新標準大學英語綜合教程4課后習題答案課文講解翻譯

1、1HoutsKeytobook4unit14Unit1Activereading(1)LookingfajobafteruniversityFirstgetoffthesofaBackgroundinfmationAboutthepassage:ThisisanarticlebyanEducationCrespondentAlexraBlairpublishedinSeptember2008inTheTimesalongestablis

2、hedBritishqualitynewspaper.InEuropegenerallyinBritaininparticularfanumberofyearstherehasbeenarisingnumberofstudentswhogotouniversitytherefemenewgraduatesseekingemployment.Howeverfmanygraduatesfindingajobbecameharderin200

3、8–2009becausetheeconomicdownturn–thenarecession–meantthatmanyemployerswerereducingtheirwkfce.Aftertheirfinalexamssomestudentsrestedinthesummerbefelookingfjobsthentheyfoundthatitwasdifficulttofindemploymentintheirfieldatt

4、heleveltheywanted.Thearticleaddressestheproblemsofsuchnewgraduateswhomightbestuckathomeadvisestheirparentstobethereftheirchildren(ietobeavailableiftheirchildrenwanttotalkabouttheproblemiftheyneedhelp).Thearticlerecommend

5、sfindingwkinabarsupermarketratherthansittingunemployedathomesincethisismelikelytoleadtobetteremploymentlater.Thestyleispartlyofareptbutalsoofahumouscommentflightentertainment(seeninthejokeylanguageproblemsolvingadvicetop

6、arents).Whyfindingajobin2008issodifficultfuniversitygraduatesUniversitiesinEuropeparticularlyinBritainhaveexpedgreatlyinthelastfifteenyears(over45%ofyoungadultsnowgoontohighereducation)sotherearemegraduateslookingfjobs.T

7、hiscompetitivesituationbecamealotwsein2008onwardswiththecreditcruncheconomicdepressionwhichmeantthattherewerefewerjobsavailableariseinunemployment.Thusnewgraduateshavetobeactivetoseekajobtheyneedtofillinmanyapplicationfm

8、strytogetjobinterviews:theywon’tfindemploymentbylyingonthesofaathome.Culturepointshonoursdegree:TraditionallyintheBritishuniversitysystemBABSchonoursdegreesareawardedindifferentcategies:afirstclassdegree(writtenusingRoma

9、nnumbersasI)asecond(dividedintotwosubcategieswrittenasIIiiIIiiwhicharecalled“atwoone”“atwotwo”)athird(writtenIII)apassdegree.Mostpeoplegetasecond.Therearealsodinarydegreeswithmegeneralcoursesofstudywithoutthesecategies.G

10、enerationYGrunt:ThemainideahereisthatthereisasuccessionofdifferentgenerationscohtsofadultswhocomeintothewkfceinNthAmericawhicharegivendifferentinfmalnamestoacterizethem.First“Babyboomers”werebninthegreatincrease(theboom)

11、ofbirthsafterWldWarII(1946–1960)followedby“GenerationX”people(bn1960–1980)whoweresaidtobringnewattitudesofbeingindependentinfmalentrepreneurialexpectedtogetskillshaveacareerbefethem.“GenerationY”the“MillenialGeneration”(

12、bn1980s1990sbecomingadultinthenewmillenium)arenowmakingupanincreasingpercentageofthewkfcetheyaresaidtobespoiltbydotingparentstohavestructuredlivestobeusedtoteamwkdiversepeopleinamulticulturalsociety.Inthepassagethisgener

13、ationisnowbecoming(mphinginto)GenerationGruntwhichisanironicnamereferringtorepetitivelowstatusroutinemindlesswk–thismaybetheonlywk3Hewenttoaschoolfstudentsofallabilities(nottoaspecialschoolfacademicstudents)sohehadtowkve

14、ryhardtoenteragooduniversity:Yourbacksidemeansyourbottom–thepartofyourbodythatyousiton–towkyourbacksideoffisinfmalitmeansyouwkveryhardindeed.6…buthavingwkedfulltimesinceleavingschoolherselfsheherhusbfindittrickytoadviseh

15、imonhowtoproceed.(Para7)Themotherhasalwayshadafulltimejob(presumablythefatherisalsowkingfulltime)soshedoesnothaverelevantpersonalexperience.Fheritistrickytogiveadvice(difficulttodo).7Carryonlifeasnmaldon’tallowthemtoabus

16、eyourbankaccountsapyourreserveofemotionalenergy.(Para11)TheadvicefromGaelLindenfieldhereisthatparentsshouldliveasusual.Theyshouldneitherlettheirchildrenspendtheparents’moneyunnecessarilynlettheproblemtakeawayalltheirener

17、gyemotions.Saptheirreservemeansuseuptheirsteofemotionalenergy.8Afterthatthesondaughterneedstobenudgedfirmlybackintothesaddle.(Para12)Thentheparentsshouldgentlypushtheirchildrenfirmlysothattheygetbackintocontroloftheirliv

18、es.Readingundersting2Choosethebestanswertothequestions.TeachingtipsGooverthecrectanswerswithSsaskthemtoexplainwhytheotheranswersarewrong(Seebelow).1Whyhasn’tJackGoodwingotajobyet(a)Hedoesn’thaveaverygooddegree.(Nohehasa2

19、:1whichisconsideredagooddegree.)(b)Herefusestoapplyfjobswithlowsalaries.(Hefeelsheshouldgetabetterjobafterstudyingatuniversity.)(c)Itisn’teasytogetajobinthecurrentfinancialclimate.(Thismaybetruebutthepassagedoesnotmentio

20、nthis.)(d)Hepreferstostayathomehelphisfamily.(Nohedoesn’tseemtobehelpinghisfamily:hewatchesTVtalkstofriends.)2Howdoeshespendatypicalday(a)Doingatemparyjob.(Nosomeofhisfriendsarewkingintemparyjobsbuthedoesn’twanttodothis.

21、)(b)Watchingtelevision.(HewatchesTValot.)(c)Queuingupintheuniversitycareersservice.(Nohewentthereoncebuthedidn’twanttoqueuesohewalkedaway.)(d)Preparingfthenextjobinterview.(Nohedoesn’tseemtobepreparingfinterviews.)3Howdo

22、mostofhisfriendsspendtheday(a)Theydonothingalldaygotothepubintheevening.(Allexceptoneofthemdonothingexceptchillthentheygotothepub.)(b)Theydooutdoactivitiessuchassailing.(Nononeofthemseemtodooutdoactivitiesthereisnomentio