新世纪大学英语综合教程3课后答案

新世纪大学英语综合教程3课后答案

(1) 1. bound

2. appropriate

3. possessing

4. permanent

5. appointed

6. parted

7. had corresponded

8. gazed

9. notion

10. keen

11. preserve

12. grasped

13. figured

14. grounded

15. sensible

16. attribute

17. united

18. pursue

19. commitments

20. regulating

(2)1.distinguish between

2. checked up on

3. torn down

4. make a fortune

5. all of a sudden

6. lost track of

7. Casting an eye over

8. broke up

9. take pleasure in

10.described as

11. turned up

12. in so far as

13. is under arrest

14. pass on

15. as to

(1)

1.arrival 2.trial 3.approval 6.dismissal 7.disposal

4.betrayal 5.burial

8.proposal 9.refusal 10.removal 11.survival 12.withdraw

al

(2) 1. refusal 2. arrivals 3. removal 4. dismissal 5. survival 6.

proposal 7. disposal 8. approval

(3) 1. e 2. c 3. b 4. a 5. d

(1)

1. whichever tent you are not using now

2. whoever comes / come first

3. whichever / whatever condition our captain thought was the

best

4. Wherever / No matter where I go

5. whatever wishes their child / children expresses / express

6. However disappointed / No matter how disappointed you

may feel about the surroundings / environment / situation

7. Whoever breaks it

8. whenever he concentrates on a problem

(2)

1. It is not luck but hard work tha led him to today’s success.

2. Prof. Moen argues that it is energy that makes the world go

round.

3. It was not until he had proved he was honest that he won the

family’s trust.

4. It was clearly the headmaster himself who that opened the

door for me.

5. NONE

1) classical

2) notion

3) utility

4) ground

5) occurs

6) goodness

7) as to

8) possesses

9) preserve

10) bound

11) mirror

12) virtuous

13) commitment

14) moral excellence

(1)

1. The friendship grounded on common / shared interest does

not break up easily. / It is not easy for the friendship grounded

on common / shared interest to break up.

2. Children must learn to distinguish between violence and

bravery / courage in computer games.

3. There spring up so many new things every day in the world

that it is no longer sensible to expect a person to know / keep

track of everything.

4. Laws do not regulate such things as betrayal to friends; that

is why there is what we call / is called \"the court of morality\".

5. Today’s culture is described as “fast-food culture”. Whatever

they may be / are doing, people just pursue the greatest /

maximum satisfaction within the shortest time.

6. As the saying goes, there is no such thing as a free lunch. If

you want something, go and earn / work for it.

(2)

As is commonly acknowledged / It is commonly recognised that

humans are social animals. Bonded together in a community, we

naturally expect to have friends. As to what friendship is, people

have different notions / ideas. Some make friends for mutual

utility. Once the ground for such friendship disappears, the

friendship also breaks up. However, a lot more people long for

\"soul pals\"— those who possess virtues and with whom we can

go through trials and tribulations together. Such friendships

keep us away from greed and violence and encourage us to have

the courage of our convictions. Such is what we call \"true and

perfect friendship\".

1. Bob and I became brother-like friends in our childhood. We

played, dined and discussed our ambitions together. Once grown

up, he started for the West to make his fortune while I became a

policeman in New York. Before his departure, we had dinner

together and we agreed that we would meet at the same place

exactly twenty years from that date and time, no matter what our

conditions might be or from what distance we might have to

come.

Then came the day we were supposed to meet. I was on my beat

then. Walking up to the appointed place which had been turned

into a hardware store, I saw a man standing there with an

unlighted cigar in his mouth. Before I could speak, he told me

that he was waiting for a friend by the name of Jimmy Wells.

When he struck a match to light his cigar, I saw a pale face with

keen eyes and a scar. I recognized him immediately. It was Bob,

and it was also the face of the man wanted by the Chicago Police.

For a moment I felt like telling him to escape right away. After

all, we had been friends for so many years and he had traveled

all the way to see me! But then my sense of duty told me the

right thing to do. I said good-bye to him and continued my

patrol, his last words still ringing in my ear: “I’ll wait for half an

hour. Jimmy will keep his promise if he’s alive…” I then sent for

a plain clothes man and had Bob arrested.

