UnitAFrenchFourth习题答案综合教程四.doc

Unit 6 A French Fourth 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. T (Refer to Paragraph 2. People dont have barbecues in Paris apartments, and most other Americans I know who have settled here suppress such outward signs of their heritage) 2. T (Refer to Paragraph 3. ... so American history is mostly something they have learned -- or havent learned -- from their parents.) 3. F (Refer to Paragraph 4. They do not try to completely conceal the dark side of American society but try to keep their children from such follies of American society as school shootings.) 4. T (Refer to Paragraph 11.) 5. F (Refer to Paragraph 12. Globalization is both beneficial and detrimental. It helps to blur the clear-cut divide between cultures on the one hand but makes children less than fully immersed in a foreign world on the other.) III. Answer the following questions. 1. Refer to Paragraph 1. For one thing, hanging out the American flag is the only thing he can do in Paris to celebrate Independence Day, which is part of his national heritage. For another, he wants to use this opportunity to teach his children about American history and as a reminder of their American identity. 2. Refer to Paragraph 4. The children seldom mix languages up because they have acquired French at school and English through communication with their English-speaking parents. And they seem to know when to use which. 3. Refer to Paragraphs 4 and 8. The benefits of raising children in a foreign culture, as the writer suggests, include acquiring a foreign language and culture and staying away from the follies of the native culture. 4. Refer to Paragraph 12. Globalization is like a double-edged sword to the growth of children in a foreign culture. On the one hand, it helps to reduce the differences between the foreign culture and the native