现代大学英语Unit 2课后练习答案.docVIP

Preview: 第一大题 Racial equality Civil rights; linger on Husband; (to be) quite a good husband/ very considerate; liberal; racial Considered; unprepared Give his wife; had admitted Found out; pressing Look; agued about such kind of serious matters/issues Perfectly normal; tolerate/bear/stand/put up with Are different culturally Culturally and socially; racial segregation White; married; a perfect stranger 第二大题 After thinking of all aspects of the matter carefully.We can assume that he would have considered the difficulties and problems he believed it would bring to his life if he married a black wife. Like that she pinched her brows together and bit her lower lips. Because he knew that there would be an unpleasant quarrel, and that it was wiser for him just to keep his mouth shut. If he didn’t, his wife would become much unhappier. This shows that they had previous serious disagreements. This was not the first time. It shows that the man has seldom taken his wife’s words seriously. “You coming along...and implying...” is the complex object of “need”. No. It’s evident that the wife is using an ironical tone. No. The man is using a common excuse of white racists who make exertions to justify their racial discrimination/prejudice based on different skin colors by using a seemingly more neutral and respectable term “cultural differences”. To show that he found the situation very annoying. Normally it means “what i say is absolutely true”, but here he means “it is true not because i am saying it, but because i have statistics to certify/prove this”. She said it contemptuously. She was getting angry/annoyed. Because his wife keeps mimicking/imitating him, showing that she thinks what he said was ridiculous and hypocritical. Like “Oh boy” or “My God”, it is to show his anger, as if to say “Don’t start up that conversation again. I’m fed up”. It means “not married or engaged; without a regular companion”. His wife remained angry. It means “to recognize sth as a result of