新风尚大学实用英语第四册课后练习答案for Unit 4

Unit 5 Educational SystemPassage A On EducationBackground Knowledge1.Albert EinsteinAlbert Einstein (14 March 1879–18 April 1955) was a theoretical physicist, philosopher and author who is widely regarded as one of the most influential and best known scientists and intellectuals of all time. He is often regarded as the father of modern physics. He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his services to Theoretical Physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect."(1) BiographyEinstein was born in 1879 in Ulm, a city in Germany. His father was Hermann Einstein, a salesman and engineer. His mother was Pauline Einstein. The Einsteins were non-observant Jews. Although Einstein had early speech difficulties, later in his childhood he showed great curiosity about nature and ability to solve difficult mathematical problems. After he left school, he went to Switzerland, where he graduated from the university with a degree in mathematics.Einstein and Mileva Marić married in January 1903. They had two sons but divorced on 14 February 1919. Einstein married Elsa Löwenthal in the same year and emigrated permanently to the United States in 1933.(2) Major contributions to scienceIn 1905, Einstein began to publish a series of papers which shook the whole scientific and intellectual world. His major contributions to sciences contain two aspects:a. The Special and General Theories of RelativityEinstein's early work on the theory of relativity (1905) dealt only with systems or observers in uniform motion and is referred to as the special theory of relativity; among other results, it demonstrated that two observers moving at great speed will disagree about measurements of length and time intervals made in each other's systems, that the speed of light is the limiting speed of all bodies having mass, and that mass and energy are equivalent. In 1911 he asserted the equivalence of gravitation and inertia, and in 1916 he completed his mathematical formulation of a general theory of relativity which included gravitation as a determiner of the curvature of a space-time continuum. He then began work on his unified field theory, which attempts to explain gravitation, electromagnetism, and subatomic phenomena in one set of laws; the successful development of such a unified theory, however, eluded Einstein.b. Photons(光子) and the Quantum(量子) TheoryIn addition to the theory of relativity, Einstein is also known for his contributions to the development of the quantum theory. He postulated light quanta, upon which he based his explanation of the photoelectric effect, and he developed the quantum theory of specific heat. Although he was one of the leading figures in the development of quantum theory, Einstein regarded it as only a temporarily useful structure. He reserved his main efforts for his unified field theory, feeling that when it was completed the quantization of energy and charge would be found to be a consequence of it.monwealth―Commonwealth‖is a traditional English term for a political community founded for the common good. The noun ―commonwealth‖in the text means ―public welfare; general good or advantage‖.The original phrase ―the common-wealth‖or ―the common weal‖comes from the old meaning of ―wealth‖, which is ―well-being‖. The term literally meant ―common well-being‖. In the seventeenth century the definition of ―commonwealth‖expanded from its original sense of ―public welfare‖ or ―commonweal‖, to mean ―a state in which the supreme power is vested in the people; a republic or democratic state‖.3.Related websites and webpages:/history/einstein//wiki/Albert_Einstein/Einstein.html/p-44160649.htmlTeaching DesignThe passage is an extract of the famous address ―On Education‖by Albert Einstein, at Albany 3 N.Y., on the occasion of the celebration of the tercentenary of higher education in America, October 15, 1936. The extract is presented in clear logic: the importance of school—the aim of the school—the important elements for realization.Einstein applied many long sentences with parallelism, such as that of noun phrases: ―The same work may owe its origin to fear and impulse, ambitious desire for authority and distinction, or loving interest in the object and a desire for the truth and understanding…divine curiosity…; …fear of hurt, selfish passion or desire for pleasure and satisfactio n…‖, and prepositional phrases ―This applies as well to…as to….as to…‖. Short phrases in parallelism create fast space and enhance the tone, drawing the attention of audience and readers.Besides, Einstein drew a comparison between common misunderstanding of education and the correct means, such as ―Sometimes one sees in the school simply the instrument…But that is not right…It should develop …”, ―But how shall …? Should one …? Not at all…”.3.Suggestions to Teaching Activities1) Warming-up activity:Oral discussion with guidance of the following word puzzle:First, ask students the question: ―How do you think of education in China/the university?‖Invite 2 students to give immediate replies.Second, show student the word puzzle, and divide students into groups, four in one. Each group should find out 6~13 words related to education, then begin group discuss: ―Is there any relationship between education and the puzzled words? How?‖E Z I R O M E M L MF B CE P L E A S U R E O Z D AN O U R I S H M U T G I PZ W Y K C C O R D I S L AW T C M X V M R N V S I BR E I R R A C Y E E N G IE C N A U N I T N O C E LY T I L A U D I V I D N IS T A N D A R D I S E T TG A D E A P P R O V A L YS A T I S F A C T I O N XJ O Y S Y T I S O I R U CKey: (13 words) approval, capability, carrier, continuance, curiosity, diligent, individuality, memorize, motive, nourish, pleasure, satisfaction, standardize2) Reference:Famous quotations and quotes on education:①.Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses theirminds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.—Plato (BC 427-BC 347)Greek Philosopher②.Let us think of education as the means of developing our greatest abilities, because in each ofus there is a private hope and dream which, fulfilled, can be translated into benefit foreveryone and greater strength for our nation.—John F.Kennedy (1917-1963) Thirty-fifthpresident of the USA③.I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.—Socrates (BC 469-BC 399)Greek philosopher of Athens④.If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment inknowledge always pays the best interest.—Benjiamin Franklin (1706-1955) Americanstatesman, scientist and philosopher⑤.If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of100 years, teach the people.—Confucius (BC 551-BC 479) Chinese philosopherDetailed Discussion of the Text1.The school has always been the most important means of transferring the wealth of traditionfrom one generation to the next. (Para.1)transfer:a)v.to move something from one place or position to another 搬运, 迁移e.g.We’re transferring production to Detroit.我们正在把生产移到底特律。

