Unit 3 My Stroke of Luck
Key to the Exercises
Text comprehension
I.
C
II.
1. F; 2. T; 3. F; 4. T; 5. F.
III.
1. Paragraph 4: She fled from Germany to Belgium to escape fascism; then moved to Paris, surviving the occupation by placing German subtitles on French films.
2. Anne is an independent and honest lady.
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3. Paragraph 10: Anne assured her husband that he’d done the right thing. This means she appreciated his decision.
4. Paragraph 8: she could endure difficulties in the hardest time but she couldn’t tolerate her husband’s complaints and feeling sorry for himself.
5. Paragraph 12: She believes in tough love, and doesn’t let him just lie around but forces him to overcome his troubles.
IV.
1. But I also made some effort to adjust myself.
2. …because I am sometimes too proud of myself.
Structural analysis
Chronological account (Paragraph 1—2) – (Paragraph 8) –(Paragraph 14).
Flashback (Paragraph 3—4) –(Paragraph 5—7) –(Paragraph 9—10) –(Paragraph 11—13)
Chronological account (1—2) –Flashback (3—4) –(5—7) –Chronological account (8) –Flashback (9—10) –(11—13) –Chronological account (14).
Vocabulary
I. Phrase
1. tie the knot = get married
2. given that = if one takes into account that 考虑到，假定
3. then and there = at that time and place, esp. without any delay 当场，当时当地
4. in the midst of = when 在……之中，当……的时候
5. set … apart = distinguish 使分离，区别
II.
1. wrapped up; 2. fatal; 3. fluent; 4. has undergone;
5. stretch out; 6. financed; 7. consequences; 8. neighbourhood.
III. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words.
1. insistent 2. depressing 3. consolation 4. inspiration
5. collision 6. diagnosis 7. assurance 8. unconsciousness
IV.
1. A; 2. B; 3. C; 4. D;
5. C; 6. D; 7. A; 8. D.
V. Synonym / Antonym
Give a synonym or an antonym of the word underlined in each sentence in the sense it is used.
1. Synonym: fortune
2. Antonym: unnatural, artificial
3. Synonym: immediately
4. Synonym: seldom, hardly
5. Synonym: back
6. Antonym: innocence
7. Synonym: escaped
8. Synonym: marvelous, wonderful, terrific
VI. Prefix / Suffix
Write in each space one word that has the same stem as underlined in each given word.
1. intend pretend
2. implicit explicit
3. occur recur
4. transfer refer
5. admit commit
6. reject inject
7. express depress
8. conform reform
Grammar
I. Change each sentence into a negative with the given word.
1. I hope it will not rain.
2. She has seldom been so successful before.
Seldom has she been so successful before.
3. Nowhere in Iceland will you find gold.
4. Donald had never imagined that this strange incident would help him to find a job.
Never had Donald imagined that this strange incident would help him to find a job.
5. He had scarcely any time to pack his suitcase.
排火 Scarcely had he any time to pack his suitcase.
6. In no circumstances must you tell him this secret.
7. We rarely get more than three consecutive days of hot weather in summer.
Rarely do we get more than three consecutive days of hot weather in summer.
8. I had hardly ever worked as hard as I did yesterday.
Hardly had I ever worked as hard as I did yesterday.
II.
1规划沙盘．无爱之人不可能真正幸福。
2．人人皆有过失。
3．闪光的并非都是金子。
4．这些都不是白做的。
5．我不明白他为什么不在这儿。
6．能不做的事她决不会做。
7．我认为他没说真话。
8．玛丽只求安宁。
III. Unit noun
Complete each sentence with an appropriate expression of quantity from the box below.
1. a piece of
2. a lump of
3. an ear of
4. a flash of
5. a head of
6. a blade of
7. a herd of
8. a litter of
IV. Insert as or like as appropriate in each sentence.
1. as 2. as; 3. like; 4. like; 5. as;
6. like; 7. like; 8. like; 9. as; 10. as
Translation
I.
1．1995年我中风后情绪低落，常常有自杀的念头，她又一次救了我。 2．安妮帮助我度过了一些最困难的时刻，这可不是件容易的事，因为我有时候是个自负的演员。
3．在我刚刚摆脱死神，还沉浸在劫后痛苦中的时候，她一直安慰我，但她不能容忍我自怨自艾——她把这个看得很重。
4．她通过帮助别人——如和病友们谈心，交流她的经验，与六位癌症康复者一起建立了妇女癌症研究会——浮选机叶轮盖板
和癌症作斗争，并且彻底康复了。 II.
篮球打气筒1. The fans waited anxiously in the rain for two hours before the “super girl” finally showed up.
Practice:
2. They have been in love for eight years, and they went through many agonies before they finally got married.
3. I was upset by the loss of my wallet, but I could only console myself—it could have been worse. What if I had lost my passport at the airport?
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