《读写教程 4》 EX: II, P. 37

V. Exercises 《读写教程4》EX: II, P. 37 《读写教程4》EX: III, P. 37 《读写教程4》EX: IV, P. 38 《读写教程4》EX: V, P. 38 《读写教程4》EX: VI, P. 39 《读写教程4》EX: VII, P. 39 《读写教程4》EX: VIII, P. 40 《读写教程4》EX: IX, P. 40 《读写教程4》EX: X, P. 41 《读写教程4》EX: XI, P. 41 Comprehension Vocabulary Collocation Word Building Structure Translation

Back III.Exercises--Comprehension 《读写教程 IV》:Ex. II, p. 37 II. Answer the following questions. 1. What do you learn about Charlie Chaplin from the first paragraph of the passage? He lived a poor and miserable life during his childhood.

Back III. Exercises--Comprehension 2. According to the author, why did Charlie Chaplin win greater popularity in other countries than in his own country, Britain? Possibly because he left Britain when he was young and never came back; most figures he created were not of a gentleman-like British style. 3. Why didn’t Chaplin’s comic beggar seem very English? His dress and behavior were not English.

Back III. Exercises--Comprehension 4. What do you know from this passage about Chaplin’s film named Modern Times? It was the first movie in which Chaplin used voice for the characters. 5. How did Chaplin usually create his great comedy? Using his physical senses to invent his art as he went along without prepared script.

Back III. Exercises--Comprehension 6. How can you feel Chaplin’s deep need to be loved and his fear of being betrayed? We can find that from the characters he created, such as the flower girl and the French wife killer. 7. What influence did Oona have on Chaplin’s life? She brought stable happiness to him and became the center of rest in his life.

Back III. Exercises--Comprehension 8. Which word in the last paragraph can best describe the incident mentioned? Comic.

Back V. Exercises--Vocabulary 《读写教程 IV》:Ex. III, p. 37 III. Fill in the blanks with the words given below. Change the form where necessary. • She was very polite and, like the rest of her people, never laughed if an outsider said something ______. • The political weakness of these countries ____________ to their economic weakness. coarse corresponded 上一页下一页

Back V. Exercises--Vocabulary 3. It is ________ whether these filmmaking pioneers had any sense at all of the new invention’s potential significance. 4. Chaplin’s films ______________ my interest in comedy and I went to work for the theatrical company. 5. Now that we have approval we may _______ the scheme as previously agreed. doubtful roused/sparked execute 上一页下一页

Back V. Exercises--Vocabulary relief 6. Her husband breathed a sigh of _____ when he learnt Mrs. Baroda wanted to have Gouvernail visit them again. 7. As all the performers were either related to or known to the audience, each act was greeted with loud and equal ________. applause 上一页下一页

Back V. Exercises--Vocabulary 8. With about five years before the opening of Olympic Games 2008 there is a(n) ________ amount of work to be done. immense 上一页下一页

Back V. Exercises--Vocabulary 《读写教程 IV》:Ex. IV, p. 38 IV. Fill in each of the blanks in the following sentences with a suitable preposition or adverb. 1. Charlie Chaplin was born in the slums of south London but in 1913 he left Britain _____ good. for 上一页下一页

Back V. Exercises--Vocabulary against 2. When non-Europeans revolted ______ colonial rule, they would do so with the slogans of the Rights of Man and national self-determination on their lips. 3. The interview was really stressful. They were trying to trip me _____ all the way through. up 上一页下一页

Back V. Exercises--Vocabulary 4. His performance last night at the grand theater was greeted _____ cheers. with 5. I couldn’t remember a fairy story to tell the children, so I made _____ one as I went along. up 上一页下一页

Back V. Exercises--Vocabulary 6. I consider also that the decision in question was not appropriate _____ a degree by undue weight being given to the question of an economic crisis. to 7. They’ll have to cut the film _____ —it’s far too long. down 8. Two drivers were killed in a head-on collision _____ a car and a taxi last night. between 上一页下一页

