新世纪大学英语第四册第七单元课后答案

Unit 7 Lifestyles

Words in Action

Working with Words and Expressions 1. 1) furnish 2) resolve 3) maintaining 4) discarded 5) sanction

6) raise 7) strip 8) consciously 9)bargain 10) simplified 11) trade 12) downsize 13) numerous 14) fraction 15) plain 16) thereby 17) rolling

2. 1) keeps track of 2) it turned that 3) stip down to 4) take an interest in 5) in return 6) is all of a piece 7) for good 8) write out 9) eat out 10) look back 11)cut out

Increasing Your Word Power

1. 2) combine 3) counterattack 4) exclude 5) extracurricular 6) interact 7) interrelate 8) recycle 9) refresh 10) transform

2. Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code 初学者通用符号指令码 Organization of petroleum Exporting Countries Radio 石油输出国组织；欧佩克 Detecting and Ranging 雷达

Test of English as a Foreign Language 托福

International English Language Test System 雅思 Public English Test System 全国公共英语等级考试 Internatinal Monetary Fund 国际货币基金组织 World Health Organization 世界卫生组织

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation 亚太经合组织

3. 2) clarify 3) identify 4) justify 5) purify 6) qualify 7) satisfy 8) signify 9) simplify 10) unify

1) clarify his position 2) unify the technical specifications 3) signify the changes of the weather 4) qualify oneself as a doctor 5) purify the air 6) identify the wounded 7) justify one’s behavior 8) classify the documents 9)satisfy customers’ needs 10) simplify the procedures

Grammar Review

1. 1) angry,annoyed,anxious, certain, confident, excited,happy, pleased, right, sorry, upset,

nervous---about

2) amazed, angry, annoyed, bad, excellent, good, hopeless, skilled, skillful, surpised---at 3) famous, late, ready, sorry, responsible, suitable, greedy, watchful, desperate---for 4) absent, different, safe, tired, distant, free, inseparable, indistinguishable---from

5) afraid, ashamed, aware, capable, certain, confident, crifitical, envious, fond, full, guilty,

incapable, jealous, proud, scared, short, sure, suspicious, ignorant, tired, typical, concious, independent, appreciative---of

6)accustomed, engaged, inferior, generous, superior, kind, married, polite, rude, similar, sensitive, alien, indispensible---to

7)angry, annoyed, busy, bored, content, crowded, delighted, disappointed, familiar, friendly, furious, happy, occupied, pleased, satisfied---with 8) absent, different, safe---from 9) afraid, ashamed, aware---of 10) angry, annoyed, busy---with

2. 1) Jack’s bright clothes were not appropriate for the occasion of Mr. Johnson’s funeral.

2) It is our goal to make our products available to every part of the world.

3) At first I thought it was my sister who was calling me, for the girl’s voice was identical to my sister’s.

4) Such concepts as global warming and international terrorism were alien to me ten years ago.

5) Although he makes over a million yuan a year, he is very stingy with his money and never makes any donations to charity.

6)He was watchful for any signs of activity in the dark house. 7)I really cannot understand why she is so hostile to me. 8)This new material is indistinguishable from real silk. 9)What he says is always inconsistent with what he does.

10)He was preoccupied with reading and did not notice me entering the room.

Cloze

1) luxuries 2) frugal 3) trading 4) curtail 5) splendid 6) hobbies 7) impulse 8) bare 9) wasteful 10) deny 11) deprivation 12) maintain 13) resolve 14) consumption

Translation

1. 1) She is a very capable housewife but she likes to purchase things on impulse, her kitchen

cabinets are always full of clutter that will eventually be discarded.

2) University students should have the resolve to live a frugal lifestyle and should not try to keep up with the Jonese or follow trends and fads. They should know that only when you mind the pennies will the dollars take care of themselves.

3) The couple are high-ranking executives of big companies. They eat out at least five days a week due to the lack of time for home cooking.

4) The two signatures are all of a piece. Even experienced experts may find it difficult to identify any differences between them.

5) The editor of the journal cut out all the pictures attached to the article because the length of the article was restricted to only two pages.

6) As a member of standing committee, he has been tackling unemployment and traffic problems during the past three years.

7) The old man made a will before his death, giving away all his savings to our school as

scholarships, a decision sanctioned by his children.

8) The doctor assured his patient that if he took the medicine three times a day for three months without interruption, he would recover from the illness for good.

9) Only when I looked back on my past expertiences did I realize that my four-year period at university was the most care-free time in my life.

10) If we want to excell others in technological innovation, we must keep track of all the new ideas and developments in the field of science and technology. 2.

Sara and Michael used to be a two-career couple with a home of their own, rwo cars and a boat bought with a large loan. They were both busy with their respective work and sometimes they had to make business trips at weekend. The only time for their so-called home life was restricted to the few hours after work. Indeed, they had made a lot of money, but they got fed up with such a fast-paced lifestyle. So soon after their daughter was born, they decided to chang their lifestyles.

They traded their two full-time careers for two part-time jobs, and tried hard to curtail their consumption.They sold their splendid house and moved into a smaller but pretty and energy-efficient ome designed by themselves. They downsized their possessions and discarded all the expensive clutter. They also sold their bidg boat and shared a smaller one so that they could still enjoy sailing on the sea. They gave up the extra car and their professional wardrobes. They seldom ate out., thereby reducing a lot of expenses..Now they no longer purchasing things on impulse and only spend money on the bare necessities.

One may think the are too singy toward themselves. But this is not the case. For them it is a voluntary act to have chosen this simple and frugal lifestyle. It is by no means deprivation. They believe that a frugal life is beneficial to both the society and the individual.

Theme-related Writing Sample Essay:

Healthy lifestyles

Different people have different interpretations of a healthy lifestyle. To me, a healthy lifestyle means living in a way that helps us to be physically, mentally and emotinally healthy.

We can benefit a lot from living a healthy lifestyle.On the one hand, a healthy lifestyle can help us to keep fit, increase our life expectancy, and help us form good living habits. On the other hand, a healthy lifestyle enhances self-esteem and confidence, reduces stress and pressure, and enables us to develop a positive outlook and live in harmony with each other. In short, a healthy lifestyle improves our overall sense of well-being and happiness.

There are many ways to develop a healthy lifestyle. We need to exercise regularly, keep a balanced diet, and avoid alcohol and cigaretts. It would also help if we could balance our time for work and play, and find ways to release stress and pressure. With such efforts, we will be able to live in a way that contributes to our physical, mental, and emotional health.

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