英语专业综合英语Unit 7练习答案

Unit 7 How America Lives

Text Comprehension

1. Which of the following is NOT a major aspect of the American life discussed by the author?

A. Agriculture and transportation.

B. Marriage and women's social status.

C. Social welfare and education.

D. Family value and housing.

Key: [ A ]

2. Judge, according to the text, whether the following statements are true or false.

1). Young people still get married, but the divorce rate is higher than the remarriage rate because many don't want to raise children. [ F ]

2). The author welcomes the freer patterns of today's courtship and marriage because many young kids of his time suffered bitterly. [ T ]

3). Today still very few women in universities are going up to the athletic programs and demanding a just share of the physical education budget. [ F ]

4). American public schools today are inferior to those decades ago. [ T ]

5). Builders seem not willing to erect small homes for young married couples because it is not very profitable. [ T ]

Writing Strategies

This text is an essay of exposition, for it presents solid facts and major problems about American social life, though the writer inserts his own ideas at times. The whole article is clearly organized, concentrating on the major changes and problems in current American society. The paragraphs are developed by the deductive method. Each paragraph contains a topic sentence, which is proved, explained, or illustrated. For example, each of the first three paragraphs begins with a topic sentence. Can you point out the topic sentences of paragraphs 4-8?

It is easy to see that each paragraph starts with a topic sentence:

Paragraph 4: "American women are changing the rules."

Paragraph 5: "America is worried about its schools."

Paragraph 6: "Some Americans must live on welfare."

Paragraph 7: "America cannot find housing for its young families."

Paragraph 8: "Our prospects are still good."

In order to impressively illustrate, prove, or support the topic statements, the author employs various writing strategies, such as comparison and contrast that are used to show the similarities and differences concerning the issues under discussion. For instance, the beginning paragraph contains five sentences that tell us the relevant similarities and differences by means of comparison and contrast. Can you pick out some sentences in other paragraphs that show a relevant contrast?

In Paragraph 2: "The 1980 election, especially for the Senate and House of Representatives, signaled a decided turn to the right insofar as political and social attitudes were concerned. It is as if our country spent the 1960s and 1970s jealously breaking out of old restraints and now wishes to put the brakes on, as cautious people often do after a binge."

In Paragraph 4: "Thirty years ago I could not have imagined a group of women employees suing a major corporation for millions of dollars of salary which, they alleged, had been denied them because they had been discriminated against. Nor could I imagine women in universities going up to the men who ran the athletic programs and demanding a just share of the physical education budget. But they are doing this — and with the support of many men who recognize the justice of their claims."

In Paragraph 5: "If I had a child today, I would send her or him to a private school for the sake of safety, for the discipline that would be enforced and for the rigorous academic requirements. But I would doubt that the child would get any better education that I did in my good public school. The problem is that good public schools are becoming pitifully rare, and I would not want to take the chance that the one I sent my children to was inadequate."

In Paragraph 6: "In the bad old days she might have known destitution, but with family assistance she was able to hold her children together and produced three fine, tax-paying citizens." (This sentence implies a contrast: it is not the case nowadays.)

In Paragraph 9: "I think of America as having the oldest form of government on earth, because since we started our present democracy in 1789, every other nation has suffered either parliamentary change or revolutionary change."

As can be seen in the text, the tone is mainly objective, and it is definite and resolute when the writer expresses obligations as well as his attitudes or opinions. For example, in Paragraph 6, we find two sentences: "Some Americans must live on welfare." and "…some kind of social welfare assistance must be doled out to those who cannot find jobs." These two sentences resolutely express the moral obligation to those Americans who cannot find jobs and make the writer's attitude absolutely clear. Now list some other examples in the text to show that the tone is definite or resolute when the writer expresses obligations and his attitudes or opinions.

The following examples show the definite or resolute tone of the writer.

In Paragraph 1: "In a time of rapid change it is essential that we remember how much of the old we cling to."

In Paragraph 2: "We should expect to see a reaffirmation of traditional family values, sharp restraints on pornography, a return to religion and a rejection of certain kinds of social legislation. "

In Paragraph 3: "Without reservation, I applaud the freer patterns of today, although I believe that it's been difficult for some families to handle the changes."

In Paragraph 5: "The problem is that good public schools are becoming pitifully rare, and I would not want to take the chance that the one I sent my children to was inadequate."

