Unit 14 Under the Sign of Mickey Mouse习题答案综合教程四.docVIP

Unit 14 Under the Sign of Mickey Mouse Co. Key to the Exercises Text comprehension I. Decide which of the following best states the authors purpose of writing. A II. Judge, according to the text, whether the following statements are true or false. 1. F (This statement is not entirely true. While the media do have a great role to play in making American pop culture dominant in the world, it is only part of the reason, as we can gather from the whole text.) 2. T (Refer to Paragraph 1.) 3. F (Refer to Paragraph 3. The example of Jack Lang is not to show that the French are typically hypocritical but to introduce something deeper that underlies the phenomenon.) 4. F (Refer to Paragraph 5. The fact that there are American tags on their experience does not mean that the young are simply Americanized.) 5. F (Hollywood is the global cultural capital in both senses. The statement only says one of them.) III. Answer the following questions. 1. Refer to Paragraph 1. No, not fully. By the metaphor of global village, McLuhan meant that the modern electronic media would unite the world into a single global culture or community. In this village, people live and communicate on an equal footing. And the village is probably characterized by homogeneity. But the author believes that if the world is a global village, there are some who dominate the others, and that Americans belong to the former. 2. Refer to Paragraph 2. Because they are considered the most influential people of the present era, enjoying greater fame and popularity than royal family members in history. 3. Refer to Paragraph 3. It is the global cultural capital in two senses. In the literal sense, Hollywood is the cultural capital because it creates billions of dollars worth of cultural products every year. In the metaphorical sense, it is an International Cultural Fund of images, sounds and celebrities; it sets the styles for the worlds popular culture. 4. Refer to Paragraph 3. What the French culture minister di