新视野大学英语读写教程2答案及课本翻译.doc

新视野大学英语读写教程2答案及课本翻译

篇一：全国职业教材新视野大学英语教程第三版读写教程2课文翻译

The First McDonalds Restaurant

Even though the first McDonalds restaurant sold only hamburgers and French fries, it still became a cultural symbol. Now, in the Southern California city of Downey, people are trying to save the first McDonalds restaurant in history.McDonalds, though, says the building should be torn down.

Built in 1953, the restaurant in Downey, California, is the oldest of all the Golden Arches in America, and has the earliest McDonalds building design.

Many people have good memories of that old McDonalds.These people are angry that the building is now in danger of being destroyed, along with their memories.

McDonalds explains that the building was damaged in an earthquake, and therefore needs to be torn down. Many people in the town of Downey dont agree with this line of thinking, though.

One woman says, I think its terrible. They are using the earthquake as an excuse. Its a big lie.

Another Downey resident remarks, I am so upset. They dont respect the public at all. They havent even tried. They could do some small repairs and make it a good restaurant 1

again. McDonalds managers say the restaurant is losing money at that location. There is no room for a drive-thru window, or for seating inside.After the earthquake, they say it was impossible to fix.The managers want to build a copy of this building at another location instead.

Building inspectors, on the other hand, say that the structure can be repaired, but that it will be expensive. Many people say that McDonalds can certainly afford to pay that amount.Some think that McDonalds real reason for wanting to close down the restaurant has nothing to do with money.

Modern McDonalds restaurants often have a sign claiming that a man named Ray Kroc opened the first McDonalds restaurant in Illinois in 1955. The truth, however, is that Mr. Kroc actually learned the fast food business from Dick and Mac McDonald in Downey.Later, Mr. Kroc bought their restaurants.Thus, many people in Downey think McDonalds is trying to change history, though the company denies this. To local historians, this explanation makes total sense. One historian said, We should not rewrite the past. Ray Kroc did not invent McDonalds. The McDonald brothers did.

These days, a group of historians want the building to 2

be added to the National Register of Historic Places so that the city of Downey will be able to stop McDonalds from tearing the building down. The McDonalds managers are very angry, and have abandoned the structure.

Everyone hopes that the McDonalds managers and the people of Downey will soon find peace. The building is still there, but boards cover the windows.Even so, people drive by to remember their McDonalds, taking pictures of a moment in history before it gets taken away.

第一家麦当劳餐馆

虽说第一家麦当劳餐馆只售汉堡包和薯条，它仍然成为了一种文化意味。现在，在加州南部唐尼市，人们正努力保住历史上第一家麦当劳餐馆。然而，麦当劳却称这幢房子应该拆掉。

坐落于加州唐尼的这家餐馆建于1953年，是美国所有带双拱形金色标志的建筑中历史最久的，它的也是麦当劳最早的建筑设计。

许多人对那家老餐馆有着美妙的回忆。这些人想到餐馆连同他们美妙的回忆一起将被摧毁，感到特别气愤。

麦当劳方面解释说，那家老店在一次地震中遭到损坏，因而必须拆掉。不过，唐尼的许多人却不同意这种说法。

有位女士说：“我认为这件事太可怕了。他们在利用那次地震作借口。这是一个极大的谎话。

另一位唐尼市居民说：“我特别难过。他们一点也不尊重公众的意见，甚至都没试着如此做。他们能够稍加修理，使它再成为一家好餐馆。”

麦当劳的经理们说餐馆设在那个位置不断在赔本。那儿没有地点能够开拓“免下车外卖窗口”，里面也没有地点安排座位。他们说，那次地震后这个餐馆就没方法修了。不过那些经理们想在其他位置按原餐馆再仿造一家。

