最新全新版大学进阶英语第二册第六单元答案解析
Unit 6 Maker Movement in China
Key to Exercises
Opener
Suggested answers for reference
1. Ruler, tape, calculator, hammer, pincers, drill, wrench, saw, etc.
2. I once made a kite with knife, scissors, ruler, tape, wood and paper. At first it didn’t work to o well. My father helped me improve
the
design
and then it flew much better. It was so much more satisfying to fly a
kite made by myself. 3. There are large worktables in the makerspace. Makers there are using all kinds of materials to build things. And instead of working alone, they are communicating with each other, sharing ideas and learning new skills from one another.
Reading & Interacting
I. Understanding the Text
1. Text Organization
2. Comprehension Check
2.1 Focusing on the main ideas
The maker movement is now gaining ground in China and makerspaces like Xinchejian and Seeed Studio are open to the public. A maker is someone who builds, creates or hacks physical materials. They are different from the traditional inventors who tinkered in garages.
Makers often use software to design objects to be produced by desktop machines like 3-D printers. And they often cooperate and share their ideas online. The Chinese government is supporting this movement by building more government-supported innovation houses and organizing maker carnivals. And it is hoped that this movement can help Chinese industry move to a new stage. Although some observers see China’s maker movement as producing copycat goods, Mr. Pan Hao, founder of Seeed Studio, advises patience.
2.2 Digging into detail
1. They can tinker with everything from art projects to robots.
2. It can react to human touch. And it can talk.
3. He defines a maker as someone who builds, creates or hacks physical
materials, whether food, clothing or gadgets.
4. He describes makers as “the Web generation creating physical things
rather than just pixels on screens.”
5. It is a conduit for people to say “This interactive stuff is not
that scary, not that difficult.”
6. They hope that one of the tinkerers may develop the next
groundbreaking technology.
7. It specializes in the small-scale manufacturing of experimental,
niche-market products.
8. It features a picture of the South American revolutionary Che
Guevara, his head sprouting electronic components instead of hair.
9. He wants to show that creating something original starts from
learning and copying.
2.3 Understanding difficult sentences
1. A
2. B
3. B
4. A
II. Focusing on Language in Context
1. Key Words & Expressions
1.1
1. For the time being, this computer system is still in its experimental
stages.
2. There is a growing tendency to regard money more highly than quality
of life.
3. The following table includes a list of subjects at the frontier of
scientific exploration.
4. Computer technology in all its phases from hardware to software has
become less expensive.
5. Problem solving, like other mental activities such as creativity,
is hard to define but generally easy to recognize.
6. Due to his health problems, Richard has to give up hard physical
work on his farm.
7. My storybooks occupy most of the space of my two bookshelves in my
bedroom.
8. I am eager to know where my former classmates are now.
9. Online stores are booming and continually increasing their market
share.
10. Cloud-based tools enable you to engage and interact with your
audience in real-time.
11. It is amazing that Jack built a robot of his own.
12. Human beings are born with a capacity to learn languages.
13. Jack recommended to me a unique restaurant that specializes in
seafood.
14. There are three promising candidates for the job.
15. Emily and her partners are working on their classroom presentation.
1.2
1. gaining ground
2. migrate
3. transforming
4. components
5. manufacture
6. executed
7. exhibited
8. sort of (hoping) 1.3
1. Emily takes an interest in making things from all types of materials.
2. This business specializes in the manufacture/manufacturing and
retail sales of garden tools.
3. The skin on our body is a good barrier to the virus, unless it is
broken or cut.
4. The poster calls for people to put down their smartphones and have
more face-to-face communication with each other.
5. It is important to select and hire the best candidates for the post.
2. Word Formation
2.1
collect → collector/collection friend → friendly/friendship impress → impressive/impression experiment → experimental locate → location encourage → encouragement definite →definitely employ →employer/employee/employment
survive → survivor/survival hard → hardship
2.2
1. The children thoroughly enjoyed themselves at the Maker Faire in
New York.
2. Below is a list of manufacturers who can turn out custom laser-cut
designs and circuit boards.
3. Roger likes reading; he is an active member of the local book club.
4. As a small country, it had to take a new road to its industrialization.
5. Nowadays many women are as successful in business as men.
6. The weather is so changeable high up in the mountains that the
forecast is sometimes not reliable.
7. These sensors can monitor speed and distance from the car in front.
8. The director of recruitment for the bank was very busy organizing
interviews and career fairs at various universities during the hiring season.
3. Sentence Patterns
3.1
1. The more you give, the more you receive.
2. The more Mike earns, the more he spends.
3. The more you explain, the more confused I am/feel.
3.2
1. John waited at the doorway, his coat dripping water.
2. Diana stood at the end of the diving board, every muscle of her body
anticipating action.
3. Jim slipped on the ice-coated steps, his head banged against the
ground and his back bruised.
4. Comprehensive Practice
4.1 Cloze
Do you know what I’ve been doing? I’ve been interacting with a
tree, getting it to talk. No, don’t laugh. It’s true. I’m not making it up. The tree is the creation of someone in the maker movement. I don’t know if you have taken an interest in the movement, but I find it fascinating. It’s very popular in America and now it is gaining ground in China. It is even receiving encouragement from the government, which hopes it will help to transform the economy. The maker movement brings together traditional craft skills with the very latest in electronic technology to create something new. It does so by providing places where makers can get together to learn new skills from one another. Makers also encourage the sharing of ideas, rather than working in secret. So why not give it a try? If you like tinkering with things you might end up inventing something even more surprising than
a talking tree!
4.2 Translation
1. The Maker Faire in New York got together inventors of all ages.
2. Makers exhibited their latest creations.
3. Industrialized nations must take the lead in reducing their carbon
emissions.
4. With the right tools and inspiration, makers have the capacity to
change the world.
5. As far as I know, they are working on a project in secret.
6. This town has a booming tourist industry and (a flourishing) real
estate market.
7. In the last decade, the digital revolution has stimulated people’s
creativity in an unprecedented way.
8. At Xinchejian, China’s first formal makerspace, makers are
tinkering with all types of materials, such as metals, plastics and electronic components.
Reading & Comprehending
Reading 1
1. Comprehension Check for Reading 1
1. T
2. F
3. F
4. T
5. T
6. T
7. T
8. T
9. F 10. F
2. Translation
1. 让柴火与众不同的是它既与广义的创客运动有关，又同全球制造业正在经
历的转型相关。
2. 一张巨大的木头桌子占据了创客空间的大部分地方，它是可以用于从焊接
到编程到社交等多用途的工作台。
3. 当中国开始失去相对于其它国家的成本优势时，它再也无法依赖制造业中
传统的低利润、高产量的经济模式了。
4. 正如其名称所暗示，潘希望通过各方协力，能够让中国刚刚兴起的创客文
化的小枝条点燃创意之火。
Reading 2
Comprehension Check for Reading 2
1. a full-sized orange robotic giraffe named Russell that chewed,
swayed, walked and even talked
2. a giant red weather balloon in the Rose Garden
3. a paper-crafted dinosaur head in the hallway
4. a 3-D-printed sculpture of President Obama’s State of the Union
Address
5. a 3-D-printed pancake
6. a microscope made out of folded paper
7. robots made by the Beatty sisters
Integrated Skills Practicing