《我对我使用的不同英语变体突然特别敏感》由会员分享，可在线阅读，更多相关《我对我使用的不同英语变体突然特别敏感（40页珍藏版）》请在金锄头文库上搜索。
1、Extensive ReadingUnits 7 increasing numbers of women chose careers over families.(L15) 逐渐地，家庭主妇和母亲之外的角色开始变得可以接 受；越来越多的妇女选择事业而不是家庭。 2.As awareness of women as equal members of society increased, this combined pronoun became fashionable and in some cases was considered mandatory.(L22) 随着越来越多的人认识到妇女是同等
2、的社会成员，这 种联合代词成了一种时髦，而且在某种情况下还是必 须用的。 3.While it is true that the prevalence of the combined pronoun usage is indicative of the strength of the womens movement, the usage itself does lip service to the movement without contributing anything of substance.(L44) 虽然这种联合代词的普遍使用表明了妇女运动 的力量，但这种用法本身只是口头上支持妇女
3、 运动， 而没有做出任何实质性的贡献。 4.Ideas are a more accurate communication of a writers prejudices and positions than are his choices of pronouns.(L82) 作者的思想比他所选用的代词更能够准确表达他 的偏见和立场。21. Difficult language points (Language: A Reflection of Life in the US) dumb cluck hamburger sleigh stoop bush portage redeo lariat
4、 sombrero Jukebox jazz cache2. Difficult language points: Borrowed wordsExtensive ReadingUnits 7 telling if it is ripe; the melon cooling in a tub of water; the children standing around; the cutting; the sight of meat and seeds; the eating 3. We go through all the steps from the cooling through the
5、serving to the eatingKey to exercises- Passage 20 I. 1. T 2.F 3.F 4.T 5.F 6.T 7.T II. 1.When her mother taught her the role of wife and mother, the writer didnt like it, but she didnt reject it, either. She just thought that she was different. Later, when she learned about the womens movement, she w
6、as pleased that there were other women like her, so she began to accept the other roles and to support the movement. 2. As the womens movement came to its high tide, it became fashionable to use the combined pronoun. Some people consider such a usage as a way to recognize women as equal members of s
7、ociety, and if a writer doesnt use it, he feels obliged to explain it to the reader. 3. Proponents of the use “he/she” believe that this combined pronoun represents a neutral pronoun. They assert that it assists the reader by making clear something that was obviously fuzzy and believe that the usage
8、 represents a fair attitude toward women and hence will not be labeled “sexism”. 4. No. They are moving away from the usage for some of the reasons listed in the text. 5. Actually, whether or not a writer is biased would be determined by addressing the content of his writing. III. 1. role alternativ
9、es to-choices of role models 可选择的角色 2. identified with-to side with, support支持 3. the prevalent usage-the common usage普遍的 用法 4. indicative of-as the sign of表明 5. hinders rather than helps妨碍而不是帮助 6. can even be insultinghumiliating甚至可能带有 侮辱性 7. floundering in a swamp-struggling在沼泽地里挣 扎 8. irrespectiv
10、e of不管Key to exercises- Passage 21 I. 1.A 2.D 3.A 4.C 5.A II. 1.据说人们思考是以说话开始的，而说话则是以思考 为结束的，因为语言和文化很有趣的交织在一起。 2. 然而，尽管英国英语与美国英语共享一个语法体 系，两者只有一些细微的差别，而且主要表现在口语 层次上，美国英语的词汇还是在诸多方面赋予它鲜明 的特色。 3.最初定居者到达北美大陆后，看到种种不同于家乡 的地理特征，不断发现未见过的动植物，而人们也从 事各种新的活动，发展新的兴趣。 4. 这种形象的或隐喻的特性可以从与美国生活有关的 其他一些不断发上看出来。Extensive
11、 ReadingUnits 7 1440 years per minute; 86400 years per hour; approximately two million years per day; and sixty-two million years per month（L20） 这样，屏幕上的时间就好像以每秒24年的速度过去，一分钟就是 86400年，一天大约就是两百万年，每个月就是6200万年。 2. As the picture runs on into December it will show the mammals in command of the animal life
12、. (L50) 随着影片播放到12月，它将播放出哺乳动物世界的场面。Passage 23: Difficult Language Points (A Scientific Fable) 3. A human swarm will sweep across the face of the continent and take it away from thered men. (L84) 一大群人将从大陆（北美大陆）的表面横扫而过，把它从 红种人那儿夺过来。 4. Man-creatures will be shown counting their wealth in terms of bits
13、of printed paper representing other bits of a scarce but comparatively useless yellow metal that is kept buried in strong vaults. (L104) 将会看到人这种动物以一张张印 的纸片来计算他们 的财富，这些纸片代表了保存在坚固的地下室了的另 一些稀少但是相对没有用的黄金金属块。Passage 24: Difficult Language Points (In New York, Taking a Breath of Fear) 1. Tabbs insurance c
14、ompany wont pay to clean his apartment of dust and asbestos until his landlord cleans up the buildings ventilation system. (L23) 塔布的保险公司在他的房东清洁大楼的通风系统之前不 愿意支付清除他房间的灰尘和石棉的费用。 2. Last week four Port Authority police officers were reassigned from the site after they tested positive for elevated mercury
15、 levels in their blood. （L51） 上个星期，四名港口区的警官在被检测出血液中的水银 含量升高以后被调离现场。 3. And special floor mats have been installed at the entryways to prevent students from tracking dust. (L96) 在入口处安放了专门的地板地毡，以防止学生把灰尘 带进来。 4. Doctors note that some symptoms could be caused or enhanced by stress-and many will undoubtedly dissipate as the last smoldering fires go out and the air grows clearer.(L104) 医生们说某些症状可能由紧张引起或增强-随着最后 的还在闷烧的火熄灭和空气变清洁，许多症状毫无疑 问会减轻。Key to Exercises-Unit 8 Passage 22. The Disintegrating Web-The Causes and Consequences of Extinction Passage 23:
