现代大学英语精读2第二版答案2.docx

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Keytoexercises

Unit1

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1.Listentotherecordingofthetextandthenfillintheblanksinthefollowingsentences.

1.aim/purpose; training; practical/professional skills; technical training;universities

2.graduateschool;Shakespeare’splays; beapharmacist

3.makingaliving;keephimself;hisfamily;expose;ideas

4.waking;average;aliving;allabout

5.indanger;mechanizedsavages;push-buttonNeanderthals

6.haveleftus;peculiaraccomplishments;species

7.center;storehouse

8.sarcastic;humorous

2.Readthetextforbettercomprehensionandanswerthequestions,payingspecialattentiontothepartsinboldtype.

1）Itmeansannoyingexperiences,toughproblemsorfailures.

2）TheymusthavefinishedtheirgraduatestudieswithanadvanceddegreelikeaPhD.

3）Itsimplymeans“oneofthestudents”.Theword“body”heremeansthewholegroupofstudents.Becausethestudentisthinandtall.Itismeanttobehumorousratherthaninsulting.

4）HeteachesEnglishliterature.

5）Byusingtheword“stuff”,heshowshisdislikeforthecourseveryclearly.Hedoesn’tlikethecoursebecausehethinksitisuselessforhisplannedcareer.

6）Wecanassumethathedoesnotthinkitnecessarytowastemoneyonthebookssinceheintendstodropthecourse.

7）Thelatter.Itisahumorouswayofreferringtoacertaintypeofpeople.

8）HeistalkingaboutthePharmacySchool.Heisbeingsarcasticwhenhecallsit“aDrugstoreMechanicsSchool”

Itmeans“技工”.

9）Heistalkingaboutthediplomaforuniversityorcollegegraduates.Hehasinmindpeoplelikewhatthestudentwantstobe:

pharmacists.

10）Itmeans“havingbeenintroducedtotheideasdevelopedorproducedthroughouthistory.

11）Itreferstohisefforttoconvincethestudent.

12）“Hold”hereisanintransitiveverbmeaning“remaintrue”.Itisoftenused

asasetphrase“holdtrue”.

13）Itmeans“thingsofthesamekind”.诸如此类

14）Wecallitthefuturecontinuoustense.Itisusedforongoingfutureactions.

15）Heissayingherethatyouwillmakesurethatthemedicine

youmakewillnotbemixedwithpoisonifyouaretrainedasapharmacist;

thatthehousesyoubuildwillsuccessfullykeepoutbullsifyourchosenjobisengineering;andthatyourclientwillnotbesentencedtodeathbecauseyouareincompetentifyouwanttobealawyer.

16）Theseareallusefulthingstodo…andraises/bringsupyourchildren.

17）InformalEnglish,“may”isusedtoexpressahopeorwish.Moreexamples:

Mayourcountrybeprosperousandourpeoplehappy.Maypeacefinallyprevail.

Note:

suffice（besufficient） Itisformalforhumorouseffect.

18）民主的思想家.Willyoubeheadingafamilythatisfamiliarwiththegreatdemocraticideasinpasthistory?

19）Hemeansthetallstudent.“Pest”isoftenusedtorefertoanannoyingpersonespeciallyachild.

20）No.Hemeansthatheisaimingtomakemoney.Thatishispurposeforcomingtoschool.

21）…you’regoingtohavetroublefindingsomethingtodowhenyouarenotspendingmoney.

22）…thenyoushouldn’tgotocollege.Youhavenoreasontogotocollege.

23）Heissayingherethatyoungpeoplemaybecomesavagesliketheancientpeoplewholived35,000to130,000yearsagoalthoughtheycannowpushbuttonsandusemachines,hence,a“newspecies”.

24）Ourcollegesareboundtoproducesomestudentsofthiskind.Heisverysarcasticaboutthesepeopleandthinksthattheyarenottrulyeducatedandcivilizedastheyshouldbetoday.Thereforeheusestheexpression:

“suchlifeforms”.Notealsothattheword“graduate”isusedasatransitiveverbhere.

25）Wearetalkingabouthowideasorconceptsaredevelopedandhowimportanttheyareintheevolutionofthehumanspecies.Animalslive

byinstinct.Onlyhumanbeingsareabletoformulateideassuchaslove,freedom,democracy,andequality.Theseideasmakeusdifferentfromotheranimals.Andwegettheseideasfrompeopleinthepast.Thatiswhyreadingissoimportant.Manyscholarsmaintainthatwithoutreadingwedon’tknowhowtothink.Thereare,however,peoplewhoemphasizetheimportanceofdirectexperience.Theysaythat‘Doingisalsolearning’.Sometimestheyevengoasfarastomaintainthatreadingmaypreventusfromcreativethinking.

26）Thefactthatwehavethefacultymeansthat…

Vocabulary

1.Dothefollowingexercisesonwordformationrules.

1）Thefollowingwordsareadjectivesendingwiththesuffixes“-ent”and“-ant,”andtheircorrespondingnounsusuallyendingwith“-ence”and“-ance.”Decidewhichofthefollowingshouldbetheformer,andwhichthelatter.

1.different

2.independent

3.extravagant

4.competent

5.arrogant

6.important

7.confident

8.fragrant

9.significant

10.convenient

11.evident

12.intelligent

13.relevant

14.present

15.urgent

16.violent

17.current

18.frequent

19.distant

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