高级英语第二册LESSON1课后答案.pdfVIP

Pub Talk and the Kings English 课后练习题 I. Write short notes on: Carlyle, and Lamb. Suggested Reference Books[SRB] 1. The Oxford Companion to English Literature 2. Any standard book on the history of English literature 3. Encyclopaedia Britannica III. Questions on appreciation: 1. In what way is “pub talk ” connected with “the King ’s English ”? Is the title of the piece well-chosen? 2. Point out the literary and historical allusions used in this piece and comment on their use. 3. What is the function of para 5? Is the change from pub talk to the Kings English too abrupt? 4. Do the simple idiomatic expressions like to be on the rocks, out of bed on the wrong side, etc., go well with the copious literary and historical allusions the writer uses? Give your reasons. 5. Does the writer reveal his political inclination in this piece of writing? How? IV. Paraphrase: 1. And it is an activity only of humans. (para 1) 2. Conversation is not for making a point. (para 2) 3. In fact, the best conversationalists are those who are prepared to lose. (para 2) 4. Bar friends are not deeply involved in each others lives. (para 3) 5. it could still go ignorantly on (para 6) 6. There are cattle in the fields, but we sit down to beef (boeuf). (para 9) 7. The new ruling class had built a cultural barrier against him by building their French against his own language. (para11) 8. English had come royally into its own. (para 13) 9. The phrase has always been used a little pejoratively and even facetiously by the lower classes. (para 15) 10. The rebellion against a cultural dominance is still there. (para 15) 11. There is always a great danger that words will harden into things for us. (para 16) 12. Even with the most educated and the most literate, the Kings English slips and slides in c