2.An Important Friend in My Life

Li Qiang, one of my classmates, is fun to be with. He is always

wearing a broad smile as if life is forever \"sunshine and

butterflies\". One day, I revealed to him my worries and anxieties:

I, an ordinary-looking girl, was 177 centimeters tall, even taller

than any of the boys in my class. I thought no boy would like to

date me. Besides, I was very poor at my academic courses.

He suggested that I should learn to be myself and then he

introduced me to a fashion show team of the university.

Encouraged, I decided to change myself. After a 3-month

training program on weekends, I could perform beautifully as a

model, and surprisingly, I could concentrate on the required

academic courses as well. The applauses I won at each fashion

show and the scholarship I earned proved that being myself was

terrific. Since then, my life has changed a lot. Thus, Li Qiang

became an important friend of mine.

Last semester, we began to help young people who suffer

pressures from physical defects, academic failures or financial

problems. We set up a Confidence Club. Those who come to us

for help find our work definitely beneficial. Our friendship has

led me into a sparkling, rewarding life.

Unit Two Love

(1)

1. curled

2. minimum

3. clip

4. yielded

5. Given

6. awaiting

7. fascinated

8. affection

9. interact

10. haste

11. harden

12. grief

13. defies

14. glance

15. presence

16. lasting

17. via

18. acquire

19. manipulate

20. restraints

(2)

1. let … loose on

2. fit into

3. hold on

4. state of affairs

5. in the course of

6. in vain

7. build … on

8. In short

9. grow used to

10. blame … on

11. reached for

12. give and take

(1)

1. overcoat

2. overhead

3. overjoyed

4. overslept

5. overweight

6. overdue

7. overtime

8. overworking

(2)

1. crush

2. attributes

3. fancy

4. bubbled

5. grasp

6. drizzling

7. labeling

8. yield

(3)

1. We are short of hands.

2. I still have some money in hand.

3. Give me a hand with this box, please.

4. I often keep a dictionary at hand.

5. The football fans were out of hand.

6. Hand out the pencils to everyone in the class.

7. This ring was handed down to me by my grandmother.

8. Time’s up. Please hand in your test papers.

9. Please hand on the magazine to your roommates.

10. I’m afraid I can’t help you. I’m a green hand.

(1)

1. Sitting on the stairs was / On the stairs was sitting

2. Over the wall came / flew

3. Round the corner was

4. Then finally came

5. Under the table was lying

6. At / On the top of (On top of) the hill stood

(2)

1. The beaver chews down trees to get food and material to

build its home with.

2. Do your parents think Tom is a nice boy to go out with?

(Cross out \"him\")

3. The goals for which he has fought all his life seem

unimportant to him now.

4. NONE.

5. The essay starts by asking a question, to which the author

then gives a positive answer.

(1) haste

(2) state of affairs

(3) distinguished

(4) meeting of minds

(5) blossom

(6) inner charm

(7) intimacy

(8) emotion

(9) acquiring

(10) ideals

(11) admiration

(12) lasting

(13) affection

(14) forge

(15) honor

(16) overwhelming

Translation

(1)

1. In either friendship or love / In both friendship and love, you

should never expect to take / receive the maximum while you

give the minimum.

2. I built all my hopes on his promise(s), only to find that he was

not a man of sincerity at all.

3. We took Mother to all the best hospitals we could find, but all

our efforts were in vain; she failed to survive the disease.

4. Valentine’s Day is an annual holiday celebrated on February

14, a perfect day to express love to the object of your / one’s

affection.

5. In the information era, communications with far-away friends

via e-mail can be almost / virtually simultaneous.

6. Love takes time, for it is not forged until you have grown used

to the other’s company and learned to appreciate the other.

(2)

After dinner, we all sat around the hearth. Aunt Susan was still

in the grief of losing Uncle Robert. In her soft voice she told us

about their past years. Uncle Robert joined the army shortly after

they were engaged. Given the critical situation at the time when

lots of army men didn’t return alive, you can imagine how much

overjoyed Aunt Susan was to see Uncle Robert come back safe

and sound from the European battlefield. Then they got married

and brought up five children. For all those years, their affection

for each other grew stronger in the course of overcoming

difficulties and hardships in life. I was fascinated by Aunt

Susan’s story, which was totally different from my ideal of love.

