大学英语创意阅读第二册 Unit 110 答案.docx

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大学英语创意阅读第二册Unit110答案

Book21-10

Unit1Understandingthetext

PartA:

Comprehendingthetext

Completethefollowingsentences.

1.Accordingtothefirstthreeparagraphs:

Amajorpurposeofadvertisingistoinformusofnewproductsorgoodbargains/helpproducerstoselltheirproducts.

Itispossiblethatadvertisingisbecominglesseffectivebecauseweareexposedtotoomuchadvertisingnowandsomuchofitismisleading,somanypeoplenowignoreit.

2.AccordingtotheadvertisementforBantuIsland:

Themoreadventurousmembersofthefamilycanvisitsomeoftheattractionsoftheisland,includingatriptoanancientcavern/studythefascinatingseacreaturesof'thatarea.

Thelessadventurousmemberscanusethehotelswimmingpool/paddlingpoolorplayonthemini-golfcourseorvisittilelessadventurousplacesofinterest（inanairconditionedvehicle）suchasalocallake.

GhostsareoftenseenaroundLakeTall.

Woodhasbeenusedtomaketheaccommodation"units"

Theholidayischeapbecausetheresortisnewandtheownersclaimtobemoreinterestedinmakingtheguestshappythanmakingmoney.

3.AccordingtothenewspaperreportonBantuIsland:

BantuIslandisreallyonlyasmall,bare,exposedrockinthemiddleoftheocean.

Swimmingaroundtheislandwouldbeverydangerousbecauseofthemanysharks.

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.）

A"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.

A"Holiday".forNobody--theinvertedcommasindicatethatthewriter.feelstheword"Holiday"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"FrenchKitchen",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"

Don'tgo.Youwillcertainlybedisappointed.

Extendingyourvocabulary

PartA:

Antonyms

Inthetwodescriptionsoftheholidayresort,itispossibletofindwordsandexpressionswithalmostoppositemeanings（antonyms）.Completethetablebelowwithappropriatewordsfromthetext.Followtheexample.

brand-new

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?

PartB:

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