Evansville, Indiana 47714
Phone: （812） 477－5941
Objective Mechanical engineering design position, preferably with a variety of projects.
Education UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE EVANSVILLE, INDIANA
1992—1998 Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering in May 1986. GPA of 3.14 on 4.0 scale.
President's Scholarship recipient.
Employment
1992—Present FINE & HATFIELD EVANSVILLE, INDIANA Word Processor Operator
1988—1990 REIS MOBILE CATERING SERVICE, INDIANA Waitress, earned 75% of college expenses.
College
Activities Four-year member of Society of Automotive Engineers. Secretary sophomore year. Four-year member of American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Participant in Society of Automotive Engineers' Mini Baja competition in sophomore and senior years.
References Personal references available upon request.
V. Revise the draft of the following application letter.
1264 Washington Street, Apt. A
Evansville, IN 47715
November 9, 2006
Mr. John Burdette
Personnel Superintendent
SHW Industries Inc., Midwest Division
Denver, CO 80201
Dear Mr. Burdette:
Thank you for interviewing with me at Southwestern University on Tuesday, November 4. I enjoyed talking with you and watching the SHW video presentation. I am impressed with the company and would like to see one of the plants or the corporate headquarters.
During the interview, I mentioned that RD at corporate would be my initial preference. However, I am very flexible and I wanted to add that the small plant setting sounds appealing as well. This is because I enjoy developing good working relationships with plant people I've found I can gain the respect of these folks because I care about their opinions and will listen to their ideas verses just blowing them off because they don't have a “formal” education.
In any case, SHW sounds like a company that works with its people so they are both productive and happy. So I'm confident that if and when I have a opportunity to be employed by SHW, the initial job direction will not make or break my career.
Thanks again for coming to Southwestern and I hope to see you again.
Sincerely,
（signature）
Alan Wolfinger
练习参考答案
（Keys to the Exercises）
*Note: To be precise, these keys here are suggested answers and sometimes different ones are acceptable. Keys to some of the exercises （Questions & Answers, Reading and Discussion or Comment） are omitted, for they can be found in the corresponding sections or passages.
EXERCISE ONE
Ⅱ. 1. d 2. b 3. a
Ⅲ. 1. concerned with / associated with 2. meaning 3. rhetoric 4. understood as / known as 5. to regard 6. than
EXERCISE TWO
Ⅱ. 1. T 2. F 3. T 4. T 5. F 6. T
Ⅲ. 1. thinking 2. related 3. taken 4. misleading 5. taught 6. aimed
EXERCISE THREE
Ⅱ. 1. such 2. “revising” 3. write 4. subject 5. too 6. business 7. third 8. to
Ⅲ. 1. F 2. T
EXERCISE FOUR
Ⅱ. 1. T 2. T 3. F 4. T 5. F 6. F 7. F 8. T
Ⅲ. 1. believes
2. encourage, needs/need
3. by/through
4. Enclosed
5. conflicts
6. close
7. by, by/with, with
8. unable, help
9. object
10. creaking
Ⅳ. 1. pretty, handsome； 2. second； 3. justification； 4. bean, been； 5. other flats/rooms/houses； 6. make a successful start
V. run, move, spin, turn, whirl, roll.
EXERCISE FIVE
Ⅱ. 1. groan-making （Not groan-made）
2. signature （Not signing）
3. predicability （Not predicableness）
4. poorly （Not poor）, that movie / the movies （Not that movies）
5. argument （Not arguement）, pronunciation （Not pronunciations）
Ⅲ. 1. Use “... because he suddenly fell ill” or “... as a result of his having become seriously ill” for “... as a result of his having suddenly gotten sicker than a dog”.
2. Change “lamentations”into“low spirits”.
3. Replace “notoriety”with“fame”or“respect”.
4. Use“long-standing”,“venerable”or“time-honored”for“old-fashioned”,and use “keep up”,“maintain”or“uphold”in stead of“stick to”.
5. Delete “alas” and replace “really lousy” with “not as good as expected”.
Ⅳ. 1. crowd 2. residence 3. strongly-willed 4. cheap / miserly / stingy / hard-fisted 5. feast 6. talk 7. skinny 8. that dear old soul
EXERCISE SIX
Ⅱ. 1. mowing 2. working 3. working 4. mowing
Ⅲ. Passage One: Need you open the window?
Passage Two: Don't open the window.
EXERCISE SEVEN
Ⅱ. 1. T 2. F 3. T 4. T 5. F 6. F 7. T 8. F
Ⅲ. 1. other 2. more 3. to 4. where 5. way 6. writing
Ⅳ. 1. It is rumoured that Mr. Sampson has been involved in a bribe scandal.
2. I believe that he is innocent.
3. According to newspaper reports, after winning two gold medals in swimming at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, he was offered a professional contract.
4. The road requires maintaining regularly.
5. One cannot accomplish anything without taking pains.
EXERCISE EIGHT
Ⅱ. brief, like, as, brief, like, here and there
Ⅲ. 1. T 2. T 3. T 4. T 5. F 6. T
Ⅳ. 1. He is like a wolf in sheep's skin.