They practiced giving and sharing in their daily life instead of

pursuing passion and romance. Amazingly, such love lasted

through their whole life.

1. Male-female relations are indispensable to adults all

through their lives. But different generations handle them

differently. Our parents’ generation lived in an era of constraints,

restraints, respect, admiration, and plenty of romance. They kept

a distance from people of the opposite gender in order to

preserve the holiness of love and relationships.

My generation, on the other hand, began with countless crushes

for the opposite sex just because of their superficial charm.

Harmless as it was, the love was as brief as soap bubbles. As we

grew up, we came to the stage of developing real relationships,

believing that love demanded a lot of give and not so much of

take.

By comparison, the younger generation is more open-minded

and less restricted in handling the matter of love and

relationships. They jump on the bandwagon of love with so

much haste that it is difficult for them to distinguish between

physical attraction and mental compatibilities.

In short, the younger generation focuses more on physical

beauty, closeness and passion, and they tend to seek what they

want from the relationships. The other two generations give

priority to inner charm, intimacy, emotion and sharing in dealing

with relationships.

2.What Do Girl Students Look for in Love and Life?

In order to know about girl students’ opinion about love and life,

a survey with girl students was conducted in 2005 in two

universities — Chongqing University of Technology and

Business and East China Normal University. The survey sought

answers to two questions: What do you look for first in a

boyfriend? What’s the most important thing for a happy life?

About one third of the students chose personality as the top

factor in choosing a boyfriend, followed by 27 percent focusing

on abilities. Next came common interests and goals, favoured by

17 percent, with only 14 percent of students claiming appearance

to be uppermost in their minds. Fewer still, 11 percent, rated

economic status as the first consideration.

As to their views about a happy life, nearly seventy percent of

the girls attached the greatest importance to marriage and family.

“Career” was given top priority by just under 20 percent, while

even fewer, around 9 percent, believed that money was the key

to a happy life.

Based on the survey, we may conclude that nowadays, girl

students generally hold a rational attitude towards love and life.

Admittedly, the improved material conditions of life explain

why girls take economic status and money rather lightly. But

contrary to the popular view that girls are more concerned about

self-development in the workplace and social status, they still

regard upon marriage and family life as central to a happy life.

Unit Three Happiness

(1)

1. inform

2. evaluate

3. attractive

4. depression

5. leisure

6. Collective

7. decreased

8. spiritual

9. religious

10. temporary

11. scales

12. cultivate

13. suggests

14. purchase

15. inevitable

16. enable

17. reinforced

18. comparison

19. occupations

20. destructive

(2)

1) work out

2) have a clear conscience

3) other than

4) fact of life

5) as a whole

6) relative to

7) point of view

8) in terms of

9) in part

10) took pains

11) in effect

12) serve as

13) Leave … with

14) wore out

15) better off

16) has a great deal to do with

17) from … derives

（1）

1) ，反击

2) 反要求；反诉

3) 对策；对付措施

4) 对应的人（物），对手

5) 产生相反效果的

6) 抗癌的

7) 防冻剂

8) 防污染的

9) 反对吸烟的

10) 不合群的；的

（2）

1) decrease

2) ranking

3) concept

4) suggest

5) central, key

6) way, pattern

7) aim, goal, end

8) buy

9) seek

10) norm, criterion

11) position

12) total, amount

13) short-term

14) honest

15) sort

16) inevitable

（3）

1. total

2. current

3. ideal

4. relatives

5. alternative

6. objectives

7. individual

8. maximum

(1)

1. was the law

2. could he free himself from feelings of guilt

3. will he now

4. have I faced so difficult a choice

5. are visitors allowed to feed the animals in the zoo

6. had we started lunch when the doorbell rang

7. she told me did I realize the mistake I had made

8. can you buy shoes like that

9. did he protest

10. I known what was going to happen

(2)

1. Your picture / painting is far / much more beautiful.

2. If only I could do half as well as you (have done)!

3. The publishing house has produced twice as many books as it

did last year.

4. We had to do more work for less money.

5. While people are richer in material wealth, their spiritual life

is poorer.

