新标准大学英语综合教程3课后练习答案Unit4.docx

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新标准大学英语综合教程3课后练习答案Unit4

新标准大学英语综合教程3课后练习答案-Unit-4

Unit4

Reading1

Languagepoints

1WorkincorporateAmerica（Title）

CorporateAmericaisageneraltermgiventoalargenon-government-ownedorganizationorcompanyintheUnitedStates,egabank,amarketingresearchcompanyetc.Ithasbothpositiveandnegativeconnotations.Positively,itmeansthatacompanyoranorganizationproduceswealthandimprovespeople’slivingstandardsinafreemarketandcompetitivesocietybypeopleworkingtogethertoachievethegoals.Thismainlyreferstofinancialgainsandsuccess.Negatively,itseemstoindicatethepromotionofself-interest,financialgains,greedandirresponsibilityintheworkplace.

2Itisnotsurprisingthatmodernchildrentendtolookblankanddispiritedwhen...（Para1）

Tolookblankmeansthatmodernchildrenshownosignofunderstandingoremotionaboutthecorporateworkplace,theyseemunresponsiveandhaveblanklooks.

Someonewhoisdispiriteddoesnothavethehope,enthusiasmorinterestthattheyhadearlier;theyareinlowspiritsordownhearted.

3Theparentcouldtakehisoffspringtohisplaceofbusinessandlethimwatchwhileherepairedabuggyorbuiltatable.（Para2）

Abuggyisavehicleusedforbabiesandtoddlersbycarers（parents,grandparentsandadultsincaringprofessions）,topushthemaround.Itisalsocalledapushchair.IntheUS,itiscalledastroller.

4Whenachildasked…hisfathercouldanswerintermsthatachildcouldcometogripswith,suchas“Ifixsteamengines”or“Imakehorsecollars”.（Para3）

Theexpressioncometogripswithnormallymeanstofaceuptoaproblem,situationordifficultjobanddealwithit.Here,itmeansthatsomeonegetstounderstandsomethingthatisdifficultorunpleasant.Ithasthesimilarmeaningastocometotermswith,tackle,handle,manageetc.

Horsecollarsaremadeofleatherandfitaroundanimals’neckstoallowthemtopullheavythings.Whenhorsesareusedtopullcartsorcarriagestheywearhorsecollars.Here,incorporateAmerica,thisisadeliberateimageofsomethingveryold-fashioned,justlikesteamengines.

5Howcanhepossiblyenvisionanyoneanalyzingasystemorresearchingamarket?

（Para5）

Thewordenvisionisaverbwhichmeanstoshowavisualsceneinyourmind,toimaginesomethingthatisoutsideyourexperience,whichhasnothappenedordoesnotexist.

6Evengrownmen…anditisasafebetthattheaveragesystemsanalystisasbaffledaboutwhataspacesalesmandoesattheshopastheaveragespacesalesmanisaboutthetoolsneededtoanalyzeasystem.（Para6）

Theexpressionitisasafebetmeansthatthespeakerorwriterissureaboutsomething（theywouldbewillingtoriskmoneytoconfirmit）.

Aspacesalesmandealswiththearrangementsfortheuseofspaceinofficesandotherplaces:

Howmanyroomsmightbeneededforwhatpurposes,whatsortsofworkpeopledoinparticularofficesandhowtheofficefurnitureandequipmentcanbestbearrangedforthemaximumeffectiveness,howmuchitcoststorentoruseofficeaccommodationindifferentpartsofacity...Butprobably,aspacesalesmanmainlydealswithpeoplewhowanttorentofficespace.

Inthissentencethewriterissayingheisquitesurethatneitherthesystemsanalystnorthespacesalesmanknowsabouteachother’sworkandwhattheyactuallydo.

7Themachinesthatmakethingsmaketheminsuchafashionthattheywillquicklyfallapartinsuchawaythatrepairswillbeprohibitivelyexpensive.（Para7）

Theexpressioninsuchafashionmeansinaparticularwayormanner.

Thecostisprohibitivelyexpensivewhenitpreventsyoufrombuyingsomething,asitisbeyondthelimitsofwhatyoucanafford.Or,wemaysaythecostisprohibitive.

Thesentencemeansthatthemachinesmakethingsinsuchawaythattheywillbreakorfallintopiecessothattheycan’tbecheaplyrepaired.Itisimpliedthatthethingsaremadetobeshort-lastingsothatthemanufacturerscansellmorelater.

8Thehandfulofpeopleremotelyassociatedwiththesemachinescan,ofcourse,telltheirinquisitivechildren“Daddymakesjunk”.（Para8）

Inquisitivechildrenarethosewholiketoasklotsofquestions,especiallythingsthatadultsdonotwanttotalkabout.

9Mostoftheworkforce,however,istooremotefromjunkproductiontosenseanycontributiontotheindustry.（Para8）

Thesentencemeansmostworkersaredistantfromtheprocessofjunkproductionsotheydonotfeelthattheirworkhasanypartinit.

10Otherstelephonetoascertainthewhereaboutsofpaper.（Para12）

Theexpressionascertainthewhereaboutsofsomethingmeanstofindoutwheresomethingis.

11Backattheoffice,thefatherordersthepaperretypedandreproducedinquintuplicate,andthensenttoanothermanforcomparisonwithpaperthatwasreproducedintriplicatelastyear.（Para16）Thewordquintuplicatemeansthatsomethingismadeintofivecopies.Toquadruplicatemeanstomakeintofourcopies;triplicatethreecopies;andduplicatetwocopies.

