Pub Talk and the King’s English
I. Choose the one which best explains the word given blow: 1. intricate
A. difficult B. complicated C. invalid D. simple 2. anecdote
A. short amusing story B. long tedious talk C. uninteresting writing D. exciting information 3. affirmation
A. negative conversation B. possibility C. positive statement D. affection 4. churl
A. soldier B. bishop C. naturalist D. peasant 5. convict
A. criminal B. aggressor C. captain D. captor 6. intercept
A. stop between starting-point and destination B. arrive at the conclusion
C. write words expressing respect D. prevent from being seen 7. denial
A. piece of open land B. accepting an invitation C. refusing a request D. teaching good behaviour 8. delve
A. give oneself up B. clasp carefully C. search carefully and deeply D. look down upon 9. immune
A. secure B. impure C. odorous D. revival 10. facetious
A. unimportant B. very superficial C. hideous D. not serious 11. sinister
A. not pretended B. suggesting evil C. happening in the same time D. giving orders 12. pejorative
A. sharp B. distasteful C. contemptuous D. penetrating 13. ultimatum
A. the general opinion about the character, qualities etc. B. state of being in demand
C. sth. that provokes or annoys
D. final statement of conditions to be accepted 14. tussle
A. have a hard struggle or fight B. raise to a higher grade
C. come to a lower level or state D. make the greatest possible use of 15. scamper
A. move onward smoothly B. drop down directly C. run quickly and playfully D. walk forward and backward 16. edict
A. order B. article C. painting D. newspaper 17. tart
A. different B. sarcastic C. loaded D. special 18. coin
A. happen B. coincide C. comfort D. invent 19. dominance
A. ruling class B. manageable domain
C. controlling power D. religious establishment 20. salon
A. a regular held fashionable gathering B. a big luxurious car
C. a grand comfortable hotel D. a large public drinking place 21. sociable
A. gregarious B. collective C. common D. ordinary 22. deserve
A. to take away B. to last long C. to help with D. to be worthy of 23. sparkle
A. strike. B. glitter C. climb D. flow 24. opportunity
A. an opposing force B. a favourable place C. a chance for advancement D. a difficult situation 25. indulged
A. gratify B. involve C. interrupt D. gratitude 26. gossip
A. glory B. rumor
C. private fact D. personal things 27. prose
a. imitation B. copying C. writing D. drawing
28. punctuate
A. insert occasionally B. not to emphasize C. act instantly D. interrupt periodically 29. recess
A. accepted quantity B. the act of receiving C. secluded place D. secrete news 30. pressing
A. urgent B. immediate
C. refusing D. interacting
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II. Complete the word according to the definition, the first letter of the word is given: 1. ordinary commonplace
2. jumping from one thing to another desultory 3. soldier armed with a musket musketeer 4. very close friend or associate intimate _ 5. flow slowly, turning here and there meander _ 6. using or involving two languages bilingual _ 7. farmyard birds of any kind, such as hens, ducks, etc. poultry
8. person in an unimportant position working for sb. else underlings
9. magical or mysterious power or process of transforming one thing into another alchemy
10. state, quality of being snobbish snobbery _
11. person with the legal right to receive a title, property,
when the owner dies heir 12. mocking remark jeer _
13. greatest in power, authority, or rank; paramount or dominant supreme
14. to object to, especially in a formal statement protest
15. a person, an animal, or a plant whose descent can be traced
to a particular individual or group. descendant
16. a force that tends to oppose or retard motion resistance
17. an enclosure for swine sty 18. the meat of a calf veal
19. a narrow fissure in rock or a break in friendly relations rift 20. something that separates or holds apart barrier 21. to attempt to overthrow the authority of the state or rebel revolt
22. to use wrongly or improperly; misuse abuse
23. treatment or consideration based on class or category
rather than individual merit; partiality or prejudice discrimination
24. physical or mental strength, energy, or force vigor
25. to declare free of blame; absolve. justify
III. Put the following words and phrases into the appropriate blanks in the following sentences. (Filling in the grid is optional.)
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in a flash upbringing be in one’s shoes indulge in come in one’s own bind on the rocks get out of bed on the wrong side confirmation recesses turn up one’s nose at out of snobbery accept concept deceptive exception inception intercept misconception perceptive receptive susceptible 1. He said he loved her in the inner most recesses of his heart. 2. They indulged in eating and drinking in the party the other
evening.
3. One's upbringing largely determines success in life. 4. In a flash he realized that they were presents from his
patients.
5. By the time I’ve paid all the bills I owe I shall be on
the rocks.
6. What’s wrong with him? He is in such a bad temper. He must
have got out of bed on the wrong side.
7. I wish my students wouldn’t turn up their noses at doing
their schoolwork.
8. I wouldn’t be in your shoes for all the wealth in the world. 9. We are waiting for confirmation of the news.
10. You must bind the gangster to the seat with rope lest he
should escape
11. He was always trying to get to know members of the nobility
out of snobbery.
12. it was not until he mid-twentieth century that psychology
really came into its own. 13. Because Matt is susceptible to bronchial infections, his
mother badgered him to get a flu shot.
14. Laura agreed to accept Tom's gift on condition that he allow
here to treat him to a movie.
15. A perceptive child knows immediately when a parent is
distraught or upset.
16. Hank has no concept _ of how difficult it is to operate a
farm these days.
17. The actress was receptive to the director's suggestions for portraying the role of Lady Macbeth. 18. The performances in this production of Chekhov's The Cherry
Orchard are first-rate, with only one exception. 19. Macbeth's expression was deceptive, for as he smiled, he plotted King Duncan's death.