(1) whole

(2) However

(3) part

(4) In effect

(5) derived

(6) purchased

(7) better off

(8) take pains

(9) necessarily

(10) to do

(11) comparison

(12) relative

(13) inevitable

(14) serve

(15) seek

Translation

(1)

1. For thousands of years philosophers have taken pains to

illustrate / explain / interpret the meaning of happiness from

their own points of view.

2. When I first came to college, I suddenly found myself left with

everything to deal with by myself. It was not until then did I

realize that living with my parents was truly a happy experience.

3. You shouldn’t always make comparison with others; otherwise,

you may be trapped in / fall into depression, for there are always

many others who are better than you.

4. Today people are much better off and enjoy more leisure.

Strangely enough, they find life boring / dull.

5. Life, in effect, is long but short of excitement. You are sure to

suffer from inevitable disappointment if you expect everyday

life to be as exciting as a drama.

6. A life that is too easy / smooth may also be destructive because

it offers no opportunity for one to learn how to deal with /

handle failures / frustrations / setbacks. That / This in part

explains / accounts for the high rates of suicide among young

people.

(2)

Happiness must have much to do with money. After all, a hard

life will wear out one’s sense of joy. However, happiness doesn’t

derive from money alone. Today’s society as a whole has seen

dramatic improvement in the standard of living, and the

majority of people are decently fed and clothed. However, are

people happier today? In fact, when the mass media and

commercial advertisements are still reinforcing the notion that to

be happy is to possess more, people find themselves longing

more earnestly than ever for a happy and healthy spiritual life:

being loved, respected, feeling safe and proud of realizing their

self-value. As a wise man once pointed out, happiness lies in the

positive attitude one holds towards life other than how much

money one earns. Those millionaires who view life as boring

and empty serve as good negative examples.

1. Man Does Not Live by Bread Alone

No one would doubt the truth that man’s existence relies

essentially on material things. We need them to get fed, clothed

and sheltered. Once we are living near the breadline, we’ll feel

frustrated and miserable.

However, our contentment does not merely lie in material things.

This is especially the case in modern times. The fast-developing

economy has noticeably improved our lives and fulfilled most of

our material needs. Then there comes the need of spiritual

satisfaction, which is derived from good health, close friends, a

loving spouse, well-raised children, a home built on love, a clear

conscience, a worthy goal and an enjoyable job. While material

things may lose their charm over time, spiritual satisfaction will

bring us lasting happiness.

Therefore, to live a happy life, we should focus more on those

things that meet our spiritual demands. After all, when our need

for bread is met, happiness will not come unless we feel

spiritually satisfied.

2. I Really Made It

I will never forget the awful feeling in my first Oral English

class at college. I tried hard to listen to every word the teacher

spoke, but what she was saying made no sense to me. Bitterly, I

admitted that I was so poor at listening and speaking in English.

I wept several times, cursing my middle school for failing to

provide adequate listening and speaking practice. But finally I

calmed down because the familiar words rang in my ears: There

must be a way out. I had a rather solid foundation of English

vocabulary and grammar. What was left for me to do was to

increase my listening input and speaking output. I made it a rule

that every morning I would do reading aloud by the campus lake

for 40 minutes, and every evening I would stay in the language

lab, listening to English for at least an hour.

Then at the end of the second year came my happiest moment: I

got the Scholarship for Academic Excellence. I wore a broad

smile when the president granted me the award. I then came to

realize that happiness can only be gained through hard work.

Unit Four Health

(1)

1. indifferent

2. prejudice

3. appealing

4. rendered

5. threats

6. respect

7. isolate

8. sucked

9. infected

10. ignorance

11. namely

12. probable

13. reluctantly

14. applause

15. wept

16. issued

17. shelter

18. contracted

19. cheated

20. tolerated

(2)

1. guard against

2. concern yourself with

3. make room for

4. bring … to an end

5. in the hope of

6. on the ground(s) that

7. at risk

8. set aside

9. As regards

10. cut off

11. Owing to

12. Carry on

(1)

1)accurate accuracy 精确，准确（度）

2) advocate advocacy 提倡；鼓吹

3) consistent consistency一致性；连贯性

4) delicate delicacy 细嫩；精美

5) efficient efficiency 效能，效率

6) intimate intimacy 亲密，密切

7) president presidency总统等的职位

8) private privacy 隐私；独处

9) secret secrecy 保密；保密能力

10) self-sufficient self-sufficiency自给自足

(2)

1. secrecy

2. presidency

3. consistency

4. efficiency

5. privacy

6. intimacy

7. accuracy

8. self-sufficiency

9. advocacy

10. delicacy

(3)

1. justification

2. justice

3. justifiable

4. justify

5. justified

6. just

(1)

1. I can discuss the matter with you now if (it is) necessary (to do

so).

