parenting全新版大学英语第二版2答案及期末考试复习资料

Unit1

Part Three: Cloze

Is there a

contrast

between learning styles in China and the West While we should be careful to avoid

exaggerating

the differences, they do appear to exist. In China, for example, greater

priority

is given

to developing skills at an early age. The Americans,

on the other hand

, place more emphasis on

promoting

creativity

in

young

children,

leaving

them

to

pick

up

skills

later.

American

parents

tend

to

avoid

rushing

in to

assist

their children as they try to

accomplish

a task, thinking it better that children should

learn

to

solve

problems

by

themselves.

Such

an

approach

can,

on

occasion

,

be

mistaken

for

neglecting

one

’

s

parental duties by those more used to

“

teaching by holding the hand.

”

Both approaches have their

disadvantages as well as advantages, and it may well be

worthwhile

to search for a

superior

method that

would combine the best of both worlds.

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The real

challenge

to us teacher

is combining the best of both

worlds into

one . Creativity and basic skills

need

to be considered in terms of being means to an

[end]

, rather than simply as ends in themselves . Some Chinese

students may not

[perform]

well in hypothetical settings ,but when it comes to

[facing]

real life challenges and

issues

,they

are

more

than

[competent]

in

resolving

most

of

them,

[equipped]

as

they

are

with

their

strong

skill

.The

.

system may

be

[designed]

to aim more at producing top of the cream students ,but that

[approach]

may do damage

to the big bulk of the

[rest]

of the student body .The Chinese education system is

[definitely]

not perfect ,but

it does produce a

[quality]

workforce ,And I truly believe that solid basic knowledge/skill focus is the single

biggest force driving the rise of Chinese as a country .

翻译：

背离传统需要极大的勇气。

It takes an enormous amount of courage to make a departure from the tradition.

汤姆过去很腼腆，但这次却非常勇敢能在大庭广众面前上台表演了。

Tom used to be very shy, but this time he was bold enough to give a performance in front of a large audience.

很多教育家认为从小培养还自动创新精神是很可取的

Many educators think it desirable to foster the creative spirit in the child at an early age.

假设那幅画确实是名作，你觉得值得购买吗

Assuming this painting really is a masterpiece, do you think it

’

s worthwhile to buy it

如果这些数据统计上是站得住脚的，那它将会帮助我们认 识正在调查的问题。

If the data is statistically valid, it will throw light on the problem we are investigating

Unit 2

Part Three: Cloze

Sam Walton must have been one of the best employers I ever worked for. He was a cheerful man who never

threw his

weight

from top

executive

down to the ordinary worker could expect fair

treatment

at his hands. He was quick to

recognize and

reward

hard work and to

cultivate

new ideas. Those who showed

loyalty

to the company were given the

chance to buy

stock

. I did myself. And my children

qualified

for the

scholarships

he made available. Outside work

he carried on much like ordinary

folks

and if you didn

’

t know him you wouldn

’

t be able to tell him apart from

the other

local

people in the small town where we lived.

How dose spending connect to happiness

One explanation lies in

order to

[consume]

it . Rather they accumulate wealth in order to display it , and their happiness is

[fueled]

by

their neighbors' envy . As a result ,the country finds itself in the grips of a

[annual

]

incomes

of

$$50,000

try

to

emulate

the

consumption

of

those

with

$$70,000

,

who

in

turn

try

to

emulate

those

with $$140,000 ,and so an .

It's just

[plain]

common sense . It's

[physically]

impossible for a piece of paper like money to make you happy .

Instead what makes people happy is the feeling of

[security]

or power money bring .

A recent survey

[indicates]

that those from the Forbes list of the 400 richest Americans sand the Maasai of East

Africa are almost

[equally]

satisfied . The Maasai are a

[traditional]

herding people who have to no electricity

or running water and live in huts made of mud .

It

[follows]

that economic development and personal income cannot account for the happiness that they are so often

linked to .

翻译：

该公司否认其捐款又商业目的。

The company denied that its donations had a commercial purpose.

每当他生气的时候，他说话就有一点结巴。

Whenever he was angry, he would begin to stammer slightly.

教育是我们家庭 最看重的传统，这就是为什么我父母从不带我到昂贵的饭店吃饭，却送我到最好的私立学校上学。

Education is the most cherished tradition in our family. That

’

s why my parents never took me to dinner

at expensive restaurants, but sent me to the best private school.

手术康复后不久，他失业了，因此经历了人生 的又一个困难阶段。

Shortly

after

he

recovered

from

the

surgery,

he

lost

his

job

and

thus

had

to

go

through

another

difficult

phase of his life.

与我们富裕的邻居相比，我们的父母就相当穷了，但是他们这是努力满足我们最起码的需求。

In contrast to our affluent neighbors, my parents are rather poor, but they have always tried to meet

our minimal needs.

Unit 3

Part Three: Cloze

You can certainly say our dad gives our

welfare

his

constant

attention. Sometimes, though, we wish he

wouldn

’

t try quite so hard. To be

frank

, he seems to have a

talent

for

embarrassing

us by making

dumb

remarks. He should know better, but he never seems to learn and just goes on making the same old mistakes

repeatedly

.

The

result

is

that

we

live

in

constant

fear

of

his

well- intentioned

interference

in

our

affairs.

Mom is no help, as you can

bet

she will always see things from his point of view rather than from ours.

Overall

, though, he

’

s a wonderful dad and I wouldn

’

t

trade

him for anyone in the world.

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A new research study has found that, . what parents might believe, there is an enormous gap between

what they think their children are doing online and what is . happening .

In

one

part

of

the

study,

over

500

children

form

a

variety

of

ages

and

backgeounds

were

asked

if

they

gave out personal

information

online.

73%

said that they did. The

parents

of

the

.

children

believed

that only 4% of their children did so.

The children were also asked if they had made face-to- face .

with strangers that they had met % from

the high school group admitted to meeting with a stranger they had met online. Nearly 40% of these

to speaking with stranger regularly. Fewer than 9% of the paeents knew that their children had been

meeting with strangers.

Another part of the study found that 30% of children between the ages of 9 and 18 delete the search

history

form

their

browsers

in

.

attempt

to

protect

their

privacy

form

their

parents.

Common

filtering

software

.

not

be effective, since children will access what they are looking for elsewhere---at a

friend

’

s house, an Internet cafe ,or school. One problem lies in the fact that parents don

’

t know

much

about

using

popular

online

software

and

chat

programs,and

.

.

to

have

no

clue

about

what

is

really