【正文】 Dee municated through eye contact in a secretive way. 13)If Maggie put the old quilts on the bed, they would be in rags less than five years. 14)She knew this was God39。s arrangement. Ⅲ . See the translation of the text. IV. 1)inelegant 2)a stupid person/a simpleton 3)tightly curled 4)expressed or worded well/felicitous 5)say (used to describe dialogue) 6)as if shake hands in a fancy and elaborate way 7)I knew you couldn39。t trace it further back 8)mispronounced, failed to pronounce it correctly 9)people who bred and fatten cattle for meat 10)talked much and rapidly V. 1)Dee, however, is not like me. 2)I could never carry a tune. 3)It was like the reaction you have when you see the wriggling end of a snake just in front of your foot on the road. 4)Dee es out of the car next. She is wearing a dress long enough to touch the ground, in spite of this hot weather. 5)Her earrings are gold， too， and they are hanging down to her shoulders． 6)No， Mama， she says My name is not Dee now， it has changed into Wangero Leewanika Kemanjo! 7)Why shouldn39。t I call you by your new name?39。39。 8)Those people were always too busy：… 9)Did Uncle Buddy whittle that one, too? asked the barber． 10)Imagine that she did all the stitching by hand! she breathed again， clutching them to her bosom． Ⅵ． 1)… my plexion had a smooth and creamy texture． 2)… unfortably and nervously， wanting to get away as soon as possible． 3)… the quick and great humor that would make everybody laugh immediately． 4)He wasted no time in marrying a contemptible city girl from a family of ignorant ostentatious and vulgar people． 5)… move her feet in great disfort． 6)Maggie39。s brain is very slow， Wangero said, laughing． 7)… slightly sunken areas． 8)Mama， Wangero said in an extremely sweet voice． 9)She breathed suddenly in painful surprise． 10)For us colored people。 this is a new era。 and we must seize our opportunities． Ⅶ． 1)extended 意為 加長的 、 加大的 ； large 指空間大，寬敞。 2)hopelessly 指沒有希望或指望； helpless 指沒人幫助或保護(hù)； ashamed 指因為自卑感而感到卑微或?qū)擂危?embarrassed 指感到不自在，舉止失態(tài)。 3)of this sort 帶有貶義，暗示這種電視節(jié)目質(zhì)量低劣，檔次不高； like this one無貶義。 4)limousine 是大型豪華轎車，由一專職司機駕駛，有一玻璃板把司機與乘客隔開； car 可指各種汽車。 5)furtive 倆。指做事偷偷摸摸，心中有鬼； sly 指長于欺騙，玩弄伎倆。 6)dangling 意為在空中搖蕩； hanging 指把東西掛起來。 7)trunk 指存放東西或旅行用的大箱子， 用木頭或別的材料做成； suitcase 指放衣服的旅行箱，常由皮革類材料制造。 rifling 意為搶劫或掠奪 (在這里是一種夸張，說明母親 Dee 的行為很不滿 )； search 是一個通用的詞，不帶感情色彩。 8)breathe 意思是輕聲地說，低語； breathe again 是固定詞組 ,意為如釋重負(fù)，松了一口氣。 Ⅷ． 1)A pleasant surprise， of course． This is much better than a situation in which the parent and child came on the show only to curse out and insult each other． 2)None of the Johnsons had a quick tongue． 3)I could never possibly look a strange white man in the eye. 4)1 know you hated the house and so you are very glad to see the house being burnt down． 5)You may take one or two of the other quilts． Ⅸ． 1)cropped up 2)put up 3)keep up with 4)brought up 5)brought together 6)hanging about 7)hung back 8)hung 9)hanging down 10)handed down 11)by hand 12)out of style 13)with a style 14)by hand 15)stuck to 16)carried back Ⅹ． 1)hog 豬 2)bull calf 小公牛 3)dog 狗 4)cow 奶牛 5)mule 騾子 6)snake 蛇 7)sheep 羊 8)lizard 蜥蜴 9)fish 魚 lO)cattle 牛 Ⅺ． Since she never had an education herself， she tended to use simple words，fragmented sentences and other ungrammatical sentences． To give one example。 she used like to introduce a clause instead of as． XII． 1)A big fire burned to the ground more than 300 homes in the slum neighborhood. 2)If you are upright and not afraid of losing anything, you will be able to look anyone in the eye. 3) Despite the flood, the losses in agricultural production were not that serious. 4) This blouse doesn39。t match the color or the style of the skirt. 5)Let39。s talk about the matter over a cup of coffee. 6)I can39。t imagine you doing disgraceful things. 7)He couldn39。t imagine why people were opposed to his suggestions. 8)Stepping off from the car, the official was confronted by two terrorists. 9)As long as we stick to these principles, we will surely be successful. 10)She was shocked at the news, but before long she reposed herself. ll)It is very difficult to trace this quotation to its source. 12)Their way of life could be traced to the ancient traditions handed down to them by their ancestors more than one thousand years ago. XlII. Omitted. XlV. My Family Ours is a big family. My father is a worker who lives in a local city. Both my oldest uncle and second uncle set up housekeeping in the countryside. My youngest uncle is a teacher and lives far from us. Great changes have taken place in my family since the beginning of the reform and opening policy. In the late 1970s, our big family had a gettogether and discussed the problem of my grandma39。s residence. Those were hard times. No one took the initiative to live with her. Each family had a skeleton in the cupboard. Oldest uncle had room only en0ugh to shelter them from the wind and rain. He had to tighten his belt to keep the family pot boiling. Second uncle had nothing but four bare walls to face and led a dog39。s life. Youngest uncle was said to be living in a dormitory and couldn39。t even afford a trip back. My father lived in a bungalow which was a doll39。s house thing and had to eke out our livelihood. But it was better anyway. My grandma lived on with us. Such was my family at that time. Each family of the big extended family was in financial straits. In the early 1990s, my big clan held another family meeting and still my grandma39。s residence was discussed. But great changes had occurred. Each smaller family was f