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新标准大学英语综合教程4课后答案
综合教程4课后答案
HandoutsandKeytobook4unit1-4
Unit1
Activereading
(1)
Lookingforajobafteruniversity?
First,getoffthesofa
Backgroundinformation
Aboutthepassage:
ThisisanarticlebyanEducationCorrespondent,AlexandraBlair,publishedinSeptember2008inTheTimes,along-establishedBritishqualitynewspaper.InEuropegenerally,andin
Britaininparticular,foranumberofyearstherehasbeenarisingnumberofstudentswhogotouniversityandthereforemorenewgraduatesseekingemployment.However,formanygraduatesfindingajobbecameharderin2008-2009becausetheeconomicdownturn-thenarcccssion-meantthatmanyemployerswerereducingtheirworkforce.Aftertheirfinalexams,somestudentsrestedinthesummerbeforelookingforjobs
andthentheyfoundthatitwasdifficulttofindemploymentintheirfieldorattheleveltheywanted.
The
articleaddressestheproblemsofsuchnewgraduateswhomightbestuckathomeandadvisestheirparentstobetherefortheirchildren(ietobeavailableiftheirchildrenwanttotalkabouttheproblemoriftheyneedhelp).Thearticlerecommendsfindingworkinabarorsupermarketratherthansittingunemployedathomesincethisismore1ikelytoleadtobetteremploymentlater.Thestyleispartlyofareport,butalso
ofahumorouscommentforlightentertainment(sconinthejokeylemguageandproblem-solvingadvicetoparents).
Whyfindingajobin2008issodifficuItforuniversitygraduates?
UniversitiesinEurope,particularlyinBritain,haveexpandedgreatlyinthelastfifteenyears(over45%of
youngadultsnowgoontohighereducation),sotherearemoregraduateslookingforjobs.Thiscompetitivesituationbecamealotworsein2008onwardswiththe
creditcrunchandeconomicdepression,whichmeantthattherewerefewerjobsavailableandariseinunemployment.Thusnewgraduateshavetobeactivetoseekajob,theyneedtof订1inmanyapplicationformsandtrytogetjobinterviews:
theywon'tfindemploymentbylyingonthesofaathome.
Culturepoints
:
Traditionally,intheBritish
apassdegree.Mostpeoplegetasecond.Therearealsoordinarydegreeswithmoregeneralcoursesofstudywithoutthesecategories.
it:
Themainideahereisthatthere
isasuccessionofdifferentgenerationsor
cohortsofadultswhocomeintotheworkforceinNorth
Americawhicharegivendifferentinformalnames
tocharacterizethem.First,uBabyboomers"wereborninthegreatincrease(theboom)ofbirthsafterWorld
WarTT(1946-I960),followedby^GenerationX”people(born1960-1980)whoweresaidtobringnewattitudesofbeingindependent,informal,entrepreneurial,andexpectedtogetskillsandhaveacareerbeforethem."GenerationY”ortheuMi11enialGenerationv(born1980sand1990sandbecomingadultinthenewmillenium)arenowmakingupanincreasingpercentageoftheworkforce;theyaresaidtobespoiltbydoting
parents,tohavestructuredlives,tobeusedtointo)GenerationGrunt,whichisanironicnamereferringtorepetitive,lowstatus,routineormindlesswork-thismaybetheonlyworkavailabletosomegraduates,whomayhavetotakeveryordinaryjobsto
getexperiencebeforetheyfindsomethingmore
suitable.“Grunt”alsoreferstocoarsebehaviourorbadmannersandtothedeepsoundthatismadebyapig;whenpeopleUgrunt”theyexpressdisgustbutdonotcommunicatewithwords-thismaybehowtheparentsofnewgraduatesthinktheirchildrencommunicatewiththem!
AcomprehensivereferstoaBritishtypeofsecondaryschoolwhichbecamepopularinthel960s.Beforethattherewereacademic^grammarschools"andmoregeneral"secondarymodern”schoolsforthosewhodidnotpassthegrammarschoolentrancetests,butthecomprehensiveschoolsweredesignedforallstudentsin
asocialphilosophyofbringingdiversestudentstogetherwhethertheywereacademicornot・Thosestudents
whowenttoacomprehensiveschoolprobablyfeltthathadtostudyparticularlyhard(Iworkedmybacksideoff)togettouniversity,comparedtothosewhowenttogrammarschoolswhereal1studentswereacademic-comprehensivestudentsfelttheyhadtostruggletogettouniversity.
suitThisreferstoalargeyellowcostumethatsomeonewearswhichmakesthepersonlooklikeagiantchicken.Beforehebecameafamousactor,BradPittoncedressedinsuchacostumewhenhehadajobadvertisingforarestaurantcalledElPolioLoco(TheCrazyChicken"inSpanish)-thejobmeantthathehad
towalkaroundthestreetslikeachickentoQttractcustomerstocometotherestauranl.
Languagepoints
1Thosememoriesofforkingoutthousandsofpoundsayearsothathecouldeatwellandgotothe
oddparty,begantofade.Untilnow>(Para1)
Theparentspaidalotofmoneyfortheirson's
universityfeesand1ivingexpenses(sothathecouldeat
well)andforoccasionalsocialevents-atgraduationthesememoriesofmoneyweremostlyforgottenbecausetheparentswereproud.Butnowtheparentsarcthinkingofmoneyagainbecausethesondoesthaveajobanddoesn"tseemtobeactivelyseekingone.
