Unit 10 The Jeaning of America答案综合教程二

Unit 10 The Jeaning of America

Key to the Exercises

Text comprehension

I.

B

II.

1. F

2. T

3. T

4. T

5. T

III.

1. Because they symbolize “a manly and legitimate passion for equality …”; They draw no

distinctions and recognize no classes and they are favored by all the American people.

2.

Levi

Strauss

went

West,

taking

with

him

canvas

to

sell

for

tenting.

Since

the

canvas

wasn’t suitable for tenting, he had them tailored into stiff but rugged pants which were

badly demanded by miners. So Strauss was in business.

3.

The word “jeans” derives from Genes, the French word for Genoa, where a similar cloth

as that used by Strauss was produced; and “blue” refers to indigo, the color Strauss had

his cloth dyed, hence the pants got their name “blue jeans”.

4. At first blue jeans were largely confined to the working people of the West. During the

dude ranch craze of the 1930s, they were first introduced to the East. Another boost for

them came in World War II, when blue jeans were declared an essential commodity and

were sold only to people engaged in defense work.

5.

Blue

jeans

can

be

purchased

for

the

suitably

proletarian

look,

and

they

adapt

themselves to any sort of idiosyncratic use, and are suitable for various decorations and

ornamentations.

6. The stru

cture of the title is “the + + of + noun”, which indicates passive voice, like

“the making of history”, while the noun “jean” is used as a verb. So the title means that

America is “jeaned” or America became jeaned, i.e. America is made a country unde

r the

fashion of jeans or jeans became an overwhelming fashion in America.

IV.

1. They do not show differences in the wearer’s professions and social status; they only

show that the wearer is as American as most Americans in jeans.

2.

For

two

years,

he

worked

as

a

peddler

of

low

social

status,

dragging

heavy

bags

of

various articles from door to door and trying to sell them, but he could barely manage to

support himself.

Structural analysis of the text

1. The incidents that led to the birth of blue jeans:

1) Levi’s accidental discovery of the need of the miners in the West for sturdy pants

that would stand up to the rigors of the digging.

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2) Levi’s brothers sent him brown cotton cloth made in Nimes, instead of the previous

canvas.

3) Davis fixed copper rivets on blue jeans as a kind of joke.

2. The incidents that made them popular throughout the country:

1)

Blue

jeans

were

first

introduced

to

the

East,

apparently,

during

the

dude

ranch

craze of the 1930s, when vacationing Easterners returned and spread the word about the

wonderful pants with rivets.

2) Another boost came in World War II, when blue jeans were declared an essential

commodity and were sold only to people engaged in defense work.

Vocabulary

I. Phrase

1. get around: spread

传播，流传，各处走动

2. draw no distinctions: do not indicate differences / do not distinguish people according

to their social status

3. eke out a living: make just enough money to survive

艰难度日

4. jump at the opportunity: eagerly seize the opportunity

迫不及待地接受机会

5. and the like: and people or something of the same kind

诸如此类，类似的人或物

II.

1. favor;

2. sought after;

3. break up;

4. stand up to;

5. had run out of;

6. converts into;

7. adapted to;

8. word of mouth.

III. Word derivation

Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words.

1. emigration

2. exaggerated

3. adaptable

4. conversion

5. prosperity

6. demanding

7. symbolized

8. profits

IV.

1. A;

2. D;

3. B;

4. D;

5. C;

6. D;

7. B;

8. D.

V. Synonym / Antonym

Give a synonym or an antonym of the word underlined in each sentence in the sense it is

used.

1. Antonym: unequally

2. Synonym: simply, just

3. Synonym: pulling, dragging

4. Synonym: significance, importance

5. Synonym: following, subsequent

6. Synonym: dependability, durability

7. Antonym: soft, flexible

8. Synonym: only

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VI. Suffix

Write in each space one word that has the same suffix as underlined in each given word.

1. widen

quicken

2. symbolize

hospitalize

3. productive

explosive

4. washable

drinkable

5. education

foundation

6. foolish

childish

7. careless

restless

8. atomic

heroic

Grammar Exercises

I. Put the verbs into the simple past or past perfect.

1. had waited; turned up

2. differed

3. felt; had been settled

4. had been read; were

5. refused; had seen / saw

6. had known

7. had spoken

8. had been built; was converted; dissolved

II.

A: lost; it’s / has been; I’ve / have spent; had always spent; have

B: haven’t ever had; don’t have

A: found; had just quit

B: sounds; I’ll / shall do; did; I’d / had considered

A: I’ve / have just taken

III.

1.

√

2. had been

—

was

3. surprising

—

surprised

4. other

—

another

5. has

—

had

6. come

—

had come

7. have bought

—

buy

8. never bought

—

had never bought

9. assuring

—

assured

10. is

—

was

IV. Fill in the blanks with the proper forms of the verbs given.

1. repaired

2. educated

3. driving

4. picked

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5. talking

6. disobeyed

7. walking

8. come

V.

Give

a

negative

adjective

ending

with

-able

or

-ible

related

to

the

following

words.

(Negative prefixes include -in, -im, -il, -ir, -un, -um, etc.)

1. inconceivable;

2. imperturbable;

3. innumerable;

4. irreparable;

5. unendurable;

6. unobjectionable;

7. uncontrollable;

8. unimaginable;

9. ineradicable;

10. unsaleable / unsalable;

11. irreconcilable;

12. inexplicable.

1.

agreement

2.

eligibility

3.

endure

4.

vision

5. resist

6.

move

7.

convert

8.

number

9.

access

10.

repair

Key:

1. disagreeable

2. ineligible

3. unendurable

4. invisible

5. irresistible

6. immovable

7. inconvertible

8. innumerable

9. inaccessible

1

0. irreparable

Translation

I.

1.

它们不辨身份，不分阶级：唯一的标签就是美国（制造的）

。< /p>

2.

一到美国，

Levi

就发现，他的两个兄弟所说的那里

“

遍地机会，生计容易

”

言过其实。

3. Levi

的牛仔裤被引入东部显然是在