Unit紫薯丸子 誓师14 Homeless
Key to the Exercis
Text comprehension
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I. Decide which of the following best states the text's underlying purpo.
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II. Judge, according to the text, whether the following statements are true or fal.
1. T (Refer to Paragraphs 1 and 2.)
2. F (Refer to Paragraph 3. She is saying that she does not look at the world from any broad perspective. Instead, she is more interested in and nsitive to a problem inflicting the world: homelessness.)
3. F (Refer to Paragraph 5. It is not that their hous are getting smaller and smaller, but that they do not keep their hous as long as before. Moving is becoming more frequent.)
4. F (Refer to Paragraph 7. Some people refu to go to shelters becau they still miss the feeling of a home which is abnt at any shelter. They still expect a home, or at least the feeling of a home.)
5. T (Refer to Paragraphs 8 and 9.)
III. Answer the following questions.
1. Refer to Paragraphs 1 and 2. Ann produced some pictures kept in a folded sheet of typing paper to show that she was not homeless. She insisted that she had a home and an identity that belonged to the home. But the author discovered that she was homeless from her dirty and shabby clothes, and from the fact that "she'd been passing through for more than two weeks."2. Refer to Paragraphs 3 and 4. According to the author, a home is more than a shelter or something merely physical; it is where the heart is, as she puts it, or a place of certainty, stability, predictability and privacy.
3. Refer to Paragraphs 5 and 6. In the U.S., the n of a home is edging away gradu
ally. Homes were stable for a lifetime or even generations traditionally, yet all of a sudden they are getting short-lived. They may disappear any time, becau they are no longer homes; they are now real estate.
4. Real estate is the modern term for land and anything that is permanently affixed to it. Fixtures include buildings, fences, and things attached to buildings, such as plumbing, heating, and light fixtures. Property that is not affixed is regarded as personal property. Home with all the love, stability and n of belonging in it, certainly means much more than real estate.
5. Refer to Paragraphs 8 and 9. There are people trying to solve the problem, but they have not understood or approached the problem in the right way. They are, according to the author, not nsitive enough to the real people who have no home.
IV. Explain in your own words the following ntences.
1. She asrted that I was mistaken and she was not homeless. She said that she did not stay at the bus station, but I knew she had been there for over two weeks.
2. My love for my home is far greater than the hou itlf and the area where it is located.
3. What some people want is more than a physical shelter. Their desire for the feeling of a home is so strong that they would not go to shelters for any facilities offered there.
Structural analysis of the text
First part: Paragraphs 1 -3.
Second part: Paragraphs 4 -7.
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Third part: Paragraphs 8 -9.
Rhetorical features of the text
That was the crux of it; not size or location, but pride of ownership. (Paragraph 7)
We turn an adjective into a noun: the poor, not poor people; the homeless, not Ann or the man who lives in the box or the woman who sleeps on the subway grate. (Paragraph 8)项成语
Vocabulary exercis
I. Explain the underlined part in each ntence in your own words.
1. a person of importance
2. unfavorable weather conditions, such as strong winds, heavy rain, and cold; three substantial, nourishing meals
3. far more inten than the care for
你是那人间四月天4. generally, on the whole
5. the general notion or the rough outline
摩纳哥地图II. Fill in the blank in each ntence with a word taken from the box in its appropriate form.
1. crux 2. anonymous
3. rummaged 4. enfeebling
5. bureau 6. drained
7. adrift 8. customary
III. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words.
1. anonymity 2. ferocious
3. unpredictably 4. leaky
5. spoonful 女朋友睡前故事大全 6. damnably/damned
7. disqualified 8. terminate
IV. Fill in the blank(s) in each ntence with an appropriate phrasal verb or collocation taken from the text.
1. edging ... away
2. wind up
3. run up to
4. passing through
5. reduced to
6. sat up
7. move on to
8. locked in
V. Give a synonym or an antonym of the word underlined in each ntence in the n it is ud.
1. Synonym: dirt (soot, filth)
