Unit 10 The Jeaning of America答案综合教程二(4)

5. talking 6. disobeyed

7. walking 8. come

V. Give a negative adjective ending with -able or -ible related to the following words. (Negative prefixes include -in, -im, -il, -ir, -un, -um, etc.)

1. inconceivable; 2. imperturbable;

3. innumerable; 4. irreparable;

5. unendurable; 6. unobjectionable;

7. uncontrollable; 8. unimaginable;

9. ineradicable; 10. unsaleable / unsalable;

11. irreconcilable; 12. inexplicable.

1. agreement 2. eligibility 3. endure 4. vision 5. resist

6. move 7. convert 8. number 9. access 10. repair

Key:

1. disagreeable 2. ineligible 3. unendurable 4. invisible 5. irresistible

6. immovable 7. inconvertible 8. innumerable 9. inaccessible 10. irreparable

Translation

I.

1.它们不辨身份，不分阶级：唯一的标签就是美国（制造的）。

2.一到美国，Levi就发现，他的两个兄弟所说的那里“遍地机会，生计容易”言过其实。

3. Levi的牛仔裤被引入东部显然是在20世纪30年代去西部牧场度假的热潮中开始的。当时许多度假回来的东部人口口相传，宣传了这种打了铆钉的神奇裤子。

4.这些裤子演变成了一种传统，同时还获得了自己独特的历史——以至于后来公司在旧金山设了一座博物馆。

II.

1. He can’t even draw a distinction between French and Spanish, let alone speak them.

2. In a craze for cultural relics in the 1990s, old chinaware, such as those handed down from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, were much sought after by collectors.

3. Despite the opposition of most of his advisors, the general decided to take his chances on the battle and suffered a total defeat in the end.

4. The Chinese nation has stood up to the vicissitudes of thousands of years and is now in the process of rejuvenation.

5. I wish you would confine your talk to the facts rather than spread word about the biased report in that newspaper.

6. The first thing he did after his arrival in Paris was to convert all his money into euros.

7. That Shakespearean play was tailored to the taste of the Chinese audience when it was put on the Chinese stage, so much so that it was more like a Chinese play than an English one.

8. You must abandon your native language for some time, if you really want to acquire a good competence in English.