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Unit 1Unit 1
Task 1
【答案】
A.
1) She wanted to see St.
Paul
’
s Cathedral.
2) She
was so surprised because she saw so many
Englishmen who looked alike.
3)
They
were
all
wearing
dark
suits
and
bowler
hats,
carrying
umbrellas
and
newspapers.
4)
Because
she
had
often
read
about
them
and
seen
photographs
of
them,
who
all
looked
as if they were wearing a uniform.
5) No, he didn
’
t.
6) He used the English saying
“
It takes all kinds to make a world
”
to prove his
opinion.
B.
If
all
the
seas
were
one
sea,
what
a
great
sea
it
would
be!
And
if
all
the
trees
were one tree,
what a great tree it would be! And if this tree
were to fall in the
sea, what a great
splash there would be!
【原文】
Yesterday
morning
Gretel
went
to
the
City
of
London.
She
wanted
to
see
St.
Paul's
Cathedral.
She was surprised to
see so many Englishmen
who looked alike. They were
all
wearing dark
suits
and
bowler
hats.
They
were
all
carrying umbrellas and
newspapers.
When
she
returned
home
she
asked
Mr
clark
about
these
strange
creatures.
and seen photographs of
them. They all look as if they are wearing a
uniform. Does
the typical English
gentleman still exist?
Mr.
Clark
laughed.
never
thought
about
it,
he
answered.
It's
true
that
many
of the men who work in the City
of London still
wear bowler
hate and I suppose
they are typical Englishmen. But look
at this.
pointed at a photo of a young
man.
there is no such thing as a
'typical' Englishman. Do you know the English
saying
'It
takes
all
kinds
to
make
a
world'?
That's
true
of all
countries-including
England.
“
Oh, just like the poem
‘
If All the Seas Were One Sea
’
,
”
Gretel began to
hum happily. If all the seas
were one sea, what a great sea that would be! If
all
the trees were one tree, what a
great tree that would be! And if this tree were to
fall in the sea, w
hat a great splash that would be!”
Task 2
【答案】
A.
1) people were much busier
2) colder than England; minus thirty
degrees; last longer
3) much more
mountainous; much higher and much more rocky; more
beautiful
4) tend to be more crowded
5) the houses; smaller
B.
1) T 2) T 3) F 4) F
5) F
【原文】
John
is
British
but
has
worked
in
Japan.
Etsuko
is
Japanese
from
Osaka,
but
she
is studying in Britain. In the
following passage you are going to hear, they are
comparing
life
as
they
see
it
in
the
two
countries.
But
before
listening
to
it,
think
of the two
countries and try to answer the following pre-
listening questions.
John:
I
found
that
living
in
Japan,
people
were
busier.
They
seem
to
work
the
whole
day.
Etsuko:
Yes, that’s right. We work
from Monday through Saturday, even in summer.
You
know,
summer
in
Japan
is
just
horrible.
It’s
very,
very
humid
and
hot
,
and
you
need to shower three times a day.
John: So you find it cooler in England?
Etsuko:
Yes, that’s right.
John: Where I was living
in Japan, in the North, it was much colder than
England,
especially
in
winter,
minus
thirty
degrees
centigrade.
Does
the
winter
in
Osaka
last
longer than the winter in
England?
Etsuko:
No, I don’t think so. December, January, February, March.
John:
Yes. It’
s a little bit shorter if anything.
Etsuko: Ever since I came here, I
noticed that the countryside here in England is
very beautiful.
John:
It’s much flatter than in Japan.
Etsuko:
Yes.
Japan
is
a
mountainous
country
and
our
cities
are
full
of
people.
There
are lots of people in a
limited flat area.
John:
Yes,
I
found
Japan
much
more
mountainous
than
Britain,
especially
in
the
north.
The mountains
are much higher and much more rocky. I found it
more beautiful than
Britain, I think.
Etsuko: Yes, if you like mountains.
John: And therefore the towns and
villages tend to be more crowded.
Etsuko:
Yes, that’s right.
John: Yes. So because the
cities are more crowded, the houses tend to be
smaller,
don’t they?
Etsuko:
Yes,
they
are
very
compact,
and
we
don’t
hav
e
a
lot
of
space.
In
big
cities
we have a lot
of taller buildings now.
John: Is this
a problem because there are more earthquakes in
Japan?
Etsuko:
Yes, that’s right and…
Task 3
【答案】
A.
1)
In
the
US,
people
usually
dance
just
to
enjoy
themselves;
they
don
’
t
invite
other
people to watch them.
