但是,尽管清晰地感觉到了他的妥协——只有一个十岁的男孩才有这样的感觉,我仍然明白这妥协包含着吃掉那只牡蛎,那只放在我父亲的盘子边上的牡蛎。
4 The chocolate sets into bars which will easily snap into pieces and thenmelt in the mouth.
(添加了可可油后)巧克力凝固成易折断的条块,入口即化。
5 But what accounts for its amazing popularity or even the properties thathave made millions of peopleconfess to being chocaholics?
但是,是什么原因使得巧克力出奇地畅销?又是什么原因导致了巧克力的上瘾特性,使无数人承认自己是巧克力迷呢?
6 Translate the sentences into English.
1 他们这儿不卖薯条,如果你想吃,得去肯德基或麦当劳。(serve)
They don’t serve chips / French fries here. If you want them, you have togo to a KFC or McDonald’s.
2 他拣起一个核桃,想用锤子把它砸开,可没想到却把它砸碎了。(crack; crush)
He picked up a walnut and tried to crack it with a hammer, but instead hecrushed it.
3 当金子加热融化后,他们把金水倒进模子,铸成金条。(melt; mould)
When the gold was heated and melted, they poured it into a mould to form agold bar. 4 他承认是他打破了教室的窗玻璃。(admit to)
He admitted to breaking the window of the classroom.
5 令我们欣喜的是,新的经济计划开始对经济发展产生积极影响。(have effecton) To our delight, the new economic policy is beginning to have a positive effecton the economy.
Unit 3
Active reading one
Dealing with unfamiliar words
4 Match the words in the box with theirdefinitions.
1 to move your body so it is closer to or further from someone orsomething (lean) 2 a total amount made by adding several numbers or amounts together (sum) 3 the ability to think about and plan for the future, using intelligenceand imagination (vision)
4 used for emphasizing that something refers to one specific situation
(particularly)
5 a feeling that you do not trust someone or something (suspicion)
6 to press or move your hands or an object over a surface (rub)
5 Answer the questions about the words andexpressions in the box.
1 If you are doing an advanced course in something, is it at (a) a highlevel, or (b) a low level?
2 If you peer at something, is it (a) difficult, or (b) easy tosee?
3 If you get a glimpse of something, do you see it (a) clearly andfor a long time, or (b) not very clearly and for a short time?
4 Is a radical idea (a) traditional and widely accepted, or (b) new anddifferent?