新视野大学英语读写教程第五册答案

10. Work is the most thorough and profound organizing principle in American life in that it helps people connect with others in a work community and, therefore, satisfy their need for friendship and social relations. Vocabulary

1. esteemed 2. stunned 3. notorious 4. conferred 5. aspiration 6. diluted 7. hierarchy 8. foremost 9. asserted 10. arrogant 11. dreadful 12. recycling

Exercises on CD and web course only: 13. intrinsic 14. destructive 15. gossiping 1. wind up 2. merge with 3. dying off 4. laid off

5. closed down 6. degenerated into 7. in effect 8. apart from

9. irrespective of 10. prone to11. takes a certain amount of people's interest out of 12. kicked around

Exercises on CD and web course only: 13. conferred upon 14. in much the same way that 15. concentrated upon Colocation

I. stories 2. messages 3, weight 4. meanings 5. honor 6. disease 7. electricity 8, tradition

Exercises on CD and web course only: 9. interest 10. oxygen Translation

I. Those who lead a miserable life often fail to recognize the inherent virtue of work in earning and sustaining their dignity.

2. With the life bettered and levels of education higher, the work ethic is diluted now.

3. The young generation has much difficulty understanding why their ancestors had to focus their minds upon

work as the central concern of existence.

4. According to Maslow, different classes and ethnic groups are positioned at different stages in the work hierarchy.

5. In developing countries, many talented young intellectuals flock in droves to America, which forms the

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so-called \

6. If a country is prone to high inflation, then its currency will have to be dued to maintain the price competitiveness of its exports.

7. One expert in sociology believes that work is a means for people to build relationships. In that sense, the

workplace performs the function of a community.

8. The desire to \into a

selfish discontent.

9. To most Americans today, the blow of being laid off seldom carries the life-and-death implications it once had.

10. Modem workers may have a lot of complaints. But they will feel better when they know that their predecessors did work under a far more brutal condition during the early stage of the Industrial Revolution. Work is not only a means of sustaining life. More importantly, it is the way through which people display their talent, realize their ambitions, build relationships and establish social status. If you understand this

intrinsic value of work, then however dull or hard work may be, it becomes bearable if it helps build up a

reputation, whether in the world at large or only in one's own circle. Updating one's aim is one of the most

essential elements of self-fulfillment in the long run, and for most people this comes chiefly through their work.

In that sense, work is the most vigorous, vivid sign of life --in individuals and in civilizations. 1．对于那些勉强维持生活的人来说，劳动有其固有价值这一观点显得荒唐可笑。

2．首批移居美国的人，其劳动的主要动力是为儿孙们创造更好的生活，这样的动机使他们从劳动中 获得了一种强烈的自尊。

3．如果某大公司关闭了一家工厂，将该厂大量工人抛向失业者的行列中，那么人们更多地将其归罪于 疲软的经济而不是个人。

4．同过去相比，今天的劳动者受教育的水平提高了，因而，他们期待更高，兴趣各异。

5．那些雄心勃勃的移民至今依然拥向美国，为安全感而奋斗，而那些试图“实现自我’的自私的当地

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部落在三代人以前就得到了这种安全感。

6．那些因工作造成精神缺陷而情绪消沉的美国工人，往往意识不到工作带来的个人尊严有多么重要。 7．弗洛伊德认为，成功人士是那些能够付出爱心和劳动的人，原因是有了这种能力，任何人都能做一 些有益于社会的事情。

8．从历史上看，劳动总是同奴役、罪行以及惩处相联系，但所有劳动都有其固有的价值，除非是不诚 实的和破坏性劳动。

9．为了生计而劳动，为了创造未来而劳动，使人们的努力具有坚强的和道德上的纯朴性。10．工人之 间需要聊天、需要往来、需要建立关系，这些需要使劳动场所成了一个社区。 1.C 2. B 3. D 4. C 5. A 6. B 7. D 8. C 9. A