四、【多项选择】1、宋朝小报盛行的原因是什么？①封建皇朝内扰外患交叉，外兵入侵，政府内忧两派，有要战有要和，矛盾深，不相上下，没时间精力顾及。

（封建王朝内外内忧外患交加无暇顾及）；②精兵把首都攻陷了，宋朝两位皇帝被精兵推翻了，群龙无首；③南宋朝廷也是有令禁止小报发行，但有令不止；④涉及到人们与新闻信息需求有关。

金兵入侵后关系到每个人的身家性命，人们增加了对战争消息的需求。

2、怎样看待外国人在中国的办报活动？①在新闻业务方面：印刷、外形、编辑排版、突破（出现了电稿、号外、通讯、专职采访记者）、新文化和画报、副刊、广告及广告专栏；②提高中国人的文化素质；③有些是支持中国人革命，同情中国人，有的还对抗美援朝战争表示支持；④大量介绍西方的科学、政治、文化等对中国知识分子起到启蒙作用，为中国培养了众多革命者与改革人；⑤为资产阶级新闻事业的发展提供了经验，为后来中国人自己办报也提供了经验与借鉴，学到了办报的技术、方法，成为中国早期办报先驱，培养了许多优秀的办报人才。

3、明清京报所以能够长期存在（盛行）是因为什么原因？①与官报的内容完全相同；②得到封建统治者允许；③消息来源大多来源于内阁发布机关。

4、《万国公报》的主编是什么人？林乐知、李提摩太5、《申报》历任主持人有些什么人？美查、史量才、史咏赓6、梁启超办过的报纸有哪些？《新民丛报》、《时务报》、《中外纪闻》7、章太炎办过的报纸有哪些？《民报》《大共和日报》8、苏报案中被判刑的革命党人是什么人？章太炎、邹容9、《民报》的历任主编？胡汉民、章太炎、陶成章、汪精卫10、袁世凯直接控制的御用报纸是什么？①北京：《国权报》、《金刚报》、《亚细亚日报》；②上海：《神州日报》；③广州：《时敏报》；④长沙：《国民新报》（后改名《大中报》）。

11、于佑任办过的报纸有哪些？《神州日报》、《民呼日报》、《民吁日报》、《民立报》12、.民国初年三大名记者是什么人？黄远生、徐彬彬、刘少少13、改良派办报活动对我国新闻事业发展的贡献有哪些？①冲破了封建统治者的言禁，掀起了中国人办报的第一次高潮，迫使光绪皇帝下诏书允许和鼓励民间办报；②开政治办报的先河，提高了报业和报人的社会地位，以后政治家办报成了我国新闻事业的优良传统；③创造了报章新文体，影响了一代文风。

