大学英语综合教程四Unit6答案

Unit6

Textcomprehension

I.Decidewhichofthefollowingbeststatestheauthor’spurposeofwriting.

A.

II.Judge.accordingtothetext,whetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalse.

1.F.RefertoParagraphs1.ItistruethattheflagthenarratorhangsdrawslittleattentioninParis,butthereasonisnotthatParisiansorFrenchmenarenotinterestedinflag-hangingingeneral.Rather,theIndependenceDayisanoccasionspecialforAmericansonlyand,understandably,theFrenchshowlittleinterestinthedayorthecelebratingflag.

2.T.RefertoParagraph2.

3.F.RefertoParagraph3.Theauthor’schildrenhavehadlittlechanceoflearningthehistoryoftheU.S.atschool,andtheparentsasnativeAmericansaretheonlyoneswhocouldhavetaughtthemaboutit.This,however,isnottrueofchildreningeneralinFrance.

4.F.RefertoParagraph4.TheydonotconcealthedarksideoftheAmericansocietybuttrytokeeptheirchildrenfromthefolliesoftheAmericansocietylikeschoolshootings.

5.T.RefertoParagraph9-11.

6.F.RefertoParagraph12.Globalizationisbothbeneficialanddetrimental.Ithelpstoblurtheclear-cutdividebetweenculturesontheonehandbutmakeschildrenlessthanfullyimmersedinaforeignworldontheother.

III.Answerthefollowingquestions.

1.Foronething,flag-hangingistheonlythinghecandoinParistocelebratetheIndependenceDay,whichispartofhisnationalheritage.Foranother,heintendstouseitasaspecialoccasionforteachinghischildrenabouttheAmericanhistoryandasareminderoftheirnativeAmericanidentity.

2.ThechildrenseldommixlanguagesupbecausetheyhaveacquiredFrenchthroughtheschoolinstructionsandEnglishthroughtheirfamilylifewithEnglish-speakingparents.Andtheyseemtoknowwhentousewhich.

3.Refertoparagraphs4-8.Thebenefitsofraisingchildreninaforeignculture,asthewritersuggests,includeacquiringaforeignlanguageandcultureandavoidingbeingexposedtotheproblemsofthenativeculture.

4.Itisdifficult,accordingtotheauthor,tomakethechildrenunderstandandidentifythevirtuesoftheirnativeculturewithoutlivinginit.Familyinstructionsarenotsatisfactorilyeffectiveandhavetobecomplementedbyothermeanssuchasre-enteringintothenativecultureandtakingchildrentohistoricalplaces.

5.Becausehegrewupinaforeigncultureandheknowsitisquiteanissuetoknowhowtoraisechildreninaforeignculturewithoutlosingtheirnativeidentity.Heunderstandsthattheissueinvolvestheeffortsonthepartoftheparents.

6.Globalizationislikeadouble-edgedswordtothegrowthofchildreninaforeignculture.Ontheonehand,ithelpstoreducedifferencesbetweentheforeigncultureandthenativeculture,andfacilitatesthephysicalandspiritualre-entryintothenativeculture.Ontheotherhand,itunfortunatelymakesitmoredifficultthaneverforchildrentobefullyimmersedintheforeignculture.

IV.Explaininyourownwordsthefollowingsentencestakenformthetext.

1.July4isoneofthetimesI,asanativeAmerican,feelinstinctivelyuneasyaboutthegreatgapsinourchildren’sunderstandingoftheirAmericanidentity,andthusIammotivatedtodosomethingtofillthegaps.

2.Andlivingawayfromournativecountrydoesnotmattermuch.

3.WhenIlivedinFranceasanexpatriatedchild,theFrenchkidsweredressedintheuniqueFrenchstyle,thuslookingquitedifferentfromtheircounterpartsinothercountries.

4.FullimmersioninatrulyforeignworldnolongerseemspossibleinWesterncountries,andIthinkthisisadeplorableimpactofglobalizationuponthegrowthofchildreninaforeigncountry.

Structuralanalysisofthetext

Theauthorofthistextfollowsa“specific-general”patterninhisdiscussion,i.e.hefirsttalksaboutwhatitmeanstohischildrentohangthenationalflagoftheirnativelandinaforeigncountryonJuly4theveryyearandthenexpresseshisviewontheimportanceforexpatriatedpeopleingeneraltokeeptheirculturalidentity,especiallywhenthewholeworldisundergoingaprocessofglobalization.ThespecificpointscanbefoundinhisdiscussionofthecostsandbenefitsofraisingchildreninaforeigncultureinParagraphs4-9whilethegeneralconclusioncanbefoundinparagraphs10-12,especiallyparagraph12.

Vocabularyexercises

2)learnabouttheU.S.culture

3)makefriendsfromtheU.S.andallovertheworld

4)teaseandjokeallthetime

TextIIStuckintheMiddle

Keytoquestionsfordiscussion

1.Hewasfacedwithracialdiscrimination.TheAmericanlawprohibitedhimfromowninganypropertyorbecominganaturalizedcitizen,tonameonlyafewexamples.

2.No.AlthoughsheinheritedsomeritualsfromherChineseancestorssuchasbeingthriftyandpolite,sheisalsoinfluencedbytheCaucasiancultureandtheAmericanculture.

3.Itisgoodforpeoplelikeherbecauseitiseasierforthemtomergethemselveswiththelocalpeopleandgetequalopportunitiesineducation,employmentandotherthings.

4.ItdependsonhowyoudefineaChinese.Ifwelookatthebloodrelationship,nomatterwhethertheyare1/2,1/4,1/8,or1/32Chinese,theyareunquestionablyChineseinorigin.Buttheyneedtohavemuc