口语话题等2015级全新版大学英语(二)

　　大学英语第二教学部2015级全新版大学英语（二）

　　(期末考试)口语话题、题型、时间、形式和范围说明（讨论稿）

　　一、考试的题型与考试时间：

　　1）考试题型有小组讨论和个人词组造句和翻译共两部分；

　　2）小组讨论部分是：对评委给定的话题进行小组讨论；个人词组造句和翻译部分为4

　　个词组造句和2句中译英翻译；

　　3）小组讨论部分的考试时间为：三人组2分15秒；四人组3分钟；五人组3分45秒。

　　4）个人词组造句和翻译部分的考试时间： 4个词组造句和2句中译英翻译考试时间共为36秒；

　　二、考试的形式：

　　1）下沙校区主要以四人小组为主，特殊情况下可以设三人小组或五人小组；

　　2）首先小组讨论考试，然后进行个人部分也就是词组造句和句子中译英翻译考试；

　　三、考试范围：

　　1. Single Work

　　1) Translation范围：

　　Book 2, Unit1—Unit6, Text A课后习题中的翻译练习。

　　2) Phrases— sentence making范围：

　　Book 2, Unit1—Unit6, Text A和Text B生词表中的短语。

　　2. Group Work 范围：与课文相关的Topics (book2 unit 1-unit 6)

　　1) Do you think creativity is important to college students? How can college students foster creativity? （U1）

　　2) What do you know about different approaches to learning in China and the West? Are some approaches superior to others? （U1）

　　3) If you should become a millionaire one day, would you still live a simple life and why? （U2）

　　4) What do you think is the most important thing in life? Health, wealth or whatever? （U2）

　　5) Is there a generation gap between you and your parents? What do you think are the main causes of the generation gap? （U3）

　　6) What can be done to bridge the gap between the generations? （U3）

　　7) What do you think are the positive and the negative effects of a virtual life? （U4） 8) Do you think the Internet will isolate you from the real world? （U4）

　　9) Dreaming and hard work, which is more important to a person’s success? Why? （U5）

　　10) What were the obstacles that you have been faced with in your life and how did you overcome such difficulties? （U5）

　　11) What do you think of Chairman Mao’s famous saying that women can hold up half the sky? （U6）

　　12) Talk about the social status of women in your part of the country. （U6）

　　翻译造句

　　Unit 1

　　not in the least

　　find one’s way

　　on occasion

　　Throw light on

　　In due course

　　Make up for

　　In retrospect

　　Come to sb’s rescue

　　Work on/at

　　On one hand ...on the other hand

　　Pick up

　　Lock up

　　Keep track of

　　On demand

　　From sb’s point of view

　　Go on vacation

　　Think twice

　　Fall apart

　　End up (doing sth)

　　1. 背离传统需要很大的勇气。（departure, enormous）

　　It takes enormous amount of courage to make a departure from the tradition.

　　2. 汤姆非常勇敢能在大庭广众面前上台表演了。（performance, bold） Tom was bold enough to give a performance in front of a large audience.

　　3. 教育家认为培养孩子的创新精神是很可取的。（creative, desirable） Educators think it desirable to foster the creative spirit in children.

　　4. 假设(assume)那幅画是名作, 你觉得值得购买吗？(assume)

　　Assuming that the painting is a masterpiece, do you think it is worthwhile to buy it?

　　5. 如果这些数据统计上是站得住脚的,它将会帮助我们认识正在调查的问题。（throw light on, investigate, valid）

　　If the data is statistically valid, it will throw light on the problem we are investigating.

　　Unit 2

　　Be confronted with

　　5. 每个人一生中总要经历一个困难阶段。(go through) Everyone has to go through a difficult phase/stage of life.

　　6. 与我们富裕的邻居相比，我们的父母就相当穷了。(affluent) In contrast to our affluent neighbors, our parents are rather poor.

　　7. 我们的父母总是努力满足我们最起码的需求。(minimal) Our parents have always tried hard to meet our minimal needs.