In Paragraph 7: "America cannot find housing for its young families. I consider this the most serious danger confronting family life in America, and I am appalled that the condition has been allowed to develop? For a major nation to show itself impotent to house its young people is admitting a failure that must be corrected."

Language Work

1. Explain the underlined part in each sentence in your own words.

1). They belong to churches, even though they attend somewhat less frequently.

→ believe in Christianity and are members of the Christian churches

2). The 1980 election signaled a decided turn to the right insofar as political and social attitudes were concerned.

→ insofar as: to the extent that; were concerned: were involved

3). Without reservation, I applaud the freer patterns of today.

→ With whole-hearted support

4). For a major nation to show itself impotent to house its young people is admitting a failure that must be corrected.

→ to display its inability

5. We have a physical setting of remarkable integrity.

→an extraordinarily unspoilt physical environment

2. Fill in each blank with one of the two words from each pair in their appropriate forms and note the difference of meaning between them.

restraint constraint

Explanation: Restraint and constraint are sometimes interchangeable in use, meaning control over the way you behave which prevents you from doing what you want to do. But restraint can specially refer to calm, controlled, and unemotional behaviour, while constraint is something that limits or controls what you can do.

1. Options are offered subject to staff availability and timetable constraints.

2. Reminding all concerned that violence breeds violence, they repeat their appeal for calm and restraint.

3. The appalled chief warned his violent officers to show restraint.

4. We have just been looking at the number of coal mine accidents, and they can certainly be a big constraint on what China is striving for.

expect hope

Explanation: Both words pertain to the attitude of looking forward to something that is to occur in the future. Hope suggests looking forward exclusively to some positive or favorable outcome; it may be well-founded in probability or completely beyond the scope of the possible. Expect suggests looking forward either to a positive or to a negative outcome, but the point of this word is that it concerns itself with supposed certainties. Also, the two words fall into different sentence structures: to hope that / or hope to do / to expect something.

1. We are expecting rain again late this afternoon according to the weather report.

2. A draw seems to be the best they can hope for.

3. I can't manage that by myself, and I don't see why it should be expected of me either.

4. Diplomats hope the meetings will help build mutual trust.

rejection refusal

Explanation: Both words mean the unwillingness to accept, receive, or take into account a person or thing. Rejection refers to the failure to accept or grant and carries overtones of casting aside as useless, valueless or unsuitable, while refusal means the failure to comply with or the failure to do something with overtones of firmness and even rudeness.

1. The rejection of the plan by the Congress three weeks ago led to a major protest by the administration.

2. Their refusal to compromise will inevitably invite more criticism from the UN.

3. His refusal to talk was sheer stubbornness.

4. The rejection of such initiatives indicates that the voters are unconcerned about environmental

allege assert

Explanation Assert means to state with firmness and force, whereas allege means to state without offering necessary proof.

1. Mr. Helm planned to assert that the bill violated the First Amendment.

2. She has strong feelings about the alleged growth of violence against female officers.

3. The Nordic countries have been quick to assert their interest in the development of the Baltic countries.

4. The enquirer dug deeper into the alleged financial misdeeds of his government.

3. Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word or phrase taken from the box, using its appropriate form.

allege prospect ponder recipient discriminated compassionate destitution grievously reaffirmation dreadful binge dole

1). When his prospective employers learned that he smoked, they said they wouldn't hire him.

2). In him the polarities of life are resolved and balanced, male and female, strength and compassion, severity and mercy.

3). Inarticulate and rather shy, he had always dreaded speaking in public.

4). Allegations of brutality and theft have been leveled at the army.

5). Our government cannot keep doling out money to those who are fastidious about the jobs offered to them.

6). He was deeply grieved by the sufferings of the common people.

7). Many studies have shown that "restrained eaters" will eventually binge and relapse.

8). He reaffirmed his commitment to the country's economic reform program.

4. Make a sentence of your own for each of the given words with meanings other than those used in the text. You may change the part of speech of these words.

1). couple

→ Over-use of those drugs, coupled with poor diet, leads to physical degeneration.

2). tax

→Overcrowding has taxed the city's ability to deal with waste.

3). turn

→ She announced that she was going to turn professional.

4). just

→ It's not just a financial matter.

5). sharp

→ In the hot sun the rain-washed herbs smelled sharp, spicy, and sweet all at once.

