Unit 6 Being There 练习答案

Unit 6Being ThereConsolidation ActivitiesI. Text Comprehension1. Decide which of the following best states the author's purpose.A. To give a brief account of the history of travel.B. To present a picture of Americans traveling overseas.C. To e xplain people’s unarticulated desires for travel.Key: [ C ]2. Judge, according to the text, whether the following statements are true or false.1). Travel is a means to escape what we are tired of in the modern world. [ T ]2). When we travel abroad, we tend to put on a mask so that nobody can recognize us. [ F ]3). One of the pleasures during your travel is the fact that you can see things you are familiar with. [ F ]4). According to the author, the various reasons for our travel are the sources for the survival of travel books. [ T ]5). The classical ruins of antiquity enable some travelers to feel the ecstasy of spoliation. [ F ]4. Explain in your own words the following sentences taken from the text. 1) When we travel, we are not so much on the alert or less wary of what might happen to us, instead we show keen interest in what happened in the past. We release our desires that have long been suppressed.2) When we travel, we normally move out to see the exotic world, but now the traveler himself becomes something exotic in the place he visits, and modern travel books may focus on what we have “eliminated or edited out”, just as traditional travel books focus on what is still there.II. Writing StrategiesStructurally, the essay develops along the thread that begins with an examination ofconventional motivations for traveling, then moves on to a discussion of travel writings that offer useful insights into travelers’ psychology, and ends with a description of an unusual approach some contemporary travelers adopt. Now try to find the cohesive devices the author employs to connect these three sections.Paragraph 12 serves as a transition from the examination of travelers’ motivations to a discussion of travel books. The first sentence “Because we tr avel for so many reasons —some of them contradictory — travel writing is like a suitcase into which the writer tries to cram everything” establishes a cohesive tie between this and the preceding paragraph. Paragraph 15 indicates the author’s move to the n ext topic. Cohesion is realized by the last sentence, “He underestimated the variousness of our reasons for traveling,” which nicely connects with what the reader will immediately come across in the subsequent paragraph: “There have always been travelers who went to look for the worst ... ”III. Language Work1. Explain the underlined part(s) in each sentence in your own words.1). We’re going to see in Europe everything we have eliminated or edited out of our own culture in the name of convenience ...→ have removed from; for the sake of2). ... the lack of money and leisure had all restrained curiosity until the seventeenth century, when under pressure of scientific discoveries, the physical world began to gape open.→ inhibited; open widely3). The frenzied shopping of some travelers is an attempt to buy a new life.→ spending sprees/wild shopping4). The places we visit are gold-plated by the sun.→ beautified5). We cling to the belief that other peoples are more passionate than we are.→ cherish/adhere to6). There have always been travelers who went to look for the worst, to find rationalizations for their anxiety or despair ...→ find reasons or excuses for7). Why else would Paul Theroux go to South America, which he so obviously detested?→ For what other reason; disliked8). Shiva Naipaul’s worst fears were confirmed in Africa ...→ proved to be well-grounded9). Graham Greene spent four months traveling in the Liberian jungle as a private penance.→ way to punish himself for the wrong things he had done10). Perhaps in the future we shall have to travel like James Holman, who, after being invalided out of the British navy because he had gone blind, set out in 1819 to see the world→ leaving the British navy because he was an invalid; started traveling2. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words.1). In the film, he is able to depict the sense of otherness (other) and alienation that many teenagers feel.2). The sophistication (sophisticate) of computers is increasing as their size decreases.3). Don’t be so impulsive (impulse) — think before you act.4). The father-daughter relationship is a recurrent/recurring (recur) theme in her novels.5). I keep getting contradictory (contradict) advice — some people tell me to keep it warm and some tell me to put ice on it.6). Talking about our past family reunions has made me feel quite nostalgic (nostalgia).7). The group has always been characterized by an uncompromising militancy (militantly).8). She has the distinction (distinct) of being one of the few people to have an honorary degree conferred on her by the university this year.9). There is increasing disillusionment (disillusion) with the