新标准大学英语综合教程3 610单元 课后答案.docx

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新标准大学英语综合教程3610单元课后答案

Activereading

（1）

Lastmandown:

thefireman’sstory

Languagepoints

1Lastmandown:

thefireman’sstory（Title）

Theexpressionlastmandown,similartolastmanstanding,referstothesurvivororwinner.Thelast

mandownfromthetowerbeforeitcollapsedwouldbeoneofthebravest.

2Therewereabouttwodozenofusbythebankofelevators...（Para2）

Abankofelevatorsmeansasetoflifts.

3Somehadtheirturnoutcoatsoff,ortiedaroundtheirwaists.（Para2）

Turnoutcoatsaretheuniformfirefighterswearwhentheyturnoutforafire.

4Otherswereraringtogo.（Para2）

Theexpressionraringtogoisanoldformofrearingup,andmeansbeingeagertogolikeahorse.

5Allofusweretakingabeattocatchourbreaths,andourbearings,figureoutwhatthehellwas

goingon.（Para2）

Totakeabeatmeanstorestforamoment.

Abearingisanexactcompassreadingmeasuredindegrees.Totakeyourbearingsistofindwhereyou

are.Hereitmeansbothphysicallyandmentally.

6We’dbeenatthisthing,hard,foralmostanhour,somealittlebitless,andwewerenowhereclose

todone.（Para2）

Tobeatthisthingisaslangexpressionwhichmeanstoworkonthismission.

Theexpressionnowhereclosetodonemeanssomeoneisfarfromcompletingtheirwork.

7Ofcourse,wehadnoideawhattherewaslefttodo,butwehadn’tmadeadent.（Para2）

Adentisamarkonapieceofmetalaswhenyoubumpyourcar.Tomakeadentinsomethingistohave

aneffectonit（imaginebeatingapieceofhardsteelandnotmakinganymarkonit）.Tomakeadenthere

meanstoachievesomething.Thefirefightershadhardlybeguntheirwork.

8Asifwecouldseeclearthroughtheceilingtilesforaneasyanswer.（Para3）

Lookingupforthesourceofthenoisewasonlyusefulifyoucouldseethroughthefloorsabove,butit

stillremainedaninstinctivereaction.

9Thebuildingwasshakinglikeinanearthquake,likeanamusementparkthrillridegoneberserk…

（Para3）

ThewordberserkwasoriginallyaboutancientVikingwarriorswhoworshippedabeargod（ber）.They

wouldgointoaterriblerageormadnesswhenfighting.Itnowmeansutterlyanddangerouslycrazy.

10Thewayitcoursedrightthroughme.（Para3）

Tocoursemeanstorunorflowsomewherequickly.Thenoiseandvibrationhaveastrongphysicaleffect

onthewriter.

11Ithoughtaboutmywifeandmykids,butonlyfleetinglyandnotinanykindoflife-flashing-beforemy-

eyessortofway.（Para4）

Lifeflashingbeforemyeyesisaclaimmadebysomeonewhohasnear-deathexperiences,asinan

accident,ofseeingaslowmotionversionofthemostimportanteventsintheirlives.Researcherssayit

maybethereactionofthebraintotrauma.

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12Or,“We’llallmeetatthebigone.”（Para4）

Afteranyfire,thefightersusetheexpressionthebigonetominimizethatfireandsuggesttherewill

alwaysbeabiggeronecoming.Itisabraveactofunderstatement.

13Ineverknewhowitstarted,orwhenI’dpickeduponitmyself,butitwaspartofourshorthand.（Para4）

Topickuponitmeanstolearnitandstartusingit.Itisaslangexpression.

Shorthandisasystemofwritingusedfortakingdownfastspeech.Itusessymbolsforcommonwords

andcanonlybeunderstoodbypeoplewholearnit.Firemenhavetheirownspokenshorthand（asdomost

professions）.Toanoutsider,thebigonewouldnotmeanmuch,butasthewriterexplainsitwasrichin

meaningtohimandhiscolleagues.

14Ifumbledforsomefixonthesituation,thinkingmaybeifIunderstoodwhatwashappeningIcould

steelmyselfagainstit.（Para5）

Somefixisaslangtermwhichmeansawayofunderstanding.

Tosteeloneselfagainstsomethingmeanstoprepareoneselftodosomethingunpleasant.

15AbattalioncommanderfortheNewYorkFireDepartment,hewasonthesceneofthedisaster…（Para6）

TheFireDepartmentisdividedupintobattalionsofupto200consistingofanumberofcompaniesof

about30firefighters.

Readingandunderstanding

3Choosethebestsummaryoftheextract.

2Inthisdramaticpersonalaccount,firefighterRichardPicciottorecallswhathewasdoingandthinking,

justbeforethenorthtoweroftheWorldTradeCentercollapsedon11September2001.

4Answerthequestions.

1WherewasRichardPicciottoat9:

59amon11September2001?

Hewasonthe35thfloorofthenorthtoweroftheWorldTradeCenter.

2Whowaswithhim?

Abouttwodozenfirefighters.

3Whatwaseverybodytryingtodo?

Theywererestingandtryingtoworkoutwhatwasgoingon.

4Howlonghadtheybeeninthebuilding?

Nearlyanhour.

5Whatdidtheydowhenthenoisestarted?

Theystoodstill.

6Whatwashappeningtothebuilding?

Itwasfallingdown.

7WhatdidPicciottostartthinkingaboutwhenheheardthenoise?

