高级英语第二册LESSON5课后答案

高级英语第二册LESSON5课后答案

Ⅱ .

younger generation of the 1920s were thought to be

wild because they visited speakeasies, denounced Puritan

morality, etc. (See para. 1).

2. "Yes" and "no Yes" because the business of growing up is

always accompanied by a Younger Generation Problem, "no"

because all their actions can now be seen in perspective as being

something considerably less sensational than the degeneration

of jazz mad youth.

3. Yes. Youth was faced with the challenge of changing the

standards of social behavior, of rejecting Victorian gentility. But

in America the young people tried to escape their responsibilities

and retreat behind and air of naughty alcoholic sophistication

and a pose of Bohemian immorality.

4. The revolt was logical and inevitable because of the

conditions in the age. First of all, the rebellion affected the entire

Western world. Second, people in the United States realized their

country was no longer isolated in either politics or tradition and

that they could no longer take refuge in isolationism.

5. All the activities mentioned above were means to help the

young people to escape their more serious responsibilities of

changing society and most young people went in for these

activities. It became a general pattern of behavior.

6. The war whipped up their energies but destroyed their

naivette. It made them cynical. They could not fit themselves into

postwar society so they rebelled and tried to overthrow

completely the genteel standards of behavior.

7. Intellectuals and non-intellectuals began to imitate the

pattern of life set by those living in Greenwich Village. These

people lived a Bohemian and eccentric life. They defied the law

and flouted all social conventions. They attacked the war,

Babbittry, and "Puritanical" gentility.

8. These young intellectuals wanted America to become

more sensitive to art and culture, less avid for material gain, and

less susceptible to standardization.

9. They emigrated to Europe because there "they do things

better" than in the United States where people only care for

money and wealth. Only in Europe will they be able to find

remedy for their sensitive minds.

10. They were called the "lost generation" by Gertrude Stein

because they were troubled and worried and had emigrated to

Europe. But they were never really lost for they finally returned to

America and produced the liveliest, freshest, most stimulating

works in America's literary experience.

Ⅲ .

1. The structural organization of this essay is clear and simple.

The essay divides logically into paragraphs with particular

functions: to introduce the subject (introduction) in paragraph 1,

to support and develop the thesis (the body or the middle) in

paragraphs 2 through 9, to bring the discussion to an end

(conclusion)in paragraphs 10 and 11.

2. Horton and Edwards state their thesis in the last paragraph

of the essay: "The intellectuals of the Twenties, the "sad young

men", as F. Scott Fitzgerald called them, cursed their luck but

didn't die; escaped but voluntarily returned; flayed the Babbits

but loved their country, and in so doing gave the nation the

liveliest, freshest, most stimulating writing in its literary

experience. "

3. They support their thesis by providing historical material

concerning the revolt of the younger generation of the twenties

in a series of paragraphs and paragraph units between the

introduction and conclusion.

4. Yes. Each paragraph or paragraph unit develops a new but

related aspect of the thought

stated in the thesis. Frequently the first sentence of these

middle paragraphs states clearly the main idea of the material

that follows and indicates a new but related stage of the

developing thought. For example : The rejection of Victorian

gentility was, in any case, inevitable. (paragraph 3). The rebellion

started with World War I . (paragraph 5) Greenwich Village set

the pattern. (paragraph 7) Meanwhile the true intellectuals were

far from flattered. (paragraph 9).

5. The two paragraphs form a single unit. The writers begin

with a clearly stated main idea -- Greenwich Village set the

pattern and use paragraph 7 to explain Greenwich Village to the

reader, following in paragraph 8 with supporting material

showing how the rest of the country imitated life in the "Village".

t' s choice.

t's choice.

III. Paraphrase

the very mention of this post-war period, middle-aged

people begin to think about it longingly.

any case, an American could not avoid casting aside抛弃；废除its middle-class respectability and affected做作的；假装的refinement精制；文雅.

war only helped to speed up the breakdown of the

Victorian social structure.

America at least, the young people were strongly

inclined to shirk their responsibilities. They pretended to be

worldly-wise老于世故的；精于世故的, drinking and behaving

naughtily.

young people found greater pleasure in their drinking

because Prohibition, by making drinking unlawful, added a sense

of adventure.

young men joined the armies of foreign countries to

fight in the war.

young people wanted to take part in the glorious

adventure before the whole war ended.

young people could no longer adapt themselves to

lives in their home towns or their families.

