Unit-14-Under-the-Sign-of-Mickey-Mouse习题答案综合教程四

Unit14UndertheSignofMickeyMouse&Co.KeytotheExercisesTextcomprehensionI.Decidewhichofthefollowingbeststatestheauthor'spurposeofwriting.AII.Judge,accordingtothetext,whetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalse.1.F(Thisstatementisnotentirelytrue.WhilethemediadohaveagreatroletoplayinmakingAmericanpopculturedominantintheworld,itisonlypartofthereason,aswecangatherfromthewholetext.)2.T(RefertoParagraph1.)3.F(RefertoParagraph3.TheexampleofJackLangisnottoshowthattheFrencharetypicallyhypocriticalbuttointroducesomethingdeeperthatunderliesthephenomenon.)4.F(RefertoParagraph5.ThefactthatthereareAmericantagsontheirexperiencedoesnotmeanthattheyoungaresimplyAmericanized.)5.F(Hollywoodistheglobalculturalcapitalinbothsenses.Thestatementonlysaysoneofthem.)III.Answerthefollowingquestions.1.RefertoParagraph1.No,notfully.Bythemetaphorofglobalvillage,McLuhanmeantthatthemodernelectronicmediawouldunitetheworldintoasingleglobalcultureorcommunity.Inthisvillage,peopleliveandcommunicateonanequalfooting.Andthevillageisprobablycharacterizedbyhomogeneity.Buttheauthorbelievesthatiftheworldisaglobalvillage,therearesomewhodominatetheothers,andthatAmericansbelongtotheformer.2.RefertoParagraph2.Becausetheyareconsideredthemostinfluentialpeopleofthepresentera,enjoyinggreaterfameandpopularitythanroyalfamilymembersinhistory.3.RefertoParagraph3.Itistheglobalculturalcapitalintwosenses.Intheliteralsense,Hollywoodistheculturalcapitalbecauseitcreatesbillionsofdollars'worthofculturalproductseveryyear.Inthemetaphoricalsense,itisanInternationalCulturalFundofimages,soundsandcelebrities;itsetsthestylesfortheworld'spopularculture.4.RefertoParagraph3.WhattheFrenchcultureministerdidistypicaloftheambivalentattitudetowardAmericanpopcultureworldwide.Ontheonehandthereisantagonism.PeopleareresistanttoAmericanculturalimperialismwhentheyrecognizeit,asculturalinvasionnecessarilyoccupieslivingspaceofthenativecultures.Ontheotherhand,thereisdependence.People,especiallytheurbanandyoung,welcomeandenjoyAmericanpopculturewhenitcomestothembecauseitsatisfiestheirpsychologicalneeds.5.RefertoParagraph5.Americanpopcultureispopularworldwide,especiallywiththeurbanandyounganditisoftenenjoyedbecauseitmeetstheirpsychologicalneedsintheirphysicalandmentaldevelopment.Itallowstheyoungtosharesomedreamsoffreedom,wealth,comfort,innocence,power,andmostofall,youthasastateofmind.Itrepresentsacommonimagination.IV.Explaininyourownwordsthefollowingsentences.1.Throughouttheworld,themodernelectronicmediaflowacrossnationalboundaries.2.Foryoungpeople,culturesarenotinnateorunvarying.Theydon'tsimplybecomeAmericanizedalthoughtheymayhavecontactwithAmericanfuncultureatlittlecost.3.Americanpopculturenotjustimpactsonthemorematerialsideofyoungpeople'slivesbutalsotouchestheirheartswithgreatforce.StructuralanalysisofthetextThetextfallsintothreeparts.Part1,theIntroduction,consistsofParagraph1,wheretheauthoradvanceshisideathatAmericancultureisdominantovertheglobalvillage.Part2,Paragraphs2?,presentsevidenceoftheuniversalpopularityofAmericanculture,andexploreswhatunderliestheculturalphenomenon.Thispartcanbefurtherdividedintotwosub-sections.Paragraphs2?asasub-sectiongivetestimonytotheideathatAmericanpopcultureisrecognizedworldwide,whileParagraph5explainswhyitisso.Paragraph6makesupPart3,wheretheauthorconcludeshisargumentwithathought-provokingrestatementofhispoint.RhetoricalfeaturesofthetextContrastisshownlexicallyinthefollowingexamples:wellknown--rarelyacknowledged,love--hate,Americaphiles--Americaphobes.Thefollowingstructuresalsoindicatecontrast:Theempirestrikesfrominsidethespectatoraswellasfromoutside,GrandfatherisdressedintraditionalTungusianclothing.Grandsonhasonhisheadareversedbaseballcap.VocabularyexercisesI.Explaintheunderlinedpartineachsentenceinyourownwords.1.Frenchpeople'sstrongdislike2.acquiredabadreputationforawhile,ascouldbepredicted3.withoutintendingtoupsetorharmsomeone4.althoughtheapparentlyimpressivetermidentityisoftenusedineverydaytalk5.thescopeofitsinfluenceII.Fillintheblankineachsentencewithawordfromtheboxinitsappropriateform.1.hypocrisy2.distributing3.accustomed4.routine5.omnipresent6.acknowledged7.symmetry8.ritualIIIFillintheblankswiththeappropriateformsofthegivenwords.1.detectable2.resentful3.defiance4.notorious5.antagonistic6.bilingual7.amazed8.reversalIV.Choosethewordthatcanreplacetheunderlinedpartineachsentencewithoutchangingitsoriginalmeaning.1.B2.A3.D4.A5.C6.D7.B8.CV.Giveasynonymoranantonymofthewordunderlinedineachsentenceinthesenseitisused.1.Synonym:striking(astonishing,remarkable)2.Synonym:essential(necessary,fundamental,crucial,key)3.Synonym:balance(harmony,regularity,evenness,correspondence)4.Synonym:star(personality,personage,VIP,somebody)5.Antonym:liable(subject,susceptible)6.Antonym:sincerity(honesty,truthfulness,frankness,earnest)7.Synonym:universal(global,worldly)8.Synonym:attempt(endeavor)VI.Explainthemeaningoftheunderlinedpartineachsentence.1.giants2.rude/impolite3.unintelligible4.uninformed5.qualities6.increasethestrengthofGrammarexercisesI.Insertto,ifnecessary,inthefollowingsent