全新版大学英语第四册第四单元课后习题答案Unit FourKey to Part II Reading TaskContent Questions:Pair Work:1.Because he feels he is completely international.2.What he means is that if one has a network of friends and enjoys what one is doing, one can functionwell anywhere in the world.3.It refers to a member of the international business elite who treks each year to the Swiss Alpine town ofDavos for the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum.4.The issues include everything from post-election Iraq and HIV in Africa to the global supply of oil andthe implication of nanotechnology.5.They all believe that globalization, the unimpeded flows of capital, labor and technology across nationalborders, is both welcome and unstoppable. They see the world increasingly as one vast, international marketplace in which corporations search for the most advantageous locations to buy, produce and sell their goods and services.6.He describes Davos Man as an emerging global superspecies and a threat.7.Yes, global trade has been around for centuries. In the past, the corporations and countries that benefitedfrom global trade were largely content to treat vast parts of the world as places to mine natural resources or sell finished products.8.It predicted that four economies – Russia, Brazil, India andChina – will become a much larger force inthe world economy than widely expected, based on projections of demographics and economic growth, with China potentially overtaking Germany this decade. By 2050, these four newcomers will likely have displaced all but the US and Japan from the top six economies in the world.9.It refers to low-paid migrant workers from Asia and elsewhere who are increasingly providing keyservices around the world.10.Unlike Davos Man, Manila Woman is strongly patriotic.11.Because he thinks that there are still too many barriers to cross-border business in Europe, let alone theworld.12.Davos Man needs to figure out how to strike a balance ona global scale between being international andbeing national at the same time.Text OrganizationWorking on Your Own:1.Part One, Paras. 1-3: introduction to Davos Man and the World Economic ForumPart Two. Paras. 4-5: Debate over the impact of globalization on current society and culturePart Three. Paras. 6-8: History of globalization and its recent trands and future prospectsPart Four. Paras. 9-11: Globalization versus nationalism and the challenges it faces2. Main Events:2) Davos Man seen their identity as a matter of personal choice, not an accident of birth.3) Davos Man believes that globalization, the unimpeded flows of capital, labor and technology acrossnational borders, it both welcome and unstoppable.4) Davos Man sees the world increasingly as one vast, international marketplace in which corporationssearch for the most advantageous locations to buy, produce and sell their goods and services.Language Sense Enhancement1.(1) both see their identity (2) birth (3) incidentally (4) annual(5) networking (6) implications (7) Whatever their considerable differences(8) unimpeded flows (9) interconnected marketplace (10) advantageousLanguage FocusVocabulary:I.1. Fill in the gaps with words or phrases given in the box.1) advantageous 2) let alone 3) witnessing…vanishing 4) landmark5) entitled 6) displace 7) Establishment 8) patriotic…strengthen9) contradictions 10) aspires 11) divorced 12) pendulums2. Use the verb in the brackets to form an appropriate phrasal verb you have learned and complete the sentence with it.1) come to 2) dozed off 3) believed in 4) was set apart5) take in 6) sucks in 7) clean up 8) turn away3. Rewrite each sentence with the word or phrase in the brackets.1) makes no/little difference whether we go there by train orby bus.2) overtaken General Motors as the world’s biggest car maker.3) at odds with his wife over money matters.4) been at the forefront of nanotechnology research.5) let alone cook a meal.4. Complete the sentence, using the words or phrases in the brackets.a) is increasingly…to accelerate…their investmentb) economy…make an earnest…strike a balance betweenc) a handful of…be endorsed by…on a large scaleII. Word Formation:WTO World Trade Organization 世界贸易组织GDP gross domestic product 国内生产总值ATM automatic teller machine 自动出纳机V AT value-added tax 增值税CAD computer-aided design 计算机辅助设计IT information technology 信息技术IDD international direct dialing 国际直拨电话MTV music television 音乐电视Radar radio detecting and ranging 雷达IOC International Olympic Committee 国际奥委会VIP very important person 贵宾、大人物Laser light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation 激光CPU central processing unit 中央处理器III. Usage:1)An unusual present, a book on ethics, was given to Henry for his birthday.2)The reason (he gave) that he didn’t notice the car till toolate was unsatisfactory.3)Football, his only interest in life, has brought him many friends.4)Cloning had been raised as a possibility decades ago, then dismissed, something that serious scientiststhought was simply not going to happen anytime soon.Comprehensive ExercisesI. Cloze1. Text-related:(1) academics; (2) networking (3) a variety of (4) growth(5) vanish (6) facilitate (7) endorsing (8) outlook(9) sweeping aside (10) patriotic (11) erasing (12) strike a balance2. Theme-related:(1) aided (2) effects (3) distances (4) connected (5) invested(6) features (7) prevailing (8) qualitatively (9) volume (10) DistinguishingIII. Translation1. Translate the sentences into English:1) Due to his pessimistic outlook on the European economy, John has moved his assets from Europe to elsewhere.2) I like hiring young people. They are earnest learners and committed to work.3) Unlike her girl friends who center their lives on their children, Mary cares more about her personal growth.4) The Chinese government has introduced a variety of policies to strengthen cooperation with developing countries.2. Translate the passage into English:Globalization has great implications for young Chinese. For example, young farmers are moving on a large scale to urbanareas for jobs. And for those young people who aspire to study abroad or work in foreign-invested enterprises, English has become increasingly important. At the same time, a considerable number of overseas Chinese have returned home in recent years, for they hold an optimistic outlook for the long-term growth of the Chinese economy. The Internet has strengthened the links between Chinese young people and those elsewhere. They follow the latest trends can copy foreign fashions. Some of them don’t seem to care for traditional Chinese virtues, let alone carry them forward, which has given rise to worries that the traditional Chinese culture might one day vanish.。

