temporary (housing) for a few months.
? Banked Cloze
Through exploration of the humanities, we learn how to think creatively and critically, to analyze, and to ask questions. Because these skills allow us to gain new (1) (insight) into everything from poetry and paintings to business models and politics, humanistic subjects have been at the heart of a liberal arts (2) (education) since the ancient Greeks first used them to educate their citizens.
Research into the human experience helps to (3) (boost) our knowledge about our world. Through the work of humanities scholars, we learn about the values of different cultures, about what goes into making a work of art, and about the (4) (mystery) of how history is made. Their efforts depict the great accomplishments of the past, help us understand the world today, and give us tools to imagine the (5) (prospect) of our future.
Today, humanistic knowledge continues to (6) (promote) the ideal foundation for exploring and understanding the human experience. Learning another language might help to (7) (invest) you with great insights as well as gain much (8) (appreciation) of different cultures. Taking a close look at a sculpture might make you think about how an artist's life (9) (affected) his creative decisions. Reading a book from another region of the world might help you (10) (speculate) about the meaning of democracy. Listening to history courses might give you a clearer picture of what the future will be like.
? Language Focus – Expressions in Use 1. Because women often restrict their diet in an effort to control weight, they may not consume enough iron-rich food and (are liable to) experience an iron deficiency.
2. Some reform advocates ignore the impact of class size on student achievement, and they are (in favor of) what they call as a priority: teacher effectiveness.
3. Because of easy access to the Internet, the new breakthrough to create something truly creative (is bound to) happen anytime now.
4. Indeed, if teachers want to (speculate about) how far students might get in life, a better measurement than grades might be how hard the students try.
5. Nature has (1) (invested) these animals (2) (with) a capacity for not showing fear.
6. During the weeks of discussion, delegations from groups who are interested in the resolution may call on representatives to (stand up for) their point of view.
7. Plato was a superb writer, and his works are part of the world's great literature. Most of his existing work is (in the form of) dialogs and letters.
8. Young people should enter into a broad flexible training program, through which they can learn a lot and be (prepared for) their future careers.
9. The young man is very happy and proud to be (in the company of) the old professor because he always feels great when talking with him.
10. One day they passed more than 20 villages (in succession) , and some of these are said to have stretched for six miles or more.
? Translation ?
? 英译汉
A MOOC (massive open online course) is an online course aimed at unlimited participation and open access via the web. MOOCs are a recent development in distance education and have now become a surging trend in higher education. These classes are aimed at expanding a university's reach from thousands of tuition-paying students who live in town, to millions of students around the world. In addition to traditional course materials, MOOCs provide interactive user forums to support interactions between students and professors. MOOCs can encourage communication among participants who bring a variety of viewpoints, knowledge, and skills to the course; inspire people to \subjects that they wouldn't otherwise pursue or even try on education itself; provide multiple ways to engage with course material, encouraging multimodal (多模式的)
learning that can address the needs of learners with a variety of learning styles; and inspire better teaching and use of technologies for face-to-face courses.
慕课是一种网络课程，它旨在通过网络实现广泛参与和开放接入。慕课是远程教育迈出的最新一步，现已在高等教育领域迅速引领潮流。通过这些课程，大学可以扩大影响的范围，从影响成千上万住在城里付学费的学生，扩展到惠及全球上百万的学生。除了拥有传统的课程资料，慕课还给使用者提供互动论坛，支持学生和讲师之间的交流。慕课能够促进参与者之间的交流，使得多种观点、知识和技能涌现到课堂上来；它鼓励人们尝试之前不可能尝试的课程，甚至是尝试新的教育方式；它提供多种学习课程资料的方式，鼓励多模式学习，以各种学习风格满足学习者的需求；另外，慕课促进教学的改善，使技术在面对面授课中得以更好地应用。
? 汉译英
近年来，随着互联网技术的发展，我国的数字化教育资源建设取得了巨大的成就。很多高校建立了自己的数字化学习平台，数字化教学在教育中发挥着越来越大的作用。和传统教学方式相比，数字化教学方式有很大的优势。一方面，数字化教学使教学资源得以全球共享；另一方面，它拓展了学习者的学习时间和空间，人们可以随时随地通过互联网进入数字化的虚拟学校学习。这使得人类从接受一次性教育走向终身学习成为可能。
In recent years, with the development of Internet technology, the construction of digital education resources of our country has made great achievements. Many universities have set up their own digital learning platforms, and digital teaching is playing an increasingly important role in education. Compared with the traditional way of teaching, the digital way has a lot of advantages. On one hand, digital teaching makes global sharing of teaching resources possible; on the other hand, it expands the learner's study time and space to learn, allowing people to get access to the digital virtual schools through the Internet anytime and anywhere. These advantages make it possible for people to shift from one-time learning to lifelong learning.