但是房屋检修人员说该建筑是能够修理的，不过费用特别高。许多人说这个费用麦当劳因而承受得起。有人认为麦当劳想关闭这家餐馆的真正缘故与金钱无关。

现代的麦当劳餐馆常常有一个牌子，声称有个叫雷·克罗克的男人于1955 3

年在伊利诺伊州创办了首家麦当劳餐馆。然而事实是，克罗克先生的快餐生意实际上是从唐尼市的迪克·麦当劳和麦克·麦当劳那儿学来的。后来克罗克先生买下了他们的餐馆。因而，尽管公司尽力否认，唐尼镇的许多人仍然认为麦当劳是想篡改历史。

在当地的历史学家看来，这种解释颇有道理。有位历史学家说：“历史不容篡改。雷·克罗克没有创立麦当劳。创立麦当劳的是麦氏兄弟。”

这些天来，一群历史学家希望将该处建筑列入国家历史文物保护单位名册，如此，唐尼镇就能使麦当劳免遭撤除。麦当劳的经理们特别恼火，因而将房屋弃置一旁。

人人都希望麦当劳经理们与唐尼的居民特别快达成一致。房子仍在，但窗子用木板封了起来。即便如此，人们仍开车前来纪念他们的麦当劳，想抢在它被撤除前拍照纪念，留下历史上的宝贵一刻。

Our Changing Lifestyle: Trends and Fads

These days, lifestyles have a tendency to change so fast. It is more than just clothing and hairstyles that are in style one year and out of date the next; its a whole way of living.

One year, people wear hats and blue jeans; they drink white wine and eat at Japanese restaurants; for exercise they run several miles a day.The next year, however, everything has changed:women wear long skirts; people drink expensive water from France, and eat at Italian restaurants; everyone seems to be exercising at health clubs.Almost nothing in modern life gets away from the influence of fashion: food, music, exercise, books, languages, movies, furniture, and even names go in and out of fashion.The interests that people follow can change very quickly.In the United States, even people can be in or out. Americans enjoy following the lives of famous people: actors, sports heroes, well-known artists, politicians, and the like.But Americans also pay a lot of attention to people who have no special ability at all. In 1981, for example, an unknown elderly woman appeared in a TV advertisement in which she looked at a very small hamburger and complained loudly, Wheres the beef? These three words made her famous. Suddenly she appeared in magazines and newspapers, and on TV shows.She was immediately popular. She was in.However, this kind of fame does not last long.Such people are famous for a very short time—they are fads. What causes such fads to come and go? Although clothing designers influence fads in fashion because they want to make money, this desire for money doesnt explain fads in other areas, such as language. For example, why have teenagers in the past twenty-five years used—at 4

different times—the words groovy or awesome in conversation instead of simply saying wonderful? According to an expert in popular culture, people who follow fads are not foolish or vain; they simply want to be part of something new and creative. Fads are not limited to the United States, however. Fads are common in any country that has a strong economy (e.g. Britain, Japan, and Germany).However, in the United States, there is an additional reason for fads: most Americans seem to feel that something is wrong if there isnt frequent change in their lives. Its sometimes difficult to see the difference between a fad and a trend.A fad lasts a very short time and is not very important. A social trend, however, survives a long time and becomes a true part of modern culture.The use of personal computers, for example, is a trend; a fad, on the other hand, could be the use of certain types of computer games. Who knows what changes in lifestyle will happen next?

我们不断变化的生活方式：潮流和时髦

现在，生活方式有种迅速变化的趋势。迅速变化的不仅仅只是一年流行而第二年就过时的服饰和发型，而是整个生活方式。

曾几何时，人们戴帽子，穿牛仔裤，喝白葡萄酒，到日本餐馆就餐，每天跑几英里健身。但到了第二年，所有这一切都变了：妇女们穿长裙，人们喝昂贵的法国进口水，到意大利餐馆就餐，大概每个人都在健身俱乐部里锻炼身体。 现代生活中几乎没有什么能逃过时髦的阻碍：食品、音乐、运动、书籍、语言、电影、家具，甚至名字都会经历时髦或者过时的过程。人们跟随的兴趣爱好会特别快地改变。

