研究生英语系列教程多维教程探索课后答案(11)

6. something 7. up 8. into 9. realizing 10. behind

11. all 12. chief 13.~vhat 14. never 15. merely

16. sets 17. Nothing 18. discourage 19. ruin 20. emotional

Speaking

(Open)

Translation and Writing

A

卡尔文?特里林在其描述美国暴发户生活的当代故事“成功”中，讽刺了“美国梦”的观

念。出色的讽刺故事的要点之一是：在故事中运用几乎可信的夸大手法。在某个事实被歪曲

得几乎成真时，你相信它可能是真的——但是你其实仍在怀疑——这就是好的讽刺故事所要

取得的最佳效果。讽8g的另一要点是反语。反语指的是词汇的字面意义与其实际意义完全相

反。反语往往有趣，但带有悲伤的意味。课文中妻子的最后几句话完全是反语。

* * * * * * * * * * * *

这个年轻人在他的办公室被带上手铐带走了。当天下午的报纸头版刊登了一幅他被传讯后

离开时的照片，证实了他已受到指控。照片上的他试图用他那件价值850美元的意大利名牌

外套遮住他的脸。第二天的早报上，刊登了一篇篇幅很长的文章，将他作为那些出身贫寒的

华尔街商人最终成为贪婪的牺牲品的代表。他的朋友和同事都避开他。

B

1. A young man of humble origins dreamed of becoming a millionaire, but he was

thoroughly disillusioned because he tried to seek his fortune by means of a

law-violating electronics acquisition.

2. She managed what amounted to a smile of satisfaction.

3. He ended up designing a software program to solve this problem which had been

unsolved for years.

4. He went to the station in the company of his classmates to pick up his sick mother.

5. After graduation from university, he was granted a govemment scholarship to further

his study, which was far beyond his dream.

6. He was an excellent teacher who always stuck by his students whenever they

had difficulties.

7. He is nobody here in the city, but I suppose he is a somebody in his own village.

8. She said that it was her father, not herself, who was a millionaire, and that she

would like to earn her own living.

9. Therefore I think we must, so to speak adopt more extreme measures to curb

inflation.

10. After his company failed because of poor management, he decided to try his luck

in insurance.

Reading Practice

1.C 2. A 3. D 4. B 5. C

Unit Five

Answer Key

Comprehension

A

1. When a woman makes more money than the man, life gets complicated,

because the man wilt feel threatened by a woman who earns more