新世纪大学英语课后精讲 _2.pdfVIP

Unit 2 Difficult Sentences 1. Word passes quickly in small Vermont towns. What can you infer from the sentence? (= Tow ns in Vermont are small; people usually know each other and tend to share w ith each other w hat they know.) Translate the sentence into Chinese. (= 佛蒙特州的小镇上，消息传播得很快。) 2. If you re anything like your father, you ll be a smart boy. What is the meaning of the sentence? (= The teacher believes that the boy can become a very clever student if he can learn something from his father.) What was the author s attitude toward this remark? (= The author was very happy to hear it because at that moment he was quite proud to be the son of his father.) 3. I groaned whenever I heard their compliments. What does the sentence imply? (= The boy did not agree with the neighbors opinions. As a teenager, he wanted to be independent and wanted his ow n identity.) Translate the sentence into Chinese. (= 每当我听到这些赞美，我都很不以为然地哼哼几声。) 4. I wondered how I would ever fit in w ith my teenage friends. Paraphrase the sentence. (= I wanted to know how I would get along well with other children around me.) Why was it difficult for him? (= Because he had a father with such a good reputation and who was so unusual and outstanding, the boy seemed different to his friends.) 5. I survived my last years of high school until finally I turned eighteen. What can you infer from the sentence? (= The boy had difficulty living in the shade of his father, but he managed to go through those last few years in his high school.) 6. I d give anything to be called my father s child. What is the meaning of the pattern “ … would give a lot/anything/the world to do sth.”? (= It is an idiomatic expression which means the speaker is very eager to do something or have something.) Paraphrase the sentence. (= I would like very much to be called my father s child.) 7. My father agreed, but not w ithout hi