全大学英语综合教程2-答案

UnitlWaysofLearning

PartIIReadingTask

Comprehension

ContentQuestion

PairWork

TheywerestudyingartseducationinChinesekindergartensandelementary

schoolsinNanjing.

Their18-month-oldsonBenjaminwasfondoftryingtoplacethekeyintotheslot

ofthekeyboxduringtheirstayattheJinlingHotel.

TheywouldcomeovertowatchBenjaminandthentrytoteachhimhowtodoit

properly.

Becauseherealizedthatthisanecdotewasdirectlyrelevanttotheirassignedtasks

inChina:toinvestigateearlychildhoodeducationandtothrowlightonChinese

attitudestowardcreativity.

MostofthemdisplayedthesameattitudeasthestaffattheJinlingHotel.

Heemphasizedthatthemostimportantthingistoteachthechildthatoncansolve

aproblemeffectivelybyoneself.

Hemeansthatthisincidentpointedtoimportantdifferencesineducationaland

artisticpracticesbetweenChinaandtheUSA.

ThemannerinwhichtheChinesestaffsawtheneedtoteachthechildbyguiding

hishandinthecharacteristicofabroaderattitudetoeducation,onethatstandsin

contrasttotheWesternpreferenceforleavingthechildtoexploreandlearn

unaided.

Oneexampleisofchildrenattheageof5or6paintingflowers,fishandanimals

skillfullyandconfidently;inasecondexample,calligraphers9and10yearsoldwere

producingworks;andinathird,youngartistsworkonperfectingtheircraftfor

severalhoursaday.

Americansthinkthatunlesscreativityhasbeenacquiredearly,itmayneveremerge,

andskillscanbepickeduplater.Chinesethinkthatifskillsarenotacquiredearly,

theymayneverbeacquired,andthereisnohurrytopromotecreativity.

Thisismainlyduetothedifferenceintheirwayofthinking.

Theauthormakesthesuggestionthatweshouldstrikeabetterbalancebetween

thepolesofcreativityandbasicskills.

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Thetextbeginswithananecdote.

HisthoughtsaremainlyaboutdifferentapproachestolearninginChinaandthe

West

Hewindsupthetextwithasuggestionintheformofaquestion.

Chinese

Showachildhowtodosomething,ortechbyholdingthehand

Givegreaterprioritytodevelopingskillsatanearlyage,believingthatcreativitycan

bepromotedovertime

Americans

Teachchildrenthattheyshouldrelyonthemselvesforsolutionstoproblems

Putmoreemphasisonfosteringcreativityinyoungchildren,thinkingskillscanbe

pickeduplater

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Summarizing

valueoriginalityandindependence

contrastbetween

intermsof

harbor

fearful

comparable

promotecreativity

emerge

pickedup

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Vocabulary

I

insert

onoccasion

investigate

Inretrospect

initial

phenomena

attached

makeupfor

isawaiting

not;intheleast

promote

emerged

astrikingcontrastbetweenthestandardsoflivinginthenorthofthecountryand

thesouth.

issaidtobesuperiortosyntheticfiber.

asafinancialcenterhasevolvedslowly.

isnotrelevanttowhetherheisagoodlawyer.

byalittle-knownsixteen-centuryItalianpoethavefoundtheirwayintosome

Englishmagazines.

bepickedup;can'taccomplish;amexaggerating

somewhat;theperformance;haveneglected;theyapplyto

assist;Ontheotherhand;arevalid;asuperior

II

continual

continuous

continual

continuous

principal

principal

principle

principles

principal

III

themselves

himself/herself

herself/byherself/onherown

itself

ourselves

yourself/byyourself/onyourown

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cloze

contrast

exaggerating

priority

ontheotherhand

promoting

pickup

assist

accomplish

occasion

neglecting

worthwhile

superior

end

perform

facing

competent

equipped

designed

approach

rest

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Ittakesanenormousamountofcouragetomakeadeparturefromthetradition.

Tomusedtobeveryshy,butthistimehewasboldenoughtogiveaperformance

infrontofalargeaudience.

Manyeducatorsthinkitdesirabletofosterthecreativespiritinthechildatanearly

age.

Assumingthispaintingreallyisamasterpiece,doyouthinkit'sworthwhiletobuy

it?

