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1、n . B . Questi ons on Structure and Style:1. The purpose of this essay is to dem on strate that logic, far from being a dry, peda ntic subject, is a livi ng, breath ing thing, full of beauty, passi on, and trauma. Logic may be an in terest ing subject. The writer is exaggerati ng for the sake of hum

2、or. The writer employs a whole variety of writ ing tech niq ues to make his story vivid, dramatic and colorful. The lexical spectrum is colorful from the ultra lear ned terms used by the conceited narrator to the infra clipped vulgar forms of Polly Espy. He uses figurative Ianguage profusely and als

3、o grammatic inversion for special emphasis. The speed of the n arrati on is maintained by the use of short senten ces, elliptical sentences and dashes throughout the story. This mix adds to the realism of the story.2. The topic sentence of paragraph 47 is : He was a torn man. The writer develops the

4、 idea expressed in the topic sentence by describing vividly how hard it is for Petey Burch to choose between his girlfrie nd and racco on coat. Being very observa nt and superbly to illustrative examples to develop the theme, the writer successfully to brings forth the scene in which Petey Burch'

5、; s desire for the racco on coat waxes and his resoluti on not to give his girlfrie nd wan es. The reader can easily come to the con clusi on that it is hard and painful decisi on for him to make.3. The narrator refers to Pygmalion and Frankenstein becausejust as Pygmalion loved the perfectwoman he

6、fashioned, the narrator loved Polly Espy, who he had fashioned according to his plan. However, when he begged Polly' s love, he was rejected. He got same result as Frankenstein, who created a mon ster that destroyed him .In this sen se, these allusi on are chose n aptly. The whole thing backfire

7、d on the narrator when Polly employed all thea logical fallacies” she had been taught toreject his offer. The end of story finds that the n arrator has got what he deserves. He has bee n too clever for his own.4. An example of simileMy brain was as powerful as dynamo,as precise as a chemist' s s

8、cales, as penetrating as a scalpel.(compari ng his brain to three differe nt thin gs)(para. 1)An example of metaphorThere follows an in formal essay that ven tures even bey ond lamb' s fron tier.(compari ng the limitation set by lamb to a frontier)(author' s note)An example of hyperboleIt is

9、 not ofte n that one so young has such a gia nt in tellect.(hyperbole for effect)(para. 2)An example of metonymyOtherwise you have committed a Dicto Simpliciter.(Otherwise you have committed a logical fallacy called a “ Dicto Simpliciter ” .)(para. 70)An example of an tithesisIt is, after all, easie

10、r to make a beautiful dumb girl smart than to make a ugly smart girl beautiful.( “ beautiful, dumb and smart” are bala need aga in st "ugly, smart and beautifu” )(para.24)5. Colloquialisms and used in the text: dumb, pin-up, kid, go steady, date, casual kick, well-heeled, laughs, terrific, magn

11、ificent, mad, call it a ni ght, yummy, fire away. Darn.Slang used in the text: nothing upstairs, kee n, dal, kn ock (on eself) out, dreamy, how cute,rat, knot head, jitterbug.6. A freshman at a law school is made the narrator of the whole stroy. It ' s from his point of view that the stroy is to

12、ld. Since the whole stroy is prese nted as his pers onal experie nces, we the readers tend to rely on what n arrator tells us.川.Paraphrase1. He is a nice eno ugh young fellow, you know, but he is empty-headed.2. A pass ing fashi on or craze, in my opinion, shoes a complete lack of reas on.3.1 ought

13、to have known that racco on coat would come back to fashi on whe n the Charlest on dance, which was popular in the 1920s, came back4. All the importa nt and fashi on able men on campus are weari ng them. How come you don' t know?5. My brain, which is a precision instrument, began to work at a hi

14、gh speed.6. Except for one thing (intelligenee) polly had all other requirements.7. She was not as beautiful as those girls in posters but i felt sure she would become beautiful eno ugh after some time.8. In fact, she was in the opposite directi on, that is, she is not in tellige nt but rather stupi

15、d.9. If you are no Ion ger in volved with her (if you stop dati ng her) others would be free to compete to get her as a girlfrie nd.10. His head turned back and forth (looking at the coat then looking away from the coat). Every time he looked his desire for the coat grew stronger and his resolution

16、not to give away polly become weaker.11. To teach her to think appeared to be rather big task.12. One must admit the outcome does not look very hopeful, but i decided to try one more time.13. There is a limit to what any huma n being can bear.14. I planned to be Pygmalion, to fashion an ideal wife f

