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新视野大学英语（第二版）第二册Unit 1答案Unit 1Section AI Comprehension of The Text1. The attitude is that if one is not moving ahead he is falling behind.2. Time is treated as if it were something almost real. (People budget it, waste it, steal it, kill it, cut it, account for it; they also charge for it.) They do this because time is a precious resource.3. Everyone is in a rush — often under pressure. City people always appear to be hurrying to get where they are going, restlessly seeking attention in a store or elbowing others as they try to complete their shopping.4. Don’t take it personally. This is because people value time highly and they resent someone else “wasting” it beyond a certain appropriate point.5. New arrivals in America will miss opening exchanges, the ritual interaction that goes witha cup of coffee or tea and leisurely chats.6. Americans produce a steady flow of labor-saving devices. They communicate rapidly through faxes, phone calls or emails rather than through personal contacts.7. The impersonality of electronic communication has little or no relation to the significance of the matter at hand.8. It is taken as a sign of skillfulness or being competent to solve a problem or fulfill a job with speed in the U.S.VocabularyIII1. charge2. convention3. efficient4. obtain5. competent6. assessing7. fulfill8. conducting consequently 10. significanceIV．1．behind 2. at 3. in 4. out 5. to 6.to 7. in 8. with 9. but 10.forV.1. L2. C3. D4. N5. O6.A7.E8.G9.I 10.KWord BuildingVI1. commitment2. attraction3. appointment4. impression5. civilization6. composition7. confusion8. congratulation9. consideration 10. explanation 11. acquisition 12. depressionVII.desirable favorable considerable acceptabledrinkable advisable remarkable preferable1. advisable2. desirable3. favorable4. considerable5. remarkable6. preferable7. drinkable8. acceptableStructureVIII1. much less can he write English articles2. much less can he manage a big company3. much less could he carry it upstairs4. much less have I spoken to him5. much less to read a lot outside of itIX1. Having meals at home can cost as little as two or three dollars, whereas eating out at a restaurant is always more expensive.2. We thought she was rather proud, whereas in fact she was just very shy.3. We have never done anything for them, whereas they have done so much for us.4. Natalie prefers to stay for another week, whereas her husband prefers to leave immediately.5. Some praise him highly, whereas others put him down severelyTranslationX.1. She wouldn’t take a drink, much less would she stay for dinner.2. He thought I was lying to him, whereas I was telling the truth.3. How do you account for the fact that you have been late every day this week?4. The increase in their profits is due partly to their new market strategy.5. Such measures are likely to result in the improvement of work efficiency.6. We have already poured a lot of time and energy into the project, so we have to carry on. XI1. 我认为他不会抢劫，更不用说暴力抢劫了。

Unit 3Section BRich Meeting His Future Mother-in-lawAfter much thought, I came up with a brilliant plan for Rich to meet my mother and win her over. In fact, I arranged it so my mother would want to cook a meal especially for him.One day, my mother called me, to invite me to a birthday dinner for my father. My brother Vincent was bringing his girlfriend, Lisa Lum. I could bring a friend, too.I knew she would do this, because cooking was how my mother expressed her love, her pride, her power, her proof that she knew more than any one else. "Just be sure to tell her later that her cooking was the best you ever tasted," I told Rich. "Believe me."The eve of the dinner, I sat in the kitchen watching her cook, waiting for the right moment to tell her about our marriage plans, that we had decided to get married next July, about seven months away. She was cubing garlic and slicing cabbage into small pieces and chatting at the same time about Auntie Suyuan: "She can only cook looking at directions. My instructions are in my fingers.I know what secret ingredients to put in just by using my nose!" And she was slicing so quickly, seemingly not paying attention to her sharp chopping knife, that I was afraid the tips of her fingers would become one of the ingredients of the purple vegetable and pork dish.I was hoping she would say something first concerning Rich. I had seen her expression when she opened the door, her forced smile as she surveyed him from head to toe, checking her judgment of him against that already given to her by Auntie Suyuan. I tried to anticipate what criticisms she would have.Rich was not only not Chinese, he was also my junior, a few years younger than I was. And unfortunately, he looked much younger with his curly red hair, smooth pale skin, and the splash of orange freckles across his nose. He was a bit on the short side, compactly built. In his dark business suits, he looked nice but easily forgettable, like somebody's nephew at a funeral. This was why I didn't notice him the first year we worked