit 5 On Not Answering the Telephone

编辑:李炳璋

TEXT I

Vocabulary

A. Guessing the meanings of words and phrases:

1. d

2. h

3. a

4. c

5. g

6. i

7. b

8. j

9. f 10. e

B. Looking up words and phrases in a dictionary:

1. feeling ill because there is too little air; choked

2. (air) not moving in and out freely

3. having the smell of

4. not careful

5. a large number of copies read

6. ran away secretly with a lover

7. stubbornness

8. rich and powerful businessman

Comprehension

B. 1. …or pretend to be uncommon / out of the ordinary

2. …filled with the odour of women’s low quality face-powder and that of men’s cigarettes…

3. Do you have enough strong will power to…?

4. …, then you are just told that…?

5. a. No matter how hard you try to hide it, people will learn the fact sooner or later.

b. The truth will become publicly known.

6. a book which can be seen in more places than Shakespeare or the Bible …

7. …to keep away from some lazy or curious gossip, or from somebody who wants something

but not to offer anything in return.

8. …or from some reporter who is determined to question you…

9. …somebody’s cold stare behind your back is sufficient to make your blood run cold…

10. The English seem t o be especially talented in two areas…

TEXT II

Comprehension

1—6 F T T F F F

TEXT III

Comprehension

A. 1. have money/coins ready 2. 061 3. London

4. by dialling 100

5. the call is answered

6. 999

GUIDED WRITING

Sentence Combination

Reference version:

Telephone calls in Britain are in two classes: local calls and trunk calls. Short distance calls of up to about twenty miles are classed as local calls, and all calls over longer distances are classed as trunk calls.

In London, telephones now have all-figure numbers which do not include an exchange name: for example, 01-222 2870. If you make a local telephone call in London to a subscriber in London, you omit the 01 and dial only the last seven figures of the number of the person whom you are calling. To make a trunk call to or from London, you dial all the figures of the subscriber’s number.

The names, addresses and telephone numbers of subscribers in inner London are at present printed in four directories. There are separate directories for people whose names begin with the let ters A to D, E to K, L to R, and S to Z. When you look up a person’s number in the telephone directory, you will find his name on the left side of the column and his telephone number on the right side.

Precis Writing

Reference version:

I don’t like the telephone as I consider it a pest and a time-waster. Furthermore, when an expected call doesn’t come, it causes anxiety and suspense, and when the line is busy, it causes an irritating delay. Public phones are even worse. You have to queue up, the phone-box is stuffy and smelly, and you feel the eyes of the people waiting to use the phone after you. A phone in the house tends to ring at the most inconvenient times. The trouble is that one is not strong-minded enough to ignore it, though this would be quite all right, as news, whether good or bad, travels fast. If you’re indiscreet enough to have your name and number printed in a telephone directory, you’ll receive annoying calls of all kinds. Perhaps you’ll have a phone for out-going calls only. But is that necessary? There are always public phones nearby if emergency arises. If I were a tycoon or an invalid, I might need a phone. Ah, I’m wanted on the telephone. I’d better answer it, there might be something important.

IV. Translation

A. 1. Mrs. Smith took it for granted that women were supposed to do cooking in the kitchen and

would never allow anyone in the family to take her place.

2. The major reason for his unpopularity was that he would flee away when his help was most

needed.

3. The helicopters will be used to send the rescue party to the scene of disaster in case of an

emergency.

4. As for the increasing air pollution, we must be clearly aware that it threats all human beings.

5. This local magazine which made its first appearance less than a year ago has already had a

circulation of 500,000.

6. Her heart chilled when she found that nobody had come to the station to meet her.

7. The results of these tests clearly show that you have an aptitude for music.

8. They worked day and night in the laboratory for a whole month only to find that they were

attempting the impossible.

9. The telephone rang in the middle of his important experiment. He ignored the persistent

ringing, thinking that important messages would reach him sooner or later.

10. It serves you right if you fail your maths test again. You’ve cut too many maths classes this

semester.

B. Reference version:

Nowadays mobile phones are no longer treated as luxuries that only the rich can afford. Rather, they have turned out to be a necessity in our lives, place in the list of must-have items. Mobile phones have changed the way we communicate, whether for work or play. We are now less constrained by time and geographical location. With his mobile device, a manager can dial into conference calls while stuck in a traffic jam. But the blurring of personal and wok lives brought about by the device are posing many problems. The common sight of heads bent, eyes staring intently at mobile screens and fingers busy tapping away repeats itself across many cities and places around the world. Whenever there is a moment to spare while on the train, taxi or waiting in a queue, people busy themselves with their motile devices. Some people check in with their phones while out on a date. Such obsession with mobile devices is disrupting how we appreciate the little things in life. The truth is that technology should be seen as a tool to enhance our way of living and not a substitute for the good things that we as humans naturally enjoy. Mobile phones have certainly made a significant impact on our lives, but it should be for the better.

V. BLANK FILLING

A.

1. after

2. for

3. in

4. off

5. on

6. out

7. over

8. in

9. down

10. up

11. back

1 2. on

13. up

14. to

15. on

B.

1.endlessly

2.came to an end / ended

3.from beginning to end

4.end

5.in the end

6.on end

7.put an end to

8.at the end of

9.to make both ends meet

10.ended in

C.

1.got

2.with

https://www.wendangku.net/doc/208251866.html,cked

4.in

5.wealthy

6.both

7.with

https://www.wendangku.net/doc/208251866.html,bored

9.room 10.lived

11.other

12.wire

13.either

14.instrument

15.autumn

16.for

17.their

18.for

19.in/into

20.on/over

21.help

22.here

23.heard

24.walls

25.ever

D.

1.those

https://www.wendangku.net/doc/208251866.html,posers

3.of

4.that

5.era

6.Americans

7.and

8.plants

9.with

10.emerging

11.with

12.lively

13.right

14.associated

15.is

16.The

17.from

18.through

19.born

20.with

21.hard

22.sense

23.qualities

24.rise

25.became

26.traveled

27.seemed 28.play

29.always

30.beginning

E. (1) At the end (2) kept thinking

(3) conclusion (4) draw

(5) showed particular aptitude (6) rushed

(7) in the middle of (8) (was) engaged in

(9) indiscreet enough (10) something for nothing

(11) justified himself (12) ignored

(13) strong-minded (14) itch

(15) dreadful necessity

VI. Sentence rewriting

A.

1. … to be forwarded to …

2. … to be done …

3. … to be settled …

4. This is a matter not to be ignored / not a matter to be ignored.

5. … to be remembered …

B. 1. The Browns had had the whole house painted, the lawn mowed and the hedges trimmed

before…in.

2. His handwriting is illegible so he had the letter typed.

3. The window-pane….broken. I’ll have it r eplaced by a glazier.

4. My trousers are oily. I’ll have them sent to the dry-cleaner’s.

5. I’ve had….now. I’ll have it renewed.

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