全新版⼤学英语综合教程（第⼆版）四册unit6课后答案Unit 6 Text A
V ocabulary
I. 1.appliances 2. comparative 3. multiply 4. distribution 5. prosperity 6. decorate
7. famine 8. large quantities of/ a large quantity of 9. streamline 10. fax 11. pointed the way to 12. bewildered
II. 1. eat into 2. cling to 3. stand out/ stood out 4. wears away
5. set about
6. switch of
7. will be turned loose
8. poured in
III. 1. is forecast to be below average next year, which at the moment is 4 percent.
2. to enter the building and find the baby girl proved futile as rescuers were driven out by the heat and flames.
3. was urged to divert some of its attention from expanding production and get more involved with issues of market demand.
4. can really eat heavily into your profits when you are selling suits at 900 pounds and dresses at 2,000 pounds.
5. has toiled endlessly over the exercise machine for the last twenty years in order to keep her body in shape.
IV. 1. reaction to discontent provoked
2. Convention evading tax the confines of
3. a burden are always on the go/ seem forever on the go to cope
Collocation
I. 1. nervousness 2. tension 3. stress stress 4. tension
II. 1. honorary 2. Honorable 3. honorable 4. honorary 5. honorable 6. Honorary
Usage
1. Dealing with the extinction crisis is no simple matter. Is it sensible, we may ask, to spend large sums of money to save some species—be it an elephant or an orchid—in a nation in which a large proportion of the population is living below the poverty line?
2. This new technology could be used anywhere large numbers of people need to be quickly screened—at airports, train stations, bus terminals or border crossings. However, experts suspect, there is also the risk that people will learn to fool the machine the same way they try to fool polygraph readings by controlling their breath of taking drugs to relax themselves.
3. With a high percentage of marriages ending in divorce, often due to financial difficulties, you would say that money is a big factor in making a good marriage. But, believe it or not, it isn’t money that ensures you a happy marriage; it is your philosophy of life that does.
4. Not all the risks on the Internet are sexual, you know. Sites promoting violence are just a click away, and may include instructions for making bombs and other destructive devices.htmlborder
Comprehensive Exercises
I. 1. switch off 2. obliged 3. on the go 4. cope 5.shortate
6. large quantity of
7. pouring in
8. by nature
9. fraction 10. futile
II. 1. advantage 2. wisely 3. faithfully 4. waking 5.includes
6. schedule
7. sticking
8. priorities
9. set 10. respect
Translation
I. 1. They are exploring the new frontiers of medical science in an attempt to find remedies for incurable diseases/ cures for diseases that are beyond remedy so far.
2. Her unique teaching methods apart, Ms Wilson, my math teacher, never tried to cram knowledge into my head.
3. The regular weather forecast by the Central TV Station keeps up with the changes of weather wherever we go on a trip.
4. The appealing explosion started a big fire and caused the partial collapse of the building.
5. In the modern world, there are more ways than ever to waste away time, and all kinds of distractions are eating into our precious time.
II. Today we are under constant pressure to work longer hours, to produce more, and to possess more. Lots of people hold the wrong perception that happiness lies in working hard and earning well/ good money.
Many women today feel the same stress to work and get ahead and, at the same time, to nurture their offspring and shoulder the burden of domestic responsibilities.
Research shows that workaholism tends to distance us from our immediate families. It forces us to toil longer and longer hours, leaving a minute fraction of our time to be physically and emotionally available to our loved ones. Intimacy among family members is doomed to die in the process.

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