together at the firm. But, my mother noticed everything."So what do you think of Rich?" I finally asked, holding my breath.She tossed the garlic in the hot oil which bubbled in a loud, angry sound. "So many spots on his face," she said.I could feel the goose bumps rise on my back. "They're freckles. Freckles are good luck, you know," I felt compelled to defend on his behalf, a bit too heatedly as I raised my voice above the noise of the kitchen."Oh?" she said innocently."Yes, the more spots the better. Everybody knows that."She considered this a moment and then smiled and spoke in a Chinese dialect: "Maybe this is true. When you were young, you got the chicken pox. So many spots, you had to stay home for ten days. So lucky, you thought."I couldn't save Rich in the kitchen. And I couldn't save him later at the dinner table either.He had brought a bottle of French wine, something he did not know my parents could notappreciate. My parents did not even own appropriate glasses for wine. And then he also made the mistake of drinking not one but two frosted glasses full, while everybody else had a half-inch "just for taste."But the worst happened when Rich criticized my mother's cooking, and he didn't even have a clue about what he had done. As is the Chinese cook's custom, my mother always made negative remarks about her own cooking. That night she chose to direct it toward her famous steamed pork and preserved vegetable dish, which she always served with special pride."Ai! This dish not salty enough, no flavor," she complained, after tasting a small bite. "It is too bad to eat."This was our family's cue to eat some and proclaim it the best she had ever made. But before we could be so diplomatic, Rich said, "You know, all it needs is a little soy sauce." And he proceeded to pour a riverful of the salty black stuff on the china plate, right before my mother's shocked eyes. And even though I was hopeful throughout the dinner that my mother would somehow see Rich's kindness, his sense of humor and charm, I knew he had failed miserably in her eyes.Rich obviously had had a different opinion on how the evening had gone. When we got home that night, after we put Shoshana to bed, he said modestly, "Well, I think we hit it off A-OK." Words: 792。

新视野大学英语（第二册）答案Unit OneSection AII Comprehension of The Text1.The attitude is that if one is not moving ahead, he is falling behind.2.Time is treated as if it were something almost real. People budget it, waste it, steal it, kill it, cut it, account for it; they also charge for it. They do this because time is a precious resource.3.Everyone is in a rush—often under pressure. In the writer’s eyes, city people always appear to be hurrying to get where they are going, restlessly seeking attention in a store, or elbowing others as they try to complete their shopping.4.Don’t take it personally. This is because people value time highly, and they resent someone else “wasting” it beyond a certain appropriate point.5.This is because Americans generally assess and enquire about their visitors professionally rather than socially. They start talking business very quickly. Time is always ticking in their inner ear.6.Americans produce a steady flow of labor-saving devices: they communicate rapidly through faxes, phone calls or emails rather than through personal contacts.7.The impersonality of electronic communication has little or no relation to the significance of the matter at hand.8.It is taken as a sign of skillfulness or being competent to solve a problem or fulfill a job with speed in the U.S.III Vocabulary1.Budgeted2.acute3.restless4. surroundingspetent6. assessing7.elbowed8.conductingIV．Filling the Blank1．behind 2 for 3.to 4. out 5.of 6.to 7.in 8.intoV Word Buildingmitment2.attraction3.appointment4.impression5.civilization6. composition7.confusion8.congratulation9.consideration 10..explanation 11.acquisition 12.depressionVI1advisable 2desirable 3favorable 4considerable 5remarkable6 preferable7 drinkable 8.acceptableVII Structure1. much less do they take them out for dinner2.much less a big company3.much less carry it upstairs4.much less spoken to him5.much less ( to ) read a lot outside of itVIII.1.Having meals at home can cost as little as two or three dollars, whereas eating out at a restaurant is always more expensive2.We thought she was rather proud, whereas in fact she was just very shy3.We have never done anything for them, whereas they have done everything for us.4.Natalie prefers to stay for another week, whereas her husband prefers to leave immediately.5.Some highly praise him, whereas others put him down severelyIX Translation Chinese to English1.In the eyes of some people, Picasso’s paintings would seem rather foolish2.The increase in their profits is due partly to their new market strategy.3.The man told his wife to keep the medicine on the top shelf so that it would be beyond the children’s reach.4.Happiness doesn't always go with money5.That car has given me nothing but trouble ever since I bought it.X Translation English to Chinese1.这种态度的结果是，全国人民都投身到研究、实验和探索中去了。