management of the company.10). We are still awaiting confirmation (confirm) of the exact number of casualties.3. Fill in the blank(s) in each sentence with a phrase taken from the box in its appropriate form.be opposed to | in search of | stand out | put asidetempt | invalid | disengage from | cling toedit out | give way to | crusade | last-ditch attempt1). In a last ditch-attempt to save his party from electoral defeat, he resigned from the leadership.2). You’re tempting fate by riding your bike without wearing a bicycle helmet.3). Let’s put our differences aside and make a fresh start.4). In some areas, modern intensive farming is giving way to the re-introduction of traditional methods.5). She was shot by a sniper when she went out in search of firewood.6). Most of the violent scenes were edited out for television.7). The number-one rule for being a good colleague is to disengage your emotions from the working relationship.8). She is opposed to religious education in schools.9). She clings to the hope that her husband will come back to her.10). We had lots of good applicants for the job, but one stood out from the rest.11). She crusaded against sex and violence on television.12). She was invalided out of the service because of injuries she received in a fire.4. Explain the meaning of the underlined part in each sentence.1). In old movies, the police shouted “Open up in the name of the law” before they broke the door down.→ by the right of2). When the post fell vacant, Dennis Bass was appointed to fill it.→ became available3). The party leader is said to be concerned about the slippage in the recent opinion polls. → decline (of popularity)4). Her voice heavy with irony, Simone said, “We’re so pleased you were able to stay so long.”→ Sounding highly ironical5). As she was waiting to go into the examination room, he squeezed her hand and wished her good luck.→ pressed her hand affectionately6). Yields on gas and electricity shares are consistently high.→ Profits7). It’s plain reporting of the facts —there’s not much editorial content.→ opinion of the editors8). We must get to the root of this problem→ find out the cause of9). She dresses very provocatively.→ seductively10). She started laughing hysterically.→ wildly/without control5. Correct the errors in the following passage. The passage contains ten errors, one in each indicated line. In each case, only one word is involved.Corrections should be done as follows:Wrong word: underline the wrong word and write the correct word in the blank.Extra word: delete the extra word with an “×.”Missing word: mark the position of the missing word with a “∧” and write the missing word in the blank.6. Fill in each blank in the passage below with ONE appropriate word.Why We Travel?We travel, initially, to lose ourselves; and we travel, (1) next, to find ourselves. We travel to (2) open our hearts and eyes and learn more about the world than our newspapers will accommodate. We travel to bring what little we can, in our ignorance andknowledge, to those parts of the globe whose riches are differently dispersed. And we travel, in (3) essence, to become young fools again — to (4) slow time down and get taken (5) in, and fall in love once more. The beauty of this whole process was best described, perhaps, before people even took (6) to frequent flying, by George Santayana in his lapidary essay, “The Philosophy of Travel.” We “need sometimes,” the Harvard philosopher wrote, “to (7) escape into open solitudes, into aimlessness, (8) into the moral holiday of running some pure hazard, in order to (9) sharpen the edge of life, to taste hardship, and to be compelled to work desperately for a moment at no matter what.”I like that stress on (10) work, since never more than on the road are we shown how proportional our blessings are to the (11) difficulty that precedes them; and I like the (12) stress on a holiday that’s “moral” since we fall into our ethical habits as (13) easily as into our beds at night. Few of us ever forget the connection between “travel” and “travail,” and I know that I travel in large part in search of (14) hardship — both my own, which I want to feel, and others’, which I need to see. Travel in that sense guides us toward a better (15) balance of wisdom and compassion — of seeing the world clearly, and yet feeling it truly. For (16) seeing without feeling can obviously be uncaring; while (17) feeling without seeing can be blind.Yet for me the first great joy of traveling is simply the luxury of leaving all my beliefs and certainties at (18) home, and seeing everything I thought I knew in a (19) different light, and from a crooked (20) angle. In that regard, even a Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet in Beijing can be both novelty and revelation: In China, after all, people will pay a whole week’s wages to eat with Colonel Sanders.IV. Translation1. Translate the following sentences into English.1). 这么多年过去了，现在他仍然抱着她会被他的爱所感动并嫁给他的希望。