2. When (they are) watching the World Cup, the students often

cheer loudly.

3. Unless (you are) otherwise instructed, you should leave by the

back exit.

4. Perhaps I could not write a best-seller and (I) will never be

able to (do so).

5. In the accident the child was hurt and the mother (was) killed.

6. Speaking exercises one’s tongue, reading (exercises) one’s eyes

and writing (exercises) one’s mind.

(2.1)

1. to reach an agreement in such a delicate situation

2. the way he keeps changing his mind

3. that perhaps he was lying

4. to be asked to speak here

5. buying so much food when the children are all away

(2.2)

1. It is disappointing

2. I find it useless / pointless

3. It is not possible / It is impossible

4. They kept it a secret / kept it quiet

5. It is still not clear

(1) threat

(2) at risk

(3) infected

(4) prejudice

(5) isolated

(6) contracted

(7) shelter

(8) grieve

(9) along

(10) pathway

(11) issue

(12) bring

(13) evil

(14) concern ourselves with

(15) support

Translation

(1)

1) They took their sick father on a long journey to Beijing in the

hope of finding a cure for /in the hope of curing his heart disease

/ problem.

2) The campaign of Knowing More About AIDS needs to be

carried on, and for / at this stage the emphasis is put on the way

(how) the disease is contracted.

3) If power is properly applied / used / exercised, the lives of the

common people will be rendered happy. If not, their daily life

will be placed under threat.

4) Could a government justifiably use nuclear weapons to guard

against terrorist attacks?

5) Owing to ignorance of the disease, many people still believe

that HIV victims deserve what they suffer.

6) The newly issued report on improving the medical system in

rural areas leads us to believe that the era is to be brought to an

end when such areas are always short of doctors and medicines

(2)

Retirement brings people’s career to an end. They find, all of a

sudden, that they can no more / longer carry on the job they have

done for dozens of years. Some old people cannot adapt

themselves to such a change and thus become depressed,

believing that they are no longer useful. Indeed, depression has

become one of the leading threats to old people’s health.

Nonetheless, many old people in China are able to maintain

their sense of usefulness by rendering their grown-up children

services, such as taking care of their grandchildren and

providing allowances to them. The question remains as to

whether senior citizens should try other means to fill up their

leisure, rendering their later years still more meaningful. I

suggest the old concern themselves less with their children and

make room for young people to take responsibility for their own

lives. After all, the old deserve respect from the young and the

young should tolerate their aged parents more, on the grounds

that the old have contributed so much for so many years both to

their family and to society.

1. AIDS Across the Earth

AIDS has killed and is threatening to kill millions all across the

earth. Several million infections are reported by WHO each year.

The virus does not care whether you are black or white, male or

female, young or old. It will attack you as long as you are a

human. Today, AIDS has become the leading killer of young

adults and is turning the children whose parents suffer the

disease into orphans. It is no exaggeration to say that we live

under the shadow of AIDS.

There are several possible causes for such a situation: unsafe

sexual intercourse; sharing or reusing contaminated needles;

transfusion of contaminated blood or blood products; an

infected person’s pregnancy, giving birth and breastfeeding, etc.

Unfortunately, our ignorance, prejudice and silence have carried

the situation to a desperate extreme. Patients are isolated or

treated as outcasts by their families and their communities.

AIDS victims feel ashamed to be identified as such and try hard

to hide their disease. For this reason, they cannot get immediate

medical treatment. Our harmful attitudes towards the disease

and its victims have actually placed more people at risk.

In our fight against this deadly disease, we should educate

people on how to avoid being infected with the disease and how

to lead a healthy and secure life and, more importantly, how to

treat AIDS patients properly. Only in this way can we really

bring AIDS under control.

