英语报刊选读参考答案.

英语报刊选读参考答案英语报刊选读

Journalistic Reading

教师用书

Teacher’s Book

总主编王嘉褆

主编林玫刘雁

BOOK ONE (2)

UNIT 1 Campus (2)

UNIT 2 Entertainment (5)

UNIT 3 Entertainment (9)

UNIT 4 Food (12)

UNIT 5 Crime (15)

UNIT 6 Disaster (19)

UNIT 7 Sports (23)

UNIT 8 Art (28)

UNIT 9 Economy (31)

UNIT 10 Ecology (36)

UNIT 11 Health (39)

UNIT12 Automobile & Driving (43)

UNIT 13 Quality problems (48)

UNIT 14 Shopping (52)

UNIT 15 Gun control (56)

UNIT 16 Psychology (59)

BOOK ONE

UNIT 1 Campus

I．Vocabulary Builder

1.Definition

1)chaotic: extremely disorganized; badly organized; be in mess

2)primary: main; most important; key; major; chief; prime; principal

3)seduce: attract; tempt

4)highlight: the most important, interesting, or enjoyable part of

something such as a holiday, performance, or sports competition

5)reluctant: unwilling

6)compelling: very interesting or exciting, so that you have to pay

attention

7)reveal: show; indicate

8)mainstream: accepted by or involving most people in a society;

normal; ordinary

9)critical: important; crucial

10)evolution: a long, gradual process during which something develops

and changes, usually becoming more advanced; a gradual change and development

2. Terms translation

1) a bipartisan consensus

2)high school diploma

3)drop-out rate

4)college wage premium

5)the K-12 system

6)more academically rigorous

7)well-rounded citizens

8)certification tests

9)career and technical education

3. Blank filling

1) persevered 2) persisted 3) insisted 4) insisted 5) persevere

6) agony 7) adversity 8) torment 9) plight 10) assure/reassure

11) insure/ensure 12) insure 13) insure/ensure 14) assured/reassured

II．Translation

1.选择圣路易斯的华盛顿大学是个不错的决定，但真正让我享受到

理想大学生活的，（不是大学本身）是我到了大学后作的一些决定。

2.《人类进化》这门课本来是我迫于学校规定选的，但它却成了我

所有课程中最大的亮点，这都要归功于上课精彩绝伦的授课教授。

3.我花了好几周时间在一堆堆的非主流音乐垃圾中寻找，试图找到

鲜为人知却适合的音乐。然后我就决定离开这个不欣赏摇滚乐的

电台。

4. 据估计，在2007年大多数二十岁左右的大学毕业生所作的工作

都不需要大学学历，这再一次证明了我们把孩子送进大学，他们毕业时除了满身的债务却一无所得

5. 但至少一个大学文凭部分的、也可能是大部分的表面价值反应

了一个事实，就是雇主可以用大学文凭来粗略判断求职者有努力工作的智力和意愿。

III．Comprehension of the Texts

1.Q & A

1)Para. 1: The author suffered a lot in high school, and she hoped all her

hardship could be paid back by having a good time in college.

2)Because she could not find a group she belonged to.

3)That requires being open to people with whom you might never have

expected to get along.

4)These two lecture titles are opposite examples to illustrate that the

students should focus on the lecturer rather than the title of a course when they make a choice.

5)Because they were representatives of the two political parties in

America and their attitudes toward the college education were the same, which illustrates the argument of Paragraph one: there is a

bipartisan consensus on the high value of college education.

6)There are two indications. One sign is the high college drop-out rate

—40% of kids who enroll in college don't get a degree within six years. The other sign is that in 2007, most people in their 20s who had college degrees were not in jobs that required them.

7)Employers can use it as a rough measure of job applicants'

intelligence and willingness to work hard.

8)There are four alternatives. 1. online learning; 2. certification tests; 3.

career and technical education; 4. occupational licensure rules could be relaxed to create opportunities for people without formal education.

UNIT 2 Entertainment

I．Vocabulary Builder

1.Definition

1)lingering: continuing to exist for longer than usual

or desirable

2)preteen: relating to or made for children who are 11

or 12 years old

3)build out: to enlarge the scale of the original

building

4)feud: long and bitter quarrel between two people,

families or groups

5)property: thing(s) that someone owns

6)feature: to show a film, play etc.

