新视野大学英语（第2版）第4册Unit 5答案Section APre-reading ActivitiesW: Don’t you feel lonely here in the forest, all alone, without anyone else around?M: I’m not alone. In the forest, there is life all around me—the birds and the trees are my friends.W: Friends?M: Yes. And they make better friends than most people, because they don’t bother me when I want to think. They don’t interrupt me while I work. You seem to think that people need other people, and I disagree with this idea. People need to be free of others. Take a walk alone in the forest and you’ll be amazed at how it will clear your mind.W: I might do that, but I don’t expect to live like you do. The birds and the trees aren’t enough for me. I need other people to talk with. Even if others are noisy, they still make my life richer.M: My lifestyle isn’t for all people. still, try it. You might like it more than you think.1. They don’t bother or interrupt him when he thinks or works.2. It will clear his mind.3. (Open-ended.)Comprehension o f the textI.1. Because 22 million people live alone, which suggests that it is an overwhelming phenomenon in theUnited States.2. Because they can find inspiration in solitude.3. The more positive one is toward oneself, the less the need for staying with others.4. It depends. If they live with their friends, the friends' temporary leaving will be received as awelcome change. However, if they live alone, the temporary absence of friends may leave them with a feeling of emptiness.5. Because the need to talk is the most basic need of a solitary person.6. They may call friends to tell them important things, or talk to themselves, their pets, the television,or even to strangers.7. To stay rational, settle down in a comfortable way and find pleasure from the current life,. wait foranything happy that may happen.8. The writer thinks that as ordinary people's solitary life differs from that of great minds (like poetsand philosophers), they should cherish the thought that "since we are here, we may as well accept itand make the best of it".VocabularyIII.1. humble2. slippery3. tame4. inspiration5. crept6. apology7. observation8. dictate9. inadequate 10. solitaryExercises on Web course only:1l. choked 12. waterproof 13. poetry 14. commodityIV1. cast out2. all by himself3. stay up late4. was fond of5. at one sitting6. filled up with7. speaks highly of8. set forth9. at length 10. for the time beingV.1.K2.H3.M4.B5.A6.07.J8.D9.F 10.1CollocationVI.1. efficiency2. status3. performance4. standard5. coordination6. sense7. career8. quality9. supply 10. accuracyWord BuildingVIl.1. underestimated2. underpaid3. overslept4. Underdeveloped5. overestimated6. overcharged7. underweight8. overloadedVIll.1. simplified2. electrician3. recovery4. childlike5. autobiography6. underline7. terrorist8. overreactSentence StructureIX.1. The distance between them is not so great as to be unbridgeable.2. The unity of the masses with the party is never so strong as it is now.3. The punishment was harsh because Maggie would lose her position, but it was not so bad as losingher pay.4. I've heard the terrible noise once or twice before, but never so loud as this one.5. Men are never so peaceful, so graceful with each other as they are now.X.1. You might as well go there to see whether there is the information you need.2. We might as well call it freedom.3.You might as well ring and tell them you're going to visit them.4. We might as well walk home.5. We might as well find an easier one to read.TranslationXI.1. This little man is not so innocent as he appears.2. There's nothing I can do about the problem, so you might as well turn to Professor Wang for help.3. Both sides speak highly of the fruits in their cooperation in different areas, and hope that the cooperation can be furthered.4. On the one hand, an image of being close to the people can get a new policy more easily accepted. On the other hand, it will "encourage people to speak their minds and come up with constructive suggestions".5. His sense of loneliness rose and fell and he sometimes would talk at length to himself and his pets and the television.6. After all, money is not everything. The richest people are not necessarily the happiest. XII1.新的机制并不像他们预期的那样有效，因为数月过去了，但管理效率并没有明显改进。
2.我不想不必要地吓唬你，可你最好还是面对事实，看看一些数字吧。
3.孤独的特点是一种与世隔绝感，而独居则是独自一人却不感到寂寞的状态，它能引发自我意识。
4.孤独是一种消极的状态，你会感到失去了某种东西。
你可能与别人在一起仍然感到孤独—这也许是孤独最痛苦的形式。