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Unit 1
Key to
Exercises
Text
Organization
1. 1) The text
begins with an anecdote/incident.
2)
His thoughts
are mainly about different approaches to learning
in China and
the West.
3)
He winds up
the text with a suggestion in die form of a
question.
Points
for
Comparison/Contrast
Chinese
Americans
1)
ways
to
learn
to accomplish
a
show a child how to do
teach
children
that
they
task
something, or teach by
should rely on
holding his
hand
themselves for
2) attitudes to creativity
and
give
greater
priority
to
put
more emphasis on
skills
developing
skills
at
an
fostering
creativity
early age, believing
in young children,
creativity can be
thinking
skills can be
promoted over
time
picked up
later
1.
Vocabulary
1)
insert
2) on
occasion
3)
investigate
4) In
retrospect
5)
initial
6)
phenomena
7)
attached
8) make up
for
9) is
awaiting
10) not …in the
least
11) promote
12) emerged
2.
Rewrite each sentence
1)
There is a striking contrast between the standard
of living in the north
of the country
and the south.
2)
Natural fiber
is said to be superior to synthetic
fiber.
3)
The city's importance as a financial
center has evolved slowly.
4)
His
nationality is not relevant to whether he is a
good lawyer.
5)
The
poems
by a
little-known sixteenth-century Italian
poet
have
found
their
way into some English
magazines.
3. 1) Chinese
isn't a subject that can be picked up in a month.
You can't
accomplish your goal of
mastering the language unless you work at it for
years. Well, it sounds as if I'm
exaggerating the difficulties, but the
fact is I'm only telling the
truth.
2)
The
principal
is
somewhat
disappointed
with
the
performance
of
the
children.
From
what
she
has
gathered,
some
of
the
teaching
staff
have
neglected
their
pupils. She has just
announced that strict
work regulations
have
been made
and that they
apply to both Chinese and overseas
teachers.
3)
The teacher-directed and the child-
directed approaches to teaching art
represent two extremes of opinion. Too
many teacher-directed activities
cannot
be expected to effectively assist children in
learning because of
the
rigid
structure.
On
the
other
hand,
too
many
child-directed
activities
may
see
a
curriculum
that
is
totally
unstructured
and
out
of
control.
There
are valid reasons to
believe a teacher-guided approach would be a
superior
way to guide children's
development. This approach combines some form of
structure with the child leading the
direction.
II. Confusable
Words
2)
continuous
1.
4)
1)
continuous
continual
3)
continual
2
1)
principal
3)
principle
5)
principal
2)
principal
4)
principles
III.
Usage
1.
themselves 2. himself/herself
3. herself/by herself/on her own 4.
itself
5. ourselves 6.
yourself/by yourself/on your own
Comprehensive Exercises
I. Cloze
(A)
1. contrast
3. priority
5. promoting
7. assist
9. on occasion
11. worthwhile
(B)
1. end
3. facing
5. equipped
9. definitely
II. Translation
1. sentences
1)
It
takes
an
enormous
amount
of
courage
to
make
a
departure
from
the
tradition.
2)
Tom
used
to
be
very
shy,
but
this
time
he
was
bold
enough
to
give
a
performance
2.
exaggerating
4. on the other
hand
6. pick up
8. accomplish
10.
neglecting
12.
superior
2.
perform
4.
competent
6.
designed
8. rest
10. quality
in
front of a large audience.
3)
Many
educators
think
it
desirable
to
foster
the
creative
spirit
in
the
child
at an early age.
4)
Assuming
(that) this painting really is a masterpiece, do
you think it’s
worthwhile to buy/
purchase it?
5)
If
the
data
is
statistically
valid,
it
will
throw
light
on
the
problem
we
are
investigating.
2.
passage translation
To improve our English, it is
critical
to do more reading,
writing, listening
and speaking.
Besides, learning by heart as many well-written
essays as possible