全新版大学英语第二版综合教程 2 答案
Unit1?? Ways of Learning Content Question
1. They were studying arts education in Chinese kindergartens and elementary schools in Nanjing.
2. Their 18-month-old son Benjamin was fond of trying to place the key into the slot of the key box during their stay at the Jinling Hotel.
3. They would come over to watch Benjamin and then try to teach him how to do it properly.
4. Because he realized that this anecdote was directly relevant to their assigned tasks in China: to investigate early childhood education and to throw light on Chinese attitudes toward creativity.
5. Most of them displayed the same attitude as the staff at the Jinling Hotel.
6. He emphasized that the most important thing is to teach the child that on can solve a problem effectively by oneself.
7. He means that this incident pointed to important differences in educational and artistic practices between China and the USA.
8. The manner in which the Chinese staff saw the need to teach the child by guiding his hand in the characteristic of a broader attitude to education, one that stands in contrast to the Western preference for leaving the child to explore and learn unaided. 9. One example is of children at the age of 5 or 6 painting flowers, fish and animals skillfully and confidently; in a second example, calligraphers 9 and 10 years old were producing works; and in a third, young artists work on perfecting their craft for several hours a day.
10. Americans think that unless creativity has been acquired early, it may never emerge, and skills can be picked up later. Chinese think that if skills are not acquired
early, they may never be acquired, and there is no hurry to promote creativity. 11. This is mainly due to the difference in their way of thinking.
12. The author makes the suggestion that we should strike a better balance between the poles of creativity and basic skills.
Text Organization Working On Your Own 1.
1) The text begins with an anecdote.
2) His thoughts are mainly about different approaches to learning in China and the West. 3) He winds up the text with a suggestion in the form of a question. 2. Chinese
1) Show a child how to do something, or tech by holding the hand
2) Give greater priority to developing skills at an early age, believing that creativity can be promoted over time Americans
1) Teach children that they should rely on themselves for solutions to problems
2) Put more emphasis on fostering creativity in young children, thinking skills can be picked up later Unit2 Values Content Question
1. The Salvation Army is a religious charitable organization. A Salvation Army bell ringer is a volunteer who help it collect donations.
2. The boy asked him: Are you poor He did it simply out of confusion and curiosity. Obviously he knew nothing about the Salvation Army bell ringer.
3. He said, “ I have more than some people, but not as much as others. that he was neither poor nor rich.
4. The boy'ms other scolded him because the question was social inappropriate, especially to a person who looked poor.
This mean
5. Yes, economically he is poor. He lives in a small basement apartment. He doesn even have a color TV. He falls into the lowest income category. And so on.
6. No, the writer does not feel poor. This is because he has enjoyed good health and creativity which
he thinks are much more important than material goods.
7. He feels out of place among people who are primarily interested in material things. 8. She told him that she was interested in what
's on the inside. but earfter he took h
to his poorly furnished apartment, she changed her mind completely.
9. It only shows that to her the most important thing was still material goods rather than what she had claimed before.
10. Commercial can put people under pressure to purchase more than is really necessary.
11. Because December is the time for to work for the Salvation Army as a bell ringer, which gives him a genuine sense of belonging and brings him happiness in helping others.
12. The boy' squestion has helped the writer realize that, despite his lack of expensive possessions, he is rich in many other ways and should be thankful for that. Text Organization Working On Your Own 1. 1) a. V
2) the essay is meant to explain something that is, the author 3) That one can live a life full of riches without being rich financially. 2.
Part One: The writer
's view of life.
's encounter with a boy who raised the question “are you poo
Part Two: In search of an answer the writer finds that not having expensive possessions doesn 't maimkefehel poor mainly because he enjoys life in many other ways.
Part Three: In conclusion, the writer thinks he'gsrown to understand more about himself because of the boy
Unit3 The Generation Gap Content Question
1. There are seven characters---Father, Mother, Heidi, Diane, Sean, Restaurant Manager, and Mrs. Higgins.
2. No. Because what he does usually ends up embarrassing them. 3. To buy a guitar.
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全新版大学英语(第二版)综合教程2学生用书课后习题答案
