大学英语4作业本5-8-9keys.doc

Unit 5
1. It is no good waiting for the bus at this time since it is already midnight. We might just as well walk.
2. It’s important to stop waiting and settle down and make ourselves comfortable, at least temporarily.
3. Poets and philosophers all speak highly of themselves for seeking out solitude, from which they can draw inspiration.
4. The widowed old lady was so lonely that she would talk at length to the strangers in the supermarket about her pets.
5. The story line was so fascinating that she finished reading the book at one sitting.
6. People refused to talk to him after the scandal and he was cast out by the best society.
Unit 8
1. During this time, white people were different from black people to me in that they seemed to speak a strange language.
2. Enquiries about the post should be addressed in the first place to the personal manager.
3. I don’t want to tell you that story；I have just mentioned that in passing.
4. I tried to bribe my brother into disappearing for the afternoon by offering him the use of my car.
5. Politicians will pay a heavy price if they don’t listen to the people.
6. How long is that government likely to survive without the US military force there to keep it propped up?
Unit 9
1. For all her privilege and wealth, life had not been easy and the experiences of childhood sufferings had left a deep mark on her life.
2. Some employees of Euro Disneyland would like to comply with the company’ rules and shave off their moustaches rather than losing their job.
3. Management has granted a 10% pay rise in response to union pressure.
4. The delay is a perfect illustration of why we need a new computer system.
5. It happened in a flash, although in retrospect everything seemed to occur in slow motion.
6. Tonight program focuses on the way homelessness affects the young.
Unit 10
1. No matter how difficult the work is, we must keep at it or we will not be successful.
2. He had been speaking nothing less than the truth when he put down what he had seen.
3. Routinely he sets some time aside every day to read to his children.
4. They went on working, taking no note of the passage of time.
5. His suicide has been partly assigned to lack of on-campus therapy for emotional problems.
6. We can begin to understand this vital principle he argued for when we reflect on/upon how we have been emotionally wounded.