基础英语2第四单元练习答案Unit4CulturalEncountersTextcomprehensionI.BII.1.T;2.F;3.T;4.T;5.T.III.1.Snailmail.2.Anessentialsteppingstoneontheroadtosuccess.3.Theprofoundrelationshipbetweenlanguageandculturethatliesattheheartofsociety.4.Themeanstoshapeourviewsoftheworld.5.Tonegotiatetheboundariesbetweenlanguagesandtocompromiseintranslation.6.Touselinguisticskills,tothinkdifferently,toenterintoanotherculture’smentalityandtoshapelanguageaccordingly.IV.1.withconvenientwaystoreachanypartoftheworld.2.Itseemsthateveryoneisabletoalwaysgetintouchwithanyoneelseifheorshecanaffordto.3.isthemostimportanttosociety.4.afundamentalskillintoday’sworld,wheredifferentculturesinteract.5.arefindingwaystointerrelatedifferentcultures.Structuralanalysisofthetext1.Thelastsentenceofthe3rdparagraph:“Mostfundamentalistheprofoundrelationshipbetweenlanguageandculturethatliesattheheartofsocietyandonethatweoverlookatourperil.”2.Paragraph4:ThelackofanexactcounterpartoftheEnglishword“homesickness”inotherlanguagessuchasItalian,Portuguese,andGerman.Paragraph5:TheproblemofuntranslatabilitywhichtheearlyBibletranslatorsencountered.Paragraph6:EnglishandWelshspeakersmakeadjustmentsregardingthecolorspectruminthegrey/green/blue/brownrange;Theword“democracy”meanscompletelydifferentthingsindifferentcontexts;theflatbreadsofCentralAsiaarealongwayawayfromMother’sPridewhiteslicedtoasties,yettheword“bread”hastoserveforboth.PartOne.VocabularyAnalysisI.Phrasepractice1.provided=aslongas假如，倘若needneverbeoutoftouch=canneverfailtobereached从不会失去联系2.regardlessof=nomatter不管，不顾3.overlookatourperil=failtonoticeatgreatrisk忽视……的危险或风险4.hoverssomewhereinandaroundallthosewords=maybedescribedbythesewordstovaryingdegrees5.hittheproblemofuntranslatabilityhead-on=weredirectlyconfrontedwiththeproblemthatsomethinginonelanguagecannotberenderedintoanotherII.1.steppingstone;2.attheirperil;3.serve;4.mentality;5.staple;6.facilitating;7.messaging;8.hybrid.III.WordderivationFillintheblankswiththeappropriateformsofthegivenwords.1.Thecountryistryingtomovefromacentrallyplannedeconomy(economic)toonebasicallygearedtotheneedsofthemarket.2.Therearenogoodroadsinthearea,somostoftheranchesareonlyaccessible(access)byjeeporotheroff-roadvehicles.3.Thetwoapproachesaresofundamentally(fundamental)differentthatitissurprisingthattheyhavebothbeensuccessful.4.Theyspentmuchtimecomfortingthehomesick(homesickness)childrenatthebeginningofthesummercamp.5.Wearelookingforanexperiencedjournalisttojointhenewsteams.Thesalaryisnegotiable(negotiate).6.Theamountofanyoftheseingredientscanbeadjusted(adjustment)accordingtoyourtaste.7.Theremoteness(remote)ofthehousewastheonlythingthatmadethemhesitateaboutbuyingit.8.Heparkedthecarandsmiledather,complacently(complacent)assuminghehadpassedthetest.1.economica.经济学的；经济的；有利可图的economicala.节俭的；经济的，合算的economicsn.经济学economistn.经济学家economyn.节约；经济2.accessn.通道，入口accessiblea.可得到的；易接近的，可进入的accessibilityn.可以得到；易接近3.fundamentala.基本的，根本的；重要的fundamentalismn.原教旨主义fundamentalistn.信奉正统派基督教的人fundamentallyad.从根本上；基本地4.homesicka.想家的homesicknessn.乡愁，思乡病5.negotiatev.谈判，协商，交涉negotiablea.可磋商的，可协商的negotiationn.谈判，协商negotiatorn.磋商者，交涉者6.adjustv.调整，调节；使适应adjustablea.可调整的adjustmentn.调整7....