课堂练习

1.It's more a poem than a picture.

2.He drank himself out of the best lines.

3. He pretends to be as modest as anything.

4. Fire goes wherever it can, but it prefers to follow a draft.

5. The room was easily traced by the noise that was coming from it.

6. Taking care to pitch my voice to politeness, I asked about the next bus to Hattiesburg.

7. If you feel depressed at a social gathering, keep it a secret.

8. The bacteria pneumonia may complicate influenza at both extremes of age.

参考译文

1. 与其说那是一幅画，不如说那是一首诗。

2. 他借酒写得好诗句。

3. 他装得极为谦虚。

4. 火是无孔不入的，可是它更爱窜入通风的地方。

5. 循声而去，便轻而易举地找到了那间屋子。

6. 我陪着小心，用温和的口吻询问开往哈蒂斯堡下一斑车的情况。

7. 在社交场合，你就是感到情绪压抑，也不要表露出来。

8. 患有流感的幼儿和老人可能并发细菌性肺炎。