6). husky

→ His voice was husky with grief.

5. Fill in each blank with a conjunct, selected from those supplied in the parenthesis, which provides the most natural development of thought.

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`Thank you very much for lending me this book. (1) Actually (Furthermore/So/Actually) I'm afraid I didn't understand much of it. (2) Consequently (Consequently/On the other hand/However) I read less than half of it! (3) Nevertheless (Thus/Besides/Nevertheless) it's a subject that interests me. (4) Moreover (Therefore/Moreover/Consequently) it's one that I need to know more about for my work. (5) Besides (In fact/Thus/Besides), this isn't the first time that I've tried to find out something about it, as you may remember. (6) Therefore (Therefore/In fact/And yet) you can see I'm not giving up! (7) However (Furthermore/However/Thus) I haven't got a lot of time to spend on it. (8) So (So/Nevertheless/On the other hand) perhaps you'd be good enough to send me that simpler book you mentioned.

6. Put a word in each blank that is appropriate for the context.

Most Americans have great vigor and enthusiasm. They prefer to discipline themselves (1) rather than be disciplined by others. They pride themselves on their independence, their right to make up their own minds. They are prepared to (2) take the initiative, even when there is a risk in doing so. They have courage and do not give in easily. They will take any sort of job (3) anywhere rather than be unemployed. They do not care to be looked after by the government. The (4) average American changes his or her job nine or ten times during his or her working life.

Americans have a warmth and friendliness which is (5) less superficial than any foreigners think. They are considered sentimental. When on ceremonial (6) occasions they see a flag, or attend parades celebrating America's glorious past, tears may come to their eyes. Reunions with family and friends (7) tend to be emotional, too. They like to dress correctly, even if "correctly" means flamboyantly. They love to boast, (8) though often with tongue in cheek. They can laugh at themselves and their country, and they can be very self-critical, while remaining always intensely patriotic.

The U. S. A. is reputed to be a classless society. There is certainly not much social snobbery or job snobbery. The manual worker is usually quite at (9) ease in any company. This is partly explained by the fact that people of all (10) income groups go together to the same schools. Americans are far more race-conscious than they are class-conscious.

Translation

1. Translating Sentences

1). 假如你要去英国度假，那么你在与天气打赌。(take the chance)

→ You take the chance on the weather if you holiday in the UK.

take a chance / take chances (on)

to do something even though it involves risk

e.g.

Lorraine didn't know me but she took a chance on my honesty.

It is just not worth taking any chances.

2). 只要超级大国减少核战争的危险，我们便将进入一个较为安全的时代。(insofar as)

→ We will be entering a period of less danger insofar as the danger of a nuclear war between the superpowers is reduced.

insofar as: used for talking about the degree to which something happens, or the situation in which something happens

e.g. She cites other scholars' work only insofar as it supports her own theories.

3). 面对如此高的死亡率，政府终于下定决心，关闭无证煤矿。(put the brakes on)

→ Facing such high mortality, the government is determined to put the brakes on unlicensed coal mining.

brake n.

an action or a situation that prevents something from developing or making progress

put a brake/the brakes on something:

The high level of debt put a brake on economic recovery.

4). 这条路沿海岸线延伸了几英里，然后转向内陆。(cling to)

→ The road clings to the coastline for several miles, and then it turns inland.

cling to: to stick to or fit very tightly on something

e.g. Gareth's dripping clothes clung to his body.

5). 持续多年的内战已使国家走向赤贫的边缘。(destitution)

→ The civil war that lasted for years has driven the country to the verge of destitution.

destitution n. the state of having no money or possessions

e.g. The few packages of food seemed a mockery in the face of such enormous destitution.

6). 随着这些孩子在社会温暖的关爱下渐渐长大，孤儿生活的痛苦记忆也就渐渐淡忘了。(fade away)

→ As the children grew up with the warmth of social care, memories of the bitterness of their orphanhood faded away.

fade away: to disappear slowly

e.g. Her footsteps faded away down the staircase.

