新世纪综合教程2 第二版 Unit 4 答案

Keys for Unit 3

Vocabulary

I. 1. as long as, can never fail to be reached 2. no mater

3. fail to notice at great risk

4. may be described by these words to varying degrees

5. were directly confronted with the problem that something in one language cannot be rendered into another

II. 1. stepping stone 2. at their peril 3. serve 4. mentality

5. staple

6. facilitating

7. messaging

8. hybrid

III. 1. economy 2. accessible 3. fundamentally 4. homesick

5. negotiable

6. adjusted

7. remoteness

8. complacently

IV. D, C, A, D, B, A, B, C

V. 1. time, era, epoch 2. meetings

3. basic,fundamental

4. misshape

5. unavoidably

6. worry, concern, anxiety, apprehension

7. therefore, so, thus 8. hide, conceal

VI. 1. unbelievable 2. imperfect

3. disagreement

4. misplace

5. malfunction

6. enable

7. surpass 8. submarine

Grammar

I. 1. helps

2. hope, are enjoying, sunbathe, go, are going

3. is being

4. is typing

5. am not eating

6. am reading

7. are always leaving 8. go, belongs, wants, is using

9. is boiling 10. is putting, is rewiring, is building

II. 1. passes...shoots 2. √ 3. are...crying

4. √

5.know

6. gather

7. am working 8. are...sneezing

III. thank, are dispatching, regret, have, are contacting, hear, enclose/are enclosing, decide, have, are listed, regret, hope, enclose/are enclosing

IV. 1. a. The speaker is complaining b. The speaker gives a fact

2. a. am considering b. have the opinion

3. a. It suggests a permanent nature. b. It suggests a temporary behaviour.

4. a. is taking care of b. have no objection to

5. a and b are approximately the same

6. a. am waiting for b. Believe

V. 1. a large pair of red woolen socks 2. a powerful new white German car

3. a small grey rectangular Japanese radio

4. a big modern concrete office building

5. a medium size French stainless steel saucepan

6. a superb medieval rose-shaped stained-glass window

7. a prominent red triangular road sign 8. a tiny black and white Chinese dog

Translation

I. 1. 因此，您也许会问，为什么还有人会对这些绝妙的发展顾虑重重？为什么英语成为世界语言会让一部分人惴惴不安？

2. 不同的文化并不仅仅是给世界贴上不用标签的人群；语言给了我们塑造世界观的工具，而语言又是不一样的。

3. 当千百万人在学习文化沟通的时候，英语国家却越来越沾沾自喜，以为懂得英语就足够了，因而削减了外语课程。

4. 最能推动这一进程的不一定是那些掌握了最新技术、拥有最先进手机的人，而是那些能够理解众多不同语言的言内之意，言下之意以及言外之意的人。

1. Children may swim here provided that they are accompanied by adults.

2. This American journalist made a fool of himself over his remarks about China, because he’s been out of touch with what’s been happening in the country in the past three decades.

3. Every person has the right to education, regardless of his or her family background, sex , and age.

4. The invention of the Internet, despite the fact that it has given rise to some problems, has greatly facilitated almost every aspect of our life, including education, medicine, and business.

5. Never overlook your travel insurance when you are planning to spend your holiday abroad; otherwise you might find yourself in great trouble if any accident should occur.

6. In the movie that billionaire was faced with a dilemma — either divorces his wife, who would then carve out half of his financial empire, or murders her at the risk of being found out by the police.

7. As the husband lost his job in the financial crisis, the new couple had to cut down on a lot of things—furniture, clothes, records, books and so on.

8. Over thirty years ago, right after the Cultural Revolution, Deng Xiaoping told the people that the only way out lay in reform and opening up to the outside world.

Exercises for integrated skills

1.Dictation:

The main reason for the widespread demand for English / is its present-day importance as a world language. / Besides serving the infinite needs of its native speakers, / English is a language / in which some of the most important works in science, technology, and other fields are being produced, / and not always by native speakers. / It is a language of wider communication for a number of developing countries, / especially former British colonies. / Many of these countries have multi-lingual populations / and need a language for internal communication / in such matters as government, commerce, industry, law and education / as well as for international communication / and for access to the scientific and technological developments in the West.

2. Cloze:

(1) another (2) many (3) language (4) while (5) without

(6) beginning (7) gestures (8) leads (9) never (10) until