新视野大学英语(第三版)读写教程4

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新视野大学英语

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第三版

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读写教程

4 unit1

课后答案

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Understanding:

1.

Answer the following questions.

1.

What is the deal between the narrator and his roommate, Rob? Why do

they make the deal?

The deal between them

is that the

narrator gives Rob

his leather jacket,

and Rob, in exchange, gives the narrator his girlfriend. They make the

deal

because

they

want

to

get

something

from

each

other:

Rob

is

crazy

about

fashion, and he wants to own the narrator's fashionable leather jacket;

the narrator longs to have a beautiful girlfriend, and Rob's girlfriend

is beautiful.

2.

Why does the narrator want to have a beautiful and well-spoken

girlfriend?

He

thinks

a

beautiful

and

well-spoken

girlfriend

will

assist

him

to

land

a job and achieve success in an elite law company.

3.

When

the

narrator

and

Polly

have

their

first

date,

the

narrator

says

that what he has got in mind is a little eccentric. Why?

The

narrator

feels

this

way

because

he

can't

stop

thinking

that

his

purpose

of dating Polly is not for romance but for improving her intelligence,

and he can't let Polly know his plan.

4.

Why does the narrator decide to teach Polly logic?

The narrator decides to teach Polly logic because he believes logic is

essential to clear thinking. By teaching Polly logic, he can make her

intelligent.

5.

How

does

Polly

respond

to

the

narrator

when

he

teaches

her

logic?

What

effect do her responses create?

When the narrator teaches her logic, Polly responds either shortly with

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without

saying

anything.

These

responses

give

us

an

impression

that

Polly

is a nice but rather simple-minded girl.

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6.

Is the narrator successful in teaching Polly logic? How do you

know?Yes. He is only too successful in teaching Polly logic because in

the

end

when

he

asks

Polly

to

be

his

girlfriend,

Polly

refuses

his

request

by applying all the logical fallacies he has taught her.

7.

Why does the narrator say

don't have anything to do with real life

Because he wants to make one more attempt to win Polly as his girlfriend

by asking her to forget what he has taught her.

8.

In what sense is the end of the story ironic?

The

end

of

the

story

is

ironic

because

Polly

turns

out

to

be

smarter

than

the narrator. First, she is able to refute all his arguments as logical

fallacies. Then, she discloses that she and Rob have played a trick on

him. The narrator has been too smart for his own good.

三、选词填空

Fill in the blanks with the words given below. Change the

form where necessary. Each word can be used only once.

1.

As the gender barriers (crumbled), the number of women working as

lawyers, doctors, or bankers began to increase significantly from the

mid-20th century.

2.

With the data collected each year, the owner of the shop

can

discren

(

discern)

customer trends and how things like weather and

economic indicators affect sales performance.

3.

His

supervisor

pushes

and

motivates

him

in

such

a

positive

manner

that

he is not only able to reach but to

shrewd

surpass

h

is personal goals.

4.

He

is

a

man

with

a(n)

business

sense.

He

has

built

his

initial

investment into a substantial and even excessively large fortune.

5.

The

conversion

of nuclear radiation directly into electricity was an

exciting possibility that was being vigorously explored in many

laboratories in the 1950s.

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6.

I was not only shocked but also disgusted that the report tried to

distort

the scientific facts in such a manner that even some

highly- educated people were fooled.

7.

Sixty-two and blessed with his mother's skin, the fisherman had

withstood a lifetime of exposure to the sun and looked as

a man in his forties.

8.

French

educator

Louis

Braille

invented

a

simple

but

ingenious

radiant

as

code

which

has

had an impact on the lives of generations of people who are blind.

9.

The senators didn't expect us to ask such tough questions, and when

we finally did, they got

stumped

and didn't know what to say.

proposition

10.

This

newly

established

university

supports

the

that

a

more

diverse higher education system is desirable since it would enhance

opportunities for lifelong learning.

四，词根后缀学习练习

Add -

cy, -ic,

or

-y

to or remove them from the following words to form

new words.

delicate

?

1)

delicacy

bankrupt

?

2)

bankruptcy

accountant

?

3)

accountantc

(account ancy)

secret

?

4)

secrecy

vacant

?

5)

vacancy

urgent

?

6)

urgency

.