大学英语创意阅读第二册 Unit 110 答案Word格式文档下载.docx

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Theswimmingpoolisn'

tverymuchinusebecausethereisnowaterinit.

Theauthordoesn'

tbelievethestoriesaboutLakeTallbecauseitistoosmallandtooshallowforthestoriestobetrue.

Theauthorsaystheonlyreasonyourmoney"

goesfurther"

isthatBantuIslandisalongwayawaygothemoneywillbetravellingfurther.Theexpressionisnotbeingusedinitsusualmeaninqofmoneylastingloungerasthingsaresocheap.

4.Theadvicetheauthorgivesinthelasttwoparagraphsistobeverycarefulwhenreadingadvertisementsandalwaystrytochecktheinformationfromanindependentsourcebeforeyoubuywhateverisbeingadvertised.

PartB:

Comparingthetexts

Thetwotextssometimesrefertothesamefeatureoftheresortwithverydifferentterms.Completethistablebyfindingthecorrespondingtermsandwritingtheminthespacesprovided.Followtheexample.

TheBrochure

TheNewspaperArticle

1

resort

buildingsite

2

ashallowbay/islandparadise

beachlessbay/harerock

3

fascinatingseacreatures

hungrysharks

4

deluxeair-conditionedtransport

open-backedjeep

5

individual,handcraftedunits

woodenhuts

6

ancientandmysteriouslake

dirtypond

PartC:

Interpretingthetext

1.Explainwhythewriterbelievesthesetwotextsprovidea"

perfectexample"

ofwhatheistryingtosay.

Thewriteristryingtosaythatadvertisingisoftenverymisleadingand,insomecases,"

legalizedlying"

.TheadvertisingbrochureforBantuIslandisobviouslyverymisleading—and,althoughnothingitsaysisactuallyalie,itcouldbearguedthatitdoesnotrepresentthetruth.

2.WhywerethevisitorstoBantuIslandmadetopayforthe"

tours"

beforetheygottotheresort?

Becauseoncetheygottotheislandandsawwhatitwaslike,theywouldnotwaisttogoonanytours.

3.Didthefirstarticlegiveanyinformationthatwasnottrue,asopposedtosimplymisleading?

No,itwasverycarefullywordedsothatitwouldbedifficulttoproveittoldanylies—simplydidnottellthewholetruthor,misledthereaderindifferentways.Forexample,theresortdoeshaveaswimmingpool（andevenapaddlingpool）--itdoesnotactuallysaythattheydon'

thaveanywater;

itdoessaythatseacreaturesabound,itdoesnotsaytheyaresharks,etc.

4.Explainfullywhatthewritermeansbythelastsentenceofthearticle.

Weshouldlookcarefullyatthingsthatseemattractive（andcheap）.Thereisoftenaproblemthatisnotobvious.Thismightalsoapplytootherthings,suchasamotorvehicle,anewapartment,"

specialoffers"

onCDs,books,etc.

Developingyourskills

Gettingthewriter'

spurpose

Whichofthefollowingdoyouthinkcouldbeusedtodescribethetoneofthenewspaperarticle?

humourous,aggressive,sarcastic

Lookatthetwotextsagainandmakenotesinthetablebelowofotherexamplesofeachcategory.

Therearemanyexamplesofthiskindinthetexts.Studentscouldbeencouragedtohavegroupdiscussionanddecidewhicharemoreeffective（andsomemayevenbehumourous）.Thesearesomeexamplesthatstudentsarelikelytofind:

Brochure

Newspaper

Layout

AOnceinaLifeti,meHoliday（This.meanssomethingveryspecial--sospecialitcannot

everberepeated.）

AHoliday.forAlltheFamily

A"

Never-To-Be-Repeated"

Holiday（This.meansitonlyhappensoncebecauseitwassobadyouwouldneverdoitagain.）

Holiday"

forNobody

Choiceof

Information

seacreatures

brand-new

cooled

rare

Itomitsanydetailsofthesize,etc.oftheattractions（e.g.LakeTall）.

Nomentionofhavingtowashinasmallstream（i.e.noplumbingorwashingfacilitiesinthehotel）.

sharks

half-built

blasted

Theydon'

texist.

Punctuation

...youwon'

thaveapennymoretopay!

--Theexclamationmarkissupposedtoshow

thereaderwhatawonderfuldealshe/heisgettingwiththeholiday.

.forNobody--theinvertedcommasindicatethatthewriter.feelstheword"

isnotthecorrectword.

The"

BeautiesofBantuIsland"

--againtheinvertedcommassuggestthat"

Beauties"

doesnotdescribetherealityoftheIsland.

