大学英语 Unit 8 BOOK 3课后练习答案

2) The more risky it is, the more I like it.
3) The sooner you start, the earlier / sooner you'll finish it.
4) The more people you know, the less time you'll spend with them.
First, we should be broad-minded: accepting all cultural
differences as normal. Then, try to orient ourselves to
the new surroundings. The local culture will become more understandable if we actively participate in community
6. 知识积累有两种方式：亲身体验和间接体验。能为 我们打开不同文化世界的阅读属于间接体验。 （bulid up; open up）
There are two means to build up knowledge: to get it personally or by secondhand experience. Reading, which opens up a new world of different cultures for us, belongs to second-hand experience.
8) tender 9) burst 10) flavor 11) transmitted 12) tremendous 13) slippery 14) transplanted
2. Page 251-252
1) a fish out of water 2) from head to toe 3) orient myself to 4) as such 5) on the ... side 6) by means of
Familiarity with the environment gives a person a sense of security; so people have the tendency to resist or avoid new situations, consciously or unconsciously.
Key to Unit 8 Book 3
Enhance Your Language Awareness

Words in action Page 250-251
1) proof 2) slice 3) were delayed 4) rejected 5) abroad 6) dictate 7) splashes
5) The more you learn, the less you find you know.
Cloze: page 256
1)
transplanted
9) by means of
10) due to 11) orient...to 12) get over 13) opens up 14) In addition
6) The American West is a region where farming is impossible / not possible without irrigation.
Grammar in Context: page 256
2.
1) The longer I am at this job, the happier I am.
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.
1. 1) charged 2) condemn 7) blames 8) criticized
3) scold
4) blame 5) accused 6) condemned
Increasing Your Word Power: page 254
2.
1) ultraclean 2) superstructure 7) ultraconservative 8) ultraviolet
2)
3)
cues
tend)
frustration
attributed
cures
capacity bulit up
Translation: page 257~258
1) 在饭桌上，我们中国人会习惯性地劝客人多吃菜， 以证明我们热情好客。 （hospitality; habitually; proof ）
7) bulid up
8) win... over 9) identify themselves with 10) get over 11) enter into 12) opening up 13) resulted from 14) held our breath
Increasing Your Word Power: page 253
When you move to a new land, you can / may orient yourself to the local culture by means of listening to what people say and observing how they act.
3) 熟悉的环境给人安全感，所以人们往往有意无意 地抵制或避开陌生环境 。 （familiarity; tendency）
3) supersonic
4) superheroes 5) superstar 6) ultra-stylish
Grammar in Context: page 255
1.
1) The announcement was followed by a not unexpected silence.
2) Exhausted and hungry, she could not walk without my help.
4) 对某地区的人产生偏见甚至敌意，这经常源于我 们对他们缺乏了解。 （hostility; result from）
Prejudice against or even hostility towards people from a certain region often results from the fact that we know very little about we know virtually nothing about them.
activities. As the saying goes, "When in Rome, do as
Romans do". Stepping into a new country means opening up a new world. Though it takes time for the feeling of "a fish out of water" to fade / disappear, yet, believe me, you'll regain confidence and happiness in the end.
5. 我觉得直接拒绝是一种礼貌，而我父母却很少说 “不”，以免使对方为难。 （decline）
I believe it is polite to decline directly, while my parents seldom say “No” so as not to embarrass others.
As a proof of our hospitality, we Chinese will habitually urge our guests to help themselves to more dishes on the table.
2) 移居到一个新的国家，你可以通过倾听人们 的谈话，观察他们的举止来适应当地文化 。 （by means of; orient onself to）
2.
Once transplanted abroad, we will feel anxious and uneasy and even unable to deal with daily routines. As a matter of fact, these "symptoms" result from losing our familiar environment. Such a feeling of cunfusion and anxiety is referred to as "culture shock". We used to feel free, easy and happy with a life style bulid up over so many years. Now, to get over a series of bad feelings caused by culture shock, we must act positively / take a positive attitude.