全新版大学英语第二版第二册综合教程课后答案-第六七.doc

全新版大学英语(第二版)第二册综合教程课后答案 第六七...
Unit6   Women, Half the Sky
Part II Reading Task
Comprehension
Content Question
Pair Work
1. They liked girly toys such as a miniature kitchen, and Barbies.
2. To convert a gas-guzzling SUV into a hybrid electric vehicle.
3. Because she didn’t know anything about cars and was afraid of being cheated by the mechanic.
4. She was craving independence and wanted to live away from home for some time.
5. It helped her earn six engineering credits, which of course made it easier for her to become an engineering major.
6. Five years.
7. In her view, if you find a subject is difficult to learn, it does not mean you’re not good at it. It just means you have to set your mind and work harder to get good at it.
8. Because he had confidence in her abilities believing she could have done better if she had studied more.
9. No, she wasn’t always confident. She had moments of panic, worried that as a woman she would be unable to understand thermodynamics.
10. She considers it wrong because it is based on a faulty premise.
11. It is flexible and more powerful than we imagine.
12. What she means is not to accept others’ opinions blindly but to use one’s own judgment.
Text Organization
Working On Your Own
1. 
Part One: The author describes how she stumbled into engineering.
Part Two: The author writes about how she has overcome obstacles, including the bias against women, on her way to success.
Part Three: The author draws the conclusion that women can do anything men can so long as they believe in their own abilities.
2. 
1) she was not a tomboy.
not to an engineering department.
she didn’t know the first thing about engineering.
because she craved independence from her parents.
already earned her six credits in engineering.
2) math and design.
she participated in a national competition to convert an SUV into a hybrid electric vehicle.
work harder at it.
that she should study more.
had to work hard at courses she found difficult, which encouraged her to keep going.
Language Sense Enhancement
1. 

(1) limit
(2) denying
(3) favor
(4) others
(5) relevant
(6) translating
(7) hard and fast conclusions
(8) focus
(9) incredibly flexible
(10) consider the possibility

Vocabulary
I
1. 

1) cultural/culture
2) indication
3) miniature
4) ironic
5) stumbled into
6) decent
7) buzzing
8) abnormal
9) mechanical
10) Shuddering
11) implied
12) leap

2. 
1) convert RMB into US dollars in the foreign exchange office at the airport.
2) didn’t know the first thing about cooking as she looked puzzled as to how to cook rice with the rice cooker.
3) their faulty equipment the team had accomplished some very useful work.
4) allowing me to work flexible hours as long as I work eight hours a day.
5) couldn’t help thinking the book must be quite fascinating.
3. 
1) will not panic/feel panic; ’ll be at a disadvantage
2) hybrid; transmissions
3) crave; One indication; to distinguish
II. Synonyms in Context

1. also
2. as well/too
3. too
4. also
5. as well/too
6. too
7. also
8. Also

III. Usage
1. I’ve had enough
2. When I was old enough to work and earn money
3. can’t got enough sleep at night
4. has so far collected enough of them
5. have strong enough arms
6. have just enough money to live on
Comprehensive Exercises
I. cloze
1. 

(1) stumbled into
(2) not know the first thing about
(3) mechanical
(4) when it comes to
(5) hybrid
(6) gritted her teeth
(7) premise
(8) at a disadvantage
(9) panic
(10) cultural
(11) flexible
(12) imply

2. 

(1) chair
(2) force
(3) secrets
(4) painstaking
(5) recognized
(6) steered
(7) essentially
(8) observations
(9) women
(10) tutor
(11) inspired
(12) unless

