新世纪大学英语综合教程3-Unit7课后答案

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UnitSeven

Education

EnhanceYourLanguageAwareness

WordsinAction

WorkingwithWordsandExpressions

Intheboxbelowaresomeofthewordsyouhavelearntinthisunit.Completethefollowingsentenceswiththem.Changetheformwherenecessary.

▆Answers:

associate

specializes

combined

emphasis

suffices

phase

presided

peculiar

rear

negotiate

indispensable

illusion

implemented

reconcile

Intheboxbelowaresomeofthewordsyouhavelearnedinthisunit.Doyouknowhowtousetheminthepropercontext?Nowcheckforyourselfbydoingtheblank-fillingexercise.Changetheformwherenecessary.

▆Answers:

stayoutof

tryout

instore

lendthemselvesto

inessence

inaccordancewith

cryingoutfor

Seetoitthat

havenobusiness

getoutof

tothisend

callsfor

broughtabout

averagedout

▆IncreasingYourWordPower

1.Studythefollowingpairsofwordswhicharesimilarinmeaning.Reflectonthedifferencesinusagebetweenthewordsineachpairandfillineachblankwithanappropriateone.Changetheformwherenecessary.

▆Answers:

participating

enroll

proved

certified

reveal

exposed

assume

think

host

presiding

shook

shuddered

negotiating

reconcile

diversity

distinction

imagination

illusion

scheme

plan

2.Theprefixesradio-andtele-areusedtoformnewwords,asisshowninthefollowingtable.

Nowfillintheblanksinthefollowingsentencesusingthewordsintheabovetable.Changetheformswherenecessary.

▆Answers:

telescopes

telecast

Telemarketing

radioactive

radiofrequency

teleplay

teleconference

one’sknowledgeandupgradeone’sskills.What’smore,ageneralcollegeeducationservesonlyasapassporttolifetimeeducation.

Theconceptoflifelongeducationfindsexpressionintheslogan“LiveandLearn.”

“ShouldFamilySchoolingExist?”ThisquestionisraisedinanewsreportcarriedinanEnglishnewspaperinChina.Readthereportbelowandwriteashortessaytoexpressyourownviewsontheissue.

▆Sampleessayfortask1:

TheSignificanceofLifelongEducation

Decadesago,duetothelowstandardoflivinginChina,onlyasmallpercentageofthenation’spopulationcouldreceivecollegeeducation.Oncegiventheopportunity,onewouldsurelysecureawell-paidandmuch-respectedjob,whichheorshewouldprobablydoforalifetime.Therefore,tosecureacollegedegreeusedtobetheultimategoalofaperson’seducation.

Today,however,wearelivinginwhatiscalleda“knowledgesociety,”wherecreativeideasandinnovationsaregeneratedatafantasticspeed.Onemustconstantlyrenewone’sknowledgeandupgradeone’sskillssoastomeettheneedsofthechangingworld.Moreover,atthestageofgeneraleducation,itispointlessforapersontoattempttoknoweverything.Whenoneisrequiredtosettledowntobeaspecialistinaspecificfield,onehastomakeanin-depthstudyofthesubjectoneissupposedtoknow.Inthissense,generaleducationcanprovidestudentswithonlyapassporttolifelongeducation.AsRobertMaynardHutchinsoncesaid,theobjectofeducationistopreparetheyoungtoeducatethemselvesthroughouttheirlives.

Inmyopinion,lifeinmodernsocietyisnotonlyaprocessof“learningtolive”butalsoaprocessof“livingtolearn”.Theslogan“LiveandLearn”canbestreflecttheconceptoflifelongeducation.(226words)

▆Sampleessayfortask2:

ShouldFamilySchoolingExist？

MengMuTang,aprivateschoolinShanghai,ismodeledaftertheeducationalsystemofancientChinesehomeschools,whichfavoredrotememorizationandrecitationofclassicworks.ButthelocaleducationauthoritiesinShanghaihavedeclareditillegalaccordingtoareportin21stCentury.Shouldfamilyschoolingexist?Whatroleshoulditplay?

Inmyopinion,familyschoolingshouldbepermittedtoplayapositiveroleinthecurrenteducationalsysteminChina.Everyfamilyshouldbefreetochoosetheformofeducationthatbestsuitstheirchildren’sinterestsandnaturalgifts.AlthoughtheexistingeducationsysteminChinahasremarkablyimproved,itdoesnotfiteachchildperfectly.Sincefamilyschoolingprovidesameanstodevelopaperson’stalentsanduniqueinterest,MengMuTang,asaprivateschoolgearedtoaspecificgroupofchildren,shouldnotbebannedinhaste.Inviewofthecurrentdynamic,quality-mindededucationalreformsinChina,weshouldpermitfamilyschoolingtoenrichanddiversifyoureducationalsystem.

Ontheotherhand,homeschoolingshouldadaptitselftothemodernworld.Topreparechildrenforthefuture,itshouldequipthemwithknowledgeandinnovativepowersothattheycancopewiththedevelopmentofthemodernworld.Whiletappingchildren’sinnatetalentsonanindividualbasis,familyschooling