21世纪大学英语读写教程1-6单元Reading Aloud及句子翻译

21世纪大学英语读写教程1-6单元Reading Aloud及句子翻译

Unit1

Very hesitantly I selected a tube of blue paint, and with infinite precaution made a mark about as big as a bean on the snow-white field .At that moment I heard the sound of a motorcar in the drive and threw down my brush in a panic. I was even more alarmed when I saw who stepped from the car: the wife of Sir John Laverty, the celebrated painter who lived nearby.

\she declared.’ What fun. But what are you waiting for? Let me have the brush-the big one.’ she plunged into the paints and before I knew it, she had swept several fierce strokes and slashes of blue on the absolutely terrified canvas. Anyone could see it could not hit back. I restituted no more. Seized the largest brush and fell upon my wretched victim with fury. I have never felt any fear of a canvas since.\ 1.

When his wife died of a stroke in her sixties, the

72-year-old retired professor was overwhelmed by grief .Life would be too difficult for him without anybody to rely on. 2.

Last month two amateur painters held an exhibition of their pictures in London .Many people went to see it, including a few celebrated professors. 3.

when seven astronauts died in the challenger disaster in the mid-1980s,it plunged the whole world into shock and grief. 4.

After completing her second prime ministry, she remained actively involved in political affairs. She came to the rescue several times when the government was in difficulty. 5.

After completing her second prime ministry, she remained actively involved in political affair. she came to the rescue several times when the government was in difficulty.

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As long as you keep working hard all your life, you will recall your past with a glow of satisfaction. 7.

We must awaken people to the importance of environment protection now, or it will soon be too late.

8. That official was removed from office of being involved in a political scandal. Had he known this would happen, he might have acted differently.

Unit2

This belief in hard work is the first of three main factors contributing to Asian students' outstanding performance. It springs from Asians' common heritage of Confucianism, the philosophy of the 5th-century-BC Chinese sage teachings have had a profound influence on Chinese society. One of Confucius’s primary teachings is that through effort, people can