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Unit One Answer Key Comprehension A D It contrasts the attitudes of the French and the English-speaking people toward keeping their mother tongue pure. The author does not appreciate the French attitude. He believes that they have gone to the extreme, because he says that the mind boggles at what the world might face. That means the French are so sensitive that it is difficult to imagine what they will do to keep French pure in the future. B It refers to the differences between British and American English with regard to pronunciation and spelling of English. The author seems to agree with the Americans viewpoint. C The Kings English refers to English in its most proper and formal use. However, as it is used in foreign places, it is often used improperly. Here lingo mocks the formality of English that no longer exists in these foreign Usages Foreign varieties of English are very different from the original standard British English, sometimes they are barely recognizable. B The author thinks that communication is more important than the purification of the English language. B 1. fast delivery (of the product)/rapid killing (of the customer) 2. Please hang your own coat and hat here/die by hanging yourself 3. revolutionary ideas are being sold/disgusting new ideas are being sold 4. best bakers/idle, lazy persons 5. the latest rnethod/a Christian denomination 6. a doctor for womens diseases/regard women as a disease or womanizer (vulgar meaning) 7. press the button of the lift to move it/inefficiency of the lift 8. how to get service/open the door and call out the words “Room service”. (rude) 9. in an European atmosphere/a car that rushes a person to the hospital 10. serve the best wine/our wine is very bad; hopeless 11. from 12~ 14 oclock chamber maids are not busy/treat chambermaids unfairly (with possible sexual meaning) 12. the pictures were painted in the last ten years/the painters were put to death 13. leave your laundry/be naked or take off your clothes 14. dan