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Unit 10 The Transaction

Key to the Exercises

Text comprehension

I.Decide which of the following best states the author's point.

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II.Judge, according to the text, whether the following statements are true or false.

1. F (Refer to Paragraphs 1 and 16. They made a panel and the author says that was a revealing morning.)

2.T (Refer to Paragraphs 2-5.)

3. F (Refer to Paragraph

4. He did say that writing is hard, but he did not try to impose his ideas upon his audience or to discourage his audience by any means.)

牛T (Refer to Paragraph 6.)

5.T (Refer to Paragraphs 19-1.)

III.Answer the following questions.

1- Refer to Paragraphs 2?6. The two speakers, one representing a vocational writer and the other an amateur writer, differ significantly in some aspects of writing, particularly concerning whether writing is hard or easy. Largely, an avocational writer takes writing easily as a means of pleasure, and stops when he is unhappy or comes across any difficulty in writing・ However，a professional wr让er takes wiiting as an act of literature which shall go on anyhow and could be hard and lonely sometimes.

2.Refer to Paragraphs 16 and 17. The author was interested and amused by the differences. He believed that the differences had given the audience a broader concept of writing.

3.Refer to Paragraphs iy?o. The author believes that, as there are all kinds of writers and all kinds of methods, any method that helps people to say what they want to say is the right method for them- The thing of utmost importance is the writer must express himself and get himself felt in any piece of writing.

4.Refer to Paragraphs 20 and 21. The author means that what a writer actually puts on paper is not as important as the enthusiasm or warmth he puts in his writing. In the same way, a reader such as the author himself is more interested in the enthusiasm or emotional baggage that the writer may bring to his writing. So, writing is very personal work.

5.Refer to Paragraph 21. The title, The Transaction, or the personal transaction as the author says in Paragraph 21, means personal expression or the presence of the writer through his commitment and enthusiasm in the piece of writing. This is to personalize writing, as the author puts it.

IV.Explain in your own words the following sentences.

1.Writers are likely to take writing earnestly and anxiously, and are therefore not able to express themselves naturally.

2. The writer should be able to convey his emotions and personality in his writing, so the reader may understand him without going into the actual situation where he writes. Structural analysis of the text

Paragraph 17 is such a transitional paragraph leading the reader from a specific example to the general discussion of the topic.

Rhetorical features of the text

On the surface, the author says that such a panel discussion could give the audience a broader glimpse of the process of writing. On a deeper level, he might wish to tell the reader that some knowledge of different and even conflicting ideas helps one to gain greater thinking power and acquire a broader vision, which are frequently counted as two prerequisites if one wishes to become mature because the world is vast and life is diverse and complex.

Explain the underlined part in each sentence in your own words, unconventional socialize

dramatic disclosure of something not previously known or realized sensitive to the stimulus in life, sharply aware of expressing their

natural feelings in

an artistic way

5. serve the writer's purpose most effectively and efficiently

II. Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word taken from the box in its appropriate form.

1. transaction

3. arduous

5. committed

7. bewildered

III. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words.

1. drudgery

3. asocial

5. irresistibly

7. exclamations IV. Fill in the blank in each sentence with an appropriate phrasal verb or collocation taken from the text-

1. stick to 3. took up

5. run away from 7. bring along

Vocabulary exercises

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牛 2. cluttered 牛 humanity 6. gusto 8. solitary 2. Uncirculated 牛 unmentionable 6- intensive

8. literaty 2. fiddling with

4. hang out 6. going broke

8. drawn into