对牛弹琴

对牛弹琴 Lesson Thirteen Soldier’s Heart Keys: I. Give the meaning of the following words in the present context. 1. engagement: battle 2. board: thick stiff card used in bookbinding. Board game: game played on a board 3. shock: affect with an electric or pathological shock. 4. current: ordered movement of electrically charged particles 5. subject: liable or exposed to 6. to keep one’s eyes peeled: to look or watch carefully for; to be on the lookout for 7. guts: the bowel or entrails; belly II. Paraphrase, bringing out the implied meanings of the following. 1. This is a description of the sound of the planes dropping bombs or guns firing shells rhythmically. To drum: to make a sound like that of a drum. 2. it was the course for students at a more advanced level. Upper division: higher grade. Colloquium: a conference at which scholars or other experts present and discuss papers on a specific topic. It refers to a seminar here. 3. …they were lucky that they did not have to fight a long war. 4. “Ward No.6” is a short story written by Chekhov. It describes a ward in a town hospital in Russia for patients who are suffering from mental illness. It is gloomy damp, stinking and overcrowded. The ward guards treat the patients as prisoners, beating and abusing them constantly. Question: what kind of place is the ward the author stayed in as a patient. 5. Once he waved what remained of his trigger finger under my nose with a smile that showed he was hiding something from other people. 6. As far as I’m concerned, I think the shock treatment was effective and it helped me to regain my senses and become normal. 7. I agree with what Shakespeare says, i.e. there are more important things in heaven and in the world, things that are missing in the philosophy of the rich and powerful, things that these people have never dreamed of. 8. Compared to the people with whom I fought side by side during the war, the people I worked with in universities were pale and unreal. They talked a lot, but their words were empty and meaningless because they had not experienced real life. 9. My war experience gave me poetry and music. I would never get tired of writing abut it. But they just didn’t care to know what happened in the war. - 1 - III. Translate into Chinese. 1. 对牛弹琴 2. 驱使人去奋斗的需要 3. 以相当快的速度 4. 弹药箱 5. 长得特别出色的人物 6. 人类永远必须面对的处境 7. 空降师 8. 人间地狱 9. 尸体遍布 10. 进出口公司 11. 忙于音乐 12. 敌人阵地 13. 铁路路堤 14. 无可补救的伤害 15. 子弹形的头 16. 狡黠的一笑 17. 食指 18. 就我而言 19. 战斗疲劳症 20. 精神创伤后遗症 21. 高年级学生 22. 橡皮船 23. 步兵 24. 平行线 IV. Translate the following phrases into English. 1. to lie face down 2. to scrape the bottom of the barrel 3. to bury the dead 4. to vanish from sight 5. to have a vague recollection 6. to engage the enemy 7. to discharge sb. from the army 8. to waggle a finger at sb. 9. to receive shock treatment 10. to administer the world’s institutions 11. to stand being confined 12. to keep an eye peeled for sth. 13. to clear sb. 14. to recommend sb. doing sth. 15. to imagine doing sth. 16. to slip in by a side door 17. to shoot at close range - 2 - V. Translate the following sentences into English. 1. We have decided to take up this subject about Sino-Japanese relations in our next discussion. 2. What is bore? A bore is a person who never stops talking and never changes the subject. 3. It is quite natural that English should have become one of the most important subjects in school today. 4. The schedule is subject to change. 5. She is the kind of person who is subject to sun strokes even in winter. 6. The plan is subject to approval from higher authorities. 7. The business operations of all foreign-owned enterprises in China are subject to Chinese laws. 8. He was subjected to cruel torture. 9. Let’s sweep the snow away first thing tomorrow morning. 10. The fold swept away everything we had in the village. 11. The students all swept into the auditorium after supper to watch that new movie. 12. a terrible typhoon swept across the coastal area of our province yesterday. 13. The idea of reform swept the country like a wild fire. 14. The backpack is stuffed with books and weighs at least thirty pounds. 15. Please, no sea slugs or scorpions. I don’t care for that kind of weird stuff. 16. Learning a foreign language in two months? Stuff and nonsense! 17. Look at the mess on your desk! Why don’t you clear away all these useless things? 18. During an emergency, the streets will have to be cleared. 19. The boy was cleared of suspicion as more evidence was presented in his favor. 20. The sky suddenly cleared and we all jumped for joy. 21. It is my habit to clear my debts by the end of the year. 22. Twenty years ago, “Made in China” was still a catchword for shoddy goods. Today our exports are comparable in quality to the world’s best. 23. Last year the total value of our exports amounted to $500 billion, up by 15%. 24. The devaluation of a currency is usually good for exports, but bad for exports. 25. China is beginning to export more and more technology-intensive products with high added value. 26. The doctors were confident of themselves and assured the family that the child could be saved. 27. She was totally absorbed in her book and wasn’t aware that she was being watched. 28. Twenty-four tourists were killed in the explosion, and many more were sent to hospital. - 3 - 29. A man was found sleeping soundly in his seat when the film was over. 30. Human beings enjoy learning. That’s one of the few tings that we do better than the other species on our planet. 31. He believes it is better to have an assured income than to be good-looking. 32. He thinks hardships make a man out of a boy sooner than almost anything else. 33. The library cost more than had been provided for it. VI. Choose the best word or phrase for each blank from the four answers. 1-5 CCBAD 6-10 ACACB 11-15 ACBCA VII. Put the verb in brackets in the correct passive form. 1. being disguised 2. must be realized 3. could be done 4. to be recognized 5. being turned 6. should be taken 7. being replaced 8. to be fed, washed, put away 9. being considered 10. is to be understood 11. was being watched 12. was painted 13. had been given 14. were killed 15. were being passed out VIII. Complete the sentences by translating the Chinese in brackets into English. 1. more exciting than in pools 2. than by their personal emotions 3. rather confused than excited 4. than move to a seat in the front row 5. than suited her present financial position 6. than could be expected of ten-year-olds 7. rather than by what he says 8. much better than expected 9. than there appears to be 10. rather than thought 11. cared for more than his own life 12. than scientists in Newton’s day did - 4 -