creative reading__ book3 答案 4-6
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Unit 4
Words to note
accumulating---5 assigned---8 cocktail---1 contracting---6 controversial---10
dietary supplements---4 formidable---2 miracle---7 mop up---9
overhaul---11 paradox---3
Understanding the text
Part A:
1.d) 2.c)
Part B:
1.c) 2.d) 3.c) 4.d) 5.a)
Developing your skills
Part A:
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Paragraph 6---2
Part B:
A2. but people who take dietary supplements(especially those which destroy free radical
molecules) may feel more energetic.
A3. extending the human life span might well lead to serious negative effects.
A4. fighting cancer, because proteins which destroy cancer cells also cause aging.
A5. healthy food, low stress and an outdoor lifestyle are best for long life.
Part C:
1. You are as old as you feel.
----Your feelings about yourself are very important; ninety-year-old people can feel and act like
fifty year olds if they have the right attitude to life.
----Somebody might say this to cheer another person up or to encourage the person to feel better
about himself or herself.
----The speaker probably has an optimistic (and young) feeling about life.
2. Life begins at forty.
----Forty isn’t “old”, it’s simply a “birth” into a new stage of life.
----It might be said to someone approaching his or her fortieth birthday.
----He or she doesn’t fear being forty, doesn’t think forty is old, and thinks of “middle age” as
being the beginning of an interesting stage of life when he or she can do new things.
3. Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years; people grow old by deserting their
ideals.
----Years aren’t important; preserving youthful idealism is more important.
----In a debate about the problems of aging, for example.
----Youthful ideals should be kept throughout the whole of life; if you keep these ideals, you can
stay young in your attitude.
4. Youth looks forward but age looks back.
----Young people anticipate the future with pleasure; older people reminisce about their youth.
----Perhaps in a situation when someone is reflecting seriously about life. ----It’s a philosophical, analytical comment about attitudes.
5. It’s not how old you are, but how you are old.
----Age is not important; your attitude towards your age and life in general is crucial.
----In a situation to encourage somebody to be more optimistic towards life.
----The speaker is almost certainly optimistic; the suggestion is that there are many ways to be old
and some of them are good.
6. He that in youth no virtue uses, in age all honor him refuses.
---- Be virtuous when you are young if you want respect later in life.
----Perhaps in a context where an older person wants to give friendly advice to a youngster when
the younger person is wondering about the right course of action.
----The speaker sees a direct link between actions in youth and the consequences in later life.
7. Young folk think old folk are fools, but old folk know young folk are fools.
----Youngsters only have opinions; their elders know the truth through experience.
----Perhaps in a social setting where people from different generations are teasing each other.
----The speaker almost certainly belongs to the older generation and is confident of his or her own
superior knowledge.
8. Old age doesn’t seem so bad when you consider the alternative.
----The only alternative is to die---because you cannot become young again.
----As a joke or a humorous comment, perhaps after someone has said something negative about
being old.
----He /She certainly views aging in a positive light.
9. An old person loved is winter with flowers. (German)
----An old person who is loved has an extra bonus because love brightens their life; old age is like
the winter of a person’s life, but winter also has its beautiful or bright aspects, like flowers.
----Perhaps it would be said to an older person, to remind him/her of life’s blessings.
----It’s a comment reflecting both joy and sadness; it recognizes that some old people enjoy the
love of family, friends, neighbors, etc., but some are alone and lonely.
10. Forty is the old age of youth, fifty is the youth of old age. (French)
----Young people see forty as “old”, but older people see fifty as “young”.
----This is perhaps more likely to be written rather than spoken---perhaps in an essay. The writer
seems to have some optimism about being fifty.
----It is a reference to different perspectives, different attitudes of various ages to “age”.
11. Old age is not misery, experience helps.(Greek)
----People may think that being old is a misery, but having the years of experience of old people
