学术英语课后答案__unit2

Unit 2 Searching for Information

9 Enhancing your academic language

Reading: Text 5

1 Match the words with their definitions.

1 e

2 h

3 a

4 g

5 c

6 b

7 j

8 f

9 d 10 i

2 Complete the following expressions or sentences by using the target words listed below with the help of the Chinese in brackets. Change the form if necessary.

1 automation

2 occupational

3 immigrant

4 uplift

5 displacement

6 hand-crafted

7 ranched

8 nutritious

9 involved 10 assembly 11 yield 12 incredible 13 optimism 14 mob 15 professional 16 labeled 17 analyst 18 surplus 19 harbor 20 columnist 21 virtual 22 revolutionary 23 lace 24 undercut 25 barter

26 litigable 27 specter 28 sift 29 pot

3 Read the sentences in the box. Pay attention to the parts in bold.

Now complete the paragraph by translating the Chinese in brackets. You may refer to the expressions and the sentences patterns listed above.

increasingly important role （越来越重要的作用）

tasks humans prefer not to do, or are unable to do（那些人类不愿做或不能做的事）

and the like（以及诸如此类的事）

settle man’s anxieties（解决人类的担忧）

Some questions are raised（问题提了出来）

4 Translate the following sentences from Text

5 into Chinese.

1 最近在《纽约时报》上刊登的一篇文章谈到了一种新计算机软件，该软件瞬间就能筛选数以千计的法律文件并寻找到那些可诉讼的条款，为律师们节省了花费在阅读文件上的数百小时。

2 他们主要靠耕种来养活自己，多种的部分用以物品交易或卖出。

3 从事农业和畜牧业者的绝对数量大约在1910年达到顶峰（约有1100-1200万）,在此之后人数便急剧下降。

4 这个故事总结了美国几个世纪以来的工作经历，从失业工人的层面上讲是悲剧，但从全国劳动力的层面上讲是件好事。

5 人工智能是一种新的自动化技术吗？是一种削弱了曾经是20 世纪末就业标志的脑力工作的技术吗？是一种只会消除更好的工作机会的技术吗？

Reading: Text 6

1 Match the words with their definitions.

1 d

2 f

3 i

4 b

5 h

6 c

7 a

8 e

9 j 10 g

2 Complete the following expressions or sentences by using the target words listed below with the help of the Chinese in brackets. Change the form if necessary.

1 problematic

2 presumptions

3 brinkmanship

4 dictum

5 monopoly

6 conceal

7 share

8 lawsuit

9 deter 10 mutual

11 commitment 12 reveal 13 purposive 14 fare 15 interdependence 16 demoralized 17 collectively 18 stipulated 19 warranty 20 outweighed

21 induce 22 uniformly 23 optimal 24 confess 25 perish

26 move 27 dilemma 28 neutral 29 intolerable 30 dominant

31 square 32 outcome 33 bluff 34 linear

3 Read the sentences in the box. Pay attention to the parts in bold.

Now complete the paragraph by translating the Chinese in brackets. You may refer to the expressions and the sentences patterns listed above.

secure the best outcomes for himself（为自己得到最好的结果）

To illustrate the point（为了说明这一点）

attempts to use（尝试运用）

a process that leads to（这个过程就导致了）

Such an example also arises（这种例子还出现）

4 Translate the following sentences from Text 6 into Chinese.

1 就前者来说，玩家按照顺序移动，每个人都了解其他玩家之前的动作。就后者而言，玩家同时做出动作，不了解其他玩家的动作。

2 当思考别人会如何反应的时候，必须站在别人的角度，用别人的思考方式进行思考，而不能将自己的推理强加在别人的身上。

3 尽管各位玩家同时做出动作，不知道其他玩家当前的动作，然而，每个玩家都必须明白其他玩家也和自己一样有同样的想法。

4 事实上，有众所周知不好的例子，如：“囚徒困境”，在这个游戏中如果每个人追求自我的最佳利益，那么所有玩家都会卷入一个糟糕的结局。

5 这种合作行为可通过反复玩这个游戏实现，因为这种由作弊暂时获得的利益会被由于合作破裂引起的长期损失所压倒。

Reading: Text 7

1 Match the words with their definitions.

1 g

2 d

3 i

4 b

5 f

6 j

7 a

8 c

9 e 10 h

2 Complete the following expressions or sentences by using the target words listed below with the help of the Chinese in brackets. Change the form if necessary.

1 astronomer

2 contract

3 dedication

4 evolution

5 trace

6 conception

7 diffuse

8 erroneous

9 embedded 10 prediction

11 quantitative 12 expand 13 precisely 14 degrade 15 repulsive

16 transit 17 insight 18 capture 19 sufficient 20 gulf

21 capacity 22 static 23 licked 24 decay 25 primitive 26 entails 27 refined 28 spectacular 29 unbreakable 30 theoretical