2ThisformerscionofGenerationYhasmorphedovernightintoamemberofGenerationGrunt
(Para2)
ThedistinguishedsonofGenerationX(oftheparents'generationwhoworkedhard,gotjobs,andhadgoodcareersandexpectedtheirsontodothesame)haschangedintoamemberofGenerationGrunt-hedoesn"tseemtocommunicatemuch,liesaroundanddocsn"tgetajob(orcanonlydoalowstatusroutingjob).
3Ipassedtheexams,butattheinterviewstheyaccusedmeofbeing'toodetached5andtalkingin
languagethatwas6tootechnocratic^,whichIdidn'tthinkpossible,butobviouslyitis.(Para5)
Hepassedtheentraneeexamsforagovernmentpost,buthewascriticizedintheselectioninterviews:
Theysaidhewasdetached(notpersonallyinvolved)andtootechnocratic(heusedthelanguageofatechnicalexpertorhighauthority).Asanewgraduateheprobablywantedtoshowhisexpertiscinhis1anguagesohecan"tunderstandthiscriticism.
4Fortherestitis9-to-5“chilling”beforeheadingtothepub.(Para6)
Theotherswhodonothavearoutinelowstatusjob(likestackinggoodsonasupermarketshelf)chilloutallday(theyspendtheirtimecasuallyrelaxing-theydon"tlookforwork)andgotopubforadrinkintheevening.
5IwenttoacomprehensiveandIworkedmybacksideofftogotoagooduniversity…(Para6)
Hewenttoaschoolforstudentsofallabilitics(nottoaspecialschoolforacademicstudents)andsohehadtoworkveryhardtoenteragooduniversity:
Yourbacksidemeansyourbottom-thepartofyourbodythatyousiton—to\wkyourbacksideoflsinformalanditmeansyouworkveryhardindeed.
6…buthavingworkedfull-timesinceleavingschoolherself,沖旳呼ndfadvisehimonhowtoproceed.(Para7)
Themotherhasalwayshadafull-timejob(presumablythefatherisalsoworkingfull-time),soshedoesnothaverelevantpersonalexperiencc.Forher,itistrickytogiveadvice(difficulttodo).
7Carryonlifeasnormalanddon,tallowthemtoabuseyourbankaccountorsapyourreserveof
emotionalenergy.(Para11)
TheadvicefromGaelLindenfieldhereisthatparentsshouldliveasusual.Theyshouldneitherlettheirchildrenspendtheparents,moneyimnecessarily,norlettheproblemtakeawayalltheirenergyandemotions.Saptheirreservemeansuseuptheirstoreofemotionalenergy.
8Afterthatthesonordaughterneedstobenudgedfirmlybackintothesaddle.(Para12)
Thentheparenlsshouldgentlypushtheirchildrenfirmlysothattheygetbackintocontroloftheirlives.
Readingandundcrstanding
2Choosethebestanswertothequestions.
TeachingtipsX7/|CIT-!
CITTl
GooverthecorrectanswerswithSsandaskthemtoexplainwhytheotheranswersarewrong(Seebelow)•
1Whyhasn,tJackGoodwingotajobyet?
(a)Hedoesn,thaveaverygooddegree.
(No,hehasa2:
1whichisconsideredagooddegree.)
(b)Herefusestoapplyforjobswithlowsalaries^
(Hefeelsheshouldgetabetterjobafterstudyingatuniversity.)
(c)Itisn'teasytogetajobinthecurrentfinancialclimate.
(Thismaybetruebutthepassagedoesnotmentionthis.)
(d)Hepreferstostayathomeandhelphisfamily.
(No,hedocstseemtobehelpinghisfamily:
hewatchesTVandtalkstofriends.)
2Howdoeshespendatypicalday?
(a)Doingatemporaryjob.
(No,someofhisfriendsareworkingintemporaryjobsbuthedocsn,twanttodothis.)
(b)Watchingtelevision.
(Hewatcheslot.)
(c)Queuingupintheuniversitycareersservice.
(No,hewentthereoncebuthedidn"twanttoqueuesohewalkedaway.)
(d)Prcparingforthenextjobinterview.
(No,hedoesn,tseemtobepreparingforinterviews.)
3Howdomostofhisfriendsspendtheday?
(a)Theydonothingalldayandgotothepubintheevening.
(Allexceptoneofthemdonothingexceptchill,thentheygotothepub.)
(b)Theydooutdooractivitiessuchassailing.
(No,noneofthemseemtodooutdooractivities;thereisnomentionofsailing.)
(c)Theyareforcedtoworkbytheirparents.
(No,onlyoneofthemhasbeenforcedouttostackshelvesbyhisparents;theothersseemtobolikeJack.)
(d)Theydopart-timejobssuchasworkinginabar.(No,thetextmentionsbarworkbutnoneofJack"sfriendsseemtodothiswork.)
4HowareJack"sparentshelpinghim?
(a)Bylookingforjobsforhim.
(No,Jackhastriedtogetajobhimse1『;there"snothinghereabouthisparentshelpinghimlookforajob.)
(b)BypayingforatriptoSouthAmerica.
(No,althoughheisgoingonathree-wecktriptoSouth
America,thepassagedoesnotsaythat
Jack"sparentshavepaidforthis.)
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