2-Unit4-Cultural-Encounters答案综合教程二

Unit4CulturalEncountersKeytotheExercisesTextcomprehensionI.BII.1.T;2.F;3.T;4.T;5.T.III.1.“snailmail”.2.“anessentialsteppingstoneontheroadtosuccess”.3.“theprofoundrelationshipbetweenlanguageandculturethatliesattheheartofsociety”.4.“themeanstoshapeourviewsoftheworld”.5.“tonegotiatetheboundariesbetweenlanguagesandtocompromiseintranslation”.6.“touselinguisticskills,tothinkdifferently,toenterintoanotherculture’smentalityandtoshapelanguageaccordingly”.IV.1.Theagewearelivingprovidesuswithconvenientwaystoreachanypartoftheworld.2.Itseemsthateveryoneisabletoalwaysgetintouchwithanyoneelseifheorshecanaffordto.3.isthemostimportanttosociety.4.Thisisafundamentalskillintoday’sworld,wheredifferentculturesinteract.5.Lotsofpeoplearefindingwaystointerrelatedifferentcultures.Structuralanalysisofthetext1.Thelastsentenceofthe3rdparagraph:“Mostfundamentalistheprofoundrelationshipbetweenlanguageandculturethatliesattheheartofsocietyandonethatweoverlookatourperil.”2.Paragraph4:ThelackofanexactcounterpartoftheEnglishword“homesickness”inotherlanguagessuchasItalian,Portuguese,andGerman.Paragraph5:TheproblemofuntranslatabilitywhichtheearlyBibletranslatorsencountered.Paragraph6:EnglishandWelshspeakersmakeadjustmentsregardingthecolorspectruminthegrey/green/blue/brownrange;Theword“democracy”meanscompletelydifferentthingsindifferentcontexts;theflatbreadsofCentralAsiaarealongwayawayfromMother’sPridewhiteslicedtoasties,yettheword“bread”hastoserveforboth.VocabularyI.Phrasepractice1.provided=aslongas假如，倘若needneverbeoutoftouch=canneverfailtobereached从不会失去联系2.regardlessof=nomatter不管，不顾3.overlookatourperil=failtonoticeatgreatrisk忽视……的危险或风险4.hoverssomewhereinandaroundallthosewords=maybedescribedbythesewordstovaryingdegrees5.hittheproblemofuntranslatabilityhead-on=weredirectlyconfrontedwiththeproblemthatsomethinginonelanguagecannotberenderedintoanotherII.1.steppingstone;2.attheirperil;3.serve;4.mentality;5.staple;6.facilitating;7.messaging;8.hybrid.III.WordderivationFillintheblankswiththeappropriateformsofthegivenwords.1.economy2.accessible3.fundamentally4.homesick5.negotiable6.adjusted7.remoteness8.complacentlyIV.1.D;2.C;3.A;4.D;5.B;6.A;7.B;8.C.V.Synonym/AntonymGiveasynonymoranantonymofthewordunderlinedineachsentenceinthesenseitisused.1.Synonym:time,era,epoch2.Synonym:meetings3.Synonym:basic,fundamental4.Antonym:misshape5.Synonym:unavoidably6.Synonym:worry,concern,anxiety7.Antonym:hide,concealVI.PrefixWriteineachspaceonewordthathasthesameprefixasunderlinedinthegivenword.1.unbelievable2.imperfect3.disagreement4.misplace5.malfunction6.enable7.surpass8.submarineGrammarI.Completethefollowingsentenceswiththecorrectverbforms.1.helps2.hope;areenjoying;sunbathe;go;aregoing.3.isbeing.4.istyping5.amnoteating.6.amreading7.arealwaysleaving.8.go;belongs;wants;isusing.9.isboiling.10.isputting;isrewiring;isbuilding.II.Correcttheerrors.1.ispassing→passes;isshooting→shoots.2.OK.3.arecrying.4.OK.5.amknowing→know.6.amgathering→gather.7.work→amworking.8.do→are;sneeze→sneezing.III.thank;aredispatching;regret;have;arecontacting;hear;enclose/areenclosing;decide;have;arelisted;regret;hope;enclose/areenclosing.IV.1.a.Thespeakeriscomplaining;b.Thespeakergivesafact.2.a.amconsidering;b.havetheopinion.3.a.Itsuggestsapermanentnature;b.Itsuggestsatemporarybehaviour.4.a.istakingcareof;b.havenoobjectionto.5.a.amwaitingfor;b.believe.6.a.amwaitingfor;b.believe.V.PositionofadjectivesRewritethefollowingdescriptionsputtingtheadjectivesinthecorrectorder.1.alargepairofredwoolensocks2.apowerfulnewwhiteGermancar3.asmallrectangulargreyJapaneseradio4.abigmodernconcreteofficebuilding5.amediumsizeFrenchstainlesssteelsaucepan6.asuperbmedievalrose-shapedstained-glasswindow7.aprominenttriangularredroadsign8.atinyblackandwhiteChinesedogTranslationI.1．因此，你也许会问，为什么还有人会对这些绝妙的发展顾虑重重？为什么英语成为世界语言会让一部分人惴惴不安？2．不同的文化并不仅仅是给世界贴上不同标签的人群；语言给了我们塑造世界观的工具，而语言又是不一样的。3．当千百万人在学习文化沟通的时候，英语国家却越来越沾沾自喜，以为懂得英语就足够了，因而削减了外语课程。4．最能推动这一进程的不一定是那些掌握了最新技术、拥有最先进手机的人，而是那些能够理解众多不同语言的言内之意、言下之意以及言外之意的人。II.1.Childrenmayswimhereprovidedthattheyareaccompaniedbyadults.2.ThisAmericanjournalistmadeafoolofhimselfoverhisremarksaboutChina,becausehe’sbeenoutoftouchwithwhat’sbeenhappeninginthecountryinthepastthreedecades.3.Everypersonhastherighttoeducation,regardlessofhisorherfamilybackground,sexandage.4.TheinventionoftheInternet,despitethefactthatithasgivenrisetosomeproblems,hasgreatlyfacilitatedalmosteveryaspectofourlife,includingeducation,medicine,andbusiness.5.Neveroverlookyourtravelinsurancewhenyouareplanningtospendyourholidayabroad;otherwiseyoumightfindyourselfingreattroubleifanyaccidentshouldoccur.6.Inthemoviethatbillionairewasfacedwithadilemma—eitherdivorceshiswife,whowouldthencarveouthalfofhisfinancialempire,ormurdersherattheriskofbeingfoundoutbythepolice.7.Asthehusbandlosthisjobinthefinancialcrisis,thenewcouplehadtocutdownonalotofthings—furniture,clothes,records,books,andsoon.8.Overthirtyyearsago,rightaftertheCulturalRevolution,DengXiaopingtoldthepeoplethattheonlywayoutlayinreformandopeninguptotheoutsideworld.Exercisesforintegratedski