秋天英文2-Unit4-Cultural-Encounters答案综合教程二

2-Unit4-Cultural- Encounters

答案综合教程二

Unit 4 Cultural Encounters

Key to the Exercises

Text comprehension

I.

B

II.

1. T;

2. F;

3. T;

4. T;

5. T.

III.

1.

“snail mail”.

2.

“an

essential

stepping

stone

on

the

road to success”.

3.

“the

profound

relationship

between

language

and

culture

that

lies

at

the

heart of society”.

4. “the means to shape our views of the

world”.

5. “to negotiate the boundaries between

languages

and

to

compromise

in

translation”.

6.

“to

use

linguistic

skills,

to

think

differently,

to

enter

into

another

culture’s

IV.

1. The age we are living provides us with

convenient ways to reach any part of the

world.

2.

It

seems

that

everyone

is

able

to

always

get

in

touch

with

anyone

else

if

he or she can afford to.

3. is the most important to society.

4. This is

a fundamental skill in today’s

world, where different cultures interact.

5.

Lots

of

people

are

finding

ways

to

interrelate different cultures.

Structural analysis of the text

mentality

and

to

shape

language accordingly”.

1.

The

last

sentence

of

the

3rd

paragraph:

“Most

fundamental

is

the

profound

relationship

between

language

and

culture

that

lies

at

the

heart

of

society

and

one

that

we

overlook at our per

il.”

2.

Paragraph

4:

The

lack

of

an

exact

counterpart

of

the

English

word

“homesickness” in other languages such

as Italian, Portuguese, and German.

Paragraph

5:

The

problem

of

untranslatability

which

the

early

Bible

translators encountered.

Paragraph

6:

English

and

Welsh

speakers

make

adjustments

regarding

the color spectrum in the grey / green /

blue

/

brown

range;

means

The

word

“democracy”

completely

different

things

in

different

contexts;

the flat breads of Central Asia are a long

way

away

from

Mother’

s

Pride

white

sliced toasties, yet the word “bread” has

to serve for both.

Vocabulary

I. Phrase practice

1. provided =as long as

假如，倘若

need never be out of touch =can never

fail to be reached

从不会失去联系

2. regardless of =no matter

不管，不顾

3. overlook at our peril =fail to notice at

great risk

忽视

……

的危险或风险

4.

hovers

somewhere

in

and

around

all

those words =may be described by these

words to

varying degrees

5.

hit

the

problem

of

untranslatability

head-on = 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. Word derivation

Fill

in

the

blanks

with

the

appropriate

forms of the given words.

1.

5.

IV.

1. D;

2. C;

3. A;

4. D;

5. B;

6. A;

7. B;

8. C.

V. Synonym / Antonym

Give

a

synonym

or

an

antonym

of

the

word underlined in each sentence in the

sense it is used.

1. Synonym: time, era, epoch

economy

negotiable

2.

6.

accessible

adjusted

3.

7.

fundamentally

4. homesick

remoteness

8. complacently

2. Synonym: meetings

3. Synonym: basic, fundamental

4. Antonym: misshape

5. Synonym: unavoidably

6. Synonym: worry, concern, anxiety

7. Antonym: hide, conceal

VI. Prefix

Write

in

each

space

one

word

that

has

the

same

prefix

as

underlined

in

the

given word.

1.

3.

unbelievable

disagreement

2.

4.

imperfect

misplace

5.

malfunction

6.

enable

7.

surpass

8.

submarine

Grammar

I.

Complete

the

following

sentences

with the correct verb forms.

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. Correct the errors.

1.

is

passing

→

passes;

is

shooting

shoots.

2. OK.

3. are crying.

4. OK.

5. am knowing

→

know.

6. am gathering

→

gather.

→

7. work

→

am working.

8. do

→

are; sneeze

→

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. am waiting for; b. believe.

6. a. am waiting for; b. believe.

V. Position of adjectives

Rewrite

order.

the

following

descriptions

putting

the

adjectives

in

the

correct

1. a large pair of red woolen socks

2. a powerful new white German car

3.

a

small

rectangular

grey

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 triangular red road sign

8. a tiny black and white Chinese dog

Translation

I.

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