综合英语教程2第四单元答案cultural encounters

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Textcomprehension

I.BII.1.T;2.F;3.T;4.T;5.T.III.

1.“snailmail〞.

2.“anessentialsteppingstoneontheroadtosuccess〞.

3.“theprofoundrelationshipbetweenlanguageandculturethatliesattheheartofsociety〞.4.“themeanstoshapeourviewsoftheworld〞.

5.“tonegotiatetheboundariesbetweenlanguagesandtocompromiseintranslation〞.6.“touselinguisticskills,tothinkdifferently,toenterintoanotherculture’smentalityandtoshapelanguageaccordingly〞.IV.

1.withconvenientwaystoreachanypartoftheworld.

2.Itseemsthateveryoneisabletoalwaysgetintouchwithanyoneelseifheorshecanaffordto.3.isthemostimportanttosociety.

4.afundamentalskillintoday’sworld,wheredifferentculturesinteract.5.arefindingwaystointerrelatedifferentcultures.

Structuralanalysisofthetext

1.Thelastsentenceofthe3rdparagraph:“Mostfundamentalistheprofoundrelationshipbetweenlanguageandculturethatliesattheheartofsocietyandonethatweoverlookatourperil.〞

2.Paragraph4:ThelackofanexactcounterpartoftheEnglishword“homesickness〞inotherlanguagessuchasItalian,Portuguese,andGerman.

Paragraph5:TheproblemofuntranslatabilitywhichtheearlyBibletranslatorsencountered.Paragraph6:EnglishandWelshspeakersmakeadjustmentsregardingthecolorspectruminthegrey/green/blue/brownrange;Theword“democracy〞meanscompletelydifferentthingsindifferentcontexts;theflatbreadsofCentralAsiaarealongwayawayfromMother’sPride

whiteslicedtoasties,yettheword“bread〞hastoserveforboth.

PartOne.VocabularyAnalysisI.Phrasepractice

1.provided=aslongas假使，倘若

needneverbeoutoftouch=canneverfailtobereached从不会失去联系

2.regardlessof=nomatter不管，不顾

3.overlookatourperil=failtonoticeatgreatrisk忽视??的危险或风险

4.hoverssomewhereinandaroundallthosewords=maybedescribedbythesewordstovaryingdegrees

5.hittheproblemofuntranslatabilityhead-on=weredirectlyconfrontedwiththeproblemthatsomethinginonelanguagecannotberenderedintoanotherII.

1.steppingstone;2.attheirperil;3.serve;4.mentality;5.staple;6.facilitating;7.messaging;8.hybrid.

III.Wordderivation

Fillintheblankswiththeappropriateformsofthegivenwords.

1.Thecountryistryingtomovefromacentrallyplannedeconomy(economic)toonebasicallygearedtotheneedsofthemarket.

2.Therearenogoodroadsinthearea,somostoftheranchesareonlyaccessible(access)byjeeporotheroff-roadvehicles.

3.Thetwoapproachesaresofundamentally(fundamental)differentthatitissurprisingthattheyhavebothbeensuccessful.

4.Theyspentmuchtimecomfortingthehomesick(homesickness)childrenatthebeginningofthesummercamp.

5.Wearelookingforanexperiencedjournalisttojointhenewsteams.Thesalaryisnegotiable(negotiate).

6.Theamountofanyoftheseingredientscanbeadjusted(adjustment)accordingtoyourtaste.7.Theremoteness(remote)ofthehousewastheonlythingthatmadethemhesitateaboutbuyingit.

8.Heparkedthecarandsmiledather,complacently(complacent)assuminghehadpassedthetest.

1.economica.经济学的；经济的；有利可图的economicala.质朴的；经济的，合算的economicsn.经济学economistn.经济学家economyn.俭约；经济

2.accessn.通道，入口

accessiblea.可得到的；易接近的，可进入的accessibilityn.可以得到；易接近

3.fundamentala.基本的，根本的；重要的fundamentalismn.原教旨主义

fundamentalistn.信奉正统派基督教的人fundamentallyad.从根本上；基本地

4.homesicka.想家的

homesicknessn.乡愁，思乡病

5.negotiatev.谈判，协商，交涉negotiablea.可磋商的，可协商的

negotiationn.谈判，协商negotiatorn.磋商者，交涉者

6.adjustv.调整，调理；使适应adjustablea.可调整的adjustmentn.调整

7.remotea.偏僻的，遥远的，远程的remotenessn.远离，远隔，偏僻

8.complacenta.满足的，自满的，得意的complacentlyad.满足地，自满地，沾沾自喜地complacencyn.自满，沾沾自喜IV.

1.D;2.C;3.A;4.D;5.B;6.A;7.B;8.C.

V.Synonym/Antonym

Giveasynonymoranantonymofthewordunderlinedineachsentenceinthesenseitisused.1.Weliveinanageofeasyaccesstotherestoftheworld.Synonym:time,era,epoch

2.ConferencesandbusinessmeetingsaroundtheglobeareheldinEnglish,regardlessofwhetheranyonepresentisanativeEnglishspeaker.Synonym:meetings

3.Englishhassimplybecomethelanguagethatfacilitatescommunication,andformanypeoplelearningEnglishisanessentialsteppingstoneontheroadtosuccess.Synonym:basic,fundamental

4.Differentculturesarenotsimplygroupsofpeoplewholabeltheworlddifferently;languagesgiveusthemeanstoshapeourviewsoftheworldandlanguagesaredifferentfromoneanother.Antonym:misshape

5.Inevitably,thespreadofEnglishmeansthatmillionsofpeopleareaddinganotherlanguagetotheirownandarelearninghowtonegotiateculturalandlinguisticdifferences.Synonym:unavoidably

6.WhydoestheriseofEnglishasagloballanguagecausefeelingsofuneasinessforsomeofus?Synonym:worry,concern,anxiety

7.Butevenasmorepeoplebecomemultilingual,sonativeEnglishspeakersarelosingout,fortheyarebecomingevermoremonolingual,andhenceincreasinglyunawa