Ifthedataisstatisticallyvalid,itwillthrowlightontheproblemweareinvestigating.

ToimproveourEnglish,itiscriticaltodomorereading,writing,listeningand

speaking.Besides,learningbyheartasmanywell-writtenessaysaspossibleisalso

veryimportant.WithoutanenormousstoreofgoodEnglishwritinginyourhead

youcannotexpressyourselffreelyinEnglish.Itisalsohelpfultosummarizeour

experienceaswegoalong,forinsodoing,wecanfigureoutwhichwayoflearning

ismoreeffectiveandwillproducethemostdesirableresult.Aslongaswekeep

workinghardonit,wewillinduecourseaccomplishthetaskofmasteringEnglish.

Unit4TheVirtualWorld

PartIIReadingTask

Comprehension

ContentQuestion

PairWork

Sheusedtobeatelevisionproducer;butnowsheisawriter.

Shewritesandeditsarticlesonline,submitsthemviaemail,andcommunicateswith

colleaguesviatheInternet,too.

Shecouldstaycomputer-assistedathomeforweeks,goingoutonlytgetmail,

newspapersandgroceries.

Theyfeelasiftheyhadbecomeonewiththecomputer,andlifeseemstobeunreal.

Thatpeoplewhogrewusedtoavirtuallifewouldfeelanaversiontooutsideforms

ofsocializing.

Shegetsoverexcited,speakstoomuch,andinterruptsothers.

Sheisbad-tempered,easilyangered,andattackseveryoneinsight,allbecauseshe

haslongbecomeseparatedfromothersandlacksemotionalface-to-face

exchangeswithpeople.

Shefightsherboyfriend,misinterpretinghisintentionsbecauseofthelackof

emotionalcuesgivenbytheirtypeddialogue.

Becausewerelyonco-worksforcompany.

Shecallspeople,arrangerstomeetthefewfriendsremainingintheCity,getsto

thegym,arrangesinterviewsforstories,doctor7sappointments--anythingtoget

heroutofthehouseandconnectedwithothers.

No,shedoesn'tfeelhappy.Shefeelsbeingfacetofaceisintolerable.

Shemakesherexcusesandflees,re-entersherapartment,runstothecomputer;

clicksonthemodem,anddisappearsintothevirtualworldagain.

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2-3

1,4-10,13

11

12

Thefirstparagraphdescribestheconsequencesoflivingavirtuallifeandthelast

tellsoftheauthor1sescapebackintoitTogether,theybringoutthedilemma

peopleatpresentarein:Becauseofmoderntechnology,wehaveachoicebetween

avirtuallifeandreallife,butfindbothunsatisfactory.

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routine

forcompany

unemployment

externally

drugabuse

restore

fled

gym

setapart

appointments

Vocabulary

I

conversely

butthen

symptom

spitting

abusing

tone

took;in

editing

havearranged

insight

stretched

data

smokingcigarettesjarsonme.

findthemselvesgettingsuckedin.

hasarrangedforatechnicianfromthecomputerstoretocheckandrepairit.

fledtheircountrytoavoidmilitaryservice/fledtoothercountriestoavoidmilitary

service.

restorepeople'sconfidenceinit

thevirtual;online;via

nightmare;routine;anyappointment;arrangefor

cue;remarks;histune

Collocation

Wecamehereallthewayonfoot.

Privatecarsarenotallowedoncampus.

TheyareonvacationinFlorida.

Maryhasbeentalkingtoherfriendonthephoneforanhour.

Don'tworry,Lucyisalwaysontime.

Industrialdemandonfuelisontherise.

Usage

hard

difficult

impossible

tough

hard

easy

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cloze

Internet

click

virtual

routines

arrange

nightmare

annoying

connection

crawls

takein

spit

data

suckedinto

Attimes

flee

online

companion

deliver

access

enables

customers

delights

provides

small

remote

information

Translation

Researchshowsthatlaughtercanbringalotofhealthbenefits.

AshowInternetconnectionspeedisreallyannoying.

Asthelawstands,helpingsomeonecommitsuicideisacrime.

Inherreport,Marytriestointerpretthedatafromacompletelydifferentangle.