在美国，甚至人也能够变得时髦或者过时。美国人喜爱跟随名人的生活方式：演员、体育明星、著名艺人、政治家等。但是美国人也十分留意一点特别才能都没有的人。比方，1981年，一位名不见经传的老妇人出现在一个电视广告里，她看着一只特别小的汉堡包，大声抱怨道：“牛肉呢？” 这三个字使她成了名。一时之间，她在杂志、报纸和电视上频频亮相，一下子大受欢迎，成了时髦。但是，这种名声并不持久。这种人只是在特别短的一段时间里为众人所知——他们只是时髦。

是什么使这种时髦来得快也去得快？尽管时装设计师阻碍时装潮流为的是赚钱，但这种赚钱的欲望并不能解释其他方面的时髦，例如语言。比方，为什么青青年在过去25年里的不同时代中，谈话时使用“groovy（帅呆了）”或者“awesome（太棒了）”如此的词，而不只说“wonderful（好极了）”了呢？据一位流行文化专家说，跟随时髦的人并不是愚蠢或喜爱虚荣；他们只是想成为富有制造性的新事物的一部分。

不过，时髦并不只是美国才有。任何经济强国（如英国、日本、德国）都有时髦。但是，在美国，时髦发生另有缘故：大多数美国人大概觉得，假设他们的 5

篇二：新视野大学英语(第三版)第二册读写教程课后习题答案

新视野大学英语（第三版）第二册读写教程课后答案 Unit 1Language in mission

Text A An impressive English lesson

Ex.1 Understanding the text

1、Because he is tired of listening to his father and he is not interested in grammar rules.

2、The civilization of Greece and the glory of Roman architecture are so marvelous and remarkable that they should be described at least in a brief account; however, what the student could do was only one single utterance :“whoa!” without any any specific comment.

3、Because the schools fail to set high standards of language proficiency. They only teach a little grammar and less advanced vocabulary. And the younger teachers themselves have little knowledge of the vital structures of language.

4、Because teaching grammar is not an easy job and most of the students will easily get bored if it’s not properly dealt with.

5、He familiarized his son with different parts of speech in a sentence and discussed their specific grammatical functions including how to use adverbs to describe verbs.

6、Because the son had never heard about the various names and functions of words in an English sentence before.

7、The author uses “road map”and “car”to describe grammar and vocabulary. Here,“road map”is considered as grammar and “car”as vocabulary.

8、Since the subjunctive mood his son used is a fairly advanced grammar structure, the interjection“whoa!”reflects the tremendous pride the father had toward his son; it also reflects the author’s humor in using the word because it was once used by his student, though in two different situations and with two different feelings.

Ex.3 Words in use

Ex.4 Word building

-al/-ial: managerial/editorial/substance/survival/tradition/margin -cy: consistency/accuracy/efficient

-y : recovery/ministry/assembly

Ex.5 Word building

Ex.6 Banked cloze

1-5: L C J A I 6-10: O N E H F

Ex.7 Expressions in use

1.feel obliged to 2.be serious about 3.run into 4.distinguish between 5.thrust upon6.was allergic to7.get lost 8.be attracted to 9.make sense10.looked upon as

Ex.8 Structured writing

Some bookworms in my dormitory often spend hours reading their “Bible”, Practical English Grammar, and do a lot of exercises in that book , but I don’t care about it at all. My assumption is since I have never learned Chinese grammar, what’s the sense of learning English grammar? In fact, English grammar has always been a big headache to me.

English grammar is very complicated because, unlike Chinese, there are many verb tenses. Even stranger than verb tenses, English grammar also contains something very confusing. For example, I don’t remember how many times my middle school teacher tried to“impose”the differences between used to and be used to on us. Sometimes he would go on with the explanation for 20 minutes or so. He even summarized the differences by listing three or four points for us to memorize. However, they could never stay in my head . I don’t remember how many times I got it wrong with the sentences containing used to or be used to on my exams . I was really confused with these two phrases,and I can never get them right.

In brief, I’m allergic to learning English grammar. Curiously, I just wonder if the native speakers of English have a microcomputer in their brain to help them utter the two phrases promptly with just a click of their brain mouse!

