大学英语综合教程四Unit4答案

Unit5

Textcomprehension

I.Decidewhichofthefollowingbeststatestheauthor’spurposeofwriting.

C.

II.Judge.accordingtothetext,whetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalse.

1.F.RefertoParagraphs1and2.Thoughitistruethatwhatinterestedthewomanwastheall-sideddescriptionofthefriendshipbetweenthetwocharacters,theplotofthemoviewasfarfromexciting;itwasinmanywaysaslightmovie..

2.T.RefertoParagraph3.

3.F.RefertoParagraph4.Theshiftwasnotsimplyfrommentowomen.Itindepthrepresentedashiftfromonetypeoffriendshiptoanother.Inotherwords,femalefriendshipdepictedinmoviesnowadayswasdistinctinnaturefrommalefriendshipportrayedinearliermovies.

4.T.RefertoParagraph8.

5.T.RefertoParagraph16.

6.F.RefertoParagraph18.Theauthoronlysaysthatinthedoublestandardoffriendshipthefemaleversionwasbecomingacceptedasthegeneralideaforonce.

III.Answerthefollowingquestions.

1.Shethoughtitwasatrivialmovie,particularlywithregardtoitsdullplot.Atthesametimeshefounditgentleandaffectingonthegroundthatthemoviedescribedindetailthecharacteristicsofthefriendshipbetweentwowomen.

2.Becauseinthepastmenwereexclusiveimagesforfriendshipinmoviesandtheywerepresentedastheonlyinheritorofaprimitivecapacityforfriendship.Women,ontheotherhand,wereportrayedchoosingeachotherascompanionsjustastheypickedberrieswithlittlegenuinefriendshipinvolved.Nowadays,thefemalefriendshipwasbecomingafashionablethemeofmoviestotaketheplaceofthemakefriendship.

3.Themalefriendship,i.e.thebondingrelationshipbetweenbuddies,isestablishedontheneedforco-operationintheactivitiesthatmenareengagedinorintheadversesituationstheyareconfrontedwith.Inotherwords,withouttheneedtodothingstogether,therewouldprobablybenobuddiesatall.Incontrast,thefemalefriendshipbordersonlove,theneedformutualemotionalsupport.Womenfriendsdesiretobetogetherasaresultofspiritualattachment,regardlessofwhethertheyareinvolvedinthesameactornot.

4.Menbecomebuddiesonlywhentheyhaveundergonetogethercompetitive,adverseordangeroussituationslikesportsgamesandwars,butwomenarenotrealfriendsunlesstheyhaveexchangedthreeloathsomesecrets.Thisfactshowsagainthatthemalefriendshipisactivity-orientedwhilethefemalefriendshipisemotion-rooted.

5.Itisintendedtoillustratethatfemalefriendsexchangetheirconfidences.

6.Becausewhatmendescribedasfriendshipwasnothingofthekindatalltothewoman.Asshesawit,whentwowomenseeeachotheronlyonceayear,theycannotcountasbestfriends;whentwowomendonotcalleachotherlongdistancewithoutarealreason,theydon’tcountasintimates;andwhentwowomendon’thavedinnertogetheralonewithoutacompanyoftheirspouses,theydon’tcountaschums.Butinsuchsituations,menstilldescribethemasbosomfriends.

IV.Explaininyourownwordsthefollowingsentencestakenformthetext.

1.Slowly,themoviegaveapanoramicpictureoffriendship…

2.Thiswasnotsimplyashiftfromonefashiontoanother,butatruthfuldescriptionoffriendship.

3.ThetwosidesmusthavebeenmortallywoundedintheOKCorralgunfight.

4.Buddiesholdontogetherinfaceofadversity;friendsclingtightlytoeachotherforemotionalsupport.

Structuralanalysisofthetext

Wecansummarizetheauthor’sviewpointwiththefollowingsentence:Abuddyisafinelife-companionbutafriendisthatpartoftheracewithwhichyoucanbehuman.

Themorespecificdifferencesbetweenabuddyandafriendaregivenbelow:

Buddiesbonded,butfriendsloved.

Buddiesfacedadversitytogether,butfriendsfacedeachother.

Buddiesseemedto“do”thingstogether;friendssimply“were”together.

Vocabularyexercises

I.Replacetheunderlinedwordsinthesentenceswithappropriateformsofwordschosenfromthetext.

1.cosmic2.bonding3.primal4.adversity5.palpably6.loathsome

daughterhowshefeltasamiddle-agedwoman.Wecansaythatfrequentexchangeoffeelingshelpedtobringthemclosertoeachother.

2.Mom,yourlettersmakemefeelgreatnomatterwhatkindofmoodI’min.Sometimestheyevenmakemecrybecausetheytouchmesodeeply.I’mreallygladwehavethekindofrelationshipthatwedo,eventhoughwehaveourarguments.Iguessthat’slifewithateenageorwitha39-year-old!

Iloveyou.Mom!

What’smore,Ithinkthatitismucheasierformetowritemyfeelingsdowntoyouthantryingtospeakthemouttoyou.

3.Hereareacoupleofhintsforyourdiscussion:

(1)Whatistheusualwayofcommunicationbetweenmembersofyourfamily,especiallybetweenaparentandachild?

(2)Doyouthinkyourfamilyclimateisdemocratic?

(3)Whatwi