4). In front of the ____ ocean, he found he was rather insignificant.

Answers: limited, limits, limitation, limitless.

6. penetrating: a 穿透的，贯穿的，动词：penetrate; 名词：penetration

7. participant: n 参加者，参与者，与其同根的常见词汇：participate: v, participation : n 固定搭配：participate in sth.

8. take over: 接管、接任、

When he retired, his son took over business from him.

9. take on : 担任，雇用

1). He has taken on a new job.

2). The employer takes on twenty more workers.

Text B:

10). composer: n 作曲家，动词 compose，名词 composition

11). inspire: v 鼓舞，产生灵感，inspiration : n 灵感

Genius is 1% of inspiration and 99% of hard work.

12. invariably: ad 不变地，同根词：variable: a 可变的；variety: n 各种各样，变化； vary : v 变化；various : a 各种各样的

13. sake : n 缘故；for the sake of sth为了 的缘故，好处

The company has decided for economy''s sake to close down this department.

14. harmony : n 协调， harmonize: v使 和谐；harmonious : a 和谐的

15. in a sense: 从某种意义上说。

In a sense, you are right.

16. it goes without saying that不言而喻，理所当然

It goes without saying that you will be paid for the overtime work.

Analyze the difficult sentences:

1. The new music was built out of materials already in existence (p1)

译：新音乐是从已有的三种音乐发展起来的

句子分析：词组in existence现有的、已有的；out of = from.

2. The three forms remained musically and culturally distinct, and even as late as 1965, none of them were expressing any radically new states of consciousness. (p1)

译：这三种形式保留着音乐和文化方面的特色，甚至直到1965年，这三种音乐没有一种表达出任何激进的新的意识形态。

句子分析：主语：The three forms；谓语（系动词）：remained；表语：distinct. musically and culturally是副词修饰distinct。as late as 1965时间状语，none没有一个；new states of consciousness新的意识状态。Radically修饰new.

3. What happened, as well as it can be put into words, was this. (p2)

译：所发生的情况，如果用语言尽可能表达出来是这样的。

句子分析：主语：What happened，主语从句；was this系表结构；as well as在本句中应理解为：as as，像。。一样好。put inyo words: 用文字表达

4. They freely took over elements from jazz, from American country music, and as time went on from even more diverse sources. (p2)

译：他们自由地吸取爵士乐、美国乡村音乐的成分，随着时间的推移甚至从更多的来源中吸取营养。

句子分析：本句核心形式：take over sth from sth从 中吸取 ；as time went on意思是：随着时