Unit One Answer Key Comprehension A 1. D 2. It contrasts the attitudes of the French and the English-speaking people toward keeping their mother tongue pure. 3. 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.4. B 5. 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. 6. C 7. 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 8. Foreign varieties of English are very different from the original standard British English, sometimes they are barely recognizable. 9. B 10. 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.howto get service/open the door and call outthe words “Room service ”. (rude) 9. in an European atmosphere/a car that rushes a person to the hospital10.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. dancing is going on/very vulgar language (a reference to male sex organs) 15. moral requirement for who can share the same room/implies that men and women must marry in order to live together Vocabulary and Structure A 1-b 2-d 3-f 4j 5I 6-h B 1. sensitive 2. list 3. prevalent 4. deficiency 5. withheld6. certainty 7. functional 8. confronte 9. courtesy 10. spared 11. stroke 12. ambitious 13. purified 14. highlights 15. novelty C 1. A. sensitive B. sense C. sensitivity 2. A. compulsory B. compulsion C. compulsory 3. A. Lease B. lease C. leasing4. A. deviate B. deviantly C. deviation 5. A. prevalence B. prevalent C. prevalent 6. A. deficient B. deficiency C.deficient 7. A. extracts B. extracting C. extracted 8. A, confronted B. confrontation C. confronted 9. A, spare B. spare C. spare 10. A. stroke B. stroking C. stroke D 1. C. make alternative 2. B. of taking advantage 3. C. of a head injury 4. D. remains 5. A. accepted 6. A. as much energy as 7. C. would end up 8. C. has been 9. B. or 10. D. with which E 1. language 2. associates 3. in-laws 4. total 5. responds 6. swell 7. Hardly 8. lives 9. dreams 10. aloud 11. ourselves 12. so 13. distinguishes 14. humanity 15. makes 16. expressed 17. source 18. newborn 19. act 20. tradition Speaking (Open) Translation and Writing 在过去，当探险者或商人们走出家园到外面的世界去寻找新的领地、市场或原材料资源时， 他们通常与跟他们打交道的当地人说的不是同一种语言。遇到这种情况时，他们一般采取以下三种方法之一来对付，吕口：(1) 外来人学习说当地主人的语言( 或反之 ) ，(2) 他们使用当地作为贸易用的第三种语言，或(3) 产生一种新的语言这种语言是由使用者的不同母语的一些成分合成的。在说不同语言的人群中用来作为他们共同的交际工具的语言叫混合语( 交际语 )。这个名称是由在地中海地区使用的中世纪时的贸易语言派生而来的。这种贸易语言主要基于日耳曼语(意大利语、法语和西班牙语) ，但也包括了一些希腊语、阿拉伯语和土耳其语的成分。在当今世界，将英语称为最主要的交际语是合适的，因为英语是大部分说不同语言的人的交际工具。B 1. One theory refers to the sensitivity to the target language as being one of the most important factors in language learning. 2. In order to help students in their study of English, the library has decided to lease English films in the original to them. 3. On weekends, if one shop puts up discount notices, other shops, big or small, will come up with it by putting up more discount notices. 4. When ungrammatical expressions of a language become prevalent in socie they will gradually be by the public. 5. The closing of the company was not caused by a shortage of capital but by management deficiency. 6. Advertisements usually highlight the product or service they advertise to attract customers. 7. It is argued that we should withhold the speed of language change; otherwise we may have to learn a new language every twenty years.8. I feel gratitude to him because every time I encountered difficulties in my study he would help me. 9. It will take great pains to improve/change the financial situation of the factory. 10.Those who advocate the purity of a language protect the language for thesake of their culture. Reading Practice 1. F2. T3.F4. T5. T6. F7.F8. TUnit Two Answer Key Comprehension A 1. i People have different opinions about lies but they dont differ much in defining what truth is. ii Lying is usually regarded as evil but in r