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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.）