2. Why Do the Young Adults Kill Themselves?

Young adults are in the prime of their lives and are supposed to

pursue their dreams and enjoy themselves. Yet it was reported in

the Guardian that suicide is the main cause of death among

young adults in China. Why have so many young people ended

their lives?

Three factors are thought to account for the high suicide rate:

increasing stress, loneliness and a lack of medical support for

depression. The most pressing one, I think, is stress. Take my

college life for example. From the first day I entered the

university, I have been living under pressure. I used to worry

that I could not quite fit into the campus life; I also feared that I

might not catch up with my classmates in my studies or could

not live up to my parents’ expectations. Now I am deeply

concerned about whether I can find a desirable job after

graduation. Endless pressures give rise to stress. Loneliness is

another problem. Many young people find they just feel

helpless when they are suffering intolerable sadness or

frustration.

Suicide is a great tragedy, especially for the young. If we can

find ways to relieve them of their stress and offer timely help,

we may save many young lives.

Unit Five Education

(1)

1. associate

2. equipped

3. combined

4. emphasis

5. enlighten

6. phase

7. graded

8. commented

9. inspection

10. passively

11. rural

12. negotiate

13. indispensable

14. illusion

15. implemented

16. decline

17. reconcile

18. practically

19. residents

20. virtual

(2)

1. so to speak

2. try out

3. in store

4. lend themselves to

5. turn my back on

6. in accordance with

7. crying out for

8. is … the case

9. step in

10. calm down

11. brought back

12. go after

13. reflect on

14. get out of

15. For want of

16. Oddly enough

17. in favor of

18. in turn

19. hit on \\ upon

20. to this end

21. calls for

22. brought about

(1)

1. multimedia equipment

2. multipurpose furniture

3. a multifunction cell phone

4. a multi-storey car park

5. a multicultural curriculum

6. a multi-subject dictionary

7. a multi-channel television set

8. a multinational society

(2)

1. e

2. g

3. a

4. h

5. d

6. f

7. b

8. c

(3)

1).a. a virtual university b. an online counseling center a keyboard college

d. an online chat room e. a virtual environment f. the

electrically charged space

g. cyberspace

2) a. a home computer b. tariff-free email packets c. the World Wide Web

d. electronic bulletin boards

c.

3) a. cyber education b. online degree programs

(1)

1. He is such a shy boy that he flushes whenever he speaks to a

girl.

2. It was such a well-written report that I couldn’t believe it was

written by her.

3. He hasn’t seen his son for such a long time that he has almost

forgotten what he looks like.

4. There were so many people in the stadium that I believed half

of the town were there.

5. Mother rejected my request so firmly that I knew I should not

bring up the matter again.

(2)

1. In the UK, up to one third of pipe water leaks away before it

reaches its destination (目的地).

2. Bob was just home from holiday when a friend called to tell

him about his father’s death.

3. Sometimes we put off writing letters of thanks because we

think letters can wait until other matters are dealt with.

4. We shall set off on our journey as planned unless there’s a

sudden change in the weather.

5. Much as I like chocolate, I have never eaten a single bar of it

since I began to put on weight.

1) To this end

2) in store

3) indispensable

4) calls for

5) diversity

6) implement

7) In accordance with

8) emphasis

9) combining

10) in depth

11) equip

12) goes after

13) access

14) get … out of

Translation

(1)

1. Cultivating the right emotions is indispensable in that /

because it lays the foundations for the successes of one’s future

work and studies.

2. West China is crying out for talented people for its

development. To this end, the government has laid down / made

favorable policies, calling for more college graduates to go and

work there.

3. How can you turn your back on me when I am in such

difficulty? We have gone through trials and tribulations for

practically half a century.

4. Web addicts spend so much time on the Internet that they are

unable to draw a distinction between the virtual world and the

real world.

5. Urban / City residents often have the illusion that rural life is

always leisurely and comfortable. In fact, that may not be the

case.

