【正文】 8． 教育人們?nèi)绾卧诘卣鹬行掖嫦聛?lái)，應(yīng)該是所有政府規(guī)劃和地震研究項(xiàng)目的重點(diǎn)所在。 6． 同時(shí)，貯備一些可以凈化水和消滅病菌的東西也很重要，這樣就可以放心飲用其他來(lái)源的水了。4． 所以，建造具有抗震能力的樓房成為關(guān)注的重點(diǎn)。2． 中國(guó)人的傳統(tǒng)做法是觀察動(dòng)植物以獲取地震的警示信號(hào)。8. 兩天后，我在報(bào)上讀到了克拉克夫人的消息。6. 她的痛苦結(jié)束了，可她的生命也結(jié)束了。但我已經(jīng)明白她做了些什么。2. 她沒(méi)有用力去吞咽，因?yàn)樗獠粔蛄恕?scope, range, extensiveness, area 7. width: size from side to side。 duration, time, period。 facts, reality。 downward measurement。 heat。 cultivation2. warmth: the state or quality of being warm。 expansion。 on5. to6. of7. Like8. atUnit 5Section A. Graceful Hands《讀寫教程 Ⅲ 》: Ex. II, p. 1301. The writer gets to know it from Mrs. Clark’s medical chart and the report she received from the preceding shift.2. Maybe it is because the idea of Mrs. Clark’s dying soon makes her feel sick.3. The writer wants to show us a truetolife picture of Mrs. Clark at the end of her life.4. Because she doesn’t have enough strength to do so.5. Because she didn’t want them to suffer from the experience of seeing her die.6. She means that they both realize that Mrs. Clark is dying and as human beings this is an unavoidable and very special moment.7. Maybe because she thought it was too much for them to cope with.8. Because Mrs. Clark’s fingers are very long and graceful, which at first catches the writer’s eyes easily. But after knowing more about Mrs. Clark, the author mentions her graceful fingers again and again so as to imply that Mrs. Clark’s heart and mind are graceful as well.《讀寫教程 Ⅲ 》: Ex. III, p. 1301. preceding2. decay3. secured4. dripping5. slid6. hints7. interval8. privileges《讀寫教程 Ⅲ 》: Ex. IV, p. 1311. The young woman reached for her bag and pulled out a gun.2. The local people can foretell a storm when the clouds hang around the mountain.3. Thomas turned his head, trying to avoid breathing in the vapor.4. He always covers his mouth when coughing so that he won’t spread germs.5. John managed to acplish his work in time.6. It is very strange that the old lady seemed to be able to sense my thoughts.7. We did not provide for such a sudden and largescale enemy attack.8. His intervention may have spared me a bloody nose.《讀寫教程 Ⅲ 》: Ex. V, p. 1311. firm2. straight3. apart4. ready5. unaided6. opposed7. close8. idle《讀寫教程 Ⅲ 》: Ex. VI, p. 1311. growth: the act or rate of growing or developing。 at2. down3. from。他的原型是一個(gè)早期漫畫人物名叫喬納森大哥，此人在美國(guó)獨(dú)立戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)時(shí)期非常出名。7. 盡管此前一直是白人被用作美國(guó)硬幣上的模特，而著名藝術(shù)家詹姆斯 ? 厄爾? 弗雷澤卻反傳統(tǒng)而行之，啟用了三名真正的美洲印第安人作為自己創(chuàng)作的原型。5. 他深受中世紀(jì)藝術(shù)的影響，他的靈感來(lái)自于一所古老農(nóng)舍的哥特式窗戶，但最令世人注目的是畫中人物的臉。4. 1930年，格蘭特? 伍德因其畫作《美國(guó)哥特式》一舉成名。3. 如今芭芭拉已有60多歲了，她拒絕接受采訪，但據(jù)說(shuō)非常喜歡芭比。2. 馬特爾公司將這個(gè)娃娃作了一番改造，變成了體面而地道的美國(guó)貨，盡管胸圍有些夸張。 up7. to/in8. inUnit 4Section A. Five Famous Symbols of American Culture《讀寫教程 III》: Ex. II, p. 991. They are the Statue of Liberty, Barbie dolls, American Gothic, the Buffalo nickel, and Uncle Sam.2. It was modeled after Bartholdi’s mother’s face. 3. Her real name was Barbara Handler.4. Since her introduction in 1959, Barbie has bee the universally recognized Queen of the Dolls. The average American girl owns ten Barbie dolls, and two are sold somewhere in the world every second.5. Grant Wood.6. He was inspired by the Gothic window of an old farmhouse. 7. It honored a pair of connected tragedies from the settlement of the American frontier – the destruction of the buffalo herds and the American Indians.8. Because buffalo no longer wandered about the great grasslands. 9. He said “US” was short for “Uncle Sam” Wilson.10. It was a selfportrait of Flagg.《讀寫教程 III》: Ex. III, p. 991. inspected2. assembled3. exaggerated4. versions5. universal6. interpretation7. solemn8. inspired《讀寫教程 III》: Ex. IV, p. 1001. worked on2. approve of3. went ahead4. for sale5. e up with6. refashioned into7. rise to fame8. captures my attention《讀寫教程 III》: Ex. V, p. 1001. respect2. admiration3. place4. money5. reward6. living 7. nothing8. name《讀寫教程 III》: Ex. VI, p. 1011. intelligence/petence2. consequence3. significance4. ignorance5. indifference6. excellence7. brilliance8. magnificence《讀寫教程 III》: Ex. VII, p. 1011. coexists2. codirector3. cooperate4. copilot5. coauthor《讀寫教程 III》: Ex. VIII, p. 1021. Jimmy walked slowly to the corner of the playground, his face covered with tears. 2. The hotel taxi sped away, the taillights disappearing into the distance. 3. Their stomachs crying for food, their backs burning from too much sun, both boys gathered their things and headed for home. 4. Barbara just lay there, her mouth trembling, her eyes unfocused, unable to say a word. 5. Then the two players let him fall to the track, his chest landing first, his head following, bouncing, and finally lying still.《讀寫教程 III》: Ex. IX, p. 1031. Most snakes, although with a threatening appearance, aren’t really dangerous if you leave them alone.2. Women, even though with the same abilities, have failed to approach the ine of men. 3. Though with a severe shortage of coal supply, the governor was not forced to close all the schools.4. She is capable of making plete French meals even though with no cheese between salad and dessert. 5. When in doubt about the result of your test, call the test office. 《讀寫教程 III》: Ex. X, p. 1031. His parents did not approve of his plan to go and study abroad with a girl they had never met, but he went ahead and got to New York with her. 2. It is said that the painter used his aunt as the model in the painting whose face represented suffering yet strength.3. The real Ken did not like the threedimensional Barbie dolls, which were described as having the appearance of “a woman who sold sex”.4. The novelist instantly rose to fame in 1950 with the publication of Goodbye, My Dear, a novel inspired by his experience with a girl on his older brother’s farm.5. After the war, a character called Uncle Sam began appearing in political cartoons, and so