新风尚大学实用英语第三册课后练习答案forUnit4Unit 4 Love and MarriagePassage A Our International Love StoryDetailed Discussion of the Text1.In China we have an old saying, “separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.”（Introduction）中国有句古话：有缘千里来相会。

1）predestination：n.宿命论e.g.The doctrine of predestination is very popular in the West.宿命论在西方很流行。

2. Emily Grace tells us how she and Sean are destined to be together despite the distance between them. （Introduction）Paraphrase: Emily Grace tells us that although she and Sean are thousands of miles apart and don’t know each other at that time, it seems that they are certain to be together in the future.1) destined: a. (not before noun) certain to have sth. or do sth. at some time in the future命中注定的；预定的(a) destined for sth./to do sth; be destined that…命中注定要做……；预定e.g.Comimg from a theatrical family, I was destined for a career on the stage.我生于戏剧工作者之家，这注定了我的舞台生涯。

英语答案Unit 1III1 beneath2 disguised3 whistles4 restrain5 grasp6 longing7 praying8 faithful 9 pledge 10 drainIV1 tell …on you2 track down3 work it out4 picking on me5 reckoned with6 call on7 on his own8 get through9 in disguise 10 revolves aroundVG O D I K L B F A NVI1 advise2 level3 problems4 necessity5 skills6 experience7 solution8 value 9 tool 10 mannerVII1 air-conditioned(装空调的；有冷气的)2 handmade（手工制作的）3 thunderstruck（非常吃惊的）4 heartfelt（衷心的；诚挚的）5 data-based （基于数据的）6 self-employed（自主经营的）7 custom-built（定制的；定做的）8 weather-beaten（饱经风霜的）VIII1. well-informed（对……非常熟悉的）2 new-found（新获得的）3 hard-earned（辛苦挣得的） 4 soft-spoken（说话温柔的） 5newly-married（新婚的）6 widely-held（普遍认为的）7 well-meant （出于好意的）8 well-educated（受过良好教育的）IX1 no matter how different it may seem form any other substance2 no matter what a woman tries to do to improve her situation3 no matter what excuse he gives4 no matter what anyone else may think5 no matter how they rewrite historyX1 just as we gained fame in victory, we lost nothing in defeat2 just as the head teacher plays a significant role in the school, Jane playsa significant role f leader in the classroom.3 whoever was out there obviously couldn’t see him just as he couldn’t see them.4 she has been searching all her life for the perfect chocolate just as I have been searching for the perfect beer.5 you can make those kinds of comparisons just as you were doing the analyses a minute ago.XI1. No matter how experienced a speaker you are, and how well you have prepared your speech, you will have difficulty making a speech at such a noisy reception.2. Just as all his sister’s friends cared about him, Jimmy cared about them.3. Car manufacturers stamp a vehicle identification number at several places on new cars to help track down stolen vehicles.4. If you dare tell on me when the teacher gets back I won’t say a word to you any more.5. Some elderly people prefer to live on their own while the great majority choose to live with their children.6. Here is something that needs to be reckoned with: how to get the necessary finances to establish the company.XII1. 每当有人帮了你，无论事情大小，无论他地位高低，你都应该对他说声“谢谢”。