17、or myself, but i turned out to be Frankenstein because polly(the result/product of my hard work) ultimately rejected me and ruined my pla n.15. Desperately i tried to stop the feeling of panic that was overwhelming me.IV. Practice with words and expressi onsA.1. dynamo: a machine that changes some o

18、ther form of power directly into electricity2. flight : fleeing or running away from3. Charleston: a lively dance in 4/4 time, characterized by a twisting step and popular during the 1920's4. shed: cast off or lose hair5. in the swim: conforming to the current fashions or active in the main curr

19、ent of affairs6. practice: the exercise of a profession of occupation7. pin up: (American colloquialism)designating a girl whose sexual attractiveness makes her a subject for the kind of pictures ofte n pinned up on walls8. makings: the material or qualities needed for the making or development of s

20、omething9. carriage: manner of carry ing the head and body; physical posture beari ng: way of carry ing on eself; manner10. go steady: (America n colloquialism)date some one of the opposite sex regularly and exclusively; be sweethearts11. out of the picture: not considered as involved in a situation

21、12. deposit: (facetious)put, lay or set down13. brief: a concise statement of the main points of a law case, usually filed by counsel for the in formatio n of the court14.1et up: stopp ing; relax ingB.1. fashion和fad均為名詞。fashion主要指某人，尤其指文學(xué)、藝術(shù)界或社會(huì)上流人物在某一特定場(chǎng)合或時(shí)間內(nèi)穿衣、講話等方面的姿態(tài)或習(xí)慣。fad指由某種感情引起的一時(shí)的愛(ài)好或者一時(shí)流行的風(fēng)

22、尚。2. i ncredulous和in credible均為形容詞。in credulous是“不輕易相信的”、"表示懷疑的”的意思，指對(duì)某人的能力或意志力持懷疑和不相信態(tài)度。in credible是"不可相信的”意思，指某件事不平凡或不大可能存在，因而表示懷疑或不可相信。3. passion和eagerness均為名詞。passion指一種強(qiáng)烈的愿望或感情， 這種愿望或感情往往會(huì) 產(chǎn)生一種不可抗拒的或者 必然的結(jié)果。eagerness意即"渴望”或"熱情”，但往往含有不耐 煩的意味。4. feeling和emotion均是名詞。feeling在沒(méi)有上

23、下文限制的時(shí)候，往往指人們?cè)谥饔^上反映的一種高興或不高興的感覺(jué)或感情。emotion指由于精神上或身體上受到外界某種刺激而引起的一種強(qiáng)烈的情感或情緒。5. reveal和show均為動(dòng)詞。reveal指公開(kāi)或揭露某種秘密或隱蔽的東西，好像是揭開(kāi)一種 掩飾物似的。show指某種事物或者東西“展現(xiàn)”在眼前，以便能看得到和看得清。6. tempt和incline均為動(dòng)詞。tempt意為“引誘”、“誘惑”，指一種強(qiáng)有力的誘惑，這種誘 惑能克服對(duì)某一事物的顧忌或推斷。incline意為“傾向于”、“有的傾向”，指對(duì)某事物或 行動(dòng)或多或少表現(xiàn)出一種暖昧的心理傾向。7. exasperation禾口 dis

24、appointment均為名詞。 exasperation指使某人忍無(wú)可忍或者使某人失去 自控力的強(qiáng)烈憤怒或生氣。 disappointment意為“失望”、“失意”，指某人對(duì)某件事情感到?jīng)] 希望或失去信心。8. exasperation禾口 disappointment均為名詞。 exasperation指使某人忍無(wú)可忍或者使某人失去 自控力的強(qiáng)烈憤怒或生氣。 disappointment意為“失望”、“失意”，指某人對(duì)某件事情感到?jīng)] 希望或失去信心。9. amusement和merriment均為名詞。amusement意為“娛樂(lè)”、“消遣”，指一種令人愉快的 精神消遣，尤其是某種幽默的事物或談笑使人感到很有樂(lè)趣。merriment意為“愉快”、“歡 樂(lè)”,指充滿趣味和笑聲的某種事物。10. 1anguish和suffer均為動(dòng)詞。Ianguish指由于渴望而苦惱或遭受痛苦。suffer指由于傷害、 悲痛或損失等原因而被迫遭受、蒙受痛苦或不愉快的事情。C.1. 這幾個(gè)詞都是形容詞，指人的智力或感覺(jué)等方面具有較高的靈敏性或靈活性。keen指在智力或感覺(jué)、視覺(jué)、聽(tīng)覺(jué)等五官方面是敏銳的或敏捷的，尤指具有解決復(fù)雜或疑難問(wèn)題的特殊能力。acute意為“敏銳的”，指具有觀察到別人沒(méi)有注意到的某種意義、感情、意見(jiàn)、