新世纪大学英语系列教程第2版综合教程2答案.docx

Unit Two Optimism and Positive Thinking Enhance Your Language Awareness Words in Action ▆ Working with Words and Expressions In the box below are some of the words you have learned in this unit. Complete the following sentences with them. Change the form where necessary. ▆ Answers: positive startled perspective harden shape address crises curse incredible conversely issue response prior rare accomplish In the box below are some of the expressions you have learned in this unit. Do you understand their meanings? Do you know how to use them in the proper context? Now check for yourself by doing the blank-filling exercise. Change the form where necessary. ▆ Answers: get the hang of have lived through makes a difference have no idea concerned with slipped over ran into in reverse mull over ▆ Increasing Your Word Power Decide whether “do”, “make” or “take” is needed to complete each of the following sentences. Change the verb form where necessary. ▆ Answers: does make take do make Take done taken making took In each of the following sentences you are given two confusable words or expressions in brackets. Choose the appropriate one to fill in the blank. You may consult a dictionary if necessary. ▆ Answers: concerned Concerning reject declined unconscious subconscious former preceding raise rise Now match each of the English word in Column A with its Chinese equivalent in Column B. You may consult a dictionary if necessary. ▆ Answers: d j k a b h c f l e g i GRAMMAR IN CONTEXT Task 1: When it is used as a conjunction, “as” can mean “when / while”, “though / although”, “since / because”, “in the way / manner that”, etc., and it can also be used in a comparative structure. Study the following sentences and explain the meaning of “as” in each sentence. ▆ Answers for reference: in the way /manner that though / although when since used in a comparison though while in the way that Task 2: Complete the following sentences after the example by translating the Chinese i