Unit 1 Section A 1-3shrewd radiant discernstumpconversionsurpasspropositioncrumbleingeniousdistort1. As the gender barriers crumbled（瓦解，消失）, the number of women working as lawyers, doctors, or bankers began to increase significantly from the mid-20th century.2. With the data collected each year, the owner of the shop can discern（觉察出）customer trends and how things like weather and economic indicators affect sales performance.3. His supervisor pushes and motivates him in such a positive manner that he is not only able to reach but to surpass（超过）his personal goals.4. He is a man with a(n) shrewd（准确的）business sense. He has built his initial investment into a substantial and even excessively large fortune.5. The conversion（转换）of nuclear radiation directly into electricity was an exciting possibility that was being vigorously explored in many laboratories in the 1950s.6. I was not only shocked but also disgusted that the report tried to distort（曲解）the scientific facts in such a manner that even some highly-educated people were fooled.7. Sixty-two and blessed with his mother's skin, the fisherman had withstood a lifetime of exposure to the sun and looked as radiant（容光焕发的）as a man in his forties.8. French educator Louis Braille invented a simple but ingenious（构思巧妙的）code which has had an impact on the lives of generations of people who are blind.9. The senators didn't expect us to ask such tough questions, and when we finally did, they got stumped（（被）难倒）and didn't know what to say.10. This newly established university supports the proposition（提议，建议）that a more diverse higher education system is desirable since it would enhance opportunities for lifelong learning. 1-6gained derive mentioned stumpedsurpassedheavilyretortedartisticdeterminedistortedanalyticalidenticallyoppositeluminousresponsibleHave you ever heard people say that they tend to be more of a right-brain or left-brain thinker? From books to television programs, you have probably heard the term (1) mentioned（提及）numerous times, or perhaps you have even taken an online test to (2) determine（确定）which type best describes you.Do different parts of the brain really control different bodily and mental functions? Over the years, a theory that has (3) gained（获得）in popularity is that the right brain and the left brain are (4) responsible（负责）for different modes of thought and that the way in which a person thinks will depend on which side of his brain works more actively.People who rely more (5) heavily（沉重地（严重依赖））on the right half of their brain tend to be more imaginative and spontaneous. They are interested in patterns, shapes and sizes, for the right brain is associated with (6) artistic（艺术的）ability like singing, painting, writing poetry, etc. Left-brain dominated people are quite (7) opposite（相反的）in the way they think. They tend to be more logical and (8) analytical（分析的）in their thinking and usually stand out in mathematics and word skills.While the different functions of the two brain parts may have been (9) distorted（曲解）and exaggerated by popular psychology, understanding your strengths and weaknesses in certain areas can help you develop better ways to learn and study. For example, if you are usually (10) stumped （（被）难住）in trying to follow verbal instructions, an activity often cited as a right-brain characteristic, you can benefit from writing down directions and developing better organizational skills.1-7flare upbe dripping with appeal to in exchange formake an analogy betweenmake a pactmake ... out ofset a date for1. The brick walls of the ruined buildings were dripping with（满是，充满）green mold and moisture, and she shivered involuntarily, looking down to avoid the sight.2. As urban populations exported finished goods in exchange for（作为交换）raw materials from neighboring populations, organized trade grew substantially（大幅度地）.3. Knowing just how quickly a wildfire can spread, some residents of the village decided to leave their homes after the flames flared up（突然爆发（烧起来））nearby.4. Biology teachers often make an analogy between（在……之间做类比）the heart and a pump in order to help students understand how the heart works.5. They would like to set a date for（为……定日期）their wedding and announce their engagement to their families and friends as soon as possible.6. He was determined not to sour a perfectly good day with the memory of one jealous classmate trying to (1) make a fool (2) out of（使……变成）him in front of the entire class.7. The couple made a pact（约好，达成协议）never to work at the same time, so that one of them was always on full-time parenting duty, and their child wouldn't have to be looked after by strangers.8. The president said that it's the worst earthquake ever to hit the country, and that he had appealed to（诉诸，唤起）the world for help, asking in particular for heavy-lift helicopters able to carry relief supplies into the isolated mountain areas.1-10中庸思想（Doctrine of the Mean）是儒家思想的核心内容。

