Unit10TheJeaningofAmerica答案综合教程二

Unit 10 The Jeaning of America

Key to the Exercises

Text comprehension

I.

II.

1. F 2. T 3. T 4. T 5. T

III.

1. Because they symbolize “ a manly and legitimate p assi on for equality

distinctions and recognize no classes and they are favored by all the American people.

2. Levi Strauss went West, taking with him canvas to sell for tenting. Since the canvas wasn't suitable for tenting, he had them tailored

into stiff but rugged pants which were badly demanded by miners. So Strauss was in business.

3. The word “ jeans ” derives from Genes, the French word for Genoa, where a similar cloth

as that used by Strauss was produced; and “ blue ” refers to indigo, the color Strauss had

his cloth dyed, hence the pants got their name “ blue jeans ”.

4. At first blue jeans were largely confined to the working people of the West. During the dude ranch craze of the 1930s, they were first

introduced to the East. Another boost for them came in World War II, when blue jeans were declared an essential commodity and were sold

only to people engaged in defense work.

5. Blue jeans can be purchased for the suitably proletarian look, and they adapt themselves to any sort of idiosyncratic use, and are

suitable for various decorations and ornamentations.

6. The stru cture of the title is “the + v.ing + of + noun ”, which indicates passive voice, like

“the making of history ”, while the noun “jean ” is used as a verb. So the title means that

America is “ jeaned ” or America became jeaned, i.e. America is made a country unde r the fashion of jeans or jeans became an

overwhelming fashion in America.

IV.

1. They do not show differences in the wearer 's professions and social status; they only

show that the wearer is as American as most Americans in jeans.

2. For two years, he worked as a peddler of low social status, dragging heavy bags of various articles from door to door and trying to

sell them, but he could barely manage to support himself.

Structural analysis of the text

1. The incidents that led to the birth of blue jeans:

1) Levi ' s accidental discovery of the need of the miners in the West for sturdy pants that would stand up to the rigors of the

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2) Levi ' s brothers sent him brow n cott on cloth made in Nimes, in stead of the p revious can vas.

3) Davis fixed copper rivets on blue jea ns as a kind of joke.

2. The in cide nts that made them popu lar throughout the coun try:

1) Blue jeans were first introduced to the East, apparently, during the dude ranch craze of the 1930s, whe n vacati oning Easter ners

retur ned and sp read the word about the

won derful pants with rivets.

2) Ano ther boost came in World War II, whe n blue jea ns were declared an esse ntial commodity and were sold only to people en gaged

in defe nse work.

Vocabulary

I. Phrase

1. get around: sp read 传播，流传，各处走动

2. draw no dist inctions: do not in dicate differe nces / do not dist in guish people accord ing to their social status

3. eke out a livi ng: make just eno ugh money to survive

4. ju mp at the opportuni ty: eagerly seize the opportun ity

5. and the like: and people or someth ing of the same kind

II.

1. favor; 2. sought after; 3. break up; 4. sta nd up to;

5. had run out of; 6. con verts in to; 7. ada pted to; 8. word of mouth.

III. Word derivati on

Fill in the bla nks with the approp riate forms of the give n words.

1. emigrati on

5. prosp erity

IV.

1. A; 2. D; 5. C; 6. D;

3. B; 4. D;

7. B; 8. D.

V. Synonym / Antonym

Give a synonym or an antonym of the word un derli ned in each sentence in the sense it is used.

1. Antonym: un equally

2. Synonym: simpi y, just

3. Synonym: p ull ing, draggi ng

4. Synonym: sig ni fica nee, importance

5. Synonym: follow ing, subseque nt

6. Synonym: depen dability, durability

7. Antonym: soft, flexible

8. Synonym: only 艰难度日

迫不及待地接受机会

诸如此类，类似的人或物

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VI. Suffix

Write in each space one word that has the same suffix as un derl ined in each give n word.

1. wide n

2. symbolize

3. p roductive

4. washable quicke n hos

pitalize expl

osive drin

kable

5. educati on

6. foolish foun dati on

childish

7. careless restless

8. atomic heroic

Grammar Exercises

I. Put the verbs into the simple p ast or p ast p erfect.

1. had waited; turned up

2. differed

3. felt; had been settled

4. had bee n read; were

5. refused; had see n / saw

6. had known

7. had sp oke n

8. had bee n built; was con verted; dissolved

II.

A: lost; it ' s / has been; I

B: haven ' t ever had;don '

A: found; had just quit

B: sou nds; I ' ll / shall do; did; I A: I '