【正文】 moves according to instructions, so fans knowing some of these can pretend they are general, like the team coach. 17. It gives the impression of being busy and active, but you can be lazy and watch it. 18. They are country club sports: You have to pay membership fees to join golf and tennis clubs. 19. Middle Americans (those who live in the central States) love the noise, the violence and the danger of the cars. 20. The small town kids learn to shoot with great skill and accuracy。 city kids develop “the moves” (they learn more intricate aspects because they live the game). 21. Because in a gang the kids conform to ideas about manhood and identity, and they also do this with basketball. Unit 7 Acting Reading (1) 4 21. magnificent 22. leap 23. penetrate 24. approximate 25. motion 26. lick 27. giant 28. paw 29. layer 5 24. (b) 25. (a) 26. (a) 27. (a) 28. (b) 29. (b) 30. (b) 31. (b) 32. (a) 6 d, b, a, d, c 7 1. The dog was gentle and not aggressive. 2. The writer was vulnerable to intruders or attackers. 3. Hogahn was playing with a branch and having fun. 4. We can assume that Soren is her son who doesn’t yet have any children. 5. Because it showed they had shared a dramatic / important experience e together. Talking point 1. c。 2. b。 3. a。 4. c。 5. a。 6. b。 7. b。 8. b Acting Reading (2) 2 d, a, b, c, d, a, c, d 32 4 42. evolve 43. tunnel 44. repeatedly 45. filter 46. capable 47. pendulum 48. uncover 49. attribute 5 1. indications 2. investigate 3. hint 4. reproduce 5. pelling 6 a, a, a, b, a, b, b, a, a 7 a, b, b, a, b, a, a, a, b Language in use 1a 2 1. Scientists used to believe that animals were like machines programmed to react to stimuli, in other words, they were not considered capable of feeling or thinking, and certainly not of understanding abstract concepts. 2. Our perceptions of animals are filtered through our own human understanding of the world, in other words, we often project human feelings and thoughts onto other creatures. 3. In his book The Descent of Man, published in 1871, he questioned whether higher mental abilities such as selfconsciousness and memory were limited to human beings, in other words, Darwin speculated that human and nonhuman minds aren’t all that different. 3 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 4 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 5 Soren said if a burglar came, Hogahn would go so far as to lick him. Hogahn was so protective that he went so far as to bark at anyone who came near the house. I went so far as to think of Hogahn as my first grandchild. In the past scientists went so far as to believe that animals were not capable of feeling or thinking. Darwin went so far as to argue that animals face the same challenges and have the same basic needs as humans. Scientists now go so far as to ask if animals have feelings and intelligence, should it affect the way we treat them? flock swarm herd herds school army bunch 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. animal lover human body abstract reasoning animal instinct human nature abstract concepts 6 1. 2. 3. 4. 我以前也經(jīng)常這樣為他扔木頭。根據(jù)木頭的不同重量和我動(dòng)作的大小，我知 道它們大概能飛多遠(yuǎn)。但這塊木頭趕上了一陣疾風(fēng)，朝著床單想去的方向飛 過(guò)了院子，越過(guò)了圍欄，最后以溜冰高手般的優(yōu)美動(dòng)作滑進(jìn)湖水里。 接下來(lái)的一瞬間我已經(jīng)站在水里，霍根用前爪破冰朝我游過(guò)來(lái)。一路上冰塊 的侵?jǐn)_似乎讓他受了些驚嚇，但他絕對(duì)能控制得住自己。我盡量向前趟，直 到我的雙腳陷進(jìn)湖底的爛泥， 冰冷的湖水浸透了我的夾克。 我站在那兒等著。 它會(huì)認(rèn)人、選擇食物、識(shí)別道路。但這是否意味著它有思維能力呢？如果有 的話，又如何證實(shí)呢？我們對(duì)動(dòng)物的認(rèn)知是經(jīng)過(guò)過(guò)濾的，是建立在人類對(duì)世 界的理解的基礎(chǔ)上的，我們常常把人類的情感和思想投射到其他動(dòng)物身上。 許多 20 世紀(jì)的科學(xué)家輕視這些發(fā)現(xiàn)，認(rèn)為它們不可靠，這是受了擬人說(shuō)的 影響，即根據(jù)人的特征來(lái)判斷動(dòng)物。但是，現(xiàn)在輿論的天平已經(jīng)不再向那些 認(rèn)為動(dòng)物像機(jī)器一樣沒(méi)有智慧的觀點(diǎn)傾斜了，而是向達(dá)爾文的觀點(diǎn)傾斜。大 范圍的動(dòng)物研究表明：智慧之根在動(dòng)物界的分布既深又廣，變化多端。 The burglars were throwing the stolen items to the pickup and were just about to drive away when the guards watching over the living quarters found them and called the police. The three soldiers had walked with difficulty through the woods for a whole day, 7 1. 2. 3. 4. trying to navigate to the east bank of the river, only to find that they had been circling in the woods and were still dozens of miles short of their destination. It seems to me that the scholar who talked about animal intelligence this morning has obviously overestimated the animal intelligence. She went so far as to suggest that chimpanzees can municate with humans through puters. As volunteers, what we need to do is not just limited to smiling to those who e to us for information and help. We must also learn skills for crosscultural munication, without which our performance cannot be satisfactory. Reading across cultures 1 22. A dog in the manger 23. Killing the goose that laid the golden egg 24. A wolf in sheep’s clothing 2 1. Generally he used stories about animals to make a point about people。 each story has its own particular point. 2. In stories for children, because they usually have an educational point. 3. So that he could get near the sheep and catch and eat the lambs. 4. He managed to catch and eat many lambs before the farmer noticed. 5. He felt tired in the afternoon. 6. The ox gave up and went away hungry. 7. He found an egg of pure gold. 8. He thought he could get all of the gold at once.Unit 8Active reading 1 5 Match the words in the box with their definitions.1 (enforced)2 (pastime)3 (additional)4 (outlook) 5 (aggravate.)6 (trifling)7 (pensation)8 (manual)9 (grip)6 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the phrases in the box. 1 tired out2 let it go3 to death4 at hand5 lay our hands on 6 in vain7 Answer the questions about the underlined words.19 b a a a b a b b b8 Look at the sentences from the passage and decide what the underlined words refer to.16 b a a b a bActive reading 24 Replace the underlined words with the correct form of the words in the box.(1) fulfilled (2) leisure (3) inherent (4) interaction (5) virtual (6) peculiar (7) insult5 Complete the sentences with the words in the box.1 span2 sin3 chill4 excessive5 extensive6 removal6 Answer the questions about the words and expressions.14 a a a bLanguage in use5 Translate the sentences into English.1. It’s no use burying yourselves in books all day. You’d better t