Unit 7 The Monster习题答案综合教程四

8. I don't much care for cooking for myself; if I had a family to cook for I'd be more interested.

VI. Make sentences of your own after the sentences given below, keeping the underlined structures in your sentences. (Reference version)

1. Work interests him to such a degree that he thinks about nothing else. 2. What if they do not come?

Translation exercises I. 1.

Translate the following sentences into Chinese.

任何人只要有一丝半点的不同意见，即使再微不足道，也足够让他高谈阔论几个钟头，

用他那十分累人的雄辩从多方面论证自己是正确的，结果是他的听众听得目瞪口呆，两耳震聋，为了息事宁人，只好顺从他。

2. 他发出了几十封哀求信，甚至不知廉耻地向人献媚，有时他又会将对自己的支持作为某种特权高傲地赏赐给他希望得到的资助人，一旦这份荣耀被人拒绝，他又会深感被人冒犯。 3. 如果有人仰慕他的作品，能够并且愿意为他所用，他就会动用各种关系，想尽办法见上一面；可是他又会因为表示出某种愚蠢的、毫无意义的傲慢和无礼而树立死敌。

4. 这简直就是一个让人难以言表的奇迹，他那可怜的大脑和身体竟然没有在如此强大的创造力的折磨下崩溃，这个恶魔挣扎着，抓挠着要挣脱出来，撕扯着，尖叫着，想要他把内心的音乐谱写出来。

II. Translate the following sentences into English, using the word and phrases given in brackets.

1. For the sake of your family, you should look before you leap and not take so many risks.

2. I feel a bit out of sorts after last night's heavy drink.

3. His father pulled endless wires and got him a position in an inflated government department.

4. If you read his letter carefully, you can find his real intention between the lines. 5. I knew I was downright rude to him, but I found excuses for myself.

6. Many of the outstanding figures of the past were exceptionally versatile men. Leonardo da Vinci, for instance, rolled a painter and an inventor into one.

7. He finally killed himself after being under the torment of insomnia for many years. 8. He was dumb with amazement.

III. Translate the following passage into Chinese.

2001年7月7日，耶路撒冷举行的一场音乐会在以色列引起了轩然大波。世界著名指挥家Daniel Barenboim率领德国管弦乐团在以色列艺术节上正在演奏瓦格纳的音乐，而瓦

格纳是一个反犹太的德国作曲家，也是希特勒最欣赏的音乐家。建国以来的五十多年里，以色列一直都有这么一条不成文的禁忌—不公开演出瓦格纳的任何作品。因为对许多犹太人和大屠杀幸存者来说，瓦格纳的音乐是和希特勒政权紧紧联系在一起的。尽管瓦格纳的作品在全世界范围内广为人知并到处演出，但在以色列只要一提起瓦格纳就会激起人们的愤怒和谴责。

但巴伦博伊姆坚持认为，瓦格纳的反犹太主义思想既不能忽视，也不可简单地把它等同于他的音乐。他的音乐是由于它所具有的艺术价值而值得人们欣赏, 一个民主的社会不应当阻止人们欣赏这样的作品。

Exercises for integrated skills I.

Dictation.

As one of the key figures in the history of opera, / Richard Wagner was largely responsible / for altering its orientation in the 19th century. / His program of artistic reform, / though not executed to the last detail, / accelerated the trend towards organically conceived structures, / as well as influencing the development of the orchestra, / of a new breed of singers, / and of various aspects of theatrical practice. / As the most influential composer / during the second half of the 19th century, / his conception of music / remains very much with us / even a century after his death. / His style of orchestration can be heard in many movie scores. / Wagner thought / his music dramas were to be the models for the 20th-century opera, / but he could not foresee the path / of total abandonment of tonality / that was to revolutionize music in the early 20th century.

II. Fill in each blank in the passage below with ONE appropriate word. (1) while (2) (3) that (4) (5) right

(6)

(7) where (8) (9) of (10)

feminine also in without than