II. Translation
1. 
1) He is a man of few words, but when it comes to playing computer games, he is far too clever for his classmates.
2) Children who don’t know any better may think these animals are pretty cute and start playing with them.
3) There is no way to obtain a loan, so to buy the new equipment, I’ll just have to grit my teeth and sell my hybrid car.
4) The hunter would not have fired the shots if he had not seen a herd of elephants coming towards his campsite.
5) I find it ironic that Tom has a selective memory---he does not seem to remember painful experiences in the past, particularly those of his own doing.
2. 
Nancy Hopkins is a biology professor at MIT. She craves knowledge and works hard. However, as a scientist, she could not help noticing all kinds of indications of gender inequality on campus. Men and women professors did the same work, but when it came to promotion the administrators were rather selective. It was ironic that after so much cultural progress, women were still at a disadvantage in institution of higher education. When her request for more lab space was refused, she knew she had to fight. So she gritted her teeth and complained to the President. The fight ended in victory and Nancy was converted into a gender-equity advocate.
Unit7   Learning about English
Part II Reading Task
Comprehension
Content Question
Pair Work
1. It has borrowed and is still borrowing massively from other languages. Today it has an estimated vocabulary of over one million words.
2. They don’t like borrowing foreign words. They try to ban words from English.
3. Old English or Anglo-Saxon English.
4. The Germanic tribes brought it to the British Isles in the 5th century.
5. They are usually short and direct.
6. They use words derived from Old English.
7. An English judge in India noticed that several words in Sanskrit closely resembled some words in Greek and Latin. A systematic study later revealed the Indo-European parent language.
8. Greek, Latin, Sanskrit, English, etc.
9. There were three languages competing for use in England.
10. Words from Greek and Roman classics came into the English language.
11. The great principles of freedom and rights of man were born in England, then the Americans carried them forward.
12. No. English is and has always been the tongue of the common people. There should not be any fence around it to protect its so-called purity.
Text Organization
Working On Your Own
1. 
Part One: Massive borrowing from other languages is a major feature of the English language.
Part Two: the history of the English language from the Indo-European parent language to modern English.
Part Three: Tolerance, love of freedom, and respect for the rights of others---these qualities in the English-speaking people explain the richness of their language.
2. 
Paras. 10-11: Germanic tribes came to settle in Britain and brought Anglo-Saxon words---Old English.
Para. 12: The Christian religion enriched English with words from Greek and Latin.
Para. 13: the Vikings from Scandinavia came with words from Old Norse.
Para. 14: the Norman Conquest---French influence.
Para. 15: The European renaissance and the printing pressbrought many new words from Latin and Greek.
Para. 16: The American revolution---the emergence of a new variety---Amercan English.
Language Sense Enhancement
1. 

(1) judge
(2) resembled
(3) systematic
(4) descended
(5) lost to us
(6) come up with
(7) assume
(8) established
(9) drifted
(10) became known as

Vocabulary
I
1. 

1) Strictly speaking
2) drifted
3) resembles
4) invaded
5) is conquered
6) fascinating
7) snack
8) put; into practice
9) source
10) climate
11) surrendered
12) were; aroused

2. 
1) an absolute necessity rather than a luxury.
2) is a valuable addition to the football team.
3) will get out of control, if the firemen do not arrive within ten minutes.
4) Alternative but to go via Vancouver to get to Seattle.
5) Declared all beef imports will be banned for the next six months as an emergency measure to stop the spread of mad disease.
3. 
1) systematic; have invented; to a very real extent; mysteries
2) to establish; to be modified/modifying
3) tolerance towards; strike out; enrich
II. Synonyms
1. 

a) wish
b) wish
c) want
d) want/wish

2. 

a) skin
b) hide/skin
c) hide
d) skin
e) 
3. 

a) raise/rear
b) raise
c) rear/raise
d) raise

4. 

a) royal
b) kingly/royal
c) sovereign
d) royal/kingly

III. Usage

1. Indeed
2. though
3. Frankly
4. Moreover
5. To my knowledge
6. however
7. nevertheless
8. Yet
9. instead
10. in other words

Comprehensive Exercises
I. cloze
1. 

(1) fascinating
(2) tolerance
(3) invented
(4) addition
(5) ban
(6) corrupt
(7) out of control
(8) influenced
(9) elite
(10) came up with
(11) establishing
(12) Massive
(13) sources
(14) enrich

2. 

(1) early
(2) similar
(3) source
(4) observation
(5) examine
(6) features
(7) declared
(8) stronger
(9) accident
(10) sprung

II. Translation
1. 
1) Many small businesses have sprung up in the city since the new policy went into effect.
2) On hearing the news, she smiled briefly, and then returned to her habitual frown.
3) He paused for effect, then said: “We can reach/enter these markets through new channels.”
4) The addition of a concert hall to the school will help it nourish young musical talents.
5) We have no way to protect our personal liberties until we have established a sovereign state. / We can’t protect our personal liberties unless we, first of all, establish a sovereign state.
2. 
Though how the English language came into existence remains a mystery to many people, linguists believe that English and most other European languages have descended from a common source: the Indo-European parent language. English was first spoken by the Anglo-Saxons who invaded England in the fifth century. They passed onto us the basic vocabulary of English. In over fifteen centuries of its development, English has enriched itself by massive borrowing. As British immigrants landed in America and established the United States as an independent nation, a new variety was added to the English language: American English. Though some people worry that the language is running out of control, many native speakers of English take pride in the tolerance of their language.

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