综合英语教程2第四单元答案culturalencounters.docx

1、综合英语教程2第四单元答案culturalencountersCultural Encoun tersText comprehe nsionI.B II. 1. T; 2. F; 3. T; 4. T; 5. T.III.1.“snail mail” .2.“ an essential stepping stone on the road to success .3.“ the profo und relati on ship betwee n Ian guage and culture that lies at the heart of society ” .4.“ the means to

2、 shape our views of the world ” .5.“ to negotiate the boundaries between Ianguages and to compromise in translation ” .6.“ to use linguistic skills, to think differently, to enter into another culture s mentality and toshape Ian guage accord in gly ” .IV.1.with convenient ways to reach any part of t

3、he world.2.It seems that every one is able to always get in touch with anyone else if he or she can afford to.3.is the most importa nt to society.4.a fun dame ntal skill in today s world, where differe nt cultures in teract.5.are finding ways to in terrelate differe nt cultures.Structural an alysis

4、of the text1.The last sentence of the 3rd paragraph: “ Most fun dame ntal is the profo und relatio nship betwee n Ian guage and culture that lies at the heart of society and one that we overlook at our peril. ”2.Paragraph 4: The lack of an exact coun terpart of the En glish word “ homesick ness” in

5、other Ian guages such as Italia n, Portuguese, and Germa n.Paragraph 5: The problem of un tra nslatability which the early Bible tran slators encoun tered.Paragraph 6: En glish and Welsh speakers make adjustme nts regard ing the color spectrum in the grey / green / blue / brown range; The word “ dem

6、ocracy” means completely different things in differe nt con texts; the flat breads of Cen tral Asia are a long way away from Mother s Pridewhite sliced toasties, yet the word “ bread” has to serve for both.Part One. Vocabulary AnalysisI.Phrase practice1.provided =as long as 假如，倘若need never be out of

7、 touch =can never fail to be reached 从不会失去联系2.regardless of =no matter 不管，不顾3.overlook at our peril =fail to no tice at great risk 忽视 的危险或风险4.hovers somewhere in and around all those words =may be described by these words to varying degrees5.hit the problem of untranslatability head-on = were direct

8、ly confronted with the problem that something in one language cannot be rendered into anotherII.1.stepping stone; 2. at their peril; 3. serve; 4. mentality; 5. staple; 6. facilitating; 7. messaging; 8. hybrid.III. Word derivationFill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words.1.The

9、country is trying to move from a centrally planned economy (economic) to one basically geared to the needs of the market.2.There are no good roads in the area, so most of the ranches are only accessible (access) by jeep or other off-road vehicles.3.The two approaches are so fundamentally (fundamenta

10、l) different that it is surprising that they have both been successful.4.They spent much time comforting the homesick (homesickness) children at the beginning of the summer camp.5.We are looking for an experienced journalist to join the news teams. The salary is negotiable (negotiate).6.The amount o

11、f any of these ingredients can be adjusted (adjustment) according to your taste.7.The remoteness (remote) of the house was the only thing that made them hesitate about buying it.8.He parked the car and smiled at her, complacently (complacent) assuming he had passed the test.1.economic a. 经济学的；经济的；有利

12、可图的economical a. 节俭的；经济的，合算的economics n. 经济学economist n. 经济学家economy n. 节约；经济2.access n. 通道，入口accessible a. 可得到的；易接近的，可进入的 accessibility n. 可以得到；易接近3.fundamental a. 基本的，根本的；重要的 fundamentalism n. 原教旨主义 fundamentalist n. 信奉正统派基督教的人 fundamentally ad. 从根本上；基本地4.homesick a. 想家的 homesickness n. 乡愁，思乡病5.ne

13、gotiate v. 谈判，协商，交涉negotiable a. 可磋商的，可协商的negotiation n. 谈判，协商 negotiator n. 磋商者，交涉者6.adjust v. 调整，调节；使适应 adjustable a. 可调整的 adjustment n. 调整7.remote a. 偏僻的，遥远的，远程的 remoteness n. 远离，远隔，偏僻placent a. 满足的，自满的，得意的complacently ad. 满足地，自满地，沾沾自喜地complacency n. 自满，沾沾自喜IV.1.D; 2. C; 3. A; 4. D; 5. B; 6. A; 7

14、. B; 8. C.V. Synonym / AntonymGive a synonym or an antonym of the word underlined in each sentence in the sense it is used.1.We live in an age of easy access to the rest of the world.Synonym: time, era, epoch2.Conferences and business meetings around the globe are held in English, regardless of whet

15、her anyone present is a native English speaker.Synonym: meetings3.English has simply become the language that facilitates communication, and for many people learning English is an essential stepping stone on the road to success.Synonym: basic, fundamental4.Different cultures are not simply groups of

16、 people who label the world differently; languages give us the means to shape our views of the world and languages are different from one another.Antonym: misshape5.Inevitably, the spread of English means that millions of people are adding another language to their own and are learning how to negotiate cultural and linguistic differences.S