新编英语教程3第一单元答案

Unit 1

To the Student’s Book

TEXT 1

Pre-Reading Questions

√ 1. The writer describes what his first job was like.

__ 2. The writer wanted to have a job because he wanted some experience.

√ 3. The writer found his first job unpleasant

__ 4. The writer enjoyed his first job

2.The Main Idea(P4)

(3)The writer was interviewed by the headmaster of a school and was offered a job which was none too pleasant.

3.Vocabulary(P5)

A. Guessing the meanings of words:

1. f

2. h

3. c

4. b

5. g

6. e

7. d

8. a

B. Looking up words in a dictionary:

1. inconvenient and uncomfortable

2. sad; low in spirits

3. gloomy; cheerless

4. make a short, deep, rough sound (like a pig), showing dissatisfaction

5. very necessary

6. shock deeply; fill with fear

7. timidly

8. greatest; extreme

4.Questions(P7)

1. What are big staring sash-windows?

Reference Answer: They are very large windows, so large that they look like people’s wide open eyes.

What is the implied meaning of ―they struggled to survive the dust and fumes from a busy main road’?

Reference Answer: They (the four evergreen shrubs) did their best to remain alive in spite of the dust and smoke from a main road with heavy traffic.

Describe the appearance of the headmaster in your own words.

Reference Answer: He was short and stout. He grew a moustache which was pale reddish yellow. His forehead was covered with freckles.

What impression did the hall give the writer?

Reference Answer: It was a narrow, dim (unlighted) hall which had an offensive odor of dried up cabbage. The walls, once painted in cream color, had darkened to the color of margarine and in a few places were marked with ink stains. Silence prevailed in the hall.

5. Why do you think the headmaster had ―bloodshot eyes?

Reference Answer: Perhaps he liked to have a drop too much.

What kind of class was the writer asked to teach?

Reference Answer: It was a class of 24 boys who were from seven to thirteen years.

Why was the writer diffident when asking about his salary?

Reference Answer: Because he had little self-confidence as he was young and it was the first time he had had an interview. Besides, perhaps he was not used to asking about money matters. What is meant by ―This was the last straw?

Reference Answer: The phrase ―the last straw comes from the saying ―It is the last straw that breaks the camel’s back. What the saying means is that ―straw is very light in weight, but if you increase the burden on the camel’s bac k straw by straw, eventually you will put on his back one straw too many, and that last straw will break his back.‖When used figuratively, ―the last straw means ―an addition to a set of troubles which makes them unbearable. Here in the text, the writer regards his having to work under a woman as an additional source of annoyance which would make the job all the more intolerable.

What was the writer’s impression of the headmaster? How did he arrive at this? Reference Answer: His impression was unfavorable. To the writer, the headmaster was a short, stout, freckle-foreheaded, bald man, with a big unpleasant paunch. As the headmaster was not as neatly dressed as a gentleman was supposed to be, he gave the impression of having always worn the same suit. Probably he was badly off. He received the young man with a look of surprised disapproval and during the whole interview he assumed an air of condescension, 4 which was quite annoying to the young man. Moreover, the headmaster made great demands on the young man, while he himself did not seem to know much about teaching.

Tell what you know about the young writer.

Reference Answer: The writer was a young school leaver waiting to enter university. He was badly in need of money and he seemed to be a man of vitality and energy. He wanted to do something useful that could bring him some money. He did not have much experience in life, nor in teaching. He looked very bashful, having little self-confidence. Fearing that he might not get the job, he was careful about what he said. He had to do what he did not like to do. To make matters worse, he had to work under a woman, which was the most humiliating thing to a man of his age, but whether he liked it or not, he had to take the job.

TO WORKBOOK

TEXT 1 ( P2 )

My First Job

Comprehension

A. True (T) or False (F)?

1. The writer thought that the likelihood of him getting the job was not great though he was young and eager to do something useful.

T

2. The headmaster liked the young man at first sight.

F

The headmaster did not like the young man when he went for an interview. He looked at him with surprised disapproval and, instead of showing welcome to the young man, he just grunted, which was an expression of irritation and displeasure

3. The headmaster saw eye to eye with the writer as far as children’s games were concerned.

F

They did not think alike. To the headmaster, games played an essential role in a boy’s education but the writer did not consider games to have so much importance to the boys.