新世纪大学英语综合教程课件 秦秀白主编 第4册U7B4.docVIP

Unit 7 Book 4 Stripping Down to Bare Happiness 1. Difficult Sentences 1) (LL 12-15) Neither one of them, it turned out, was willing to restrict what they considered their “real life” into the brief time before work and the tired hours afterwards. What does “real life” here mean according to Sara and Michael? (= “Real life” here refers to a simple satisfying but not wasteful family life that the couple are after.) Translate this sentence into Chinese. (=他们俩谁都不愿意把他们视为生活中最重要的部分仅仅局限于上班前的一小段时间和下班后已疲惫不堪的那几个小时。) 2) (LL21-26) They decided to spend their money only on things that contributed to their major goal, the construction of a world where family and friendship, work and play, were all of a piece, a world, moreover, which did not make wasteful use of the earth’s resources. According to this sentence, what kind of a world did Sara and Michael intend to build for themselves? (=Sara and Michael intended to build a world of their own where they could enjoy family life, social life and balance work and play all at the same time. Meanwhile, they wished to construct a world which did not make wasteful use of the earth’s resources.) Analyze the structure of this sentence. (=本句的主句是They decide to spend their money on things，后面携带的that从句是先行词things的定语从句，而在定语从句中又嵌套了分别以where和which引导的定语从句，修饰the construction of a world中的world 一词，而短语the construction of a world其成分实际上是短语major goal的同位语。) Translate this sentence into Chinese. (=他们决定只把钱花在有助于实现他们的主要目标的东西上：构建一个把家庭和友谊、工作和娱乐融为一体的生活天地，而且还是一个不浪费地球资源的生活天地。) 3) (LL50-53) By sifting and discarding, by keeping track of what they have, Sara and Michael have a clear idea of what they really need. Paraphrase this sentence. (= By picking up what is essential and getting rid of the useless and by examining closely what they have, Sara and Michael understand their real needs. ) 4) (LL59-61) They do not own a TV, and so they and their child are not constantly saturated with images of new toys, new things, and new temptations. What does the phrase “be