7)franchise: formal permission to sell a company's

goods or services in a particular area

8)premium: an additional amount of money, above a

standard rate or amount

9)speculation: guess

10)credit: attribute sth to sb/sth

11)pump up: informal to increase the value, amount, or level of

something

12)rampant: (of disease, crime, etc) flourishing excessively;

unrestrained

2.Blank filling

1) inherit 2) cut a deal 3) transaction 4) unparalleled 5) portfolios

6) territory 7) platform 8) prescription 9) reckoned 10) incessant

II．Sentence Translation

1.同样重要的是，这次交易为迪斯尼引入了以13-19岁青少年男孩

们为目标的品牌。以前迪斯尼为11-12岁的女孩子们提供大量的Hannah Montana娃娃衣服，向更小的孩子们推销米奇和米妮玩具，可青少年男孩一直是他们客户群中的缺口。

2.这次交易结合了惊奇公司强大的全球品牌和许多世界闻名的人物

形象，包括钢铁侠、蜘蛛侠、X战警、美国上尉、神奇四侠和雷神，以及迪斯尼创新的技术，在全球范围内无以伦比的娱乐资产投资组合，以及一个可以通过多种平台和领域最大化创新资产价值的商业结构。

3.杰克逊演艺经历的长度使他得以体验、推广甚至创新了许多技巧，

可以帮助艺人们凭借音乐才能获利。

4.在他事业的高峰，杰克逊先生和他的经理人团队精明地计算出，

流行乐的价值不仅仅和唱片销量捆绑在一起，也和唱片版权息息相关。

5.随着唱片收入随着销量下滑，盗版猖獗，数字分销而大幅下滑，

现场演唱会重新成为流行乐的赚钱方式。

III．Comprehension of the Texts

1.DIS can get a strong brand to sell to teen boys, which has remained a

market blank for the company.

2.To acquire other companies/brands.

3.1) Just months after taking the job, Iger engineered the $6 billion acquisition of Pixar

2) Early in 2009, Iger cut a distribution deal with Steven Spielberg's

newly recreated DreamWorks film studio.

4.Because Marvel has made movies of some of its most profitable franchises for other studios, and has licensed its properties widely throughout the entertainment world.

5.No. The deal, which valued Marvel at $50 a share, represents a 28% premium to Marvel's stock price, which closed on Aug. 28 at $38.65.

6.B

7.No. The ―shift‖ in Para. 2 is a verb, meaning ―to sell‖, while the ―shift‖ in Para. 3 is a noun, meaning ―a change‖.

8.D

9.C

10.To pay for his huge shopping sprees and the upkeep of ―Neverland‖, his ranch in Califo rnia.

11. A

12. B

13.Elvis Presley is mentioned in Para. 8 to make a sharp contrast with Michael Jackson, suggesting that Jackson cannot reach the same level in art as Presley.

14. B

UNIT 3 Entertainment

I．Vocabulary Builder

1.Terms translation

1) egg-laying chickens 2) extend one’s limbs

3) be not subject to the new law 4) fulfill one’s promise

5) breed 6) signed a petition

7) cast votes 8) deliver a live report

9) national security takes precedence over wildlife protection 10) lighten restrictions

11) standing on one’s head12) be sexually transmitted 13) media blitz 14) the Associated Press

15) wait tables 16) be divvied out to new owners

17) furrowed brow 18) national news agency

19) ringing proclamation 20) be prepared for the backlash 2.Blank filling

1) obsession 2) allergy 3) discreet 4) latent 5) confined

6) captivating 7) dwindled 8) under the guise of 9)

prompt 10) weighed in

11) eliminates 12) breed

II．Sentence Translation

1.而海军方面指出其志愿救生员在附近发现鲸鱼或海豚时，会减少

声纳的使用以保护海洋哺乳动物。虽然海军得以继续在南加利福尼亚海岸训练，但环境学家们还是赢得了部分胜利，因为这条规定并未给予海军方面全部自由，他们必须准备一份未来训练对环境影响的报告。

2.然而，人们广泛担忧市民可能会成为猛犬的下一个攻击对象，这

种担忧将人类昔日的好友推到了政府工作计划名单上的第一位。

3.那些对肌肉强劲，下颌粗壮的猛犬着迷的人会通过猛犬杂交的方

式规避法律，比如马士提夫獒犬和斗牛犬的―狗杂种‖就是完全合法的。实际上，英国已经有人这么做了。

4.他指出：―其他（杂种）狗要么是两条狗在郊区草丛繁茂处欢乐一

场后的结晶，要么是那些（爱凶猛大）狗的混蛋们故意让狗杂交配种后的产物。

5.丹麦每年约有四万只杂种狗出生，这样大规模地―打狗‖是令人担

忧的。

III．Comprehension of the Texts

1.This Proposition has both advocates and opponents. The opponents

argued that this proposition will increase the cost of egg producers of

California state so that their eggs will be less competitive in price than those of other states. The advocates disagree because a study indicates that the little price increase in California eggs will be acceptable by the majority of California customers.