Hestartedthinkingabouthisfamily,jobandthebagelsinthekitchen.

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8DidPicciottohavetheimpressionthingswerehappeningquicklyorslowly?

Tohim,itseemsthingswerehappeningslowlywhileintruththeyweren’t.

9HowdidPicciottogetoutofthetower?

Heclimbedthroughtherubbleandledhismentosafety.

10Howmanyfirefighterslosttheirlives?

Altogether343firefighters.

11WhydidPicciottowriteLastManDown?

Hewroteitasatributetohiscolleagues.

Dealingwithunfamiliarwords

5Matchthewordsintheboxwiththeirdefinitions.

1tomakeafirestopburning（extinguish）

2thetotalnumberofpeoplewhohavebeenkilledorhurt（toll）

3anextremelydifficultorfrighteningsituation（nightmare）

4averysadeventthatcausespeopletosufferordie（tragedy）

5asmuchaspossible（utmost）

6impressiveactionsthatprovesomeoneisverybrave（heroism）

7happeninginaconfusedwayandwithoutanyorderororganization（chaotic）

6CompletetheparagraphwiththecorrectformofthewordsinActivity5.

Forafirefighterarrivingonthesceneofafirethefirstfewminutesareusuallythemost

（1）chaotic.

Hehasto

（2）extinguishthefire,healsoneedstofindoutifhumanlivesareindanger.Whenpeopleare

trappedinsideabuildinghemustactswiftlytoprevent（3）tragedy,or,–inthe（4）nightmarescenario–to

keepthedeath（5）tolltoaminimum.Actionsliketheserequirethe（6）utmostdegreeof（7）heroism.

7Replacetheunderlinedwordswiththecorrectformofthewordsinthebox.

1He’saveryhonest,fairandwell-behavedsortofperson.（decent）

2I’dliketoexpressmythanksforeverythingyou’vedoneforme.（gratitude）

3Therewasagroupofcowsstandinginthecornerofthefield.（herd）

4Therehavebeenverybigincreasesinfoodpricesoverthelastfewmonths.（massive）

5Allthepeopleshouldleavethebuildingimmediatelywhenthealarmsounds.（evacuate）

6Shehasdisplayedallthequalitiesneededforbeingaleaderinherjob.（leadership）

8Answerthequestionsaboutthewordsandexpressions.

1Ifyouareraringtogo,areyoueagerto（a）leave,or（b）startanactivity?

2Ifyougetyourbearings,doyou（a）loseyourway,or（b）findoutwhereyouare?

3Ifyouarenowhereclosetodone,doyou（a）stillhavealotmoreworktodotofinishthejob,or（b）still

feelstrongandreadytowork?

4Ifyouhaven’tmadeadentinsomething,haveyou（a）madegoodprogress,or（b）hardlybegunthejob?

5Isaracket（a）aloudandunpleasantnoise,or（b）alowmusicalsound?

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6Ifsomethinggoesberserk,isit（a）quietandwell-behaved,or（b）outofcontrol?

7Doeswhateverthehellitwassuggestthatthewriter（a）knewexactlywhatthenoisewas,or（b）didn’t

knowwhatthenoisewas?

8Ifsomethingispartoftheshorthand,canyou（a）easilyunderstandit,or（b）notunderstandit?

9Ifyouarefumblingforafix,areyou（a）tryingtounderstandsomething,or（b）tryingtostaywhereyouare?

Activereading

（2）

Languagepoints

1“Suddenly,”shewroteinhersyndicatedcolumn,“Isawonthesidewalkafigureofaman.”（Para1）

Asyndicatedcolumnisaregularnewspaperarticlesoldtonewspapersallaroundthecountry.

2“Ifeltcertainthatsomewherealongthelineshewouldstubhertoe,”saidPerkins,thinkingof

Washington’sfishbowlatmosphere.（Para3）

Tostubhertoemeanstododamagetoherselforgethurt.

Inafishbowlatmosphere,everyonecanseewhatishappeninginthefishbowl.

ThesentencemeansPerkinswassuresoonerorlatershewouldgetintotroubleandbecriticized.

3Idon’tknowhowshedidit.Whattolayitto?

（Para3）

Theexpressionwhattolayittomeans“howcanoneexplainit?

”.

4…“thatacrippledman,victimofacruelaffliction,wasableformorethantenyearstoridethe

stormsofpeaceandwaratthesummitoftheUS…”（Para3）

AmaninawheelchairwithaterriblediseasecouldleadhiscountrywellbothduringtheGreatDepression

andWorldWar.

5“Mostpeoplewhohaveplayedsecondviolinalltheirlivesneverhaveanopportunitytoplayfirst

violin,”remarkedPerkins.（Para4）

Peoplewhoplaysecondviolinarethosewhodonotleadorgivesolosandwhoarealwaysoflesser

importance.Toplayfirstviolinmeanstobetheleaderandtaketheinitiative.

6“Now,ifyouwanttoknowwhatIthinkaboutMrsRoosevelt,sheistuh-riffic!

…”（Para5）

Thewordtuh-rifficmeansterrific.Itispronouncedwithastrongregionalaccent.

7OnatriptoIndia...introducedtotheIndianParliamentbyPanditNehruas“arepresentativeof

resurgenthumanity”.（Para6）

Theexpressionresurgenthumanityreferstorecoveringfromthehorrorsofthefirsthalfofthe20th

century.Arepresentativeofresurgenthumanityreferstoanexampleofthemos