全新版大学进阶英语第二册第二单元答案

Unit 2 Tales of True Love

Key to Exercises

Opener

Suggested answers for reference

1. Qian Zhongshu was a Chinese literary scholar and writer, best known for his wit and great academicknowledge. One of his most famous novels is Fortress Besieged (《围城》). Yang Jiang was a Chinese playwright, author, and translator. Her memoir We Three (《我们仨》) recalls memories of her late husband, Qian Zhongshu, and her daughter, Qian Yuan, who died before her father.

David Beckham is an English former professional footballer, and the first English player to win leaguetitles in four countries: England, Spain, the United States and France. David is married to VictoriaBeckham, an English businesswoman, fashion designer, model, and singer. They have four children.

2. Qian and Yang’s romance began when they met at Tsinghua University after Yang Jiang enrolled inthe graduate school in 1932. They married in 1935.

David started dating Victoria in 1997, after she attended a charity football match. The coupleannounced their engagement in 1998 and married in 1999.

3. During the Cultural Revolution, like many other prominent intellectuals of the time, Qian Zhongshuand Yang Jiang were “sent down”, doing “reform through labor” in a “cadre school” in Henan from1969 to 1972.

The challenge David and Victoria have come across is media attention. They are both famous, sotheir relationship has attracted a great deal of media attention from its very beginning.

Reading & Interacting

I. Understanding the Text

1. Text Organization

2. Comprehension Check

2.1 Focusing on the main ideas

Frank joined the U.S. Army during World War II, and frequently exchanged letters with Polly,his wife. Frank, away in England, wrote about his longings for home and his feelings towards Pollyand Dee, their toddler daughter, while Polly described in detail her life at home and expressed herconcern over the war, as well as the loneliness she endured from the long separation. They wroteabout their love for each other and comforted each other with the expectation for their reunion inthe future. Tragically, however, Frank was killed in the Normandy landing operation on D-Day.

2.2 Digging into detail

1. He was very bitter that he was not going to be by her side while she grew up.

2. He believed it was God’s will whether he would be one of the assault troops

and whether hewould survive the fighting. What he would do was to trust God.

3. They had not seen each other for 8 months.

4. Polly would take her daughter Dee to see her first movie.