Unit 2 – Section B
? Language Focus – Words in Use
1. I hear that English teachers are always in demand. If this is true, I could (enroll) in classes online and get a degree in English.
2. Sometimes you'll need to (revise) your goal; for example, you may change your goal if you decide not to go to college but attend a training program instead.
3. I don't want to be confined by school while trying to get a four-year degree. I believe I can (accumulate) enough wealth over the next 20 years to retire early.
4. The colleges have supplied several computer labs on campus so that all the students are (accorded) easy and free access to the Internet.
5. The university is conducting a survey to invite both the professors and students to (evaluate) the instructional materials and identify needs for technical support.
6. Parents in their (prime) working years face growing burdens caring for children and for their own parents, who are enjoying a longer lifespan nowadays.
7. Now you've got an interview! Be sure to call the day before to (confirm) it. Meanwhile, prepare yourself and get ready for it.
8. The number of adult smokers may be (shrinking) , but smokers between the ages of 13 and 23 have actually increased by 10 percent over the last 10 years.
9. Judy's father was the manager of a store in a large supermarket chain, so he could receive a modest but (sufficient) pension from the company when he retired.
10. When they (recruit) volunteers to help with their work, they pay particular attention to the volunteers' ability to solve problems.
? Language Focus – Expressions in Use
1. She would not even (bother to) argue about the rights and wrongs of what had occurred since she knew that it would be useless for her to do so.
2. What makes these websites stand out is the amount of in-depth information that (is available to) parents, teachers, and kids.
3. Social funding to relieve poverty is slow in coming, and some farmers have (been compelled to) sell land as they could no longer endure poverty.
4. Churchill accepted the gift. He (1) (described) the painting (2) (as) \modern art\
5. The school (1) (exposed) the educationally disadvantaged students (2) (to) creative, enriching educational experiences for a period of five years.
6. The best way to teach children gentleness is to be gentle in their everyday life (rather than) to shout at them or violently threaten them if they do something wrong.
7. I'm sure her problems (have something to do with) what happened to her when she was a child.
8. After a student has done with secondary school courses, he should be interested enough in a subject to enjoy gaining knowledge (for its own sake) .
Unit 3 – Section A
? Language Focus – Words in Use
1. Ernest Hemingway's keen insight into his society, ardent love for people and perceptive abilities helped him to form his own (peculiar) characteristic of writing.
2. The project is on the point of collapse, and unless something very (radical) is done to repair the damage there will be no hope for the project.
3. It's not unusual for teenagers to go through a(n) (phase) when they feel ashamed of their parents, afraid that they might not live up to their friends' standards.
4. It is (sensible) for every family to make earthquake emergency plans and know how to leave the area during the chaos following an earthquake.
5. Economists are interested in all the factors that can help to (predict) the extent to which a price change will affect supply and demand in the market.
6. Starting Monday, all foods (labeled) \the government decided to put into effect now.
7. There is more to a woman than her looks, so I (resent) the fact that after a woman grows old and loses her looks people stop paying attention to her.
8. Apart from technological development, the 20th century (witnessed) an enormous worldwide political, economic and cultural transformation.
9. Unlike the practice in China, if you're at a hotel restaurant in the United States, expect a 15-20 percent service charge or add the (equivalent) amount yourself.
10. The change in smoking habits (parallels) a change in the incidence of lung cancer. The more people smoke, the more chances of occurrence for lung cancer.
