1、Culture refers to the social heritage of a people- the learned patterns for thinking, feeling and acting that characterize a population or society, include the expression of these patterns in material things.1._Culture is compose of nonmaterial culture abstract creations 2._like values, beliefs, cus
2、toms, and institutional arrangements and material culture physical object like cooking spots ,computers and bathtubs.3._In sum, culture reflects both the ideas we share or everything we make.4._In ordinary speech, a person of culture is the individual can speak 5._another language- the person who is
3、 unfamiliar with the arts, 6._music, literature, philosophy, or history.But to sociologists, to be human is to be cultured, because of culture is the common world of experience. 7._Culture is essentially to our humanness. 8._How do you know how to act in a classroom, or a department store, or toward
4、 a person who smiles or laugh at you? 9._Your culture supplies you by broad, standardized, 10._ready-made answers for dealing with each of these situations.(7)WordcamefromCaliforniaofanewweaponinthewaronhouseholdpestsTwoscientistsworkforafirminCaliforniadeveloped1_ anewmethodtoeliminateinsectswithus
5、ingdangerouschemicals2_ Thenew weaponhotairThebasicideaisthatinsectpestscanadjusttotemperaturemuchabovenormal3_ Inlaboratoryexperiments,cockroachesandtermitescantsurvivemuchmorethanaquarterofhourat100degrees4_ FahrenheitoraboutfiftydegreescentigradeThenewmethodinvolvescoveringahousewithahugetent,and
6、fillitwithairheatedto5_around 65 degrees centigradeHot air is forced in with fans and the tent keeps the heat inside the houseAlthough termites try to escape by hiding in wood beams,6_ the heat treatment must be continued by four to six hours 7_ But when its all over and the insects are dead, there
7、are no toxic residues to danger humans or pets,and no 8_ funny smellsScientists claim that theres no danger of fire too9_Since very few household, materials will burn at 65 degrees centigrade. In fact, wood is prepared for construction use by drying in the ovens at 100 degrees centigrade, that is substantially hotter. 10._参考答案:1. work working 2. with without 3. can adjust can not adjust 4. hour an hour 5. fill filling 6. Although Since 7. by for 8. danger endanger9. too either10. that which