全新版大学英语第二版综合教程2答案
Unit1 Ways of Learning Content Question
1. They were studying arts education in Chinese kindergartens and elementary schools in Nanjing.
2. Their 18-month-old son Benjamin was fond of trying to place the key into the slot of the key box during their stay at the Jinling Hotel.
3. They would come over to watch Benjamin and then try to teach him how to do it properly.
4. Because he realized that this anecdote was directly relevant to their assigned tasks in China: to investigate early childhood education and to throw light on Chinese attitudes toward creativity. 5. Most of them displayed the same attitude as the staff at the Jinling Hotel.
6. He emphasized that the most important thing is to teach the child that on can solve a problem effectively by oneself. 7. He means that this incident pointed to important differences in educational and artistic practices between China and the USA.
8. The manner in which the Chinese staff saw the need to teach the child by guiding his hand in the characteristic of a broader attitude to education, one that stands in contrast to the Western preference for leaving the child to explore and learn unaided. 9. One example is of children at the age of 5 or 6 painting flowers, fish and animals skillfully and confidently; in a second example, calligraphers 9 and 10 years old were producing works; and in a third,
young artists work on perfecting their craft for several hours a day. 10. Americans think that unless creativity has been acquired early, it may never emerge, and skills can be picked up later. Chinese think that if skills are not acquired early, they may never be acquired, and there is no hurry to promote creativity.
11. This is mainly due to the difference in their way of thinking. 12. The author makes the suggestion that we should strike a better balance between the poles of creativity and basic skills. Text Organization Working On Your Own 1.
1) The text begins with an anecdote.
2) His thoughts are mainly about different approaches to learning in China and the West.
3) He winds up the text with a suggestion in the form of a question.
2. Chinese
1) Show a child how to do something, or tech by holding the hand
2) Give greater priority to developing skills at an early age, believing that creativity can be promoted over time Americans
1) Teach children that they should rely on themselves for solutions to problems
2) Put more emphasis on fostering creativity in young children, thinking skills can be picked up later Unit2 Values Content Question
1. The Salvation Army is a religious charitable
organization. A Salvation Army bell ringer is a volunteer who help it collect donations.
2. The boy asked him: Are you poor? He did it simply out of confusion and curiosity. Obviously he knew nothing about the Salvation Army bell ringer.
3. He said, “I have more than some people, but not as much as others.” This means that he was neither poor nor rich.
4. The boy’s mother scolded him because the question was social inappropriate, especially to a person who looked poor. 5. Yes, economically he is poor. He lives in a small basement apartment. He doesn’t even have a color TV. He falls into the lowest income category. And so on.
6. No, the writer does not feel poor. This is because he has enjoyed good health and creativity which he thinks are much more important than material goods.
7. He feels out of place among people who are primarily interested in material things.
8. She told him that she was interested in what’s on the inside. but after he took her to his poorly furnished apartment, she changed her mind completely.
9. It only shows that to her the most important thing was still material goods rather than what she had claimed before. 10. Commercial can put people under pressure to purchase more than is really necessary.
11. Because December is the time for to work for the Salvation Army as a bell ringer, which gives him a genuine sense of belonging and brings him happiness in helping others.
12. The boy’s question has helped the writer realize that, despite his lack of expensive possessions, he is rich in many other ways and should
be thankful for that. Text Organization Working On Your Own 1. 1) a.√
2) the essay is meant to explain something that is, the author’s view of life.
3) That one can live a life full of riches without being rich financially. 2.
Part One: The writer’s encounter with a boy who raised the question “are you poor?”
Part Two: In search of an answer the writer finds that not having expensive possessions doesn’t make him feel poor mainly because he enjoys life in many other ways.
Part Three: In conclusion, the writer thinks he’s grown to understand more about himself because of the boy’s question. Unit3 The Generation Gap Content Question
1. There are seven characters---Father, Mother, Heidi, Diane, Sean, Restaurant Manager, and Mrs. Higgins.
2. No. Because what he does usually ends up embarrassing them.
3. To buy a guitar.
4. To check if Sean was going to embarrass him. 5. He knew his father was going to embarrass him. 6. It was unnecessary and embarrassing.
7. He wanted Dan to pressure his son into asking Diane to the senior prom.
8. He would speak to his son and insist that the latter give Diane a call.
9. She felt humiliated.
10. Because the Thompson had just moved.
11. He tried to let her know how exceptionally talented a young woman Heidi was.
12. Because she couldn’t bear being embarrassed by her father. Text Organization Working On Your Own 1.
1. A fast-food restaurant
2. The Thompson family dining room 3. An office at a high school 2.
Scene One: Father embarrassed Sean by talking too proudly to the restaurant manager.
Scene Two: Father embarrassed Diane by persuading a colleague into pressing his son to ask her to the senior prom.
Scene Three: Father embarrassed Heidi by boating to an official at her new school about how talented she was. Unit4 The Virtual World Content Question
1. She used to be a television producer, but now she is a writer.
2. She writes and edits articles online, submits them via email, and communicates with colleagues via the Internet, too. 3. She could stay computer-assisted at home for weeks, going out only t get mail, newspapers and groceries.
4. They feel as if they had become one with the computer,
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