21世纪大学实用英语综合教程（第四册）课后翻译答案（Unit1-4）第一篇：21世纪大学实用英语综合教程(第四册)课后翻译答案(Unit 1-4)Unit 11、在坚强意志的驱动下，他终于完成了他所承担的任务。

Driven by a strong will , he eventually fulfilled the task he had undertaken.2、他许诺一到那儿就给我写信，但至今仍杳无音讯。

He promised to write to me as soon as he got there , but nothing has been heard if him so far.3、老板从来没有对任何员工如此满意过，这个年轻人确实是个难得的人才。

The boss has never been so pleased with any employee before.The young man is a real find.4、在医生和护士的帮助下，病人再一次站了起来，不久便重新开始工作。

With the help of the doctors and nurses , the patient was able to stand on his feet once more and soon resumed working.5、老人那张布满皱纹的脸表明了他一辈子所忍受的苦难。

The old man’s wrinkled face spoke of the hardships he had endured in his life.6、当她身体恢复了一些，她就倚在窗口，望着孩子们在草地上玩耍。

When she recovered somewhat , she leaned on the window watching the children play on the lawn.Unit 21、他没有通过考试，但是这是他自己的过错，他从来就不用功。

Unit 3 FocusPassage A The Fat and Short of ItBackground Knowledge1. Daniel EngberDaniel Engber is a senior editor at Slate in America.He writes and edits science coverage for Slate Magazine. He has also written for Discover, SEED, Popular Science, and the Washington Post, among other publications.2. ObesityObesity is a condition in which the natural energy reserve, stored in the fatty tissue of humans and mammals, is increased to a point where it is a risk factor for certain health conditions or increased mortality. Obesity develops from the interaction of individual biology and the environment. Excessive body weight has been shown to correlate with various diseases, particularly cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus type 2, sleep apnea, and osteoarthritis. Obesity is both an individual clinical condition and is increasingly viewed as a serious public health problem.3. Idiopathic short statureIdiopathic short stature also refers to as normal-variant short stature or short stature of undefined cause, is a diagnosis of exclusion. Implicit in the diagnosis is that systemic diseases —including growth hormone deficiency, intrauterine growth retardation, genetic or syndromes’causes of short stature, and other factors compromising growth, such as depression or psychosocial deprivation — have been excluded.3. Related websites or WebPages/obesity/index.html/orgarea/00/nchina/2009/091007/full/nc/id/2216796/Teaching Design2.The writing style of the passageThis passage focuses on a social phenomenon—overweight and “under-height”. The structure of the text is well-arranged, and it tells us how to live a good, healthy life. At the beginning, it points out the phenomenon that stature is related to public health. Then it presents the problems associated with being overweight and “under-height. At the end, the writer gives the causes and some measures to overcome this problem.The language of the text is plain but persuasive. It uses profound proofs to demonstrate the importance of being healthy in our lifetime and expose the problem of being overweight and under-height in society, through delicate analysis of data, concern to public health and insight to the social problem can be found throughout the text.In such simple yet vivid language, and with so many plain descriptions and refreshing expository remarks you’d feel as if the doctor were talking to you face to face.3. Suggestions to Teaching ActivitiesWarming-up activity:Step 1: Students are required to make a before-class survey of the people around them about their weight, height jobs and living standards.Step 2: Students are divided into small groups, each consisting of 4 to 5 members to share the results of their survey.Step 3: Four groups are required to give comments on the relationship between the weight, height and the jobs, living standards.Step 4: The other 4 groups discuss how to lose weight and improve height, with one student from each group as the reporter.The purpose of this task-based team-work activity is to arouse students’ interest on the related topic of the text and have their spoken English practiced.Detailed Discussion of the Text1. John Komlos(约翰·科莫斯), born on December 28, 1944，in Budapest, Hungary, is anAmerican economic historian at the University of Munich where he is professor of economics and chair of economic history. In the 1980s, Komlos was instrumental in the emergence of anthropometric history, the study of the effect of economic development on human biological outcomes such as physical stature.2. We’ve long known that stature can serve as a rough measure of public health. (Para. 1)serve as: to act as充当，担任，起...... 的作用e.g.These philosophical views serve as a guide in life. 这些哲学观点可以作为处世指南。