新标准大学英语综合教程3课后练习答案Unit4.docx

1、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-4Unit 4Reading 1Language points1 Work in corporate America (Title)Corporate America is a general term given to a large non-government-owned organization or company in the United States, eg a bank, a marketing research company etc. It has both positive a

2、nd negative connotations. Positively, it means that a company or an organization produces wealth and improves peoples living standards in a free market and competitive society by people working together to achieve the goals. This mainly refers to financial gains and success. Negatively, it seems to

3、indicate the promotion of self-interest, financial gains, greed and irresponsibility in the workplace.2 It is not surprising that modern children tend to look blank and dispirited when . (Para 1)To look blank means that modern children show no sign of understanding or emotion about the corporate wor

4、kplace, they seem unresponsive and have blank looks.Someone who is dispirited does not have the hope, enthusiasm or interest that they had earlier; they are in low spirits or downhearted.3 The parent could take his offspring to his place of business and let him watch while he repaired a buggy or bui

5、lt a table. (Para 2)A buggy is a vehicle used for babies and toddlers by carers (parents, grandparents and adults in caring professions), to push them around. It is also called a pushchair. In the US, it is called a stroller.4 When a child asked his father could answer in terms that a child could co

6、me to grips with, such as “I fix steam engines” or “I make horse collars”. (Para 3)The expression come to grips with normally means to face up to a problem, situation or difficult job and deal with it. Here, it means that someone gets to understand something that is difficult or unpleasant. It has t

7、he similar meaning as to come to terms with, tackle, handle, manage etc.Horse collars are made of leather and fit around animals necks to allow them to pull heavy things. When horses are used to pull carts or carriages they wear horse collars. Here, in corporate America, this is a deliberate image o

8、f something very old-fashioned, just like steam engines.5 How can he possibly envision anyone analyzing a system or researching a market? You may need to make other changes.1 A curious child is often eager to inquire about the jobs their parents do. (inquisitive)An inquisitive child is often eager t

9、o inquire about the jobs their parents do.2 Most people think the decision they took is impossible to understand. (incomprehensible)3 Could you write down any ideas you have during the meeting on this piece of paper? (jot)4 You are very careful about noticing details if you can remember exactly what

10、 the manager was wearing.(observant)5 Im afraid we dont know the place where Helen is right now. (whereabouts)Im afraid we dont know the whereabouts of Helen.6 Dont be unhappy and lacking in enthusiasm. Im sure one of the applications will be successful.(dispirited)7 Id like to buy an open top car,

11、but theyre all so terribly expensive. (prohibitively)7 Answer the questions about the expressions.1 If you look blank about something, do you (a) understand, or (b) not understand it?2 If you come to grips with a problem, do you (a) start to deal with it, or (b) stop thinking about it?3 When somethi

12、ng falls apart, is it (a) in the wrong place, or (b) broken?4 When something wears out, does it (a) not look very nice, or (b) become old and unusable?5 If you mull over a problem, do you (a) think carefully about it for a long time, or (b) quickly solve it?6 Do people sometimes say “It beats me” be

13、cause they (a) understand, or (b) dont understand something?Active reading (2)Language points1 Theres nothing new about our obsession with the new, says Dominic Sandbrook. (Introduction)Obsession is an emotional state in which someone or something is so important that you are always thinking about t

14、hem, in a way that seems extreme to other people.2 We live in a world of unprecedented, dazzling change. (Para 1)The word unprecedented means never having happened or existed before, eg an unprecedented situation, an unprecedented change.3 Thanks to globalization, national frontiers are collapsing a

15、round us, while technological innovations are fundamentally reshaping our lives in ways we can barely comprehend. (Para 1)Because of the situation of globalization that the whole world is developing a single complex economy, communication system and culture it seems that there are no national border

16、s and new technologies are influencing our lives in basic ways which we cannot really understand.4 So run the clichs, anyway. (Para 2)A clich refers to a phrase or idea that is boring because people use it a lot, and it is no longer original and sounds empty. The expression so run the clichs means t

