新世纪大学英语综合教程2-课后答案(第二版)第二单元

UnitTwoOptimismandPositiveThinkingEnhanceYourLanguageAwarenessWordsinAction▆WorkingwithWordsandExpressions1.Intheboxbelowaresomeofthewordsyouhavelearnedinthisunit.Completethefollowingsentenceswiththem.Changetheformwherenecessary.▆Answers:1)positive2)startled3)perspective4)harden5)shape6)address7)crises8)curse9)incredible10)conversely11)issue12)response13)prior14)rare15)accomplish2.Intheboxbelowaresomeoftheexpressionsyouhavelearnedinthisunit.Doyouunderstandtheirmeanings?Doyouknowhowtousetheminthepropercontext?Nowcheckforyourselfbydoingtheblank-fillingexercise.Changetheformwherenecessary.▆Answers:1)getthehangof2)havelivedthrough3)makesadifference4)havenoidea5)concernedwith6)slippedover7)raninto8)inreverse9)mullover▆IncreasingYourWordPower1.Decidewhether“do”,“make”or“take”isneededtocompleteeachofthefollowingsentences.Changetheverbformwherenecessary.▆Answers:1)does2)make3)take4)do5)make6)Take7)done8)taken9)making10)took2.Ineachofthefollowingsentencesyouaregiventwoconfusablewordsorexpressionsinbrackets.Choosetheappropriateonetofillintheblank.Youmayconsultadictionaryifnecessary.▆Answers:1)concerned2)Concerning3)reject4)declined5)unconscious6)subconscious7)former8)preceding9)raise10)rise3.NowmatcheachoftheEnglishwordinColumnAwithitsChineseequivalentinColumnB.Youmayconsultadictionaryifnecessary.▆Answers:1)d2)j3)k4)a5)b6)h7)c8)f9)l10)e11)g12)iGRAMMARINCONTEXTTask1:Whenitisusedasaconjunction,“as”canmean“when/while”,“though/although”,“since/because”,“intheway/mannerthat”,etc.,anditcanalsobeusedinacomparativestructure.Studythefollowingsentencesandexplainthemeaningof“as”ineachsentence.▆Answersforreference:1)intheway/mannerthat2)though/although3)when4)since5)usedinacomparison6)though7)while8)inthewaythatTask2:CompletethefollowingsentencesaftertheexamplebytranslatingtheChineseintoEnglish,using“as”asarelativepronoun.▆Answersforreference:1)asyoudescribe/havedescribed/described2)asconcerneveryoneofus3)Asiswellknown4)Asweallcansee5)asyoushow/asyouhaveshownforyourteacher6)Asisreported/announcedintoday’spapersClozeCompletethefollowingpassagewithwordschosenfromthisunit.Theinitialletterofeachisgiven.▆Answers:1)perspective2)despair3)necessity4)perform5)Conversely6)prophecy7)where8)as9)achieve10)recognize11)dealtwith12)attitude13)channels14)concernedTranslationTranslatethefollowingsentencesintoEnglish,usingthewordsandexpressionsgiveninbrackets.▆Answersforreference:1)Onlythosewhohavelivedthroughasimilarexperiencecanfullyappreciatethis./Theonlypeoplewhocanfullyappreciatethisarethosewhohavelivedthroughasimilarexperience.2)Scientistshavebeenhardpressedtofigureouthowtheseparticlesform/areformedandinteract(withoneanother).3)ThosewhohavegotthehangofRubik’sCube(MagicCube)canreturneachfacetoconsistingofonecolourinnotime.4)Theindividualsuccessoftheemployeesinateamenvironmentresultsinsuccessforthecompany.5)Thewar,althoughsuccessfulinmilitaryterms,lefttheeconomyalmostinruins.6)Hedecidedtochannelhisenergiesintosomethinguseful,insteadofbeinggluedto/sittinginfrontoftheTVsetalldaylong.7)There’sadifferencebetweenstrengthandcourage.Ittakesstrengthtosurvive.Ittakescouragetolive.8)Shewasbynatureaveryaffectionateperson,alwaysreadytogiveahelpinghandtoothers.Theme-RelatedWritingDoeitherofthefollowingtwowritingtasks.Youmaydrawonsomeusefulideasandexpressionsfromavarietyofsources,suchasthetwotextsinthisunitortheInternet.1)Havingreadthetwopassagesinthisunit,youmayhavecometoabetterunderstandingoflifeandthetimeswhenpessimisticandoptimisticthoughtstaketurnstoaffectyourbehaviour.Writealetterofencouragement(ofabout150words)tooneofyourhighschoolfriendswhofailedinthecollegeentranceexamination.Tellhimorheraboutyournewunderstandingoftheneedtoremainoptimistic.2)Thewritersofthetwotextsinthisunitconveytousthemessagethatweneedtolookatthepositivesideofanythingthatcomestousandthatweneedtotakeanoptimisticandpositiveattitudetowardlife.Writeanessay(ofabout150words)toshareyourideaswithyourclassmates.Thefollowinghintsmaybeofsomehelp:a.Whatismeantby“thinkingpositively”?b.Whatistheconnectionbetweensuccessandoptimism?c.Howcanwekeepanoptimisticandpositiveattitude?▆SampleLetterforTask1:DearWeihua,Iknowyouarestillfeelingupsetaboutyourresultsinthecollegeentranceexamination.I’vejustreadanarticleabouthowpessimisticandoptimisticthoughtscanaffectourbehaviourandI’mnowsendingyouacopy,hopingthatitwillhelpyoustepoutoftheshadows.Naturally,failingthecollegeentranceexaminationcanbeverydepressing,yetifyoucontinuetodwellonthepast,youwillneverbeabletopickyourselfupandfocusonwhatismoreimportantfornowandthefuture.Lifeisfulloftrialsandanyonemaysuffersetbacks.Wemusttakeanoptimisticattitudetowardsthethingswehavetodealwith.Optimismandpositivethinkingarepowerfulforces.Goodthingsdocometrueifwepicturethemoften.Pleasedohaveconfidenceinyourpotential.Justworkhardandprepareforanotherchance.Youwillmakeit.Yours,Janet(152words)▆SampleEssayforTask2:Thinkingpositivelymeansallowingyourmindtobefilledwithoptimisticfeelings,andalwayshopingforthebestthoughstillawareofthedifficultiesthatmightbeinvolved.Thehumanmindispower