新视野大学英语(第2版)第4册Unit 5答案_地精的智慧_新浪博客

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1. Because 22 million people live alone, which suggests that it isan overwhelming phenomenon in the
United States.
2. Because they can find inspiration in solitude.
3. The more positive one is toward oneself, the less the need forstaying with others.
4. It depends. If they live with their friends, the friends\'temporary leaving will be received as a
welcome change. However, if they live alone, the temporary absenceof friends may leave them with a feeling of emptiness.
5. Because the need to talk is the most basic need of a solitaryperson.
6. They may call friends to tell them important things, or talk tothemselves, their pets, the television,
or even to strangers.
7. To stay rational, settle down in a comfortable way and findpleasure from the current life,. wait for
anything happy that may happen.
8. The writer thinks that as ordinary people\'s solitary lifediffers from that of great minds (like poets
and philosophers), they should cherish the thought that \"since weare here, we may as well accept it
and make the best of it\".
Vocabulary
III.
1. humble 2. slippery 3. tame 4. inspiration 5. crept
6. apology 7. observation 8. dictate 9. inadequate 10.solitary
Exercises on Web course only:
1l. choked 12. waterproof 13. poetry 14. commodity
IV
1. cast out 2. all by himself 3. stay up late 4. was fond of 5. atone sitting
6. filled up with 7. speaks highly of 8. set forth 9. at length 10.for the time being
V.
1.K 2.H 3.M 4.B 5.A 6.0 7.J 8.D 9.F 10.1
Collocation
VI.
1. efficiency 2. status 3. performance 4. standard 5.coordination
6. sense 7. career 8. quality 9. supply 10. accuracy
Word Cjuifdin8
VIl.
1. underestimated 2. underpaid 3. overslept 4. Underdeveloped
5. overestimated 6. overcharged 7. underweight 8. overloaded
VIll.
1. simplified 2. electrician 3. recovery 4. childlike
5. autobiography 6. underline 7. terrorist 8. overreact
sentence structure
IX.
1. The distance between them is not so great as to beunbridgeable.
2. The unity of the masses with the party is never so strong as itis now.
3. The punishment was harsh because Maggie would lose her position,but it was not so bad as losing
her pay.
4. I\'ve heard the terrible noise once or twice before, but never soloud as this one.
5. Men are never so peaceful, so graceful with each other as theyare now.
X.
1. You might as well go there to see whether there is theinformation you need.
2. We might as well call it freedom.
3.You might as well ring and tell them you\'re going to visitthem.
4. We might as well walk home.
5. We might as well find an easier one to read.
Translation
XI.
1. This little man is not so innocent as he appears.
2. There\'s nothing I can do about the problem, so you might as wellturn to Professor Wang for help.
3. Both sides speak highly of the fruits in their cooperation indifferent areas, and hope that the
cooperation can be furthered.
4. On the one hand, an image of being close to the people can get anew policy more easily accepted.
On the other hand, it will \"encourage people to speak their mindsand come up with constructive
suggestions\".
5. His sense of loneliness rose and fell and he sometimes wouldtalk at length to himself and his pets
and the television.
6. After all, money is not everything. The richest people are notnecessarily the happiest.
XII
1.新的机制并不像他们预期的那样有效，因为数月过去了，但管理效率并没有明显改进。
2.我不想不必要地吓唬你，可你最好还是面对事实，看看一些数字吧。
3.孤独的特点是一种与世隔绝感，而独居则是独自一人却不感到寂寞的状态，它能引发自我
意识。
4.孤独是一种消极的状态，你会感到失去了某种东西。你可能与别人在一起仍然感到孤独—
这也许是孤独最痛苦的形式。
5.独居是一种与自我相约的积极的状态。独居是值得向往的，是独自一人、享受自我愉快而又
充实的陪伴的一种状态。
6.梭罗说，一个人即使身处同伴之中，如果不对他们敞开心扉，仍会感到孤独。
Cloze
XIII.
1 ．B 2.D 3.A 4.B 5．C 6.C 7．D 8．D 9. B 10. A
11 ．C 12. B 13．A 14.C 15.D 16.B 17.C 18.A 19.D 20.C

Structured Writing
XV. Some people prefer to live alone whereas some others have tolive alone for one reason or another.
Those people believing in inspirational solitude argue that nocompanion is more companionable than
solitude. Literary giants such as William Wordsworth, John Miltonand Henry Thoreau enjoyed living
alone on purpose. Hunters or explorers enjoy themselves as theyventure out to tame the great wild
areas. On the other hand, there are some other people who have tolive alone due to various reasons:
being divorced, widowed or never married. Many of them feel bitterto live in solitude. They have no
one to talk to and as a result they talk at length to themselvesand to their pets and to the television.