新视野大学英语读写教程第二册详细答案(第二版)..doc

Unit1 SECTION A Pre-reading Activities Time is the same in all places, but peoples relationship with time is different from country to country. In the United States, time is a real, precious resource, and every minute counts. People here are always in a rush and under pressure. There are no short conversations or small exchanges with strangers because people think it is a waste of time. Does this sound like your country? If it does not, and if you dont think you would like such a place, you would most likely be unhappy in the United States, where doing things quickly is seen as a skill. 1. Time. 2. Short conversations or small exchanges with strangers. 3. (Open-ended.) Comprehension of the Text Ⅰ. 1. The attitude is that if one is not moving ahead, he is falling behind. 2. Time is treated as if it were something almost real. (People budget it, save it, waste it, steal it, kill it, cut it, account for it; they also charge for it.) They do this because time is a precious resource. 3. Everyone is in a rush—often under pressure. City people always appear to be hurrying to get where they are going, restlessly seeking attention in a store, or elbowing others as they try to complete their shopping. 4. Dont take it personally. This is because people value time highly, and they resent someone else wasting it beyond a certain appropriate point. 5. New arrivals in America will miss opening exchanges, the ritual interaction that goes with a cup of coffee or tea and leisurely chats. 6. Americans produce a steady flow of labor-saving devices. They communicate rapidly through faxes, phone calls, or emails rather than through personal contacts. 7. The impersonality of electronic communication has little or no relation to the significance of the matter at hand. 8. It is taken as a sign of skillfulness or being competent to solve a problem or fulfill a job with speed in the US. Vocabulary Ⅲ. 1. charge 2. convention 3. efficient 4. obtain 5. competent 6. assessing 7. fulfill 8. conduc