? Word Building 1. chaos 1. chaotic 2. drama 2. dramatic 3. academic 3. academy 4. depress 4. depression 5. detect 5. detection 6. erode 6. erosion 7. classify 7. classification 8. confusion 8. confuse 9. cooperation 9. cooperate 10. dictation 10. dictate 11. right 11. rightist 12. journalist 12. journal
1. One thing that helps you to listen to your thoughts is to keep a(n) (journal) because it helps to record various insights you gain when doing daily activities.
2. The country went through a(n) (chaotic) period of social and economic transformation: a boom in banking, engineering, scientific research and political thinking.
3. After the disaster many people began to suggest that government offices that help with storm preparations (cooperate) with offices that monitor wild animals.
4. Even though people didn't expect much, the president's speech did little to prevent the (erosion) of people's confidence in the government.
5. New Zealand's economy has probably been going through a more (dramatic) revolution recently than that of any other Western countries.
6. The language teacher gave the students a short list of words that are in common use in the UK but would either (confuse) or even offend Americans.
7. My middle daughter received three scholarships to attend a summer military (academy) . Later she became our city's first international foreign-exchange student.
8. Systematic sampling (系统抽样) of West German voters carried out in 1979-1980 indicated that 13 percent of all voters in the Federal Republic were (rightists) in their political views.
9. People who spend more time on the Internet experienced more (depression) and loneliness
than those who spend less time on the Net.
10. Though he did not (dictate) his speech to the audience, he went at a pace slow enough for the listeners to take down a lot of what he said.
11. Speaking of clone, most of the physical differences between originals and copies are so minor that (detection) of them would require a sophisticated laboratory.
12. The up-to-date (classification) of books in the newly-built school library helps you to find the books you want more quickly than before.
? Banked Cloze There is a special life stage that our generation goes through. It is the (1) (transition) period, during which we move from teenage to adolescence. We learn who we are and what we stand for and what inspires us. Also, in this period we are (2) (saddled) with a lot of pressure from our parents who want us to make something out of ourselves.
My parents have already expressed feelings of (3) (anxiety) over my future with academics and life. When I expressed to them recently that I would not mind graduating in five years instead of four in order to study abroad to (4) (acquaint)myself with the world, they seemed so shocked. That idea sounded foreign and to them was (5) (equivalent) to lack of ambition.
Apart from that, my mother has (6) (expressed) to me that she is worried that I am not searching for a boyfriend. I (7) (resent) this stupid idea of marrying out of college since it does not suit me one bit. Women today can get what they want out of life without a man, even children, as it becomes more (8) (acceptable) for women to adopt children.
I personally want to stay in school as long as I can to (9) (reinforce) my academic work, possibly complete a law degree and start a career, and then after, and only after, begin to think about (10) (shifting) to marriage. If my math is correct, that means I will be more or less \at the age of 29 or 30, the age when my mother had me.
? Language Focus – Expressions in Use
1. As the result of her divorce, she was obviously (saddled with) the double burden of playing the role of both mother and father.
2. Do not be intimidated by people who think they are smarter than you, and don't (back off) when facing competition; inner confidence is important.
3. As our sweet childhood (gives way to) adolescence's temptation of love, we begin to learn, as adults, that most pleasures do not last forever.
4. In the economic recession, employers (resorted to) the reduction of costs, most particularly in wages, in order to survive in the competitive world markets.
5. People from abroad can take part in the intensified language program because schools have to (make allowances for) students whose English is not their first language.
6. Talking about negotiations, once an agreement is made, the Chinese sometimes (wonder at) the slow pace in which Westerners implement the decision.
7. Earthquakes occur without warning; however, it is claimed that some animals can feel earthquakes (prior to) occurrences because of their highly sensitive organs.
8. An allowance can be (based upon/based on) your child's age, your own financial resources, the expenses it will cover and the goals you and your child wish to accomplish.
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? 英译汉
As an important part of the American culture value system, \American people. Americans view the family as a group whose primary purpose is to advance the happiness of individual members. In contrast to many other cultures, the primary responsibility of the American family member is not to advance the family as a group, either socially or economically. What would be best for the family is not usually considered to be as important as
新视野大学英语2第三版习题答案
