(第二版)新标准大学英语综合教程Book3Unit6课后答案

Unit 6

Active Reading (1)

5

1overheard 2take…for granted 3wakened 4crept

5 clutched 6trim 7beloved

6

1 fragrant 2shepherd 3queer 4 tiptoed 5briskly 6 steady

7 1a 2a 3a 4a 5b

8

1 It suggests that his mother is less sentimental and more practical than his father.

2 He had been slow in getting up in the morning, meaning that his father had to call him multiple times. Perhaps he had been a little selfish.

3 A dagger is sharp and moves quickly, so perhaps the thought was very surprising

and shocking. Also, silver is valuable, and the thought was a very good one.

4He was laughing because he knew that his father would be surprised and delighted.

He was anticipating his father’s reaction.

5It suggests that he always had to work very hard. He had to get up early every morning, even on Christmas Day.

6Christmas had been an opportunity for him to show his father he loved him. He believes that love is the real meaning of Christmas.

Active Reading (2)

3 1d 2a 3b 4c 5b 6d

4

1 justification 2youngsters 3calendar 4charm 5undergoing

6dazzling 7feast 8preaches 9good

5

1 a 2a 3b 4b 5a 6a

6

1b 2a 3a 4b 5b 6a 7b 8b

8

1 The world seems small as we can communicate with each other very easily, and people living in it are connected and depend on each other.

2To get a feel for something means to have or develop a good knowledge or understanding of something. So, we have to use it to understand it more deeply.

3They are not physically blind but follow Western culture without thinking. The blindness here is moral and intellectual rather than physical.

4Alarm bells are used to alert people to danger. Scholars and students are not really ringing bells; they are trying to draw people’s attention to the problem.

5They just try to ignore something.

9

1 Yes, I think we must take care to preserve our own custom and not become too international.

2 No, with modern communication it is inevitable that the world’s cultures are going to mix more and more. We eat hamburgers and Americans love Beijing roast duck.

3 No, I think we will all want to preserve our own identity. We can be citizens of the world and at the same time Australian, French or Chinese etc.

Language in use

1

1 Be it at Christmas or on any other occasion, people like to spend some quality time with their families.

2 Be it in good ways or bad, the world has changed in recent years.

3 Be it with a feast or a humble meal, people celebrate festivals in the same way around the world.

4 Be they good or naughty, children are blessings.

5 Be they scholars or ordinary people, they cannot stop the world from getting smaller.

2

1 That Christmas has become a global festival is not surprising.

2 That scholars have expressed concern about the influence of Christmas may be justified.

3 That we enjoy an occasion to relax today is no different from our ancestors’enjoying breaks.

4 That most of the world follows the Gregorian calendar is the reason we celebrate Christmas.

5 That decadence is not the sole preserve of the West is something we need to remember.

6 That Jesus was born in the East is something we should not forget.

3

1 Now that his children had grown up and gone, what was the magic of Christmas?

2 Now that he knew his father loved him, he promised to get up early and help him with the milking.

3 Now that Rob had done the milking, his father considered going back to bed.

4 Now that it’s Christmas, everyone seems in a trance.

5 Now that Christmas has become a global festival, the Chinese want to relax during those few days as well.

6 Now that most of the world follows the Gregorian calendar, the Chinese are