全新版大学英语合教程4 Unit6课后练习答案.doc

Key to Unit6, Book4 “The Pace of Life” Text Organization 1 Part One Paras. 1-11 The author gives three reasons why we feel so time-pressed today. Part Two Paras. 12-18 Not everyone is time-stressed, and in the case of Americans they have actually gained more free time in the past decade. Part Three Paras. 19-23 The perception of time famine has triggered a variety of reactions. Part Four Paras. 24-28 The author pins down the crux(症结) of the problem and puts forward a remedy for the stress we feel. Text Organization 2 2) The aircraft creates a high demand for time-consuming journeys that we never dreamed of. 3) The washing machine, contrary to our expectations, multiplies the hours spent on washing and ironing. 4) Instead of making our lives easier, technology goes so far as to cram extra work into our leisure time. 5) Technology produces the new burden of dealing with faxes, e-mails and voicemails. 6) Technology eats further into our time by forcing us to handle software glitches on computers and filling our heads with useless information from the Internet. Vocabulary 1 1) appliances 2) comparative 3) multiply 4) distribution 5) prosperity 6) decorate 7) famine 8) large quantities of/ a large quantity of 9) streamline 10) fax 11) pointed the way to 12) bewildered Vocabulary 2 1) eat into 2) cling to 3) stand out/ stood out 4) wears away 5) set about 6) switch off 7) will be turned loose 8) poured in Vocabulary 3 is forecast to be below average next year, which at the moment is 4 percent. to enter the building and find the baby girl proved futile as rescuers were driven out by the heat and flames. was urged to divert some of its attention from expanding production and get more involved with issues of market demand. can really eat heavily into your profits when you are selling suits at ￡900 and dresses at ￡2,000. has toiled endlessly over the exercise machine for