Unit 1 Changes in theWay We Live

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1、Unit1ChangesintheWayWeLiveI.DifficultSentences1.        andwecutenoughwoodtojustaboutmakeitthroughtheheatingseason.Tellthemeaningofthephrase“makeit”andparaphrasethispartofthesentence.(=Thephrase“makeit”means“succeed.”Themeaningofthispartis“Withthewoodwecut,thefamilycansuccee

2、dingettingthroughthecoldwinter.”) 2.        SoonJim,16andEmily,13,theyoungestofourfourchildren,willhelpmemakesomelong-overdueimprovementsontheoutdoortoiletthatsupplementsourindoorplumbingwhenweareworkingoutside.Analyzethestructureofthesentence.(=Thestructureofthissentenceisc

3、omplicated.1)“Theyoungestofourfourchildren”isinappositionto“Emily,13.”2)“thatsupplementsourindoorplumbingwhenweareworkingoutside”isanattributiveclausemodifying“theoutdoortoilet.”)TranslatethesentenceintoChinese.(=过些时候，16岁的吉米和四个孩子中最小的13岁的埃米莉，会帮着我一起把拖了很久没修的室外厕所修葺一下。我们在室外干活时，这个

4、厕所便成了室内卫生设备的补充。) 3.        Thereis,astheoldsayinggoes,norestforthewickedonaplacelikethis—andnotmuchforthevirtuouseither.Telltheclasstheoriginofthesaying“Thereisnorestforthewicked.”(=ThesayingcomesfromtheBible,Isiah57:21,“…nopeace,saithmygod,tothewicked.”Itisusedinajocularman

5、ner,meaning“there’snotimeforrelaxation;someoneiskeptbusyallthetime.”)TranslatethesentenceintoChinese.(=正如老话说的那样，在这种情形之下，坏人闲不着——好人也歇不了。) 4.        Whileonestormafteranotherblastedhugedriftsupagainstthehouseandbarn,...TranslatethispartofthesentenceintoChinese.(=暴风雪肆虐，一场接着一场，厚厚

6、的积雪覆盖着屋子和谷仓…) 5.        Whenspringcame,itbroughttwofloods.Readthisparagraphandtellwhat“twofloods”refertohere.(=Thefirstfloodreferstotheoverflowoftherivercoveringtheirlandwhiletheotherreferstoagriculturalproduce.) 6.        Thenthegrowingseasonbegan,swampingusunderwaveafterwa

7、veofproduce.What’sthefunctionofthephrase“swampingusunderwaveafterwaveofproduce”?(=Thisv-ingformisoneofthenon-finiteverbs(非谓语动词).Itservesasanadverbialinthesentenceanditindicatesanotheractionbythesubjectofthesentence.)Paraphrasethesentence.(=Thenthegrowingseasoncameanditbrough

8、tusalotofagriculturalproducts.)Whatattitudeoftheauthorcanweinferfromthissen