9. The returning veteran also had to face the stupid cynicism

of the victorious allies in Versailles who acted as cynically as

Napoleon did, and to face Prohibition which the lawmakers

hypocritically assumed would do good to the people.

10. (Under all this force and pressure) something in the youth

of America, who were already very tense, had to break down.

11. It was only natural that hopeful young Writers whose

minds and writings were filled with violent anger against war,

Babbitry, and "Puritanical" gentility, should come in great

numbers to live in Greenwich Village, the traditional artistic

centre.

12. Each town was proud that it had a group of wild, reckless

people, who lived unconventional lives.

IV. A.

1. speakeasy：a place where alcoholic drinks are sold illegally，esp．such a place in the U．S．during Prohibition

2. sheik: a masterful有驾驭力的man to whom women are

supposed to be irresistibly attracted

3. flapper: (Americanism) (in the 1920s) a young woman

considered bold and unconventional

in action and dress

4. drugstore cowboy: a western movie extra群众演员who

loafs游荡in front of drugstores between

pictures

5. Prohibition: the forbidding by law of the manufacture,

transportation, and sale of alcoholic liquors for beverage

purposes, specifically in the U. S., the period (1920-1933) of

Prohibition by Federal law

6. orgy: any wild, riotous暴乱的；狂欢的, licentious放肆的；放纵的merrymaking寻欢作乐; debauchery放荡；纵情酒色

7. soap opera: a daytime radio or television serial drama of a

highly melodramatic情节剧的，sentimental nature．It has been

so called since many original sponsors were soap companies

8. action: military combat in general

9. whip up: rouse; excite

10. give: bend, sink, move, break down, yield, etc. from force

or pressure

11．burden：repeated central idea; theme

12．keep up with the Joneses：strive to get all the material

things one’s neighbors or associates have

13．write off：drop from从…除去consideration

B.

sh意为向很理想的状况发展或正处于该状况，即发展的鼎盛时期。roar意为突然迅速地蓬勃发展。aggressiveness在这里指大胆积极的开拓进取。aggression指无故地攻击别人或喜欢争吵。

te指废旧的，不再时兴，不再使用的。obsolescent指向废旧转变的，过渡的。

e泛指打仗或武装冲突。war一方面使用范围较广，可指

任何敌对的争斗，如the war against disease，另一方面可用于具体的、个别的作战，如he fought in this war(不能用warfare)。

4. preparedness指有所准备的状态，而preparations则指作准备的行动或过程。

5．recession和depression同为婉转语，指资本主义国家经常出现的经济危机。recession 比depression委婉些，而depression又比crisis委婉些。

6．naive指真正的单纯或没有人为的痕迹，但有时又含有愚蠢、缺乏社会知识的意思。innocent指无罪，不会耍花样，或不做、不想不道德的事。

7．ignore意为故意视而不见，有时表现为拒不接受事实。disregard意为不注意或疏忽，常常是有意的。

8．migrate意为从一地区、一国家迁移到另一地区、另一国家。指人时，意为迁往外地定居，指动物时，意为出于气候原因和食物供给等进行季节性迁移。emigrate和immigrate 仅用于人，emigrate具体指人离开一个国家到另一个国家定居。

C．

1．We have become a world power so we can no longer in

our action just follow the principles of right and wrong as

accepted in out own country, nor can we remain isolated

geographically protected by the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. In

other words, the United States can no longer pursue a policy of

isolationism.

2．The Great Economic Depression which started in the

United States in 1929 brought the young escapists back to their

senses and stopped the wild，riotous lives they were

living．3．Many other young people began to intensify and

spread this revolt of the young by their own misdeeds ---

breaking the law and living unconventional lives. The young

intellectuals living in Greenwich Village helped to keep the revolt

alive and to spread it throughout the country.

7. These young brothers and sisters did not take part in the

war, so they had no feeling of real disillusionment or loss.

Nevertheless they began to imitate the manners of their elders

and live the unconventional and nonconforming lives of those

who were rebelling against society.

8. America could see and hear nothing except the shining

gleam微光；闪光and the ringing sound of the dollar. /The

American people are not moved or stirred by anything. They are

only conscious of money and wealth.