Sueisagirlofgreattalent.Heramazingmemorysetsherapartfromherclassmates.

Perhapsyouenvymeforbeingabletoworkfromhomeonthecomputer.Iagree

thattheInternethasmademyjobaloteasier.Icanwrite,submitandeditarticles

viaemail,chatwithmycolleaguesonlineanddiscussworkwithmyboss.Witha

clickofthemouse,IcangetallthedataIneedandkeepupwiththelatestnews.

Butthen,communicatingthroughtheNetcanbefrustratingattimes.Thesystem

maycrash.Worsestill,withouttheemotionalcuesofface-to-facecommunication,

thetypedwordssometimesseemdifficulttointerpret.

Unit7LearningaboutEnglish

PartIIReadingTask

Comprehension

ContentQuestion

PairWork

Ithasborrowedandisstillborrowingmassivelyfromotherlanguages.Todayithas

anestimatedvocabularyofoveronemillionwords.

Theydon'tlikeborrowingforeignwords.TheytrytobanwordsfromEnglish.

OldEnglishorAnglo-SaxonEnglish.

TheGermanictribesbroughtittotheBritishIslesinthe5thcentury.

Theyareusuallyshortanddirect.

TheyusewordsderivedfromOldEnglish.

AnEnglishjudgeinIndianoticedthatseveralwordsinSanskritcloselyresembled

somewordsinGreekandLatin.AsystematicstudylaterrevealedtheIndo-European

parentlanguage.

Greek,Latin,Sanskrit,English,etc.

TherewerethreelanguagescompetingforuseinEngland.

WordsfromGreekandRomanclassicscameintotheEnglishlanguage.

ThegreatprinciplesoffreedomandrightsofmanwereborninEngland,thenthe

Americanscarriedthemforward.

No.Englishisandhasalwaysbeenthetongueofthecommonpeople.Thereshould

notbeanyfencearoundittoprotectitsso-calledpurity.

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PartOne:MassiveborrowingfromotherlanguagesisamajorfeatureoftheEnglish

language.

PartTwo:thehistoryoftheEnglishlanguagefromtheIndo-Europeanparent

languagetomodernEnglish.

PartThree:Tolerance,loveoffreedom,andrespectfortherightsofothers—these

qualitiesintheEnglish-speakingpeopleexplaintherichnessoftheirlanguage.

Paras.10-11:GermanictribescametosettleinBritainandbroughtAnglo-Saxon

words--OldEnglish.

Para.12:TheChristianreligionenrichedEnglishwithwordsfromGreekandLatin.

Para.13:theVikingsfromScandinaviacamewithwordsfromOldNorse.

Para.14:theNormanConquest-Frenchinfluence.

Para.15:TheEuropeanrenaissanceandtheprintingpressbroughtmanynewwords

fromLatinandGreek.

Para.16:TheAmericanrevolution—theemergenceofanewvariety---Amercan

English.

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judge

resembled

systematic

descended

losttous

comeupwith

assume

established

drifted

becameknownas

Vocabulary

I

Strictlyspeaking

drifted

resembles

invaded

isconquered

fascinating

snack

put;intopractice

source

climate

surrendered

were;aroused

anabsolutenecessityratherthanaluxury.

isavaluableadditiontothefootballteam.

willgetoutofcontrol,ifthefiremendonotarrivewithintenminutes.

AlternativebuttogoviaVancouvertogettoSeattle.

Declaredallbeefimportswillbebannedforthenextsixmonthsasanemergency

measuretostopthespreadofmaddisease.

systematic;haveinvented;toaveryrealextent;mysteries

toestablish;tobemodified/modifying

tolerancetowards;strikeout;enrich

Synonyms

wish

wish

want

want/wish

skin

hide/skin

hide

skin

raise/rear

raise

rear/raise

raise

royal

kingly/royal

sovereign

royal/kingly

Usage

Indeed

though

Frankly

Moreover

Tomyknowledge

however

nevertheless

Yet

instead

inotherwords

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fascinating

tolerance

invented

addition

ban

corrupt

outofcontrol

influenced

elite

cameupwith

establishing

Massive

sources

enrich

early

similar

source

observation

examine

features

declared

stronger

accident

sprung

Translation

Manysmallbusinesseshavesprungupinthecitysincethenewpolicywentinto

effect.

