1. He had no outside “extracurricularinterests,” unless, of course, you think about a monthly golf game that way.(Paragraph 4)
Paraphrase: He had dedicated all his time to hiswork and had no hobby at all, except that he played a golf game every month,which cannot be taken as a hobby anyway.
2. She had, according to herdaughter, given up trying to compete with his work years ago, when the childrenwere small. (Paragraph 7)
Paraphrase: Their daughter said that, when thechildren were still small, her father had become a company man and her motherhad given up any attempt to keep him at home.
SectionFour Consolidation Activities
1. Word Derivation
1) widown.→ widowed a.
①她守寡十年了。
She has been a widowfor ten years.
②一个寡母要抚养四个孩子长大成人确实不易。
It’sreally not easy for a widowed motherto rear up four children.
2) nerve n. → nervous a. → nervelessa.
①当赛车手要有胆量。
It takes nerveto be a racing driver.
②她胆怯地一笑。
She gave a nervouslaugh.
③刀子从她那无力的手中落下。
The knife fell from her nerveless fingers.
3) precise a. →precision n. → precisely adv.
①那东西正好在她遗落的那个地点找到了。
It was found at the precise spot where she had left it.
②你的报告不够准确。
Your report lacks precision.
③那正是我的意思。
That is precisely what I mean.
4) compete v. → competitive a. → competition n.
①几家公司正为争取一项合同而互相竞争。
Several companies are competing (against/with each other) for the contract/to gain thecontract.
②我们公司在世界市场上已不占优势。
Our firm is no longer competitive in world markets.
③他获诗歌比赛第一名。
He came first in the poetry competition.
5) execute v. → execution n.
①他因叛国罪被处死。
He was executedfor treason.
②这些计划最终得以实施。
The plans were finally put into execution.
6) presidev.→ president n. → presidency n.
①首相主持内阁会议。
The Prime Minister presides at meetings of the Cabinet.
②他被任命为板球俱乐部会长。
He was made presidentof the cricket club.
③他获选连任总统。
He was elected to a second presidency.
7) marry v. → marital a. → marriage n.
①哪位牧师来为他们主持婚礼?
Which priest is going to marry them?
②拉丽莎40几岁，徐娘半老，爱喝酒，婚姻也不如意。
A fadingwoman in her 40s, Larisahad both drinking and maritalproblems.
③她的第一次婚姻维持了五年。
Her first marriageended after five years.
8) companyn. → accompany v. → companion n.
①观其友则知其人。
You may know a man by the company he keeps.
②我得要求你陪我去一趟警察局。
I must ask you to accompany me to the police station.
③狗是忠实的伙伴。
A dog is a faithful companion.
2. Phrase Practice
1) Thesevere acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a fatal disease. Thousands ofpeople in Asia have ________ it in the past two years.
die of: stopliving or come to the end of one’s life because of some disease
e.g.
现在有很多人死于癌症。
Nowadaysmany people die of cancer.
2) Chinese fans often have to________ to watch the live transmission of European football matches.
stay up: remain awake; notgo to bed
e.g.
她答应孩子们可以晚点儿睡，看他们最喜爱的电视节目。
She promised the children they could stay up for their favourite TVprogramme.
3) Sometimes I don’t understandJeremy; he seems to have hurt the feelings of everyone who ________ himincluding his wife.
care for: like or love
e.g.
他深深地爱着她。
He cares forher deeply.
4) I doubt that they are able to getthe problems ________ before the deadline.
straighten out: dealwith a problem or a confused situation and make it better, especially byorganizing things
e.g.
我们会把情况弄清的。
We’ll getthe case straightened out.
5) It was curious that the childrenshould have ________ their grandparents easily from the old photographs.
pick out: recognizesb. or sth. in a group of people or things
e.g.
很容易从人群中辨认出他，因为他个子很高。
It’s easyto pick him out in a crowd becausehe is very tall.
3. Synonym / Antonym
1. Heworked himself to death, finally and precisely, at 3:00 a.m.Sunday morning.
l Synonym:___ exactly _
2. It said that he died of acoronary thrombosis — I think thatwas it —but everyone among his friends and acquaintances knew it instantly.
l Synonym:_
3. He was a perfect Type A, a workaholic, a classic, they said to eachother and shook their heads — and thought forfive or ten minutes about the way they lived.
l Antonyms:_
4. He is survived by his wife, Helen, forty-eightyears old, a good woman of no particular marketable skills, who worked in anoffice before marrying and mothering.
l Synonym:_
5. In the day and a half before thefuneral, he went around the neighborhood researching his father, asking theneighbors what he was like. They were embarrassed.
l Synonyms:__
6. At the funeral, thesixty-year-old company president told the forty-eight-year-old widow that thefifty-one-year-old deceased had meant much to the companyand would be missed and would be hard to replace.
l Antonym:_
7. Phil was overweight and nervous and worked too hard.
l Antonyms:
8. You could have picked him out ina minute from a lineup.
l Synonym:_
