新视野大学英语 - 1 -[10] 新视野大学英语读写教程课后答案 第二册 Unit 1—Unit 7 Unit 1 Section A II 1 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 In the writer’s eyes, 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 complete 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 This is because Americans generally assess and enquire about their visitors professionally rather than socially They start talking business very quickly Time is always ticking in their inner ear 6 Americans produce a steady flow of labor-saving devices: they communicate rapidly through faxes, phone calls or emails rather than through personal contacts 7 The impersonality of electronic communication has little or no relation to the significance of the matter at hand 8 It is taken as a sign of skillfulness or being competent to solve a problem or fulfill a job with speed in the U S III 1 Budgeted 2 acute 3 restless 4 surroundings 5 competent 6 assessing 7 elbowed 8 conducting IV 1．behind 2 for 3 to 4 out 5 of 6 to 7 in 8 into V 1 commitment 2 attraction 3 appointment 4 impression 5 civilization 6 composition 7 confusion 8 congratulation 9 consideration 10 explanation 11 acquisition 12 depression VI 1 advisable 2 desirable 3 favorabl...