Onhearingthenews,shesmiledbriefly,andthenreturnedtoherhabitualfrown.

Hepausedforeffect,thensaid:"Wecanreach/enterthesemarketsthroughnew

channels/

Theadditionofaconcerthalltotheschoolwillhelpitnourishyoungmusicaltalents.

Wehavenowaytoprotectourpersonallibertiesuntilwehaveestablisheda

sovereignstate./Wecan'tprotectourpersonallibertiesunlesswe,firstofall,

establishasovereignstate.

ThoughhowtheEnglishlanguagecameintoexistenceremainsamysterytomany

people,linguistsbelievethatEnglishandmostotherEuropeanlanguageshave

descendedfromacommonsource:theIndo-Europeanparentlanguage.English

wasfirstspokenbytheAnglo-SaxonswhoinvadedEnglandinthefifthcentury.

TheypassedontousthebasicvocabularyofEnglish.Inoverfifteencenturiesofits

developmentEnglishhasenricheditselfbymassiveborrowing.AsBritish

immigrantslandedinAmericaandestablishedtheUnitedStatesasanindependent

nation,anewvarietywasaddedtotheEnglishlanguage:AmericanEnglish.Though

somepeopleworrythatthelanguageisrunningoutofcontrol,manynative

speakersofEnglishtakeprideinthetoleranceoftheirlanguage.

Unit8ProtectingOurEnvironment

PartIIReadingTask

Comprehension

ContentQuestion

PairWork

InthemidstofprosperousfarmsandbeautifulfieldsinthecentralpartofAmerica.

Foxes,deer;wildflowersandtrees,migrantbirds,troutandotherfishes,etc.

Theroadsideswerebeautifuleveninwinter.Berriesandseedheadsofdriedweeds

roseabovethesnow,andbirdscametofeedonthem.

Themigrantbirds,andfishinthestreamsandpools.

Itwasclearandcold.

Theybuilttheirhouses,sanktheirwells,builttheirbarns,andlivedinperfect

harmonywiththewildlife.Thetownremainedbeautifulandfulloflifeformany

years.

Shereferstotheshadowofdeath.Chickens,cattleandsheepbegantodieof

mysteriousmaladies,peoplewerestrickenwithstrangesicknessandsomeofthem

died.

Springshouldbethrobbingwithlife,fullofbirdsong."Asilentspring"isalifeless

spring.

Theroadsidesarenowlinedwithwitheredvegetationasthoughsweptbyfire.

Probablyitistheremainsofpesticidesorotherdeadlychemicals.

Man.Allthesechangesaretheresultofman'sownwork.

No.Theauthorispointingtoarealdanger.Thedisastersbefallingthisimagined

townhaveactuallyhappenedhereandthere,thoughnosingletownhas

experiencedallofthem.Ifnothingisdonetoprotecttheenvironment,allAmerican

townswillsufferthesamefatesoonerorlater.

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PartTwo:Thedescriptionofthesametownwhichwasnowstrickenwithallkinds

ofmaladies

PartThree:Thecauseofthemaladies

PartFour:Thoughimagined,thetragedymaywellbecomearealityandtheauthor

tellsaboutherpurposeinwritingthebook.

3.Astrangeblightcreptoverthearea

5.Animalsstoppedbreedingandtreesborenofruit

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heart

inharmonywith

inthemidst

prosperous

orchards

drifted

blaze

flickered

barked

mists

Vocabulary

I

barking

evil

brooding;hatched

migrant

tragedies

counterpart

arecomplaining/co-mplain

grim

flocks;fedon

vegetation

patches

Scoresof

waslinedwithpeoplewhocametowelcomethedistinguishedforeignguests.

thebosssilencedalllivelyconversationintheoffice.

wearingapairofsunglasses,thefamousmoviestarpassedthecrowedunnoticed.

lookeddeserted.

werestrickenbyit.

patches;cameintofullbloom;werepuzzled;mysterious

throbbedwith;sickened;migrant;achorus

hadcreptinto;flickered;thestark

WordFormation

Compoundwords

age-old

airforce

daughter-in-law

first-rate

greenhouse

halfbrother

ice-cream

lifelike