of winter and the beginning of spring.
2) Before the Chinese Lunar New Year in the old days, many Chinese families burned the picture of their kitchen god to bring good luck. When Lunar New Year's Day came, they put ancw picture of the kitchen god on the wall.
3) When American women got married, they sometimes followed an old custom in choosing what to wear on their wedding day. The custom said the bride must wear \old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue\good luck.
4) Before Lent (a time on the Christian calendar), the people of Ponti, Italy ate an omelet made with 1,000 eggs. People could not eat meat, eggs or dairy products during Lent, so they tried to use up these things before Lent began.
5) When winter ended in Czech, the children made a straw man called \was a figure of death. They burned it or threw it in the river. After they destroyed it, they carried flowers home to show the arrival of spring.
6) January 17th was St. Anthony's Day in Mexico. It was a day when people brought their animals to church. But before the animals went into the church, the people dressed them up in flowers and ribbons. This ceremony was to protect people's animals.
Task 5
【答案】 A.
1) F 2) T 3) F 4) T 5) F 6) T 7) T B. Advantages Lots of servants to do the work beautiful clothes to wear Disadvantages Terrible life for servants very uncomfortable clothes lots of tea parties boring and formal tea parties — often no men being invited life being slower plenty of time to talk to each other 【原文】
much more illness children left with servants all day very poor education no freedom for women Man: Well, I think life used to be much more fun than it is now. I mean, look at
the Victorians. They had lots of servants to do all the work; they never had to do any cooking or cleaning; they just wore those beautiful dresses and went to tea parties.
Woman: You must be joking! Their clothes were terribly uncomfortable and their tea
parties were very formal and boring. They used to wear their hats and long gloves even when they were eating cakes and biscuits. And men were not usually invited.
Man: Really Weren't they
Woman: And think of the poor servants. What a terrible life — just cleaning and
cooking for other people all the time!
Man: But you hate housework!
Woman: Yes, I know, but there are lots of machines now to help you with the housework.
People don't need servants.
Man: Maybe they don't, but life then was much slower than it is now-people nowadays
are always rushing, and they never have time to stop and enjoy themselves.
Woman: Life then was fine for the rich, but it was dreadful for the poor. There was
much more illness. They didn't have the money to pay doctors, and they often used to die of illnesses that don't exist in England now.
Man: Maybe. But people used to talk to each other, play the piano or play cards
together. Nowadays people just sit in front of the television for hours and never talk to each other.
Woman: I agree with you about television; but what about their children They left
their Children with the servants all day. Children hardly ever saw their parents! And the clothes they had to wear! Horrible, tight, uncomfortable, grown-up clothes. Children have a much better life now than they used to, and schools and education are much better too.
Man: I hate school.
Woman: And look at opportunities for women. In those days, women used to stay at
home, play the piano, change their clothes several times a day and have tea parties. What a life! They didn't have any freedom at all. I'm very happy living now. I can work, have a career, do what I want to.
Man: You mean you can work hard all your life like a Victorian servant. Woman: Life isn't all tea parties, you know.
Task 6
【答案】 A.
1) b 2) a 3) c 4) a B.
1) family unit; process; change; used to be; the extended; the nuclear 2) job patterns; progressed; agricultural; industrial; forced; job opportunities; split up
3) traditional; family; expanded; other living arrangements C.
1) mother, father, children, and some other relatives, such as grandparents, living
in the same house or nearby
2) only the parents and the children
3) previously married men and women marry again and combine the children from former
marriages into a new family 【原文】
The American family unit is in the process of change. There used to be mainly two types of
families: the extended and the nuclear. The extended family most often included mother, father, children, and some other relatives, such as grandparents, living in the same house or nearby. Then as job patterns changed and the economy progressed from agricultural to industrial, people were forced to move to different parts of the country for job opportunities. These moves split up the extended family. The nuclear family became more prevalent; this consisted of only the parents and the children. Now besides these two types of traditional groupings, the word \is being expanded to include a variety of other living arrangements.
Today's family can be made up of diverse combinations. With the divorce rate nearly one in two, there is an increase in single parent homes: a father or mother living with one or more children. \families\occur when previously married men and women marry again and combine the children from former marriages into a new family. On the other hand, some couples are deciding not to have any children at all, so there is an increase in childless families. There are also more people who live alone: single, widowed, divorced. Now one in five Americans lives alone.
Task 7
【答案】 A.
Study subjects like history or English Study engineering Go to university to get good jobs Men √ Women Both √ √ Look for a good job because they want a good husband Look for a good job because they want to be successful Work for a lifetime Work up to ten years Get married by twenty-seven Cook the meals Look after the children Go out for a drink after work Come home by four o'clock in the afternoon B.
1) c 2) c 3) a 4) b 5) c 6) c 7) c 【原文】
√ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ In Japan both men and women go to university and both men and women study the arts such as history or English. But very few women study science, medicine or engineering. In engineering classes of thirty or forty students, there may be only one or two women. Men and women both go to university in order to get good jobs: men want to work for a big company, be successful, earn a lot of money and support a family; women, on the other hand, want to work for a big company because they have a better chance of meeting a successful man and getting married. This is changing, however, as Japanese women begin to think about their own careers. They have began
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