10. D 11. C 12. B 13. B 14, C 15. A 16. D 17. C l8.A 19. B 20, A StructuredWriting

With the development of a market economy in China, some traditional values are being changed or lost, to

be replaced quickly by new ones. First, the value of \traditional Chinese economic system made it necessary for people to remain modest in social life, because they

did not have to show off their personal ambitions to earn a living. But, in today's job market, if you remain

modest as tradition has required, you may give the prospective boss an impression of being \\

Modesty could well lead to failure in the job interview. The full display of personal ambition, lit 4 therefore, becomes a necessity. Secondly, in the past, poverty was regarded as an advantage because wealth was associated with the capitalist class. But now, we often hear the saying to be born poor is no choice, but to

die poor is something to be condemned\~Wealth\has become the synonym of \and of \work\That is to say, the pursuit of material wealth has become a goal in a person's life. Comprehension of the Text

1.C 2. D 3. B 4. A 5. D 6. A 7. B 8. A 9. C 10. D Vocabulary

1. dwelffdwelled 2. reassuring 3. discriminate 4. endeavoring

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5. endows 6. disturbance 7. harassment 8. disregard 9. inspiration 10. inflict l I. overwhelmed 12. courtesy

Exercises on CD and web course only: 13. underlying 14. uphold 15. assault 1. live with 2. in the midst of 3. figure out 4. As regards

5. attaches itself to 6. The last thing we need 7. gave it a bad name 8. at regular intervals 9. In the aftermath of 10. discriminate between 11. inflicted upon 12. In that sense

CD 13. give up on 14. have chosen their lot 15. in turn

新视野大学英语教程第五册课后答案 unit 5

Unit Five

Comprehension of the Text

]. Almost all America had been occupied, except for its northwest coast.

2. He noticed an inlet, but not realizing it was the mouth of the Columbia River, he didn't sail inland to explore it.

3. One so-called \of trees on both sides.

4. Vancouver's wonderful surroundings.

5. It is a tree-covered peninsula across the bay, with a thousand-acre sea of green. 6. It was nothing but barren sand.

7. Because the factories and mills moved away.

8. Preservation of the original features, including the original structures of buildings and pedestrian paths.

9. First, the whole operation cost the city government not one cent, and second, it attracts many visitors.

10. The unique balance refers to the balance of the \Vocabulary

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1. slashed 2. destined 3. poked 4. erupt 5. inhabited 6. lured 7. dodged 8. revive

9. shabby 10. undermine 11. pedestrians 12. brewing

Exercises on CD and web course only: 13. virgin 14. agreeable 15. perfume 1. except for 2. passed by 3. be attached to 4. alive with 5. filled in 6. are destined to

7. is always .a reminder of 8. set foot on 9. takes efforts to 10. contributes toward 11. nothing but 12. ripe for

Exercises on CD and web course only: 13. be attached to 14. succeeds in 15. erupted from Collocation

1. trust 2. standards 3. authority 4. respect 5. strength 6. democracy 7. hopes 8. life

Exercises on CD and web course only: 9. foundation 10. health

Please note that all the collocations of the verb undermine with trust, standards, authority.., have already appeared in our previous books or some files that have been used for our web course. Here is full

list of all the collocations that have previously appeared with their sources indicated. Translation

1. The firm will slash its employees from 5,000 to 3,000 because its business is slack. 2. We should treasure and maintain the cordial relationship established with them in 1990. 3. The patient died after he was infected as a result of a hospital blunder. 4. To do simuRaneous interpretation of speeches needs special training and sldlls. 5. Ifyou don't follow the objective law, you will be destined to fail.

6. It was clear that the government failed to revive the economy or reform the social institutions last year.

7. The miners' strike in July showed how quickly workers' anger erupted.

8. Whenever you visit the city, on a rainy day or on a sunny one, it gives a scene of an industrial flavor as cheerful and busy as ever.

9. He realized that it was difficult to inhabit this barren island any longer.

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