6. Distance learning is a global trend. With its quick growth /

development, people are given / can enjoy an equally convenient

access to educational resources, no matter where they are

(2)

Scientific development has brought about global changes in

educational thought. It not only generates such a new form of

education as \"virtual universities\" but turns \"lifelong learning\"

into a workable project. In addition, people today seem to be in

favor of practical knowledge. But whatever changes there might

have been, education must stick to its classic role: to enlighten

learners. Confronted with the new problems of this century, we

still expect that education should put more emphasis on

cultivating learners' competence to think critically and to work

collaboratively / with team spirit. Furthermore, we hope that

education will take the responsibility of promoting traditional

virtues by guiding learners to dispense with negative desires

like greed, lust and violence.

1. The Significance of Lifelong Education

Decades ago, due to the low standard of living in China, only a

small percentage of the nation's population could receive college

education. Once given the opportunity, one would surely secure

a well-paid and much-respected job, which he or she would

probably do for a lifetime. Therefore, to secure a college degree

used to be the ultimate goal of a person's education.

Today, however, we are living in what is called a \"knowledge

society\

fantastic speed. One must constantly renew one's knowledge

and upgrade one's skills so as to meet the needs of the changing

world. Moreover, at the stage of general education, it is pointless

for a person to attempt to know everything. When one is

required to settle down to be a specialist in a specific field, one

has to make an in-depth study of the subject one is supposed to

know. In this sense, general education can provide students with

only a passport to lifelong education. As Robert Maynard

Hutchins once said, the object of education is to prepare the

young to educate themselves throughout their lives.

In my opinion, life in modern society is not only a process of

\"learning to live\" but also a process of \"living to learn\". The

slogan \"Live and Learn\" can best reflect the concept of lifelong

education.

2. Should Family Schooling Exist?

Meng Mu Tang, a private school in Shanghai, is modeled after

the educational system of ancient Chinese home schools, which

favored rote memorization and recitation of classic works. But

the local education authorities in Shanghai have declared it

illegal according to a report in 21st Century. Should family

schooling exist? What role should it play?

In my opinion, family schooling should be permitted to play a

positive role in the current educational system in China. Every

family should be free to choose the form of education that best

suits their children's interests and natural gifts. Although the

existing education system in China has remarkably improved, it

does not fit each child perfectly. Since family schooling provides

a means to develop a person's talents and unique interest, Meng

Mu Tang, as a private school geared to a specific group of

children, should not be banned in haste. In view of the current

dynamic, quality-minded educational reforms in China, we

should permit family schooling to enrich and diversify our

educational system.

On the other hand, home schooling should adapt itself to the

modern world. To prepare children for the future, it should

equip them with knowledge and innovative power so that they

can cope with the development of the modern world. While

tapping children's innate talents on an individual basis, family

schooling should never neglect their all-round development.

Meng Mu Tang may not be a perfect private school, but we

should let it live and have a try so that family schooling may

eventually become an indispensable component of our formal

education.

Unit Six Intercultural Communication

(1)1. proof

2. slice

3. efficiency

4. capacity

5. abroad

6. symbol

7. invitations

8. dictate

9. proceeded

10. splashes

11. tender

12. resist

13. flavor

14. familiarity

15. transmitted

16. tremendous

17. cure

18. slippery

19. funeral

20. transplanted

(2)1. help yourself to

2. a fish out of water

3. due to

4. from head to toe

5. orient myself to

6. as such

7. on the … side

8. by means of

9. build up

10. win … over

11.identify themselves with

12. get over

13. enter into

14. opening up

15. resulted from

16. held our breath

(1) 1) Internet互联网

2) interlock (使）连锁；（使）相互扣住

3) interview 面谈，面试

4) interrelate （使）相互关联

5) interchange 交换，互换

6) intercourse交往；沟通

7) interconnect互相连接

8) interdependence 互相依赖

9) an intercity train 城际列车

10) intercontinental travel洲际旅行

11) an international flight国际航班

12) interpersonal relations人际关系

13) intercollegiate cooperation校际合作

14) an interclass football match班际足球比赛

(2)1. charged

2. condemn

3. scold

4. blame

5. accused of

6. condemned

7. blames

8. criticized

(3)1. boil

2. steamed

3. fried

4. bake

5. roasted

6. preserved

7. grilled

8. stew

(1)1. The announcement was followed by a not unexpected silence.