7). 上了岁数的人要与过去的条条框框决裂，显得不守旧，着实不易。(break out of old restraints)

→It is astonishingly hard for the aged to break out of old restraints in order not to appear conservative.

break out of …to escape from something such as a situation or way of life

e.g. the desire to break out of the boring routine of normal daily living

8). 据报道，与海外华人的捐赠相比，国内富足一族为慈善事业掏出的钱少得可怜。(pitifully) It is reported that what the rich at home have contributed to charity is pitifully insignificant, compared with the donations made by the overseas Chinese.

pitiful adj. a pitiful amount of something is very small and not enough

e.g. pitiful wages

Translating Passage

Translate the following into Chinese.

The paradoxes are everywhere. We are able to believe that our government is weak, stupid, overbearing, dishonest, and inefficient, and at the same time we are deeply convinced that it is the best government in the world, and we would like to impose it upon everyone else. We speak of the American way of life as though it involved the ground rules for the governance of heaven. We shout that we are a nation of laws, not men — and then proceed to break every law we can if we can get away with it. We proudly insist that we base our political positions on the issues —and we will vote against a man because of his religion, his name, or the shape of his nose.

参考译文

悖论随处可见。我们可以认为我们的政府软弱、愚蠢、专横、虚伪、低效，但同时我们又深信它是世界上最好的政府，恨不得把它强加给世界上所有其他的国家。说起美国生活方式，似乎它是天堂完美秩序的人间翻版。我们叫嚷我国是法治而非人治的国家，然而只要能逃避法律的制裁，我们会不假思索地去违反任何法律。我们自豪地坚称我们的政治立场依据事物的是非曲直而定，可是我们不投某人的票常常是由于不喜欢他的宗教信仰、他的姓名甚至他鼻子的形状。

Listening Exercises

1. Listen to the talk once and complete the following two tasks.

Task 1: What is the speaker mainly discussing in the talk?

A.American people.

B.American culture.

C.American economy.

D.American history.

Key: [ A ]

Taks 2: Fill in each of the blanks of the following passage with no mor e than six words you’ve heard on the tape. Minimize letters of your spelling when necessary / possible. After hearing the talk, you will have 2 minutes to complete the full spelling of the words you’ve taken down.

The American people, like all people, create a culture -- a word that, used most broadly, includes everything related to a people organized in a society. The United States Culture discusses how Americans live—(1) the communities they build, the buildings they construct, the food they

eat, the clothes they wear, their (2) sports and recreation, celebrations, and holidays. Of course, it also includes the life of the mind and the spirit —education in the United States and (3) American arts and letters. American culture has been influenced by the democratization of American society. The people who came to the United States (4) brought their culture with them and once here, they borrowed from each other.

As the United States became (5) the favored destination of people leaving their homelands in search of a new country. American culture became a rich and (6) complex blending of cultures from around the world. Generation by generation, decade by decade. American culture has received (7) infusions of new elements from Europe, Africa, Asia, and Latin America. African Americans, for instance, brought forth (8) the improvisational music and rhythms of blues and jazz that became the nations most (9) globally popular cultural form. An American can savor the flavors and foods of many parts of the world and can hardly read a novel that doesn’t partake of (10) regional culture or immigrant backgrounds.

Democracy has also influenced American culture, as indicated by (11) the gradual merging of elite and popular cultures. Nowhere has this merging had greater importance than in education.

Before (12) World War II, only a minority of Americans completed high school, and very few graduated from college. Today, graduation from high school is (13) nearly universal, and a majority of young Americans intend to go to college. With the dramatic increase in the amount of education they receive, Americans have become enormous consumers of (14) books, museums, and concerts. Never have so many people known so much about literature and the arts.

At the end of 20th century, an elite no longer controls cultural expression in the United States. Artists of various kinds argue that (15) formal boundaries between fine art and popular art have always been artificial, and they have dismantled (16) older, European-based traditions in painting, sculpture, music, literature. Many people now contribute to a myriad of cultural forms from cartoons to (17) public-access television programs. With creativity arising from unexpected places, American culture now reaches out to all the nation’s dive rse peoples. This change has paralleled (18) the extension of political rights to more people, including women and African Americans.

Just as the American economy and American political institutions have assumed an unprecedented position on the world scene, American cultural forms--from music and movies to football and fast food to blue jeans and blues--have become (19) international in reach. No longer bound by geography, American culture has become (20) an ambassador of goodwill, enabling people of different nations, different religions, and different forms of government to find something in common.

