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?

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）

Acasehereisasetoffactsorargumentsthatyoucanstatefororagainstsomething.Acaseforsomethingispositivesupportoragoodcase;acaseagainstsomethingisacounter-argumentorreasonswhythecaseisnotvalid;apoorcaseisweakanddoesnothavesolidfactsorreasonsbehindit.Youcanstate,makeorargueacase.

7Taketheexampleofglobalization,which,accordingtoitsAmericanchampion,ThomasFriedman...influencing“thepolitics,environment,geopoliticsandeconomicsofvirtuallyeverycountryinthe

world”.（Para3）

Thewordchampionherereferstosomeonewhopubliclysupportsordefendsasetofbeliefsorpoliticalaims,ieastrongsupporter.

Geopoliticsmeansthestudyofhowacountry’sposition,economyorpopulationcaninfluenceitspolitics,especiallyinrelationtoothercountries.

8TheRomanEmpire,forexample,isnothingifnotamulti-ethnic,multicultural,transnationalentity…（Para4）

Thewordtransnationalmeansaffectingorinvolvingseveralcountries.Theprefixtrans-meansacross.

9AndforallthehypeabouttheInternet,thebrutaltruthisthatmostofususeittodoremarkablyold-fashionedthings...（Para6）

Hypereferstotheuseofalotofadvertisementsorotherpublicitytoinfluenceorinterestpeople.Tohypeupmeanstomakesomethingsoundmoreinterestingorimpressivethanitis.

Thebrutaltruthreferstothetruththatisextremelyhonest,giveninawaythatseemsunkind.

10WearealwaysbeingtoldthattheInternethas“openedup”theworld,yetastaggering90percentofallwebtrafficislocal.（Para6）

Thewordstaggeringmeansextremelysurprising.Manypeoplewouldthinkthatmuchormostuse,ortraffic,oftheWorldWideWebwouldbeglobalorinternational,butthewritersaysthat,surprisingly,90percentislocal.

11WhenStanleyKubrick’sfilm2001:

ASpaceOdyssey…talkingtosentientcomputersandlivingontheMoon.（Para7）

Sentientcomputersarecomputerswhicharecapableoffeelingthingsthroughthephysicalsenses.

12Butthecinema-goersof1968wouldhavebeendeeplydisappointedtorealizethatinfacttheywouldbelivinginMiltonKeynesandwatchingMidsomerMurders.（Para7）

Thissentencepresentsacontrastwiththeprevioussentencewhichgaveapicturethatpeoplehadin1968ofpossiblygoingintospace.Instead,theirfutureturnedouttobelivinginaveryordinarytownofmanynewstreetswhichallseemidentical（likeMiltonKeynes）andwatchingdetectivestoriesaboutruralvillagesonTV（likeMidsomerMurders,aTVseriesbasedinruralsouthernEngland）.

13Evenourneophiliaisnothingnew.（Para8）

Theprefixneo-meansmodernornew.Thesuffix-philedescribessomeonewholovesorlikessomething;thusananglophilelikesEnglishthings,afrancophilelikesFrenchthings,asinophilelikesChinesethings.Thewordneophiliameanstheloveofnewthingsornovelties.

14Ifso,thenwearelucky,becausewedon’t.（Para10）

Weareluckybecausewedon’tliveininterestingtimes,whichmeansweshouldavoidthechaosandanxietyofinterestingtimes.

Dealingwithunfamiliarwords

5Matchthewordsintheboxwiththeirdefinitions.

1anemotionalstateinwhichsomeoneorsomethingissoimportanttoyouthatyouarealwaysthinkingaboutthem（obsession）

2thestudyofthewaythatgoodsandservicesareproducedandsoldandthewaymoneyismanaged（economics）

3toproudlytellotherpeopleaboutwhatyouhavedoneorcando,oraboutsomethingyouown（boast）

4acar（automobile）

5anareaortownnearalargecitybutawayfromitscentre,wheretherearemanyhouses,especiallyformiddle-classpeople（suburb）

6anewidea,method,pieceofequipmentetc（innovation）

7somethingthatyousuggestistrue,althoughyoudonotsayitdirectly（implication）

8thelimitsofyourexperience（horizons）

6CompletethesentenceswiththecorrectformofthewordsinActivity5.

1Themiddle-classdreamusedtobetoliveinapeacefulsuburbandownanewautomobile.

2Todaywehaveanobsessionwithhealthylifestylesandthelatesttechnologicalinnovations.

3Hehasgoodreasontoboastabouttheprogresshehasmadeinhiscareer.

4Theimplicationisobvious:

Wearebeginningtounderstandtheimpactofglobalization.

5Mostofusneedaprofessorofeconomicstoexplainhowourhorizonshavebeenpushedbackbytheopeningupofnewworldmarkets.

7Replacetheunderlinedwordswiththecorrectformofthewordsinthebox.Youmayneedtomakeotherchanges.

1Thewaterhasrisentolevel