　　Unit 3

　　In unison

　　Consist of

　　4. 由十二个人组成的陪审团(jury)一致表决认为玛丽有罪。

　　（consist of, in unison）

　　A jury consisting of 12 members voted in unison that Mary was guilty.

　　5. 听到有人质疑他的才能，肖恩觉得受了奇耻大辱。（talent,

　　humiliate）

　　Sean felt humiliated to hear his talent being questioned.

　　Unit 4

　　At times

　　On line

　　Take in

　　But then

　　Be sucked in/into

　　In sight

　　Set apart

　　Be hooked on

　　On top of

　　On the whole

　　To one’s knowledge

　　Needless to say

　　Call forth

　　1. 研究表明，笑能够带来许多健康上的好处。（laughter）

　　Research shows that laughter can bring a lot of health benefits.

　　2. 互联网连接速度慢真让人心烦。（connection, annoy）

　　A slow Internet connection speed is really annoying.

　　3. 法律规定，帮助他人自杀式犯罪。（suicide, crime）

　　As the law stands, helping someone commit suicide is a crime.

　　4. 在她的报告中玛丽试图从一个完全不同的角度来解释这些数据。（interpret, angle, data）

　　In her report, Mary tries to interpret the data from a completely different angle.

　　5. 苏是一个很有天份的女孩。她那惊人的记忆力使她在同班同学中显得格外突出。（of great talent, set apart）

　　Sue is a girl of great talent. Her amazing memory sets her apart from her classmates.

　　Unit 5

　　Coincide with

　　On one/two/several occasion(s)

　　Be ashamed of

　　Along with

　　Stretch out

　　Bring (sb) back to earth

　　In one’s mind’s eye

　　In good health

　　In excellent health

　　In poor health

　　Suffer from

　　In spite of

　　To a degree

　　Hold on to

　　1. 是工人的敬业精神将这个公司变成了一个盈利的企业。(it is…that, dedication) It is the dedication of the workers that turned the company into a profitable business.

　　2. 食品和医药的价格在过去三个月里急剧增长。(soar)

　　The prices of food and medicine have soared in the past three months.

　　3. 我们打算重新粉刷这幢办公大楼的上面几层楼。(upper)

　　We plan to repaint the upper floors of the office building. (coincide)

　　4. 他的成功表明流行与艺术价值有时候是一致的。

　　His success shows that popularity and artistic merit sometimes coincide.

　　5. 我不愿意看见我祖母躺在床上痛苦地呻吟。(groan)

　　I don’t want to see my grandmother lying on bed and groaning painfully.

　　Unit 6

　　A herd of

　　Not know/understand the first thing about

　　Not know any better

　　Can’t help doing

　　At a disadvantage

　　When it comes to

　　Stumble into

　　Grit one’s teeth

　　A leap of faith

　　Live for

　　Take/get/gain credit (for sth)

　　A breath away

　　Soak up

　　At every opportunity

　　Weigh down

　　In control (of sth)

　　Seek after

　　1. 要说玩电脑他太机灵了，同学们都不是他的对手。

　　When it comes to playing computer games, he is far too clever for hisclassmates.

　　2. 无知的孩子们可能认为这些动物很可爱。

　　Children who don’t know any better may think these animals are pretty cute.

　　3. 为了购买新设备，我不得不咬紧牙先卖掉我的混合型动力汽车。

　　In order to buy the new equipment, I had to grit my teeth and sell my hybrid car.

　　4. 如果猎人没有看到一群大象朝他走来，他就不会开枪。

　　The hunter would not have fired the shots if he had not seen a herd of elephants coming towards him.

　　5. 我觉得具有讽刺意味的是汤姆的记忆是有选择性的。

　　I find it ironic that Tom has a selective memory.

　　6. 他好像不记得过去痛苦的经历，特别是那些由他自己造成的痛苦经历。

　　He does not seem to remember painful experiences in the past, particularly those of his own doing.