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 academic knowledge. Oneof his most famous novels is
Fortress Besieged （《围城》）. Yang Jiang was a Chinese playwright, author, and translator. Her memoir WeThree （《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 league titles in four countries: England,
Spain, the United States and France. David is married to Victoria
Beckham,an English businesswoman, fashion designer, model, and singer. They have four children.
2. Qian and Ya ng's romance began when they met at Tsinghua Universi ty
after Yang Jiang enrolled in the graduate school in 1932. They married in 1935.
David started dating Victoria in 1997, after she attended a charity
football match. The couple announced their engagement in 1998 and married in 1999.
3. During the Cultural Revolution, like many other prominent intellectuals of the time,
Qian Zhongshu and Yang Jiang were “sent down”, doing “reform through labor ” in a “cadre school ” in Henan from 1969 to 1972.
The challenge David and Victoria have come across is media attention.
They are both famous, so their relationship has attracted a great deal of media attention from its very beginning.
Reading & Interacting
I. Un dersta nding the Text
2. Comprehe nsion Check
Focus ing on the main ideas
Frank joined the . 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 feeli ngs towards Polly and Dee,
their toddler daughter, while Polly described in detail her life at
homeand expressed her concern over the war, as well as the Ioneliness she endured from the long separation. They wrote about their love for each other and comforted each other with the expectati on for their reunion in the future.
Tragically, however, Frank was killed in the
Norma ndy landing operatio n on D-Day.
Digg ing 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 he would survive the fighting. What he would do
was to trust God.
3. They had not see n each other for 8 mon ths.
4. Polly would take her daughter Dee to see her first movie.
5. Polly imagined she and Frank would listen to their favorite music
together on Sun day ni ghts.
6. She felt all the more sen time ntal but at the sametime more con fide nt in the
future.
Un dersta nding difficult senten ces
1. B
2. A
3. B
4. B
5. B
II. Focus ing on Lan guage in Con text
1. Key Words & Expressi ons
1. While I was worki ng in a fast-food restaura nt, I con sta ntly dreamt
of being able to own one someday.
2. It was com mon for people to keep up correspondence with frie nds
through letters before the age of the In ternet.
3. In modern Chinese society, women, to a large extent, are no longer
dominated by men either in family life or in the workplace.
4. There is now a grow ing realization of the importa nee of recycli ng among the
reside nts in our n eighborhood.
5. The Japa nese invasion duri ng World War II met with fierce resista nee from
the Chin ese people.
6. It is wonderful to see flowers bloom in different colours after a
long bleak win ter.
7. The elderly Iandlady couldn ' t endure the behavior of the young man any more:
he tossed trash all over the build ing.
8. It is true that huma n beings have had war con sta ntly throughout history; n
evertheless huma n civilizati on has man aged to survive.
9. An in creas in gly large nu mber of Chin ese pla n to spe nd their time
travelling to different countries and seeing more of the world when they retire.
10. Last week I submitted my first project proposal and I was very
an xious to know how the departme nt man ager would react to it.
11. We all sympathize with those who lost loved ones in the disaster.
12. The general decided to launch an assault on the enemy at midnight.
13. At that time, most stores in that region allowed shoppers to exchange goods
and services at a mutually agreed price.
14. The kids n ever received any professi onal training previously, but
their performa nee was impressive.
15. It ' s amazing that the toddler can count up to one hundred and
backward.
1. postponed
2. of late
3. long for
4. con ti nu ally
for 6. on land 7. Adored 8. by the day
1. The sole survivor of the crash decli ned to be in terviewed say ing
he just could not bring himself to talk about the tragic accident
at the mome nt.
2.1 thought the party I was in vited to was a quiet and private one,
but as it turned out, I was overwhelmed by the crowds and noise.
3. Like many of her gen erati on, the lady suffered/underwent a lot of ________
hardships throughout her life.
4. The local government was forced /had to bow to public pressure and
can celled the nu clear power program.
