大英三阅读教程课后练习答案（新）
Lesson 1
Reading Skills and Practice
1. Understanding Cause and Effect
The author uses the device of cause and effect to divide the flow of events into reasons and results. The essay can be regarded mainly as the answer to the following two questions.
1) Why does the author decide to become a house father? (cause)
A. His job was boring.
B. He felt excluded from the family.
C. He was suffering from ulcer.
D. The family could get by without his earnings.
2) What happens as a result of his decision? (effect)
A. His father doesn't appreciate his choice.
B. His wife becomes the breadwinner.
C. His health is improving.
D. He doesn't need to follow the home-office-home routine.
E. His time becomes flexible.
F. He looks after his son and develops a close relationship with him.
G. He did the family chores.
H. He is still hesitant as to whether he will go out for a job some day.
2. How to Detect the Meanings of the Following with the Help of the Context and Other Clues
1) tongue-tied unable to speak clearly or fluently
(If your tongue is tied, you are unable to speak clearly because you are nervous or embarrassed.)
2) dead-end boring
("Dead end" means a situation beyond which development is impossible. A dead-end job is a job with low wages and no chance of progress.)
3) drawbacks disadvantages
(The word is used together with its antonym "benefits.")
4) excluded not included
(The antonym of "excluded" is "included." The author was unhappy because he felt he was not part of the family. )
5) beating finishing before a set time
(From the context, we know that he had to work very hard to finish his work in time.)
6) be cut loose be freed
(The phrase figuratively means "free oneself with effort from something binding." "stripped of" in the same sentence serves as a note to this phrase.)
7) tight affected by scarcity
(When "tight" is used to describe his job, it suggests that there are not many jobs in his field.)
8) literally extremely
(This word is used to emphasize a strong expression of feelings. In this context, it helps to express his strong dislike for his previous job.)
Exercises
1. Reading Comprehension
1) C 2) D 3) A 4) C 5) B
2. Vocabulary Study
Part A
1) unsure 2) unease 3) endlessly 4) Indecision 5) unnerving
6) seamless 7) unpleasant 8) uncertainty 9) immaturity 10) unheard
Part B
1) edge
A. 对工作的厌恶让我几近崩溃。
B. 但是，抛弃这后两种品质我便毫无优势可言，这可能让我失去重返工作岗位的机会。
C. 他骄傲自大，总以为比我强。我得采取行动，挫挫他的锐气。
D. 它是一种尖端技术，却也是一把双刃剑。
2) sense
A. 我认为待在家里对我的身心健康有益。
B. 周围的人都身负重任，知道自己要干什么。
C. 如果你不是有意识地培育幸福的话，你就无法从任何事情中体验到深刻的幸福感。
D. 玛丽与女儿安娜才相处了几天，就察觉到她和丈夫之间出了问题。
3) only
A. 这是一个工作日的下午，我是这里唯一一个处于工作年龄段的男士。
understandableB. 我不认识全职父亲，也从未遇见过一位全职父亲。我只是读过他们的故事。
C. 中国的长城规模宏大，它是从月球上能够看到的唯一的一个人工建筑。
D. 世界各地每天都在发生小地震，有的小到只有通过精密仪器才能“感觉”出来。
3. Grammar Study
In 1986, there were 445 stay-at-home fathers in the UK. Two decades later, that number has risen to over 21,000. And in June this year, the UK's Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) announced that 79 percent of men questioned said they would be happy to look after their young children while their wife went out to work. In a single generation, a behavior that was once considered eccentric has become mainstream.
This is just one illustration of a big change in social attitudes in the western world. Formerly, a father would be refused entry to a delivery room; now he may be reproached for his absence. His traditional role in family life was that of breadwinner and disciplinarian, but today childcare manuals all urge a more loving paternal approach.
The EOC report has received unexpectedly wide press coverage, because the trend for men to take on traditionally female roles is still controversial. Many people welcome it, but others fear that something is going badly wrong with the human race. Those who fear the rise of the "new man" condemn him as "unnatural" and assert that scientists will confirm their beliefs. That reassurance may once have been forthcoming, but now the opposite is true.
4. Suggested Translation
1) 于是这句话就成为我对全职父亲的最佳表述。这种职业体现了一种崭新的生活方式，不
能简单地提提就算了。对，还得解释、辩护，甚至表现出极大的热情。
(要准确翻译这个句子，需要理解整段话的意思：这种崭新的生活方式不为大众所知，也不被人理解，所以需要解释、辩护。那个时候因为不知道怎么说，我就说我在家外面工作。
但现在我知道怎么应付了。)
2) 他只知道，在性格上与他有诸多相像之处的独生儿子违反了男人养家女人育儿的自然法
则。在他看来，愿意干不体面的活说明我软弱、不成熟。
(原句中的破折号起补充说明的作用，翻译时可以不用。后一句主语应做适当调整。)
3) 现在，周末的结束仍然会使我感到一丝不安；在接下来的一周里，我没有实实在在的作
为，只有空虚陪伴左右。
(该句有省略成分，a void完整的表述是：I now face a void.)