Back V. Exercises--Collocation 《读写教程 IV》:Ex. V, p. 38 V. Look at the following sentence taken from your reading passage. Just think about what else you can “resist” and fill in the sentences with the right word. e.g. Indeed, it was a headache for Chaplin when he could no longer resist the talking movies and had to find “the right voice” for his Tramp. 上一页下一页

Back V. Exercises--Collocation • These letters are particularly valuable to us because Pliny was clearly aware of the need to resist the temp_____ to exaggerate and to describe objectively what he had experienced. temptation 2. People sometimes resist ch____ to save face when they think that supporting change would amount to an admission that some of their previous decisions or beliefs were wrong. change 上一页下一页

Back V. Exercises--Collocation 3. It was such a beautiful place that very few can resist the u___ to stop and sit in one of the small roadside restaurants and simply soak up (吸收) the atmosphere. 4. Without substantially re-thinking their politics, there was little they could do to resist the new po_____ . 5. They are also very confident people with a secure sense of their own identity, and are able to resist the various pre______ brought to them by friends, relatives and society. urge policies pressures 上一页下一页

Back V. Exercises--Collocation 6. The police had been ordered to open fire if the terrorists resisted ar____. 7. At first he resisted the dem___ for a further investigation, on the grounds that there was insufficient evidence. 8. The researcher must try to resist the att_____ that will certainly get him or her to “take sides”. arrest demand attempts 上一页下一页

Back V. Exercises—Word Building 《读写教程 IV》:Ex. VI, p. 39 VI. The suffix –ist is added to nouns, verbs or adjectives to form new nouns with the meaning of a person believing in or practicing, a person concerned with, or a person who does the specified action. For example: 上一页下一页

Back V. Exercises—Word Building Now have a look at the following words with –ist and think of their meanings. Then fill in the blanks with some of them. Change the form if necessary. 1. As an _____, Chaplin explored and extended a talent he discovered in himself as he went along. artist 上一页下一页

Back V. Exercises—Word Building 2. It is reported that one tourist was killed and three were wounded in ________ attacks. 3. The great _______ Dickens might have created Charlie Chaplin’s childhood if he had lived in the same age as Chaplin. terrorist novelist 上一页下一页

Back V. Exercises—Word Building activists 4. Women politicians and _______ in the town say they are fighting deeply held cultural traditions. 5. A ________ is a person who studies living things. 6. We all think that Mr. Morris is just an ______ who doesn’t understand the real world. biologist idealist 上一页下一页

Back V. Exercises—Word Building 7. During that period there was a redistribution of income away from laborers towards landowners and _________. 8. Seaside resorts (度假地) such as Blackpool and Brighton are now preparing for a ______ invasion. capitalists tourist 上一页下一页

Back V. Exercises—Word Building 《读写教程 IV》:Ex. VII, p. 39 VII. The suffix -ismis added to verbs, nouns or adjectives to form new nouns referring to beliefs, behavior, actionsorceremonies. For example: 上一页下一页

Back V. Exercises—Word Building heroism realism extremism ageism Communism racism capitalism socialism humanism criticism industrialism sexism modernism terrorism idealism Now study the following words ending in–ismand then complete the sentences with some of the words given. 1. _________ knows no borders—it is an international problem and demands international co-operation. Terrorism 上一页下一页

Back V. Exercises—Word Building heroism realism extremism ageism Communism racism capitalism socialism humanism criticism industrialism sexism modernism terrorism idealism 2. Early ____________ began the process of transferring some production processes (e.g. cloth making, sewing and canning foods) from the home to the marketplace. 3. They didn’t even consider her for the job because she was 46—it was a typical case of ______. industrialism ageism 上一页下一页