2)
Usually eight people dance together.
3)
Because people form a square in dancing with a man and a woman on each side of
the square.
4) He usually
makes it into a song.
5) They wear old-
fashioned clothes.
B.
1) F
2) T 3) F 4) F 5) T
C.
1) eight people form a square; on each
side of the square
2) what they should
do; makes it into a song; sings it
3)
don
’
t have much time to think
4) old-fashioned clothes
【原文】
Rosa: Why don’t
you have folk dances in the United States? Most
countries have
special dances that the
people have done for many years. The dancers wear
clothes from the old days. Everyone
likes to watch them dance.
Steve:
We
have
folk
dances,
too.
A
lot
of
people
belong
to
folk
dancing
groups.
But
when they dance, they usually do it
just to enjoy themselves.
They don’t
invite other people to watch them.
Rosa: Is there a folk dancing group
here?
Steve: I think so. There must be.
There’s one in almost
every city, and some big
cities have several.
Rosa: What are the dances like?
Steve:
Usually
eight
people
dance
together,
four
men
and
four
women.
When
they
start,
they
form
a
square,
with
a
man
and
a
woman
on
each
side
of
the
square.
That’s
why
it’s
ca
lled
square
dancing.
Then
there’s
a
man
who
tells
the
dancers
what
they
should
do.
He
usually
makes
it
into
a
song.
He
sings
it
while
they
dance.
Rosa: Oh, that
should make the dances easy!
Steve:
Yes, but they are very fast. They
don’t have much time
to think. I like
to watch them, though. The dancers wear
old-fashioned clothes. That makes
the
dances pretty to watch.
Rosa: I’d
like to watch a group dance.
Steve: I’ll take you sometime.
Task 4
【答案】
1) It was a time
to celebrate the end of winter and the beginning
of spring.
2) They burned the picture
of their kitchen god to bring good luck.
3) The custom said the brides must wear
“
something old, something new, something
borrowed, and something
blue
”
to bring good luck.
4)
Because they could not eat meat, eggs or dairy products during Lent, so they
tried to use up these things
before Lent began.
5)
It was a straw man made by children in Czech; it was a figure of death.
6)
People brought their animals to church. And before the animals went into the
church
people dressed them up in flowers and ribbons.
【原文】
1)
On the evening of February 3rd, people in Japanese
families took one dried bean
for each
year of their age and threw the beans on the
floor, shouting
in! Evil spirits
out!
of winter and the beginning of
spring.
2) Before the Chinese Lunar New
Year in the old days, many Chinese families burned
the picture of their kitchen god to
bring good luck. When Lunar New Year's Day
came, they put ancw picture of the
kitchen god on the wall.
3)
When
American
women
got
married,
they
sometimes
followed
an
old
custom
in
choosing
what
to
wear
on
their
wedding
day.
The
custom
said
the
bride
must
wear
old,
something new, something borrowed, and something
blue
good luck.
4) Before
Lent (a time on the Christian calendar), the
people of Ponti, Italy ate
an
omelet
made
with
1,000
eggs.
People
could
not
eat
meat,
eggs
or
dairy
products
during
Lent, so they tried to use up these things before
Lent began.
5) When winter ended in
Czech, the children made a straw man called
was
a
figure
of
death.
They
burned
it
or
threw
it
in
the
river.
After
they
destroyed
it, they carried
flowers home to show the arrival of spring.
6) January 17th was St. Anthony's Day
in Mexico. It was a day when people brought
their animals to
church. But before the animals
went into the church,
the people
dressed them up in
flowers and ribbons. This ceremony was to protect
people's
animals.
Task 5
【答案】
A.
1) F 2) T 3) F 4) T
5) F 6) T 7) T
B.
Advantages
Lots of servants
to do the work
beautiful clothes to
wear
lots of tea parties
life being slower
plenty of
time to talk to each other
Disadvantages
Terrible life
for servants
very uncomfortable clothes
boring
and
formal
tea
parties
—
often
no
men being
invited
much more illness
children left with servants all day
very poor education
no
freedom for women
【原文】
Man: Well, I think life used to be much
more fun than it is now. I mean, look at
the Victorians. They had lots of
servants to do all the work; they never
had to do any cooking or cleaning; they
just wore those beautiful dresses
and
went to tea parties.
Woman:
You
must
be
joking!
Their
clothes
were
terribly
uncomfortable
and
their
tea
parties were very formal and
boring. They used to wear their hats and long