Unit 1 Personality
Vocabulary
1. 1) self-conscious 2) self-confidence 3) self-esteem 4) self-destructive 5) self-worth
6) self-concept 7) Self-awareness 8) self-assurance/self-confidence
2. 1)B 2)I 3)L 4)A 5)H 6)D 7)E 8)N 9)J 10)M 11)C 12)F 13)G 14)K
3. 1) profound 2) jealousy 3) numerous 4) overweight 5) overcome 6) eventually
7) slim 8) compliments 9) diminish 10) reassurance 11) detrimental
12) isolated 13) self-esteem 14) accented
4. 1) reflected 2) concerned/worried 3) profound effect/influence 4) viewed/regarded
5)sensitive 6) respond/react 7)eliminated 8)overcome my fear
9) concentrate on 10) made no comment
Translation
1) You should spend a reasonable amount of time relaxing and exercising.
2) In general children are healthier and better educated than ever before.
3) When the right opportunity comes along, he’ll take it.
4) Every day he sets aside some time to be with his family and enjoy life.
5) I remember those dark streets and walking hand in hand with my father.
6) He finally failed to live up to his parents’ expectations.
7) In contrast, our use of oil has increased enormously.
8) He succeeded in his efforts to overcome his fatal weakness.
Part Four Writing and Translation
2. Translation Practice
1
1) It is believed that pessimism often leads to hopelessness, sickness and failure.
2) Optimism, by contrast, can make you happy, healthy and successful.
3) When you fail in something, profit from the failure as a learning experience.
4) Think about your strengths and build up self-confidence in front of problems or difficulties.
5) Don’t let negative thoughts hold you back.
6) Everyone has experienced failures and disappointments, so don’t blame yourself too much.
Unit 2 Myths and Legends
Vocabulary
1. 1) A. invitation B. invited C. inviting 2) A. prepare B. prepared C. preparation D.
preparatory/preparation
3) A. discoveries B. discoverers C. discovered
4) A. approval B. approve C. approved D. approving E. disapprove
5) A. eloquent B. eloquence C. eloquently
6) A. faithful B. unfaithful/faithless C. faith d. faithfully
7) A. occasional B. occasionally C. occasion
8) A. delivery B. delivering C. delivered
9) A. troublesome B. troubled C. troubled D. troubling 10) A. assurance B. assured assure
2. 1) got/ran into trouble 2) no trouble 3) asking for trouble 4) have … trouble 5) trouble
with
6) in serious/deep/big trouble 7) get/getting … into trouble 8) took the trouble
3. 1) with a pattern of roses 2) prepared a wonderful/goof meal for us
2
C.
3) promised faithfully 4) deliver this letter
5) a selection of milk and plain chocolate 6) keep out of mischief/behave themselves
7) the sound of distant thunder 8) received approval from the government
9) in spite of the fact that he drank too much 10) agree whether the drug is safe or not
Part Three Further Development
5. Complete the following Ancient Chinese story by translating the Chinese into English
1) the true reason why there was no such animal in Guizhou
2) they were of no use at all in this place
3) when he saw the donkey all of a sudden, he thought it was a monster
4) he hid himself in the trees while looking at the donkey
5) what kind of animal is this and why does it look different from other animals that I’ve seen?
6) But one day the donkey stretched its thin neck and cried
7) the tiger discovered that the donkey didn’t have any other skills besides crying
8) But he dared not rush to it and eat it just as he did to other animals
9) This did irritate the donkey (made the donkey angry), who raised its hind leg and kicked the
tiger
10) This time he rushed to it without hesitation and bit its rhroat
Part Four Writing and Translation
2. Translation Practice
万物之初天地还是一体充满混沌。宇宙如同一个大黑蛋盘古就在黑蛋里。一万八
千年以后盘古长睡醒来他感到窒息于是他拿起一把斧子用尽全身力量砸开黑蛋。轻
的、透明的部分冉冉上升变成了天而冷的、浑浊的物体依然在下面变成了大地。盘古
3
新编大学英语第三版综合教程第三册答案