2. Exhausted and hungry, she could not walk without my help.

3. There's nobody who makes no mistakes in his lifetime.

4. You can't search my house without a warrant.

5. A life lived without dreams can't be as rich and rewarding as

life can be.

6. The American West is a region where farming is impossible /

not possible without irrigation.

(2)1.The longer I am at this job, the happier I am.

2.The more risky it is, the more I like it.

3.The sooner you start, the easier / sooner you'll finish it.

4.The more people you know, the less time you'll spend with

them.

5.The more you learn, the less you find you know.

Cloze (1) transplanted

(2) cues

(3) tendency

(4) frustration

(5) attributed

(6) cures

(7) capacity

(8) built up

(9) by means of

(10) due to

(11) orient … to

(12) get over

(13) opens up

(14) In addition

Translation 1. As a proof of our hospitality, we Chinese will repeatedly ask

our guests to help themselves to the dishes on the table.

2. It is by means of listening to what people say and observing

how they behave that we’ve strengthened our own capacity to

learn about / understand society.

3. One’s sense of safety comes from familiarity with the

environment; so people have the tendency to resist or avoid new

situations.

4. We tend to show prejudice against or even hostility towards

people from a certain region, which can be attributed to the fact

that we are unfamiliar with them.

5. I believe it is polite to decline directly, while my parents

seldom say “No” so as not to embarrass others.

6. There are two means to build up knowledge: to get it

personally or by second-hand experience. Reading, which opens

up a new world of different cultures for us, belongs to

second-hand experience.

(2)Once transplanted abroad, people will feel anxious and even

lose the capacity to deal with daily routines. This problem is

attributed to the disappearance of the surroundings we have

been used to. Then, what should we do so as to change the life

styles and patterns built up in us over so many years? First, we

should be more tolerant towards people with cultural

backgrounds different from ours. To get over frustrations caused

by culture shock, we should try to adapt ourselves to the new

environment and get along with our workmates harmoniously.

Furthermore, we should never identify a person with the

nationality he represents or proceed to hate the person’s culture

only because we don’t like him. In fact, to preserve our national

culture is not to resist foreign ones.

1. My Views on Cultural Differences

In my opinion, cultural differences have more advantages than

disadvantages. First of all, it is cultural differences that make our

world so colorful. If you go to a foreign country, you will be

impressed not only by its physical environment but also by its

cultural environment — its foods, clothes, customs, social

practices, etc. Differences between cultures have always been a

source of joy and inspiration.

Secondly, differences in culture enrich human civilization.

Different cultures compete with as well as learn from each other.

Roman culture was modeled on Greek culture, which had once

borrowed a lot from Egyptian culture. American culture is also a

blend of many different cultures.

Thirdly, differences in culture give each culture its unique

identity. A culture is usually seen in relation to other cultures.

Chinese culture distinguishes itself from others by its peculiar

concepts and things that can hardly be found elsewhere.

Of course, cultural differences may cause conflicts and

misunderstandings. But interdependence, common interests and

mutual goals of different nations always outweigh differences in

culture. Nations with different cultures should learn from each

other and live peacefully together. To this end, we should be

more tolerant to other cultures while preserving, protecting and

developing our own.

2. My Views on the Influence of Western Culture

On weekends, I gather with my friends at MacDonald's or KFC.

We eat fried chicken, drink Coco-cola and talk about the latest

release of Hollywood movies. We read foreign novels, listen to

Western music and watch NBA. We admire Bill Gates, George

Michael and Princess Diana. We dress ourselves in the Western

style and celebrate Christmas and Valentine's Day. Our way of

life has thus changed. Indeed, the influence of Western culture is

strongly felt in our everyday life.

This influence in turn prepares us well to blend into the modern

world and participate in the world market competition. But we

should not ignore its side effects. Our national culture may

gradually lose its ground if our attention is focused only upon

Western culture. In following the trend of globalization we

should maintain our own cultural identity, cherish our cultural

tradition and develop our own culture. What Mahatma Gandhi

once said can best sum up my views on the influence of Western

culture: \"I do not want my house to be walled in on all sides and

my windows to be stuffed. I want the cultures of all the lands to

be blown about my house as freely as possible. But I refuse to be blown off my feet by any.\"