5. Different teachers play different roles in the growth of a student.
6. The team is carrying out research to find out the impact on children of long
separation from their parents.
7. Mary immediately felt un easy whe n she found her cous in Joh n was ____
gazing upon her.
8. I can still recall how my heart was filled with joy and pride whe n
I received the diploma from the prin cipal.
2. Usage
1. We all pray for the retur n of peace and loved on es.
2. The prime minister, when talking about the servicemen in battle,
said, “ Those brave young peopl e are the ones who are un dergo ing all/all of the hardships _________ . ”
3. All of them were overwhelmed by the glamour of the royal palace.
4. The happiest are not those who own all/all of the best things, but ____
those who can appreciate the beauty of life.
5. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
3. Sentence Patter ns
1. Of course you all think big. But I ' II bet many of you have no idea
what you are really longing for.
2. The school bus driver shouted, “Don f t get off until the bus _______
stops! ”
3. I understand the importanee of developing the habit of not putting off what you
can do today until tomorrow. But you know, it ' s always easier said tha n done.
4. You may say you enjoy being si ngle, but I bet you will think ____
differe ntly whe n you fin ally fall in love.
5. Not until I experienced terrible loneliness did I come to the ______________
realization that support and sympathy from family were precious.
4. Comprehe nsive Practice
Cloze
In putt ing into words how much we adore someone, sometimes it is easier to do so in correspondence than face-to-face. One cannot help but sympathize with the lover who, gazing upon the object of his affectio n face-to-face, becomes
overwhelmed and lost for words. Here distanee mayhelp. For separation not only makesthe heart grow fonder, it also provides the perfect excuse for a(n)
exchange of love letters in which the ton gue-tied lover can give a more
impressive display of his inn ermost thoughts. Un able to bring himself to speak freely about his feelings, with pen and paper on hand he maynonetheless easily fill_ pages with fine words. Watered by these, love will hopefully bloom. _____ Tran slati on
1. George longs for a chanee to meet her, but he can ' t bring himself
to tell her about it.
2. Many smart and capable people do not achieve a lot in their life because they
are afraid of the hardships they may have to en dure.
3. I remember that in my childhood I had great enjo yme nt in liv ing in
the countryside where all the flowers were blooming in spring.
4. The government is sure to react to the recent growth in violent crime.
5. Quite a lot of people can undergo feelings of loss after they retire, and we may
help them with our care and concern.
6. They would get together exchanging ideas and discussing the problems they
were confronted with when they stayed in Silicon Valley in the 90' s.
7. Gazing upon the picture of her grandson who lost his life on D-Day, the elderly
lady was filled with sorrow.
8. Some people worry that robots may someday become the domin ati ng force in
the world.
Reading & Comprehending
Read ing 1
1. Comprehe nsion Check for Readi ng 1
1. F
2. F
3. F
4. T
5. F
6. T
7. T
8. F
9. F 10. T
2. Tran slati on
1. 每个事故本身都不怎么严重，但叠加起来似乎就触发了一个奇怪的结果。
2. 大脑遭受过这种损伤的人会漫无目的地从他们住的地方走失，完全不记得
从前的事。
3. 看到詹姆士?彼得斯房产中介的招牌，吉姆就给自己取名詹姆士?彼得斯。
4. 两个人惊呆了，甚至忘记了拥抱。
Read ing 2
Comprehe nsion Check for Read ing 2
1. Zhu convin ced her father to allow her to atte nd school disguised
as a young man.
2. She received a letter from her father requesting that she return home
immediately. Before parting, she invited Liang to visit her
house so that she could arrange a marriage between him and her sister.
3. Liang fell critically ill soon after he visited Zhu at her home,
and passed away withi n a mon th. This was because it was too late for Lia ng to propose to Zhu. Her pare nts had arran ged the marriage between her
daughter and another man. Of course, it would be a fatal blow to Lia ng.