20. This antiballistic missile is designed to locate and
intercept enemy ballistic missiles.
21. Since its inception eight years ago, the program has been a huge success.
22. Alex claims he got a poor grade in English because his
teacher doesn't like him, but that is a misconception on his part.
IV. Reading Comprehension:
1. The real thesis of this piece of exposition is _______
A. Pub talk and the King’s English
B. Conversation is the most sociable of all human activities.
C. Bar conversation has a charm of its own.
D. The King’s English
2. This piece of exposition is _____ in style. A. formal B. informal C. sarcastic D. serious
3. One of the reasons for him to like bar conversation is that ______. A. He was a sociable person and enjoyed talking with others. B. He was brought up in the English pubs.
C. He was deeply involved in bar-goers’ lives. D. He was a frequenter of the English pubs.
4. “The King’s English ” came into being in ______ A. 16th century B. 17th century C. 15th century D. 18th century
5. The worst conversationalist is the person who ______
A. is not making a point. B. is prepared to loose C. is trying to talk sense.
D. slips and slides in conversation
V. Determine whether the following statements are true or false. Put a “T”, if the statement is true and put a “F”, if false. 1. The Norman lords turned up their noses at rabbit, because the rabbit was not changed into lapin. (F) 2. A good conversation has no focus at all. (F) 3. The rulers of the Angevins and the Plantagenets spoke French. (T)
4. The author agrees to what Auden said that all a writer needs is a pen, plenty of paper and “the best dictionaries he can afford.” (F)
5. Even the most educated and the most literate people do not use the King’s English all the time in conversation. (T) 6. The author is in favour of bilingual education. (T) 7. There exists in the working people, different from the Saxon peasants, a spirit of opposition to the cultural authority of the ruling class. (F)
8. Looking up the dictionary in the middle of a conversation will settle the argument in the conversation, which will make the conversation goes freely. (F)
9. People who ruin the conversation by talking sense are just like chimpanzees, who are not able to have conversation. (T) 10.The language of Dr. Caius should be more vigorous, direct and straightforward. (F)
VI. Comment on the rhetorical devices of the following sentences:
1. Otherwise one will bind the conversation, one will not let it flow freely here and there. metaphor
2. Other people may celebrate the lofty conversations in which
the great minds are supposed to have indulged in the great salons of 18th Century Paris,... metonymy
3. I have an unending love affair with dictionaries…metaphor
4. .., the King's English slips and slides in conversation. alliteration/metaphor
5. Is the phrase in Shakespeare? metonymy
6. ... and no one has any idea where it will go as it meanders or leaps and sparkles or just glows. mixed metaphor 7. The Elizabethans blew on it as on a dandelion clock, and its seeds multiplied, and floated to the ends of the earth.
extended simile
8. One would not have been engaged by interest in the musketeer who raised the subject, wondering more about her. metonymy 9. They are like the musketeers of Dumas who, …… the recesses of their thoughts and feelings. simile/ allustion 10. Who was right, who was wrong, did not matter. The conversation was on wings. metaphor
VII. Translation:
1. 给我1000元钱，我也不愿处于你的地位。
2. 随着T型福特汽车的成功，汽车工业受到了应有的重视。 3. 我们把访问时间缩短了一周。
4. 他把他的成功归功于父母在早年给他的良好教育。
5. 我讨厌人们那种对爵士乐不屑一顾的文人般的势利作风。
6. 我们应该鼓励大学生服务于农业，能源，水利，交通，电力，通讯，教育和国防等重要行业和部门。
7. 国家教育部敦促：政府各部门，研究机构，企业及其他单位尽可能为求职的大学生创造更多的就业机会和更好的工作条件。
8. 祖国统一，台湾和平回归的八点提议体现了邓小平同志“一国两制”的思想。而且提议还体现了中国共产党和中国政府对解决台湾问题，以及实现祖国统一所作的努力。
9. 我国政府在揭露和驳斥台湾当局分裂主义言行的同时继续保持和促进海峡两岸的经济，贸易和文化交流。香港在促进海峡两岸的交流中起了积极作用。
10. 近几年来，粮食丰收及农村经济的全面发展在保证农业产品的充分供给，控制通货膨胀，改善经济条件以及促进国民经济的顺利发展等方面起了重要作用。
Key to Lesson Three Translation:
1. I wouldn't be in your shoes for a thousand yuan. 2. With the success of the Model T Ford, the automobile industry came into its own. 3. We clipped our visit by a week.
4. He owed his success to the good upbringing his parents had given him.
5. I'm bored with the intellectual snobbery of people who turn up their noses at jazz.
6. We must encourage university students to serve in important sectors and departments: agriculture, energy, water conservancy, transportation, electric power, telecommunication, education and national defence. 7. The MOE urged government departments, institutes, enterprises and other units to try in every possible means to create more job opportunities and better conditions for job-hunting students.
8. The eight propositions on the reunification of China and peaceful return of Taiwan to the motherland embodied Deng Xiaoping's concept of “One country, two systems\" and also embodied the effort made by the Chinese Communist Party and the government in solving the issue of Taiwan for the reunification of the country. 9. Our government will continue to expose and refute the separatist words and actions of Taiwan authorities while actually maintaining and putting forward across straits economic, trade and cultural exchanges. Hong Kong has played a positive role in promoting exchanges between the two sides across the straits.
10. Good grain harvests in recent years, and the all-round development of the rural economy have played a vital role in ensuring adequate supplies of farm products, reining inflation, improving economic conditions, and promoting sound growth of the national economy as a whole.
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