Back V. Exercises—Word Building heroism realism extremism ageism Communism racism capitalism socialism humanism criticism industrialism sexism modernism terrorism idealism 4. Although his life was packed with drama, exciting travel adventures, wealth and personal ________, in his heart he felt the emptiness of it all. 5. Middle-class audiences’ _______ of Chaplin’s Tramp was that the character was a bit “crude”. idealism criticism 上一页下一页

Back V. Exercises—Word Building heroism realism extremism ageism Communism racism capitalism socialism humanism criticism industrialism sexism modernism terrorism idealism 6. One of my students was awarded a medal for his _______ in saving two drowning children. 7. There is a strong feeling among many black people that ______ is deep-rooted in the country and that black people face discrimination (歧视) in education, training and employment. heroism racism 上一页下一页

Back V. Exercises—Word Building heroism realism extremism ageism Communism racism capitalism socialism humanism criticism industrialism sexism modernism terrorism idealism Modernism 8. __________ seeks to find new forms of expression and rejects traditional or accepted ideas. 上一页下一页

Back V. Exercises—Structure 《读写教程 IV》:Ex. VIII, p. 40 VIII. Look at the following model sentence picked up from Passage A. The if-clause is in the past perfect tense whereas the main clause is in future perfect tense. The time is past and what is expressed in the main clause cannot be fulfilled because the action in the if-clause didn’t happen. Now combine the 2 independent sentences into one after the model. 上一页下一页

Back V. Exercises—Structure If he’d been able to speak with an educated accent in those early short comedy movies, it’s doubtful if he would have achieved world fame. Model: He had not been able to speak with an educated accent in those early short comedy movies. He would be unlikely to achieve world fame. 上一页下一页

Back V. Exercises—Structure • I had no idea that you were coming. So I didn’t meet you at the airport. If I had known that you were coming, I would have met you at the airport. 2. He did not try to leave the country. So he was not stopped at the frontier. If he had tried to leave the country, he would have been stopped at the frontier. 上一页下一页

Back V. Exercises—Structure 3. We hadn’t found him earlier. So we could not save his life. If we had found him earlier, we could have saved his life. 4. I failed to catch that plane. So I was lucky not to be killed in the air crash. If I had caught that plane, I would have been killed in the air crash. 5. He had been in poor health. So he hadn’t written many books. If he had been in better health, he could have written more books. 上一页下一页

Back V. Exercises—Structure It’s a relief to know that life eventually gave Charlie Chaplin the stable happiness it had earlier denied him. 《读写教程 IV》:Ex. IX, p. 40 IX. Combine the following sentences using “it” as the formal subject for an infinitive clause. Model: Life eventually gave Charlie Chaplin the stable happiness it had earlier denied him. It is a relief. 上一页下一页

Back V. Exercises—Structure • Mr. Lawrence has much time left for anything else, with so much going on at the office. It is a wonder. With so much going on at the office, it is a wonder to find that Mr. Lawrence has much time left for anything else. 2. Television enjoys its greatest competitive advantage on information. It is a surprise to us. It is a surprise to us to find that television enjoys its greatest competitive advantage on information. 上一页下一页

Back V. Exercises—Structure 3. The students will get the new facts in the lecture confused with their existing knowledge. It is a possibility for us to expect. It is a possibility for us to expect that the students will get the new facts in the lecture confused with their existing knowledge. 4. We have run out of water and food. It is a fact. It is a fact to know that we have run out of water and food. 上一页下一页

Back V. Exercises—Structure 5. The driver controlled the car during the stormy weather. It is a relief. It is a relief to learn that the driver controlled the car during the stormy weather. 上一页下一页

Back V. Exercises—Translation might have written 《读写教程 IV》:Ex. X, p. 41 X. Translate the following into English. 1. 或许别的作家也会写出关于伦敦的故事，可是只有他才能创造出大卫这样一个使其创造者声名永驻的人物。 give sb. permanent fame Other writers might have written stories about London. But only he could have created the character David, who gave his creator permanent fame. 上一页下一页