Ex.9 E-C Translation

人们普遍认为英语是一种世界语言，经常被许多不以英语为第一语言的国家使用。与其他语言一样，英语也发生了特别大的变化。英语的历史能够分为三个主要阶段：古英语，中古英语和现代英语。英语起源于公元5世纪，当时三个日耳曼部落入侵英国，他们对英语语言的构成起了特别大的作用。在中世纪和现代社会初期，英语的阻碍普及不列颠群岛。从17世纪初，它的阻碍力开场在世界各地显现。欧洲几百年的探险和殖民过程导致了英语的严峻变化。今天，由于美国电影、电视、音乐、贸易和技术、包括互联网的大受欢迎，美国英语的阻碍力尤其明显。

Ex.10 C-E Translation

Chinese calligraphy is a unique art and the unique art treasure in the world. The formation and development of the Chinese calligraphy is closely related to the emergence and evolution of Chinese characters. In this long evolutionary process, Chinese characters have not only played an important role in exchanging ideas and transmitting culture but also developed into a unique art form. Calligraphic

works well reflect calligraphers’ personal feelings, knowledge, self-cultivation, personality, and so forth, thus there is an expression that “seeing the calligrapher’s handwriting is like seeing the person”. As one of the treasures of Chinese culture, Chinese calligraphy shines splendidly in the world’s treasure house of culture and art.

Text B The great journey of learning

2. Understanding the text

D.2. A3. C4. A5. C6. B7. C 8. D

4. Words in use

mysterious2. desperate3. devise 4. negotiate5. recalled

6. specifically 7. depict8. Ignorance 9. Expand 10 confusion

5. Expressions in use

apply to 2. in a bid to3. end up4. speaking of

5. get hold of6. appealed to7. leaving ..behind 8. focus on

EX. 6 Sentence structure

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even though it is important of the students to have a deep understanding of the texts, it doesn’t make any sense to read texts word for word from the beginning to the end

as it is a matter of little importance to us, it doesn’t make much sense to argue out which is wrong or right or which is better or worse

it makes no sense to compel children to obey their parents; instead, we should try to tell them what is right and what is wrong.

EX. 7.

II might as well have stayed at home.

We might as well have taken the train home

So he might as well have told me all about it .

Collocation:

Warm-up

essential framework 2. distinctive difference3 high standards

4 valuable possessions 5 considerable frustration6 acquire knowledge7 overcome deficiencies 8 sketch thoughts 9 devise a scheme

Ex. 8

1 essential framework 2 proper vocabulary3 excellent control 4 language deficit

5 high standards 6 language proficiency 7 acquire knowledge

8 competent communication9 overcome deficiencies 10 sketch thoughts11 effective communication 12 advanced vocabulary

Unit 2 College-The ladder to success

Text A The humanities:Out of date?

Reading Comprehension

1. because English or history majors are considered less competitive when the job market is shrinking, and they have to study something that can help them more easily locate their future jobs.

2. because as the tuition is climbing higher and higher, many students have run away from studying the humanities and toward “hard” skills that they think will lead to employment.

3. since more students are now taking job-oriented courses, libraries, where students of liberal arts used to study, are getting less popular than before; in contrast, labs are getting more eye-catching because students of science and engineering do experiments and research there.

4. because this inner drive that can be either constructive or destructive is so mysterious and powerful that it has attracted many people to speculate on it. From ancient times, these men and women developed artistic “languages” in the form of story, music, myth, painting, architecture, sculpture, landscape and traditions, which from the very foundation of civilization.

5. Studying the humanities improves your ability to read and write, makes you familiar with the language of emotion and the creative process, and, more importantly, provides you with a wide scope of possibilities that are open to you.

6. Because in modern life, an ideal capacity for establishing one’s career is to have both technical knowledge and inner insight, not just one without the other.

7. “Well-rounded human beings” are those who have insight and understand the passions, hopes and dreams common to all humanity.

8. Since many people who once studied