綜合英語教程-第7冊答案 unit 1 neat people vs sloppy people

1、Reference Keys to Exercises of Unit 1iii. Answer the following questions.1. (Paragraphs 1, 2 and 6) Moral attitude is a decisive factor in how neat people and sloppy people handle things. According to the author, sloppi

2、ness is merely the unfortunate consequence of sloppy people's extreme moral rectitude, while neat people are bums and clods at heart, holding a careless cavalier attitude toward possessions.2. (Paragraphs 4, and 5)

3、The problem with sloppy people is that they aim too high and wide, and have never got round to executing their perfect plans. Their noble vision, ambitious plans, loving attention to every detail can be considered their

4、 moral virtues in contrast to neat people.3. (Paragraph 7) The purpose of neat people in getting everything neat and tidy is frivolous and trivial. For example, they get the whole thing over with so that they can sit do

5、wn and watch TV programs.4. (Paragraphs 6, 9 and 12) Cavalier attitudes have turned neat people into bums and clods, insensitive and unloving. Sentimental attachment and loving care, however, are the very ingredients th

6、at make a moral man according to the author.5. (Paragraph 12) The attitudes of neat people toward things and people form a continuum that is a manifestation of their moral frivolity and insensitivity, which is why they

7、would rather send their children off to boarding school.iv. Explain in your own words the following sentences taken from the text.1. Sloppy people aim at a perfect and Utopian plan that entails such a huge task and miss

8、ion that they have consistently failed to accomplish.2. Sloppy people are preoccupied with unrealistic beliefs and usually place their hope on someday which will never really come.3. Neat people hold the same attitudes

9、toward things and people, and are very likely to dispose of them without care or reserve.Text appreciation1. Sloppy people carry in their mind's eye a heavenly vision, a precise plan, that is so stupendous, so perfe

10、ct, it can't be achieved in this world or the next. (Paragraph 2)2. ... the surface of the desk is buried under mounds of paper and the unread magazines threaten to reach the ceiling. (Paragraph 4)3. No sentimental s

11、alvaging of birthday cards or the last letter a dying relative ever wrote. (Paragraph 9)4. Neat people cut a clean swath through the organic as well as the inorganic world. (Paragraph 12)Tips for Discussion1. With langua

12、ge, you might make the world laugh or weep when you laugh or weep.2. What Daniel Defoe, writer of Robinson Crusoe, experienced best illustrates the power of the English language. It is said that his The True-born English

13、man (1701) won him friendship; with the king while The Shortest Way with the Dissenters (1702) brought him into jail. 3. So far as varieties of language are concerned, degrees of formality reflect to a considerate exten

14、t degrees of familiarity between people.4. Private language, though casual and less refined, often displays intimacy while public language often betrays the distance between people.Composition Writing1. Based on your obs

15、ervations of friends or roommates and your own experiences, compare and contrast in a paragraph two people’s attitudes toward something. Focus on a single significant point of comparison. You might consider the following

16、 as possible subjects: A. Use of telephoneB. ClothesC. Shared vs. private spaceD. Shared vs. private objectsE. Loudness of conversations or musicF. Public behavior at a bus stop or some other places.2. As an objective ob

17、server, write an essay on cultural differences between two groups. You should have a central theme. Use specific examples to support your statements and try to avoid overgeneralization. And, of course, you should beware