Back V. Exercises—Translation sb. is concerned 2. 比起其他的国家，就这位科学家而言，中国给予了他更多的掌声，更多的荣誉，当然更多的收益。 provide more applause, more honor China has provided more applause, more honor and, of course, more profit where this scientist is concerned than any other countries. 上一页下一页

Back V. Exercises—Translation execute sth. perfectly 3. 他感觉到了一种冲动，要将这个技巧运用得完美无缺。 have an urge He had an urge to execute this skill perfectly. 上一页下一页

Back V. Exercises—Translation 4. 这种对具体事物的发挥转化，以及他一次又一次做出这种转化的技巧，正是卓别林伟大喜剧的奥秘。 execute it again and again physical transformation plus This physical transformation, plus the skill with which he executed it again and again, are surely the secrets of Chaplin’s great comedy. 上一页下一页

Back V. Exercises—Translation 5. 而这种吃惊唤起了他的想象。卓别林并没有把他的笑料事先写成文字。他是那种边表演边根据身体感觉去创造艺术的喜剧演员。 physical senses have his jokes written into a script in advance rouse his imagination invent art But that shock roused his imagination. Chaplin didn’t have his jokes written into a script in advance; he was the kind of comic who used his physical senses to invent his art as he went along. 上一页下一页

Back V. Exercises—Translation 6. 他也深切地渴望被爱，也相应地害怕遭到背叛。这两者很难结合在一起，有时这种冲突导致了灾难，就像他早期的几次婚姻那样。 fear of being betrayed have a deep need to be loved be hard to combine He also had a deep need to be loved—and a corresponding fear of being betrayed. The two were hard to combine and sometimes— as in his early marriages—the collision between them resulted in disaster. 上一页下一页

Back V. Exercises—Translation 7. 尽管她从未对自己的能力失去信心，但她能否进入最佳演出状态还值得怀疑。 it is doubtful… find one’s way into lose one’s faith in It’s doubtful whether she can find her way into perfect acting, though she never loses her faith in her own ability. 上一页下一页

Back V. Exercises—Translation 8. 令人宽慰的是，他终于在临终前写完了这本被看作其写作生涯最好纪念的书。 be regarded as It is a relief to know that… a fitting memorial to his life as a writer It was a relief to know that he finally finished the book before his death, which was regarded as a fitting memorial to his life as a writer. 上一页下一页

Back V. Exercises--Translation 《读写教程 IV》:Ex. XI, p. 41 XI.Translate the following into Chinese. 1. But only Charlie Chaplin could have created the great comic character of “The Tramp”, the little man in rags who gave his creator permanent fame. 但只有查理•卓别林才能塑造出了不起的喜剧角色“流浪者”，这个使其创作者声名永驻的衣衫褴褛的小人物。下一页上一页

Back V. Exercises--Translation 2. All the same, Chaplin’s comic beggar didn’t seem all that English or even working class. 尽管如此，卓别林的喜剧乞丐形象并不显得那么像英国人，甚至也没有劳动阶级的特色。下一页上一页

Back V. Exercises--Translation 3. But if he’d been able to speak with an educated accent in those early short comedy movies, it’s doubtful if he would have achieved world fame—and the English would have been sure to find it “odd”. 但假如他在早期那些短小喜剧电影中能操一口受过教育的人的口音，则他是否会闻名世界就值得怀疑了，而英国人也肯定会觉得这很“古怪”。下一页上一页

Back V. Exercises--Translation 4. He already had the urge to explore and extend a talent he discovered in himself as he went along. 随着事业的发展，他感到了一种冲动要去发掘并扩展自己身上所显露的天才。下一页上一页

Back V. Exercises--Translation 5. Lifeless objects especially helped Chaplin make “contact” with himself as an artist. 没有生命的物体特别有助于卓别林发挥自己艺术家的天赋。下一页上一页

《 读写教程 4》 EX: II, P. 37