Unit 10 The Transaction
Key to the Exercis
Text comprehension
I. Decide which of the following best states the author's point.
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II. Judge, according to the text, whether the following statements are true or fal.
蛇果怎么吃1. F (Refer to Paragraphs 1 and 16. They made a panel and the author says that was a revealing morning.)
2. T (Refer to Paragraphs 2-5.)
3. F (Refer to Paragraph 4. He did say that writing is hard, but he did not try to impo his ideas upon his audience or to discourage his audience by any means.)
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4. T (Refer to Paragraph 6.)
5. T (Refer to Paragraphs 19-1.)
III. Answer the following questions.
1. Refer to Paragraphs 2?6. The two speakers, one reprenting a vocational writer and the other an amateur writer, differ significantly in some aspects of writing, particularly concerning whether writing is hard or easy. Largely, an avocational writer takes writing easily as a means of pleasure, and stops when he is unhappy or comes across any difficulty in writing. However, a professional writer takes writing as an act of literature which shall go on anyhow and could be hard and lonely sometimes.
2. Refer to Paragraphs 16 and 17. The author was interested and amud by the differences. He believed that the differences had given the audience a broader concept of writing.
3. Refer to Paragraphs 17?0. The author believes that, as there are all kinds of writers
and all kinds of methods, any method that helps people to say what they want to say is the right method for them. The thing of utmost importance is the writer must express himlf and get himlf felt in any piece of writing.
4. Refer to Paragraphs 20 and 21. The author means that what a writer actually puts on paper is not as important as the enthusiasm or warmth he puts in his writing. In the same way, a reader such as the author himlf is more interested in the enthusiasm or emotional baggage that the writer may bring to his writing. So, writing is very personal work.
5. Refer to Paragraph 21. The title, The Transaction, or the personal transaction as the author says in Paragraph 21, means personal expression or the prence of the writer through his commitment and enthusiasm in the piece of writing. This is to personalize writing, as the author puts it.
IV. Explain in your own words the following ntences.
1. Writers are likely to take writing earnestly and anxiously, and are therefore not able to express themlves naturally.
2. The writer should be able to convey his emotions and personality in his writing, so the reader may understand him without going into the actual situation where he writes.
Structural analysis of the text
Paragraph 17 is such a transitional paragraph leading the reader from a specific example to the general discussion of the topic.
Rhetorical features of the text
On the surface, the author says that such a panel discussion could give the audience a broader glimp of the process of writing. On a deeper level, he might wish to tell the reader that some knowledge of different and even conflicting ideas helps one to gain greater thinking power and acquire a broader vision, which are frequently counted as two prerequisites if one wishes to become mature becau the world is vast and life is divers
e and complex.
Vocabulary exercis
I. Explain the underlined part in each ntence in your own words.
1. unconventional
2. socialize
3. dramatic disclosure of something not previously known or realized
4. nsitive to the stimulus in life, sharply aware of expressing their natural feelings in an artistic way
5. rve the writer's purpo most effectively and efficiently
II. Fill in the blank in each ntence with a word taken from the box in its appropriate form.
1. transaction 2. cluttered
3. arduous 4. humanity
5. committed 6. gusto
7. bewildered 8. solitary
III. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words.
1. drudgery 2. Uncirculated
简笔画蘑菇3. asocial 4. unmentionableexcel替换
5. irresistibly 6. intensive
7. exclamations 8. literary
IV. Fill in the blank in each ntence with an appropriate phrasal verb or collocation taken from the text.
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1. stick to 2. fiddling with
3. took up 4. hang out
5. run away from 6. going broke
7. bring along 8. drawn into关心的作文
张国荣为什么自杀V. Give a synonym or an antonym of the word underlined in each ntence in the n it is ud.
1. Synonym: team (group)
2. Antonym: restful (easy)
3. Antonym: questionably
4. Synonym: occupation (trade)