2. The parks of our city are like human lungs.
3. His voice thundered in the hall.
4. Money is like a lens in a camera.
5. （Not possible to change.）
6. （Not possible to change.）
7. The machine-gun was mowing down the enemy.
8. Slim green canals snaked beside the road.
9. Applications for jobs came into the Employment Agency like a flood.
10. Hitler made a lightning attack on Poland in 1939.
V. 1. Life was like a journey full of pitfalls.
2. Not all slim girls are paper flowers.
3. A real friend is like a mirror that can help you see any dirt on your face.
4. Examinations are harvest seasons of students.
5. ...“your insurance claim will be processing quickly / fast / soon.”
Ⅵ. 1. 他们的数据处理慢得像蜗牛一般。
2. 人人都有糊涂的时候。
3. 有智不在年高。
4. 一人智短，两人智长。
5. 例外能检验规律。
6. 一分实践抵得上十分理论。
7. 多样化是快乐的灵魂。
8. 注意：伪善朋友有害健康。
EXERCISE NINE
Ⅱ. 1. analogy; 2. metaphor; 3. allegory; 4. metonymy;
5. synecdoche; 6. metonymy; 7. metonymy; 8. analogy;
9. simile, metaphor; 10. simile; 11. metaphor; 12. metonymy
Ⅲ. 1. synecdoche （Naming a part when the whole is meant, or naming a whole when a part is meant.）;
2. metonymy （Substitution of an associated word for what is actually meant）;
3. analogy （The explanation of a particular subject by pointing out its similarities to another subject which is usually better known or more easily understood.）;
4. analogy; 5. metaphor; 6. metonymy, simile
EXERCISE TEN
Ⅱ. 1. zoosemy; 2. personification; 3. onomatopoeia; 4. personification; 5. personification; 6. zoosemy; 7. onomatopoeia; 8. personification
Ⅲ. 1. T 2. T 3. F 4. T 5. F 6. T 7. T 8. F
Ⅳ. 1. This is from The Grape of Wrath by Steinbeck, in which the author describes the bony man's neck as a celery stalk — a figure of zoosemy.
2. This is an example of mixed metaphor cited by the author. In the first clause, the problem is treated like a lock; in the second, like a human being.
3. Here is a vivid description by William Faulkner, in which small but colorful verbs are used, though no figure of speech can be recognized as have been treated in the present book of English Rhetoric & Writing.
4. In this passage by Shakespeare, figures like synecdoche and zoosemy can be found.
5. Figures of speech like personification and the figures discussed in Chapter 17 are used in this passage by Tristan Jones, in which cumulative sentence pattern can be found as well. 6. While personification can be found in this passage by J. Steinbeck, transitional words （See 19.2C） used here are also prominent.
7. In this passage of T. Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd, the author uses zoosemy as in the phrase “like the sigh of a pine plantation”.
8. Cobbett uses Westminster to refer to the British Council situated in that district of London； therefore, metonymy is recognized as referring to an institution by its location.
9. Onomatopoeia is used here by Jack London, where the four words can be divided into two types which indicate striking contrast.
EXERCISE ELEVEN
Ⅱ. 1. Oxymoron; 2. Irony; 3. Innuendo; 4. Oxymoron; 5. Sarcasm; 6. Paradox
Ⅲ. 1. F 2. T 3. T 4. T 5. T 6. F 7. T
EXERCISE TWELVE
Ⅱ. 1. We produce the best shoes of the world for all marathon runners.
2. The two brothers are different in a thousand and one ways.
3. I haven't seen you for ages.
4. The cost mounted to astronomical figures.
5. The professor has an extensive/encyclopedic knowledge of the ancient Greek culture.
6. I will never do such a thing.
7. He was the last man I'd like to see.
8. I used to think that things in the upper society were all fine.
Ⅲ. 1. I don't think she will come, because she's about five months gone.
2. They were not a little surprised at the outcome.
3. It's no easy matter to restore peace in that area.
4. ... One is a letter carrier, another firefighter and the third police officer.
5. Sorry, that's more than I can promise.
6. His father passed away last week and is going to be laid to rest next Sunday.
7. Could you tell me which bus will take me to the natural museum?
8. The lunar calendar in 1995 is symbolized by the boar.
Ⅳ. 1.T 2. F 3. T 4. T 5. T 6. F
EXERCISE THIRTEEN
Ⅱ. 1. A friend in need is a friend indeed.
2. Familiarity breeds contempt.
3. All roads lead to Rome.
4. All men are created equal.
5. Give me liberty, / Or give me death. （Patrick Henry）
6. Seeing is believing.
7. I came, I saw, I conquered.
8. An apple a day keeps the doctors away.
9. Walls have ears.
10. ... from each according to his ability, to each according to his need.
