高英6简答题

Unit2TheFineArtofPuttingThingsOff1.HowdoesDemarestbeginhisessay?Isitaneffectivebeginning?HebeginswiththefamoussayingofChesterfield’sandthenon-complianceinstancesofsomehistoricallywell-knownfigures.Yes.Thiseffectivelyremindspeoplethatprocrastinationisnotunderallcircumstancesanon-recommendablepractice;sometimespeopledohaveagoodreasontowaitbeforetheytakeanaction.2.WhydoesDemarestrefertovisitstothebarber,thedentist,andthedoctoras“Faustianencounters”?“Faustianencounters”referstoFaust’sencounterswiththedevilMephistopheles.Naturallytheyareundesirable.Mostpeopleareunwillingtovisitbarbers,doctors,anddentists.3.Howdoyouunderstandtheword“Blessedly”usedinpara.4?Itmeans“fortunately”.ThenatteringTelexwouldhavefacilitatedthesupplyofweaponsanddispatchoftroops,deprivingtheproconsuloftheexcusetodelayaction.4.ExplainDemarest’sdistortionoftheproverb“wherethereisnowill,thereisnoway”atthebeginningofpara.5.Theauthorisplaying/punningontheword“will”.Therepetitionofthewordservesasacohesivetiebetweenthetwoparagraphs.Butmindthatthewordisusedindifferentsensesinthetwoinstances.Intheprecedingparagraph,“will”meansastatementinwritingsayinghowsomeonewisheshispropertytobedistributedafterhisdeath.Inthedistortedversionoftheoldsaying,theword“will”isusedinthesenseof“volition”.Thusitmeans“Evenwhenthereisnowilltoprocrastinate,thereisawaytodoso.”Hegoesontoillustratehispointbygivingexamples.5.Howdoyouexplaintheparenthesis(at50-plusanhour)inpara.8?Thisisahumoroustouch.Thisreferstowhatthepsychologists(moreexactlypsychiatristsorpsychoanalysts)chargetheirclientsfortheconsultation.Thisexplainswhytheyalwaysdelaycuringtheirpatients.6.ThinkofoneortwoexamplestoillustratewhatDr.Greensonsays—“Allfrightenedpeoplewillthenavoidthemomentoftruthentirely,orevadeorpostponeituntilthelastpossiblemoment”.Forexample,apersonwhohasabadtoothtendstodelayhisvisittothedentistuntilhepainbecomesintolerable.7.WhilethepointsDemarestmakesabouthissubjectmatterareserious,thetoneofhiswritingisamixtureoftheseriousandthehumorous.Identifyhisshiftsintonefromonetoother.Whilethestatementatthebeginningofpara.3“delaycanofteninspireandreviveacreativesoul”isaseriousone,thefollowingillustrationsdonotsoundtobeso.ButrememberJeanKerrwasahumorist.Whathesaysabouttheprocrastinationinthearmy,thoughabitoverstated,maystillbeseriouslymeant.Thetwoillustrativeexamples,especiallytheoneoftheUSgeneral’stakingasportingdayofftodelaythebattle,areinstancesofhumoratthecostofcredibility.Inthelastparagraphtheinclusionof“thecreationofanentrée”addsahumoroustouchtootherseriousillustrationssuchasthecreationofagreatpaintingabookandabuilding.Unit31.Thereseemstobeacontradictioninthetitle“ACrimeofCompassion”.Whatisit?Therearevariouskindsofcrimes,butcriminalscanbeanythingbutcompassionate.Itishardlypossibletoassociatecompassionwithanycrimeandbeingcompassionatewithacriminal.2.Huttmannbeginsheressaywithametaphor.Locateitandthenexplainit.Thefirstsentenceofpara.3:ItwasthePhilDonahueshowwheretheguestisafattedcalfandtheaudiencea200-strongflockofvultureshungeringtopickatthebones.Huttmannlikensherselftoafattedcalf,andtheaudiencetoaflockofmorethan200vultureshungeringtopickatthebones.WiththemetaphorsheintendstotellthereaderthatthewayshehandledthecaseofMacwasstronglydisapprovedofbythegeneralpublic,andthattheconceptofmercykillingwasunacceptabletothem.3.WhereintheessaycanwefinddescriptionsofMac’sconditionwhenhewasbeingtreated?WhydoyouthinkHuttmannisbeingsospecificanddetailed?Mostlyinpara.6,andthelatterpartofpara.7.ShegivessuchdetailedandspecificdescriptionsofMac’sconditiontomakevividtothereaderthehorrifyingsufferingsMachadtoendure,ultimatelytosupportherargumentthatapatientinsuchconditionshouldbegiventherighttodieifheshouldsorequest.4.WasitadifficultdecisionforHuttmanntomakenottopushthebuttonintime?Obviouslyitwas,assherelatesinpara.15“NothingI’veeverdoneinmy47yearshastakensomucheffortasittooknottopressthatcodebutton.”5.WheredoesHuttmannstateherthesis?Inthelastparagraph:Untilthereislegislationmakingitcriminalacttocadeapatientwhohasrequestedtherighttodie,wewillallofusriskthesamefateasMac.Forwhateverreason,wedevelopedthemeanstoprolonglife,andnowweareforcedtouseit.Wedonothavetherighttodie.Unit4ARedLightforScofflaw1.Properlycoinedcompoundwordscanbeeconomicalwayofexpression.Someinstancesarefoundinpara.2.Pickthemoutandexplaintheirmeanings.Thegraffitiprone–thosewhoarepronetograffitiLitter-decibelradios-radioswhosevolumehasbeenturnedhighBeer-soakedhooliganism-hooliganismcommittedbylargenumbers.2.WhydoesTrippettkeep“jaywalkers”asthelastcategoryofscofflawsinthesecondparagraph？Whatothermeansdoesheusetostrengththeeffectintendedbythisarrangement?Itisnotlimitedtosomepeople,butiswidelycommittedbylargenumbers.Thegreeting(hello,Everybody!)Theconjunction“Andthen”usedtohighlightthelast,butbynomeanstheleastformofscofflawryenumeratedhere.3.Explaintheuseoftheconjunctiveadverb“however”inpara.3.Findintherestofthetexttheword“however”usedinasimilarway.Howdoesitcontributetothecoherenceofthetext?Itindicatesacontrastinmeaningbetweenthesentenceitisinandtheprevioustwo,inw