Script

The American people, like all peoples, create a culture — a word that, used most broadly, includes everything related to a people organized in a society. The United States Culture discusses how Americans live the communities they build, the buildings they construct, the food they eat, the clothes they wear, their sports and recreation, celebrations, and holidays. Of course, it also includes the life of the mind and the spirit — education in the United States and American arts and letters.

American culture has been influenced by the democratization of American society. The people who came to the United States brought their culture with them and once here, they borrowed from each other. As the United States became the favored destination of people leaving their homelands in search of search of a new country, American culture became a rich and complex blending of cultures from around the world. Generation by generation, decade by decade, American culture has received infusions of new elements from Europe, Africa, Asia, and Latin America. African Americans, for instance, brought forth the improvisational music and rhythms of blues and jazz that became the n ation’s most globally popular cultural form. An American can savor the flavors and foods of many parts of the world and can hardly read a novel that does not partake of regional culture or immigrant backgrounds.

Democracy has also influenced American culture, as indicated by the gradual merging of elite and popular cultures. Nowhere has this merging had greater importance than in education. Before World War II, only a minority of Americans completed high school, and very few graduated from college. Today, graduation from high school is nearly universal, and a majority of young Americans intend to go to college. With the dramatic increase in the amount of education they receive, Amen- cans have become enormous consumers of books, museums, and concerts. Never have so many people known so much about literature and the arts.

At the end of the 20th century, an elite no longer controls cultural expression in the United States. Artists of various kinds argue that formal boundaries between fine art and popular art have always been artificial, and they have dismantled older, European-based traditions in painting, sculpture, music, dance, and literature. Many people now contribute to a myriad of cultural forms from cartoons to public-access television programs. With creativity arising from unexpected places, Amen- can culture now reaches out to all the nation’s diverse peoples. This change has paralleled the extension of political rights to more people, including women and African Americans.

Just as the American economy and American political institutions have assumed an unprecedented position on the world scene, American cultural forms from music and movies to football and fast food to blue jeans and blues — have become international in reach. No longer bound by geography, American culture has become an ambassador of goodwill, enabling people of different nations, different religions, and different forms of government to find something in common.

Text II

ON THE PRESSURES AND POLITICS OF WAITING IN LINE

Georgia Dullea

Questions for Discussion

1). According to the passage, what is the definition of queue?

Standing in line is not a necessary requisite to being part of a queue. One can be trapped on "hold" at the end of a phone line, stacked up over an airport, tied up in highway traffic, delayed in a doctor's crowded waiting room. So, queue refers to a situation in which someone is made to wait，though not necessarily in a visible queue.

2). Why did Ed Frantz abandon a full shopping cart in the middle of a long checkout line?

People who behave in ways that contradict their own attitudes often experience an unpleasant state of internal tension. Being forced to wait in long lines produces internal tension. Even rational people may act irrationally when they are forced to stand in line or wait in crowds.

3). According to the passage, what do sociology and psychology study?

Both psychology and sociology explore how people behave when they are in groups. However, psychologists try to understand behavior from the vantage point of the individual, whereas sociologists focus on how behavior is shaped by social forces and social institutions.

4). In the passage, what pressures are being referred to?

Physical endurance and conformity pressures. In theory, everyone has an equal interest in keeping an orderly line. People often adjust their own behavior to conform with that of the group. They are more likely to give in to conformity pressures in this way when the group is unanimous, and in cultures that value interdependence and social harmony over individual goals. But, in practice, the interest varies depending on one's position in line.

5). How does Miss Quinn defend her ticketing system?

One day they had some trouble with a man who tried to bump the line, but they caught him. They almost always catch them. She thinks that somebody has to feel responsible and intervene to keep an orderly line.

Fun Time & Memorable Quotes

a). Fun Time

Only in America

Only in America ... can a pizza get to your house faster than an ambulance ... Only in America ... are there handicap parking places in front of a skating rink ... Only in America ... do people order double cheese burgers, a large fry, and a diet coke ... Only in America ... do banks leave both doors open and then chain the pens to the counters ... Only in America ... do we leave cars worth thousands of dollars in the driveway and leave useless things and junk in boxes in the garage ... Only in …

b). Memorable Quotes

We're here for the American dream, we're not here for any other country, we're not here because we love other countries, we're here because we were told about the American dream.

—Gino Zendejas

I was not looking for my dreams to interpret my life, but rather for my life to interpret my dreams.

—Susan Sontag

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