新世纪大学英语系列教程综合教程5-Unit-2课后答案.doc

Unit 2Working with Words and Expressions:1. Listed in the box below are some of the words you have learned in the text. Complete the following sentences with them. Change the form where necessary.1) ill-fitting2) stain 3) devoured4) rotting 5) cracked6) chronic7) dripping8) sore9) enslaved10) corrective2. Listed in the box below are some expressions that you have learned in the text. Complete the sentences with each of them. Change the form where necessary.1) Wears away / eats away2) come off3) help out4) eats away5) going-up6) at best7) off and onIncreasing Your Word Power:1. Word Clusters: make your own sentences using the word cluster in italicized type in your text book2. Words or phrases with Multiple MeaningsDevour1) devour: 2) devour: v. read something quickly and eagerly3) devour: v. destroy someone or something4) devour: v. use up all of something5) devour: v. be filled with a strong feeling that seems to control someoneCome off1) come off: become unfastened or disconnected (from)2) come off: fall off (something)3) come off: take place, happen4) come off: succeed, have the intended effect5) come off: stop taking (a drug) that one has been taking regularlyCloze:1) smell2) marriage3) chronic4) smelly5) unemployment6) mattress7) cornbread8) malnutrition9) cracked10) luxuries11) insects12) diapers13) future14) alcohol15) barsTranslation:What is poverty? Read the story of a single mother of three, and youll understand what it means.She was married once, but later her husband lost his job and life became increasingly difficult. After giving birth to the last baby, her marriage came to an end. In order to save her children from suffering, she summoned up her courage and went to ask for help.She got seventy-eight dollars a month for the four of them. After the rent, most of the rest went for food. There was no money left to get the refrigerator fixed and the milk went sour; no money for hot water, and even in winter she had to do washing in icy cold water. She had chronic anemia caused from poor diet, a bad case of worms, and needed a corrective operation, but there was no money for iron pills, or better food, or worm medicine, to say nothing of having an operation. She had no money for grannies; no money for paper handkerchiefs and her children were seen with runny noses all the time. She tried her best to use only the minimum electricity. She stayed up all night on cold nights, because she had to watch the fire, for fear that one spark on the newspaper covering the walls would cause a fire and the sleeping children would die in flames.She saw no bright future. Sooner or later, the boys would end up behind the bars of their prison or turn to the freedom of alcohol or drugs and find themselves enslaved. And what awaited the daughter was, at best, a life like that of the mother.Indeed, poverty is an acid that drips on pride until all pride is worn away. Poverty is a chisel that chips on honor until honor is worn away.Writing:Sample Essay:My Reflections After Reading “What Is Poverty?”In defining poverty, Jo Goodwin Parker creates a vivid picture of the miserable life poverty-stricken people live. I was very much touched by her harsh, direct and angry tone. Her definition of poverty has set me thinking a lot.First of all, what Parker says about poverty in the United States reminds me of what my Grandfather once said about his miserable life in China in the 1940s. Indeed, poor people everywhere suffer in more or less the same way. I do have great sympathy with them and sincerely hope that the world will say goodbye to poverty soon.Secondly, I have come see more clearly that we must cherish what we have today. Indeed, the decent and comfortable life we young people enjoy today comes from the hard work of many generations. However, we tend to take todays happy life for granted, and sometimes we even complain about the slightest discomfort in life. This is a harmful attitude because it makes us forget the past. We should remember that what we have now was never even dreamed of by the older generation. Content makes poor men rich; discontentment makes rich men poor.Lastly, we should have right attitude towards poverty. In the face of poverty, its no use complaining or just making emotional appeals for help. In