Ⅲ. 1. B 2. C 3. C
EXERCISE FOURTEEN
Ⅱ. Individual work: 1.T 2. F 3. T
Ⅲ. 1. Change “sensibilizing” into “sensibility”； Paregmenon.
2. Use “squander” for “ponder”.
3. Use “planet” for “land” and “What” for “How”.
4. Use “blameless” for “blameful”； Alliteration, Assonance, Correction.
5. Turn “unrealizable” into “unpredictable”.
6. Use “ground” for “floor” and change “open space” into “wasteland”, “emptiness”, “barren ground”, or “deserts”.
7. Delete “them” and replace “preferring” with “preferences”； Paregmenon, Anadiplosis.
EXERCISE FIFTEEN
Ⅱ. 1. Note the two meanings expressed by “hang”: First one: To remain united and support each other; Second one: to be hanged/be put to death....
2. The “pounds” used by the doctor refers to the weight of the child, but the father mistook it for money.
3. The word “disposition” used in the report means how the passengers were settled after the accident, but the driver misunderstood it and thought it means how they felt and behaved after it.
4. The customer used the phrase “in the window” to modify “the trousers” while the salesman took it to be an adverbial phrase used to modify “try on”.
5. The coat here is used as “a coat of paint” （=a covering of paint spread over a surface）, not a kind of outer garment for a human being.
6. Both “multiply” and “adders” here have double meanings: What Noah wanted the animals to do was to breed, but the serpents, as they didn't like to obey the order, deliberately explained it in another meaning, which refers to one of the four fundamental operations of arithmetic （addition, subtraction, multiplication and division）; in the meantime, the cunning serpents made use of the fact that “adders” are that kind of serpents they belong to and, therefore, what they could do was only to add, not to multiply.
Ⅲ. 1. 水缓慢地流进那干涸的田地。
2. 尽管年纪轻轻，她已能写出精彩的诗句。
3. 小溪不远处立着一块令人望而生畏的岩石。
4. 国际商业机器公司今年的生产率得到很大增长。
5. 他坚持认为我们的设想都站不住脚。
6. 该谋杀犯被打入死囚牢房。
7. 他情急之下竟忘了记下地址。
8. 苹果公司有时和全国的用户进行电子对话。
Ⅳ. 1. “Put on ornaments” is used in the literal meaning and “put on airs” in a figurative sense.
2. The word “short” is in its literal meaning when it is used to modify one's coattail；and it expresses a figurative meaning when used to modify one's temper as in “a short tempered fellow” — someone who is likely to get angry.
3.“To arrive at the town hall” is in a literal sense while “to arrive at an agreement” is in a figurative sense.
4. “Lighted streets” is in the literal sense, meaning “having light”, “bright”, whereas “light” in the other combinations,the word “light（est）” is used figuratively: untroubled, pleasant； not serious, unimportant； graceful, cheerful, etc.
5. This sentence is from Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, in which the words “low”, “brown” and “little” should all be taken figuratively. For instance, “too low” here does not mean “not tall enough” but means “not worthy （to be praised）”.
6. The Zeugma occurs with “throwing”, which is used in both a literal sense （with “dish”） and a metaphorical one（with “maxim”）.
EXERCISE SIXTEEN
Ⅱ. 1. Simile （as a beacon light）; Metaphor （the flame）; Contrast （light of hope, flame of injustice）
2. Parallelism （if... if, that dignity ... that composure ... that complacency）; Antithesis （her form ... her merit ...）
3. Parallelism （four infinitive phrases in parallel）
4. Parallelism
5. Antithesis; Oxymoron; Repetition
6. Parallelism
Ⅲ. 1. These books are not primarily for reading but for reference. （Delete the wordy elements in the original sentence.）
2. Gary is not a good track man, nor is he a good swimmer. （There is faulty parallelism in the original because of the use of different grammatical structures to express coordinate ideas.）
3. ... books that when the cavalry won it was a great victory, and when the Indians won it was a massacre. （When the phrase “the cavalry's winning” has turned into a clause beginning with “when”, the two “when” clauses become parallel.）
4. ... and when you do not know it, to admit that you do not — this is true knowledge. （Change “admit” into “to admit”, so that “to hold that ...” and “to admit that ...” form appropriate parallelism.）
5. To know that we know what we know, and that we do not know what we do not know.... （Insert “that” between “and” and “we” so as to make the two “that” clauses parallel.）
6. ... now the Tudor buildings resemble a small village.
EXERCISE SEVENTEEN
Ⅱ. 1. Assonance, Alliteration, Consonance
2. Alliteration, Allegory
3. Assonance
4. Alliteration
5. Alliteration, Assonance
6. Alliteration, Consonance
7. Assonance, Consonance
EXERCISE EIGHTEEN
Ⅲ. 1. For almost ten weeks in January, the coldest month in that area, the POWs were kept in an unheated camp at night, which caused many deaths and diseases. Most of the victims were women and children.
2. Such plants to operate successfully had to run at capacity. To run at capacity they needed outlets for their whole output. （Thurman Arnold）