2.It means the farmers out of the state of California.

3.No. Because his daughter Malia is allergic to sort of dogs.

4.President Obama.

5.Because the report petted the dog when it was not in a good mood.

6.The sonar pulses damage the hearing organs of whales and dolphins

and can also hinder their ability to mate, find food and navigate. Some sonar pulses appear to have caused whales to strand themselves on shore, with necropsies finding signs of internal bleeding near their ears.

7.No. Because the virus is latent in elephants in the wild as well as in

captivity.

8. F

9.Their main defense is basically hanging around, looking like a twig

10.Grooming service, i.e. nit-picking.

11.Macaque; simians

12.They set up a live satellite feed.

13.Once in two weeks.

14.Mr Moller claims this is the only way to eliminate aggressive traits

from the doggy gene pool.

15.Indignant comments about Nazis and racial cleansing have swamped

online forums.

UNIT 4 Food

I．Vocabulary Builder

1.Definition

1)wreak havoc: do serious harm to; cause damage or problem

2)presume: assume; suppose; to be sure of sth. but without proof

3)originate: come from; develop from

4)indication: sign; suggestion; hint; proof

5)waded through: read sth that is long or difficult to read, without

interest or enjoyment

6)output: quantity of production; yields

7)embrace: eagerly accept

8)excess: a larger amount of something than is allowed or needed

9)dissect: to cut up the body of a dead animal or person in order to

study it

10)grapple with: to try hard to deal with or understand something

difficult

2.Blank filling

1) exposure 2) retain 3) presumed

4) erupted 5) gross

6) yield 7) unfold 8) adaptation 9) definitive 10) advocate

II．Sentence Translation

1.一些人宣称对很多食物过敏，而他们列出的过敏食物清单之长让

人不禁怀疑，这是那些对吃过分挑剔的人在为自己对食物的爱憎找个合理依据。

2.然而，当我旁观这场有机食品防御战慢慢展开，我体会到了一种

令人不快的似曾相识之感。如果过去发生的事情预示着现在，那么我们这些一直追踪有机食品论战的人现在就已注定了要在将来苦读成堆的研究资料，研究有机食品和传统食品哪种对健康更有利。

3.当有机农业的捍卫者们开始拿出研究成果试图证明，如一个有机

番茄的黄酮类化合物比传统番茄高出97%，那么他们已经陷入了致命的误区。

4.科学背后的数据可能是可靠的，但是这种科学沦落到以数据比较

判断质量，这完全是有机运动的创始人们所鄙视的。

5.真正重要的是，有机食品能做到其他食品生产工业所无法做到的：

有机工业运作的前提是大自然有一套自己的经济体系，该体系超越了事实和数字，将大自然的地位放在短期利益之上，其运作机

制所基于的逻辑原理是无法量化的。

III．Comprehension of the Texts

1.People who are lactose intolerant can't digest the main sugar

—lactose— found in milk. In normal humans, the enzyme that does so —lactase— stops being produced when the person is between two and five years old.

2.Sweden has one of the world’s higest percentages of lactase tolerant

people.

3.We shouldn't really call lactose intolerance a disease, because that

presumes it's abnormal. Instead, they call it ―lactase persistence‖, indicating what's really weird is the ability to continue to drink milk.

4.The mutation showed up first in Northern Europe, where people got

less vitamin D from the sun and therefore did better if they could also get the crucial hormone (it's not really a vitamin at all) from milk. 5.The theory shows that the mutation actually appeared about 7,500

years ago in dairy farmers who lived in a region between the central Balkans and central Europe.

6.The European mutation is different from several lactase persistence

genes associated with small populations of African peoples. And they found three other mutations.

7.Because the advocates think the PSA didn’t take many important

factors into account. For example, the impact of synthetic fertilizer