高级英语Lesson-6-(Book-2)-Disappearing-Through-the-Sky

1Lesson6DisappearingThroughtheSkylight课后练习题/EXERCISESⅠ.Writeshortnotesonthefollowing:LysenkoandLeonardo(daVinci).[SRB]anystandardencyclopediaⅡ.Questionsoncontent:1.Howdoesthewritersubstantiatehisstatementthatscienceiscommittedtotheuniversal?2.Howdoestechnologyexhibitthisuniversalizingtendency?3.Howdoestheautomobileillustratethisuniversalizingtendency?4.Howhasmanbecomecosmopolitan?5.Whataretheadvantagesanddisadvantagesofbeingacosmopolitan?6.WhatdoesMadameGabrilleBuffet-Picabiasayaboutmachineaesthetic?7.Whatistherealworldaccordingtothewriter?8.Howistheplayfulnessofmodernaestheticdisplayed?9.Whydothebanksappeartobedisappearingthroughtheirownskylights?Ⅲ.Questionsonappreciation:1.Sumupthemainviewsofthewriterandcommentonhowtheyareorganizedandpresented.2.Commentontheuseoftopicsentences.3.Commentontheuseofthepresenttenseanduniversalstatements.4.Commentontheuseofsomefigurativelanguage.Citeexamples.5.WhatstylisticfeaturesofscientificEnglisharetobefoundinthispiece.9Citeexamples.IV.Paraphrase:1.Scienceiscommittedtotheuniversal.(para1)2.TheFiestaappearstohavesunkwithoutatrace.(para5)3.ItwastheautomotiveequivalentoftheInternationalStyle.(para5)4.Asinarchitecture,soinautomaking.(para6)5.Nolongerquiteanindividual,nolongerquitetheproductofauniquegeographyandculture(para7)6.Thepricehepaysisthathenolongerhasahomeinthetraditionalsenseoftheword.(para7)27.Thebenefitisthathebeginstosuspecthomeinthetraditionalsenseisanothernameforlimitations(para7)8.Theuniversalizationimperativeoftechnologyisirresistable.(para8)9.wheneveryartistthoughtheowedittohimselftoturnhisbackontheEiffelTower,asaprotestagainstthearchitecturalblasphemy(para9)10.amobile,extrahumanplasticitywhichwasabsolutelynew(para9)11.Ithasthusunderminedanarticleoffaith:thethinglinessofthings.(para10)12.That,perhaps,establishesthelogicallimitofthemodernaesthetic.(para19)V.Translateparas13and14intoChinese.Ⅵ.GivetheChineseequivalentsofthefollowingterms:1.thermodynamics2.Genetics3.stress4.geneticmutation5.streamlining6.all-weldedbody7.cylinderblock8.Carburetor9.transmission10.Cells11.molecules12.Galaxies13.particles14.blackhole15.genes16.high-tensionlines17.circuit18.geodesicdome19.terminal20.magnetictapes21.computerⅦ.Lookupthedictionaryandexplainthemeaningoftheitalicizedwords:1.makestheworldlookevermorehomogeneous(para2)2.experienceitasasamenessratherthanadiversity(para2)3.butifitisimportanttotheefficiencyoreconomicsofautomobiles(para3)4.butuniversallyregardedasanasset(para3)5.hebeginstosuspecthomeinthetraditionalsense(para7)6.Barringthecatastropheofnuclearwar(para8)7.asaprotestagainstthearchitecturalblashphemy(para9)8．machinessoongeneratedpropositionswhichevadedalltradition(para9)9.amobile,extrahumanplasticitywhichwasabsolutelynew(para9)10.ithasproducedimagesofordersofreality(para10)11.Producedimagesthatarepureartifacts(para10)12.thelacyweavingsofcircuitsetchedonsilicon(para14)313.theTinkertoycomplicationsoftrussesandgeodesicdomesandlunarlanders(para14)Ⅷ.Studythemeaningoftheprefixesorcombiningformsofthefollowingwordsandgive5examplesofeach:1.universal2.Thermodynamics3.disappear4.Technology5.homogeneous6.Automobile7.transmission8.Cosmopolitan9.postmodernism10.NeomodernismⅨ.Rewritethefollowinginstructionsintheformofimpersonaldescriptions,usingthepassivevoice:Model:Depresstheclutchpedalandengagethenextgear.Theclutchpedalisdepressedandthenextgearisengaged.1.Buildthepiers.Thenerectthetowersonthepiers.Runthecablesfromonesideoftherivertotheotherandanchorthem.Attachthesuspenderstothecables.Finally,raisethedeck.2.Removetheslidefromyourmicroscopeandreplaceitbyatransparentrulerwith1mmgraduations.Nowmeasurethewidthofthefieldorviewofthemicroscope.Convertthediameterofthefieldfrommillimeterstomicrons,thenmeasurethewidthoffield(inmicrons)foreachobjectivelensyourequire.X.Expressthefollowingmoreconciselybyusingnounmodifiers:Model:structureofmarbleorgranite--marbleorgranitestructure1.aturbineoperatedbysteam2.anoutletforair3.noisecausedbyaircraft4.researchdoneinalaboratory5.alaboratoryusedforresearch6.athermometerusingmercury7.aplantfortheproductionofpowerbynuclearmeansⅪ.Shortenthesentences,omittingrepeatedwords,helpingverbs,etc.Model:Theliquidiscooled,andthenitispassedthroughthistube.Theliquidiscooledandthenpassedthroughthistube.1.Thetheoriesweuseinmeteorologyarecomplicatedandtheydonotcoverallaspectsoftheweather.42.Therawmaterialsareweighed,thentheyaremixedautomaticallyinthecorrectproportionsandthentheyarefedintothegranulator.3.Whentheyarethoroughlymixedwiththesuspension,thesesubstancesseparatethevirusparticlesfromtherestofthesuspension.4.Theplasticmaterialisfedintoahopperandthenitisheated.5.Localcalls,long-distancecallsandintercontinentalcallsareconnectedautomaticallyinthisexchange.6.Manysignalsaretransmitteddirectlyfromthiscentre,whileafewsignalsarepassedontothenextrelaystation.Whenthesignalshavebeengroupedtogether,theyaretransmittedascompositesignals.7.Thesteelisheated.Thenitisquenchedrapidlyinwater.Itisheatedagainandthistimeitiscooledslowly.Ⅻ.Choosetherightwordfromthelistbelowforeachblank:dis