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1、Unit4DifficultSentences1.Whenmygrandfatherdied,my83-year-oldgrandmother,oncesofulloflife,slowlybegantofade.WhydidGrandmotherbegintofadeafterGrandfather’sdeath?What’stheimpliedmeaningofthesentence?(=Herhusband,herlifetimecompanion,hadbeenaveryimportantpersoninherlife.Whenherlovewasgone,goneals
2、owashervitalityinlife.)2.Althoughshestillhadhergooddays,itwasoftenhardtoarouseherinterest.Paraphrasethissentence.(=Thoughshewasbetteronsomedaysthanothers,shewasusuallynolongerinterestedinthethingsaroundher.)3.GG’svoicedroppedlow,takingonanalmostreverenttone.WhydidGG’svoicedroplow?Whatcanweinf
3、erfromthesentence?(=Thedollsheoncehadwasanimportantpartinherlifeanditwasasymbolofmanythings:respect,admiration,andlove,etc.That’swhywhenGGtalkedaboutit,hertonewasfullofrespect.)4.GG’seyesfilledandhervoiceshookwithemotionassherecalledthatChristmasoflongago.Paraphrasethissentence.(=WhenGGthough
4、tbackthatChristmasinherchildhood,hereyeswerefilledwithtearsandshewasabouttocry.)5.Afewyearslater,GG’sbabysisterwasalsogone,shetoldMeagan,avictimofpneumonia.Explainthestructureofthissentence.(=Inthissentence,“shetoldMeagan”isusedasparenthesisand“avictimofpneumonia”isthesubjectcomplement.)6.Sub
5、duedfortherestofthevisit,Meaganwasnosoonerinthecargoinghomethansheexclaimed,…Howtousethestructure“nosooner…than…”?(=Thisstructuremeansthesecondthinghappensimmediatelyafterthefirstthing.When“nosooner”appearsatthebeginningofasentence,thewordorderofthesentenceisinverted:NosoonerwasMeaganinthecar
6、goinghomethansheexclaimed,…)TranslatethissentenceintoChinese.(=米根郁郁寡欢地度过了剩下的几天，我们该回家了。一上车她就叫道：……)7.ButwherewouldwefindadolltomatchGG’sfondmemories?Whatistheimpliedmeaningofthissentence?(=Maybeitwasverydifficult,almostimpossibleforustofindadollthatcouldmatchtheoneinGG’sfondmemories.)8.FromherI
7、commissionedadollheadinthestyleofthree-quartersofacenturyago—makingsuretospecify“bigblueeyesthatopenedandclosed,”andhandsandfeet.TranslatethissentenceintoChinese.(=我委托她定做了洋娃娃的头部，按照七十五年前的式样，还特别强调要“蓝色的大眼睛能眨巴眨巴”，也定做了手和脚。)9.But,ofcourse,therewasn
