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基础英语3期末复习材料
Unit5
Ⅰ.Explain in your own words the following sentences.
When we start to tell the first lie, we are likely 1.what a tangled web we weave, when first we to tell more to cover the first one. One lie will practice to deceive. lead to another, then we will get ourselves in a complicated situation. 2.\to make more distinctions can coarsen; the liar`s perception of his chances of being caught may warp.\Psychological barriers become smaller and smaller. We tell lies without hesitation even if the deceit was uncovered. The liar wouldn`t take it seriously. 3.The most understandable and forgivable lies According to ethicizes, the most forgivable and are an exchange of what ethicists refer to as the acceptable lies are based on principle of caring principle of trust for the principle of caring. and love instead of trust. Ⅱ.Explain the underline part in each sentence in your own words.
1.The lies were most often not what most of us would call earth-shattering. 2.According to DePaulo, women in their interactions with other women lied mostly to spare the other`s feeling. 3.And then there are professions—lawyers, pundits,PR consultant—whose members specialize in shaping or spinning the truth to suit client`s needs. very important to the world avoid hurting other`s feeling modifying the fact 4.Philosopher Sissela Bok warns us that they something that can lead to serious consequence can put us on slippery slope. 5.Are all white lies to be avoided at all casts? under any circumstances Ⅲ.Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of given words.
1. It is generally considered unethical for physicians to advertize.(ethics) 2. The young actor was requested to speak in a feigned voice.(feign) 3. We must be unsparing in our criticism of arms trade.(spare) 4. Her hard experience has not coarsened her or made her cynical.(cynicism) 5. Most shops are shut down during this confoundedly hot spell.(confound) 6. The availability of credit lubricated the channels of trade.(lubricant) 7. The ropes were entangled so Johnny was not able to untie the parcel.(tangle) 8. Willful people cannot tolerate the slightest frustration of their wishes.(will) Ⅳ.Explain the underlined phrasal verbs in your own words.
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weather. 2.The expanded vocabulary,as well as the improved reading speed and accuracy, will be a record that can encourage you to get over the boredom. 3.They knew that any failure to abide by the terms of the treaty would bring international condemnation. 4.He was reduced to begging in the streets of Manhattan. 5.The plain fact is that they are giving me the sake,however they try to dress it up. 6.The secret is not to brood over your failures, but ta accept them as inevitable. 7.The option of increasing investment has been ruled out. 8.It is wise to set food and money by in case of a future emergency. overcome follow fell into make it more acceptable care about given up reserve for future use Ⅴ.Translate English to Chinese.
1.Most strikingly, these tellers-of-a-thousand-lies reported that their deceptions caused them \preoccupation or regret.\
十分惊人的是，这些无数次说谎的人称，说谎并没有是他们十分纠结或者后悔。
2.Despite these admission, 91percent of all respondents said they were \with my own ethics and character.\
尽管承认说谎，91%的反馈者称“对自己的道德和性格还是感到满意。”
3.Surely, these \这些善意的谎言无疑是好意的，也是社会必要的润滑剂。
4.And if you`re not sure, Mark Twain has given us a good rule of thumb. \truth. It will confound your enemies and astound your friends.\
如果你没有把握，马克吐温给了我们一条经验法则“拿不准的时候就说实话，这会使迷惑敌人，震惊朋友。”
Ⅵ.Translate Chinese into English.
1、当哈姆雷特拿不定主意该采取什么行动时，他就装疯 （feign） Hamlet feigned madness when he was hesitating about what to do. 2、搪塞推诿是这生意人的惯用伎俩 （prevarication）
Prevarication is one of the techniques this businessman likes to employ. 3、真理之光有时太刺目，于是善意的谎言随处可见 （ubiquitous）
Sometimes the light of the truth is just too dazzling, so white lies are ubiquitous. 4、美国许多妇女声称他们对自己二等公民的地位感到不满 （profess）
Many women in America profess that they are unhappy with their status as second-class citizens. 5、一时冲动之下，他失言抖出了秘密 （blurt out） On the impulse of the moment, he blurted out the secret.
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6、你应该摆脱偏见，抵制诱惑，不让任何东西扭曲你的判断 （warp）
You should get rid of any prejudice, resist temptations and let nothing warp your judgment.
7、他是一个过于敏感和富于想象的人，经常在头脑里编织一张复杂的网络（a tangled web） Being over-sensitive and imaginative, he often weaves a tangled web in his mind. 8、他在伙伴中很受欢迎，因为他尽量不给别人添麻烦 （spare）
He is very popular among his peers as he always tries to spare others any trouble.
Unit8
Ⅰ.Explain in your own words the following sentences.
1.Even an end which it would be noble to pursue if it were attainable may be pursued It would be unwise to pursue an impossible unwisely if it is inherently impossible of goal even if it is magnificent/great. achievement. I think the essence of wisdom is to get one's 2.I think the essence of wisdom is horizon free from the confinement of time and emancipation, as far as possible, from the space. tyranny of the here and now. Ⅱ.Explain the underline part in each sentence in your own words.
1.Of these I should put first a sense of proportion: the capacity to take account of all take into consideration; the important factors and to attach to each its attach adequate importance to each fact due weight. 2.No doubt, if they could have found them, they Surely; would have conferred great benefits upon brought a good and helpful effect to mankind; mankind, but as it was their lives were wasted. actually 3.To descend to less heroic matters, consider talk about something less worthy or less the case of two men, Mr.A and Mr.B, who hate important; each other and, through mutual hatred, bring destroy or ruin each other each other to destruction. 4.Sight and sound and touch are bound up with our own bodies and cannot be impersonal. 5.Gradually with the years, his horizon widens, and, in proportion as his thoughts and feelings become less personal and less concerned with his own physical states, he achieves growing wisdom. connect with accordingly Ⅲ.Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of given words.
1.The main beneficiaries of the Hope Project are poverty-stricken children living in remote areas,(benefit)
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基础英语3期末复习材料
