【正文】 Unit 1Section AI Comprehension of The Text1. The attitude is that if one is not moving ahead he is falling behind.2. Time is treated as if it were something almost real. (People budget it, waste it, steal it, kill it, cut it, account for it。 they also charge for it.) They do this because time is a precious resource.3. Everyone is in a rush — often under pressure. City people always appear to be hurrying to get where they are going, restlessly seeking attention in a store or elbowing others as they try to plete their shopping.4. Don’t take it personally. This is because people value time highly and they resent someone else “wasting” it beyond a certain appropriate point.5. New arrivals in America will miss opening exchanges, the ritual interaction that goes with a cup of coffee or tea and leisurely chats.6. Americans produce a steady flow of laborsaving devices. They municate rapidly through faxes, phone calls or s rather than through personal contacts.7. The impersonality of electronic munication has little or no relation to the significance of the matter at hand.8. It is taken as a sign of skillfulness or being petent to solve a problem or fulfill a job with speed in the .VocabularyIII1. charge 2. convention 3. efficient 4. obtain 5. petent 6. assessing 7. fulfill 8. conducting consequently 10. significanceIV．1．behind 2. at 3. in 4. out 5. to 7. in 8. with 9. but V.1. L 2. C 3. D 4. N 5. O Word BuildingVI1. mitment 2. attraction 3. appointment 4. impression5. civilization 6. position 7. confusion 8. congratulation 9. consideration 10. explanation 11. acquisition 12. depressionVII.desirable favorable considerable acceptabledrinkable advisable remarkable preferable1. advisable 2. desirable 3. favorable 4. considerable 5. remarkable 6. preferable 7. drinkable 8. acceptableStructureVIII 1. much less can he write English articles 2. much less can he manage a big pany3. much less could he carry it upstairs4. much less have I spoken to him5. much less to read a lot outside of itIX1. Having meals at home can cost as little as two or three dollars, whereas eating out at a restaurant is always more expensive.2. We thought she was rather proud, whereas in fact she was just very shy.3. We have never done anything for them, whereas they have done so much for us.4. Natalie prefers to stay for another week, whereas her husband prefers to leave immediately.5. Some praise him highly, whereas others put him down severelyTranslationX.1. She wouldn’t take a drink, much less would she stay for dinner.2. He thought I was lying to him, whereas I was telling the truth.3. How do you account for the fact that you have been late every day this week?4. The increase in their profits is due partly to their new market strategy.5. Such measures are likely to result in the improvement of work efficiency.6. We have already poured a lot of time and energy into the project, so we have to carry on.XI1. 我認(rèn)為他不會搶劫，更不用說暴力搶劫了。2. 男工平均工資每小時10美元，而女工才每小時7美元。3. 自然界的平衡一旦遭到破壞，就會帶來很多不可預(yù)知的影響。4. 期終考試迫在眉睫，你最好多花點(diǎn)時間看書。5. 有趣的是，消費(fèi)者發(fā)現(xiàn)越來越難以辨別某些品牌的原產(chǎn)國。其部分原因來自于全球化帶來的影響，部分原因是由于產(chǎn)地的變化。6. 最近一次調(diào)查表明，婦女占總勞動力的40%。Cloze1. C Structured WritingXIV.A larger and larger part of society is expressing its concern about environmental protection. Active in their concern, teachers and students hold specific meetings to discuss environmental protection. Also, city planners take environmental problems into serious consideration. And, though reducing pollution can be expensive, factories often take every possible measure to do their part. Many people are concerned and active because air and water pollution affects everyone and makes it difficult for cities to survive and businesses to make a profit.Section B.Comprehension of the TextII.1. D VocabularyIII. 1. utilize 2. reject 3. considerable 4. temporary 5. acceptable 6. recognition 7. alleviate 8. appreciate 9. furthermore 10. interactIV.1. interact with 2. gone through 3. deal with 4. recovered from5. adjusting to 6. familiar to 7. In spite of 8. were tired of9. prevented from 10. came to新視野大學(xué)英語（第二版）第二冊Unit 2答案Unit TwoSection AI. Comprehension of the Text1. She felt that Nikolai was quite different from what she had expected。 still, she was quite nervous.2. No. Actually she was quite surprised when Nikolai suggested that.3. They went through a lot of hard training sessions full of pain and tears. Yet the training was really productive.4. Yes, he did. He was always practicing while others were