新视野大学英语（第三版）读写教程第四册课本练习.doc

新视野大学英语读写教程4(第三版)课本练****参考答案
[1-5单元A部分]

UNIT ONE
Section A
Language focus
Words in use
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crumbled discern surpass shrewd conversion distort radiant ingenious stumped proposition
As the gender barriers crumbled, the number of women working as lawyers, doctors, or bankers began to increase significantly form the mid-20th century.
随着性别障碍的瓦解,从20世纪中期开始,从事律师、医生或银行家工作的女性数量开始显著增加。
With the data collected each year, the owner of the shop can discern customer trends and how things like weather and economic indicators affect sales performance.
通过每年收集的数据,店主可以了解顾客的趋势,以及天气和经济指标对销售业绩的影响。
His supervisor pushes and motivates him in such a positive manner that he is not only able to reach but to surpass his personal goals.
他的上司以一种积极的方式推动和激励他,使他不仅能够达到,而且能够超越自己的目标。
He is a man with a(n) shrewd business sense. He has built his initial investment into a substantial and even excessively large fortune.
他是个精明的生意人。他把最初的投资变成了一笔可观的、甚至是巨额的财富。
The conversion of nuclear radiation directly into electricity was an exciting possibility that was being vigorously explored in many laboratories in the 1950s.
将核辐射直接转化为电能是20世纪50年代许多实验室正在积极探索的一种令人兴奋的可能性。
I was not only shocked but also disgusted that the report tried to distort the scientific facts in such a manner that even some highly-educated people were fooled.
我不仅感到震惊,而且感到恶心,因为这份报告试图歪曲科学事实,甚至一些受过高等教育的人也被愚弄了。
Sixty-two and blessed with his mother’s skin, the fisherman had withstood a lifetime of exposure to the sun and looked as radiant as a man in his forties.
62岁的渔夫和他母亲的皮肤很有福气,他一生都在阳光下曝晒,看上去像四十多岁的人一样容光焕发。
French educator Louis Braille invented a simple but ingenious code which has had an impact on the lives of generations of people who are blind.
法国教育家路易斯·布莱叶发明了一种简单而巧妙的密码,这种密码对几代盲人的生活产生了影响。
The senators didn’t expect us to ask such tough questions, and when we finally did, they got stumped and didn’t know what to say.
参议员们没想到我们会问这么棘手的问题,当我们终于提出时,他们被难住了,不知该说些什么。
This newly established university supports the proposition th