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现代大学英语2第二版答案.
Unit 2
Preview
1. Listen to the recording of the text and fill in the blanks in the following sentences.
racial equality
civil rights; linger on
husband; quite a good husband/very considerate; liberal; racial
considered; unprepared
give his wife; had admitted
found out; pressing
look; argued about such serious matters
perfectly normal; tolerate
are different culturally
culturally and socially; racial segregation
white; married; a perfect stranger
2. Read the text for better comprehension and answer the questions.
1) “pitch in” means “to join with other people in doing a job”. In the expression “to pitch a baseball”, the word “pitch” means “to throw”. “to pitch a tent” means “to put up a tent 支帐篷. “pitch dark” means “as dark as pitch” 漆黑—pitch means 沥青
“housework” means the work you do to keep your house clean and tidy; “homework” means the work a teacher gives to a student to do out of class.
2) 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.
3)He knew there would be an unpleasant quarrel, and that it was wiser for him just to keep his mouth shut. This shows that they have had previous serious disagreements. This was not the first time.
It shows that the man has seldom taken his wife seriously.
4) “you coming along…and implying…” is the complex object of “need”.
If he weren’t a racist, he would not say no, since his wife is exactly the same person except for her skin color.
5) No. It is clear that the wife is using an ironical tone.
No. The man is using a common excuse of white racists who try to justify their prejudice based on different skin color by using a seemingly more neutral and respectable term “cultural differences”.
6) 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. I have statistics to pro
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