"

Air-conditioned"

"

back-to-nature"

resort"

lake"

etc.alltheseshowthatthewriterdoesnot.feelthewordsarebeingusedwiththeirusualmeaningandconnotations.

Thetwoarticlesthatfollowarefromtheadvertisingmanageroftherestaurantandfromadissatisfiedcustomer.Completethembyfillingintheblankswithwordsorexpressionsthatmakethewriters'

attitudesclear.

ComeandEatattheLuxuriousandRelaxing"

FrenchKitchen"

Enjoythewonderfulselectionoftemptingdishesfromourextensivemenu.

Themagnificentviewovertheoceanwillmakeitaneveningtoremember/cherish.

Ourhighly-trained/professional/friendlyandexperienced/knowledgeable/politestaffwillbedelighted/pleased/thrilledtolookafteryoureveryneedand

thereasonable/inexpensivepriceswillpleasantlysurpriseyou.

Don'

tdelay/wait.Booknow!

Youwon'

tbedisappointed/sorry.

Anybodywhoisthinkingofgoingtothenew"

restaurant"

calledthe"

don'

tthinkagain.Iwastemptedbytheadvertisementinthisnewspaperlastweek.Unfortunately/Regrettably,Icanhonestly/truthfully/realtysaythatIwasverydispleasedbymydecision.

Toenjoythe"

magnificentview"

oftheocean,youwouldneedtoleanatleastametreoutofthewindowandpeerroundthebuildingnextdoor.I'

veseenabetter/.moreimpressive/wider/moretemptingselectionofdishesinmylocalfastfoodrestaurantandmuchmorepolite/friendlierstaffinanarmytrainingcamp.Asforthe"

reasonable/inexpensive"

prices!

MybankmanagerwillthinkthatIboughttherestaurantwhenheseesmyaccount.It'

struethattheywerea"

surprise"

butdefinitelynot"

pleasant"

tgo.Youwillcertainlybedisappointed.

Extendingyourvocabulary

Antonyms

Inthetwodescriptionsoftheholidayresort,itispossibletofindwordsandexpressionswithalmostoppositemeanings（antonyms）.Completethetablebelowwithappropriatewordsfromthetext.Followtheexample.

ancient

nestled

perched

shallow

deep

paradise

nightmare

give-awayprice

expensive

refreshing

bitter

Aquickwayofrevisingtheseantonymsistoallowstudentstolookatthelistforaminute.Theninpairsonestudentgivesaword（e.g.StudentA:

"

paradise"

）andtheotherstudentgivestheantonym（StudentB:

nightmare"

）.Oncestudentshavegottheideaofthis,theteachercanencouragethemtousethewordsconversationallybymakingstatementsandgivingrepliescontainingtheantonymofthemainword.

StudentA:

Theislandwasadvertisedasakindofparadise.

StudentB:

Butitwasanightmareforthepersonwhowentthere.

StudentA.Yes,thatmusthavebeenabitterexperience.

StudentB.Well,itcertainlywasn'

ttherefreshingexperiencehewasexpecting,wasit?

Scalesofmeaning

Allthewordsintheboxbelowarerelatedtofrequency（howoften）,degree（howmuch）orquantity（howmany）.Arrangeallthewordsinthetableinthesamewayastheexamplegivenaboveforsize.

Frequency

Degree

Quantity

·

constantly/always

regularly/repeatedly

often/frequently

sometimes/occasionally

notalways

rarely/seldom/intermittently

once

hardlyever

never

perfectly/absolutely/totally

extremely/enormously/particularly/exceedingly/exceptionally

very

slightly/alittle/tosomeextent

innoway

notintheslightest/not

atall

all/every

a,vastnumber

most/the.majorityof/generally

many/alotof/numerous

much/agreat（teal

acouple/afew

Thiskindofscaleisveryimportantformoreadvancedlanguagelearning.Studentsshouldthinkofvocabularynotonlyaslearningmoreandmorenewwordsbutalsoaslearningtorelatenewwordstothosetheyalreadyknow.Theyshouldalsobeencouragedtothinkofwordsasbeingrelatedtootherwords,i.e.whatmattershereisthegeneralgroupofthewordsandthedifferencesinshadesofmeaningofwordsalongthescale.

Oncestudentshavecompletedthechartwiththescalesofmeaningtheyshouldbeencouragedtousethewords.OnewaytodothisistogobacktothequotationsaboutadvertisingintheBeforeyoureadsection（withtheadditionalquotationsinthisTeacher'

sBook）sothatstudentsusethefrequency/degree/quantityscaleintheirownpersonalcommentsonthequotation