17、hese are the clichs you often hear.5 But it is only our obsession with novelty, ignorance of deeper historical patterns and arrogant insistence on our own importance that leads us into this kind of talk. (Para 2)Historical patterns refer to major events in history which make patterns because they ar

18、e related to each other or similar.6 Yet there is a good case that we do not, in fact, live in very interesting times at all. (Para 2)A case here is a set of facts or arguments that you can state for or against something. A case for something is positive support or a good case; a case against someth

19、ing is a counter-argument or reasons why the case is not valid; a poor case is weak and does not have solid facts or reasons behind it. You can state, make or argue a case.7 Take the example of globalization, which, according to its American champion, Thomas Friedman . influencing “the politics, env

20、ironment, geopolitics and economics of virtually every country in theworld”. (Para 3)The word champion here refers to someone who publicly supports or defends a set of beliefs or political aims, ie a strong supporter.Geopolitics means the study of how a countrys position, economy or population can i

21、nfluence its politics, especially in relation to other countries.8 The Roman Empire, for example, is nothing if not a multi-ethnic, multicultural, transnational entity (Para 4)The word transnational means affecting or involving several countries. The prefix trans- means across.9 And for all the hype

22、 about the Internet, the brutal truth is that most of us use it to do remarkably old-fashioned things . (Para 6)Hype refers to the use of a lot of advertisements or other publicity to influence or interest people. To hype up means to make something sound more interesting or impressive than it is.The

23、 brutal truth refers to the truth that is extremely honest, given in a way that seems unkind.10 We are always being told that the Internet has “opened up” the world, yet a staggering 90 per cent of all web traffic is local. (Para 6)The word staggering means extremely surprising. Many people would th

24、ink that much or most use, or traffic, of the World Wide Web would be global or international, but the writer says that, surprisingly, 90 per cent is local.11 When Stanley Kubricks film 2001: A Space Odyssey talking to sentient computers and living on the Moon. (Para 7)Sentient computers are compute

25、rs which are capable of feeling things through the physical senses.12 But the cinema-goers of 1968 would have been deeply disappointed to realize that in fact they would be living in Milton Keynes and watching Midsomer Murders. (Para 7)This sentence presents a contrast with the previous sentence whi

26、ch gave a picture that people had in 1968 of possibly going into space. Instead, their future turned out to be living in a very ordinary town of many new streets which all seem identical (like Milton Keynes) and watching detective stories about rural villages on TV (like Midsomer Murders, a TV serie

27、s based in rural southern England).13 Even our neophilia is nothing new. (Para 8)The prefix neo- means modern or new. The suffix -phile describes someone who loves or likes something; thus an anglophile likes English things, a francophile likes French things, a sinophile likes Chinese things. The wo

28、rd neophilia means the love of new things or novelties.14 If so, then we are lucky, because we dont. (Para 10)We are lucky because we dont live in interesting times, which means we should avoid the chaos and anxiety of interesting times.Dealing with unfamiliar words5 Match the words in the box with

29、their definitions.1 an emotional state in which someone or something is so important to you that you are always thinking about them (obsession)2 the study of the way that goods and services are produced and sold and the way money is managed (economics)3 to proudly tell other people about what you ha

30、ve done or can do, or about something you own (boast)4 a car (automobile)5 an area or town near a large city but away from its centre, where there are many houses, especially for middle-class people (suburb)6 a new idea, method, piece of equipment etc (innovation)7 something that you suggest is true

31、, although you do not say it directly (implication)8 the limits of your experience (horizons)6 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in Activity 5.1 The middle-class dream used to be to live in a peaceful suburb and own a new automobile.2 Today we have an obsession with healthy l

32、ifestyles and the latest technological innovations.3 He has good reason to boast about the progress he has made in his career.4 The implication is obvious: We are beginning to understand the impact of globalization.5 Most of us need a professor of economics to explain how our horizons have been pushed back by the opening up of new world markets.7 Replace the underlined words with the correct form of the words in the box. You may need to make other changes.1 The water has risen to level