Dealingwithunfamiliarwords

4Matchthewordsintheboxwiththeirdefinitions.

1old,brokenoruselessthings（junk）

2relatingtolargecompanies,oraparticularlargecompany（corporate）

3tonotapproveofsomeoneorsomething（disapprove）

4toformapictureofsomeoneorsomethinginyourmind（visualize）

5anagreementinwhichyouriskanamountofmoneybysayingwhatyouthinkwillhappen（bet）

6tofindoutsomething（ascertain）

7thespaceattheleftorrightsideofapagewherewordsarenotusuallyprintedorwritten（margin）

8todiscusssomethingwithotherpeopleinordertoreachadecision（confer）

9important,respected,andadmired（eminent）

10totwistyourfaceintoanexpressionthatshowsyouareangry（scowl）

5CompletethesentenceswiththecorrectformofthewordsinActivity4.

1It’snoteasytovisualizewhatlifewaslikeintheageofthesteamengine.

2Ifyoudisapproveoftheseplans,youshouldletmeknowexactlywhatyoufindwrongwiththem.

3Thomas’roomisfullofjunklikebrokenelectricalequipmentandoldcomputerpartshedoesn’tneed.

4Mybetisthatthistypeofjobwon’tgiveyoumuchsatisfaction.

5We’regoingtoneedsometimetoconferwithourlawyersbeforewemakeadecision.

6Themarginsofthepagesinthisdocumenthaveallbeenwrittenon.

7Wecan’tacceptyourapplication,withoutascertainingtheauthenticityofyourqualifications.

8Itwasacorporatedecisiontoclosethebank,notthechoiceofanyindividual.

9She’saveryniceperson,andaveryeminentprofessor.

10Whyishescowlingatme?

WhathaveIdone?

6Replacetheunderlinedwordswiththecorrectformofthefollowingwords.Youmayneedtomakeotherchanges.

1Acuriouschildisofteneagertoinquireaboutthejobstheirparentsdo.（inquisitive）

Aninquisitivechildisofteneagertoinquireaboutthejobstheirparentsdo.

2Mostpeoplethinkthedecisiontheytookisimpossibletounderstand.（incomprehensible）

3Couldyouwritedownanyideasyouhaveduringthemeetingonthispieceofpaper?

（jot）

4Youareverycarefulaboutnoticingdetailsifyoucanrememberexactlywhatthemanagerwaswearing.

（observant）

5I’mafraidwedon’tknowtheplacewhereHelenisrightnow.（whereabouts）

I’mafraidwedon’tknowthewhereaboutsofHelen.

6Don’tbeunhappyandlackinginenthusiasm.I’msureoneoftheapplicationswillbesuccessful.

（dispirited）

7I’dliketobuyanopentopcar,butthey’reallsoterriblyexpensive.（prohibitively）

7Answerthequestionsabouttheexpressions.

1Ifyoulookblankaboutsomething,doyou（a）understand,or（b）notunderstandit?

2Ifyoucometogripswithaproblem,doyou（a）starttodealwithit,or（b）stopthinkingaboutit?

3Whensomethingfallsapart,isit（a）inthewrongplace,or（b）broken?

4Whensomethingwearsout,doesit（a）notlookverynice,or（b）becomeoldandunusable?

5Ifyoumulloveraproblem,doyou（a）thinkcarefullyaboutitforalongtime,or（b）quicklysolveit?

6Dopeoplesometimessay“Itbeatsme”becausethey（a）understand,or（b）don’tunderstandsomething?

Activereading

（2）

Languagepoints

1There’snothingnewaboutourobsessionwiththenew,saysDominicSandbrook.（Introduction）

Obsessionisanemotionalstateinwhichsomeoneorsomethingissoimportantthatyouarealwaysthinkingaboutthem,inawaythatseemsextremetootherpeople.

2Weliveinaworldofunprecedented,dazzlingchange.（Para1）

Thewordunprecedentedmeansneverhavinghappenedorexistedbefore,eganunprecedentedsituation,anunprecedentedchange.

3Thankstoglobalization,nationalfrontiersarecollapsingaroundus,whiletechnologicalinnovationsarefundamentallyreshapingourlivesinwayswecanbarelycomprehend.（Para1）

Becauseofthesituationofglobalization–thatthewholeworldisdevelopingasinglecomplexeconomy,communicationsystemandculture–itseemsthattherearenonationalbordersandnewtechnologiesareinfluencingourlivesinbasicwayswhichwecannotreallyunderstand.

4Soruntheclichés,anyway.（Para2）

Aclichéreferstoaphraseorideathatisboringbecausepeopleuseitalot,anditisnolongeroriginalandsoundsempty.Theexpressionsoruntheclichésmeansthesearetheclichésyouoftenhear.

5Butitisonlyourobsessionwithnovelty,ignoranceofdeeperhistoricalpatternsandarrogantinsistenceonourownimportancethatleadsusintothiskindoftalk.（Para2）

Historicalpatternsrefertomajoreventsinhistorywhichmakepatternsbecausetheyarerelatedtoeachotherorsimilar.

6Yetthereisagoodcasethatwedonot,infact,liveinveryinterestingtimesatall.（Para2）

Acasehereisasetoffacts