4．4．4 Exercises练习
Ⅰ．Translate the following expressions into Chinese．
1．red meat，reds under the bed，to run a business in the red，wave a red flag，red handed，red blooded，red hunter，red alert
2．a white Christmas，a white-collar job，a white night，white smith，white room，white alert
3．a black day，a black spot，a black sheep，a black comedy，to run a company in the black，a black and white，black tea，black beetle
4．having the blues，blue Monday，a blue fit，a blue ribbon，a bluestocking，blue collar jobs，blue water，blue alert
5．green line，green room，green-eyed monsters，a greenhorn，a greengrocer，green fingers，a green old age，green light
6．yellow journalism，yellow pages，yellow dog
7．a grey day，grey-haired，a grey market，a grey list，grey cloth，grey mare
8．in the pink of health，pink-collar employees，pink elephants，pink tea，pinkeye
9．from the purple families，a purple passage，purple medic
Ⅱ．Passage translation．
How men first learned to invent words is unknown; in other words，the origin of language is a mystery．All we really know is that men，unlike animals，somehow invented certain sounds to express thoughts and feelings，actions and things，so that they could communicate with each other; and that later they agreed upon certain signs，called letters，which could be combined to represent those sounds，and which could be written down．Those sounds，whether spoken，or written in letters，we call words．
The power of words，then，lies in their associations—the things they bring up before our minds．Words become filled with meaning for us by experience; and the longer we live，the more certain words recall to us the glad and sad events of our past; and the more we read and learn，the more number of words that mean something to us increases．
Great writers are those who not only have great thoughts but also express these thoughts in words which appeal powerfully to our minds and emotions．This charming and telling use of words is what we call literary style．Above all，the real poet is a master of words．He can convey his meaning in words which sing like music and which by their position and association can move men to tears．We should，therefore，learn to choose our words carefully and use them accurately，or they will make our speech silly and vulgar．