大学英语四 课后习题答案 浙江大学版 教参4第5课 Final

些回报。

9 总有一些杰出的个人会从我们所创建的畸形的体育制度中脱颖而出。明尼苏达海盗队的艾伦?佩奇从橄榄球队退役后，成了一名成功的律师并创立了佩奇教育基金会，资助全国的少数民族和贫困儿童的大学费用。明尼苏达州的法官原先总是由联谊会任命的，由于对这一体制不满，佩奇在法庭上对此提出了质疑，并终于获选为最高法院的法官。他于是成为第一个当选为明尼苏达州州级官员的黑人。令人欣慰的是，在职业运动员的行列里，总能找到一些真正的英雄（或者，用一个更现代的词：行为榜样）。

10 然而，社会期望运动员来充当社会的英雄是一种误导，也许比我们期待在演员、律师或者管道工中产生社会英雄更不明智。运动员所起的社会作用的确很重要（设想一个没有体育运动的社会；我是不愿意生活在其中的），但他们与英雄所起的作用有本质的不同。

PASSAGE II

为胜利而拼搏

1 我女儿是一名运动员。如今这话不再使许多父母觉得不同寻常，但对我依然非同一般。安在上高一前对体育并不真正感兴趣。打球时，她不喜欢四处跑动，时常失球，还有一个讨厌的习惯是，在运动场或球场上会笑个不止。

2 安对体育不感兴趣还不算，还有一个不利于体育生涯的因素，那就是安越长越漂亮。到了八年级，天生外加牙科矫形，使她出落成一个身高5英尺8英寸、重125磅、有迷人微笑和棕色眼睛的美人。人们也都这样对她说。正如许多年轻女性所知，长得漂亮并能永葆青春靓丽被认为是一种令人满意的资本。那样的话，你就可以坐享美貌带来的无条件的回报。安喜欢引人注目，她在八年级年鉴中荣膺女性\美发\称号时，她不认为这是一种侮辱。

3 所以，当她成为运动员时，大家都吃了一惊。最初的迹象显示她对体育开始感兴趣是她加入了中学的越野队。她九月初报名入队，三天内就成了队里的第三名。不仅如此。在11月一个雨天的下午，安跑完3.1英里的山地越野赛后，到家时满身是泥，衣衫不整。她头发湿透，早晨小心翼翼涂上的睫毛膏，在眼睛下成了一个个黑圈。我想，这下好了，等着（修长优雅的）阿斯特小姐瞧瞧她在镜中的模样吧。但是，这个在八年级拥有最漂亮头发的她，坚持完成了赛季，后来相继在越野赛、英式足球、篮球和橄榄球比赛中获得校名（首）字母奖励。

4 “我非常喜欢运动,” 她告诉任何一个愿意倾听的人。我也喜欢运动，尽管在人到中年还攻读博士学位，这使我几乎无暇打球或者观看比赛。我对运动的热爱与我的生活目标以及我对三个女儿的殷切希望密切相关。我已开始感受到体育的意义。这与女人们感受到的有关生活的意义截然不同，我认为这挺好。

5 拿我丈夫来说吧，他以全然不同的方式与她交谈，因为此时他意识到安参加比赛是认真的，不像有些人只想保持体型以便穿正式舞服时看上去漂亮些。他提醒安，攻击性要强，向球冲去，要全身心投入。

6 要全身心投入。正当篮球赛季，其热情却有所减退，她受到了父亲最严厉的批评。“你假装打得很卖力，”他说，“你喜欢坐在一旁当替补？你喜欢旁观队友打球？”

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７ 我猜想，面对这类忠告，这孩子是怎么想的呢？多年来，在家里，在学校，还有无数的广告，都在告戒她：要文静，要乖，要稳重。学校老师曾说过，安话太多，不够听话，太肤浅。我曾给她穿上有很多褶边的裙子，嘱咐她别弄脏了。理想的女性在广告中都是稳重而冷静，脸上毫无表情，从而显得优雅成熟。一位少女如何能知道自己所面临的问题呢？你有没有真正注意过什么是全身心投入？它既不是文静也不是优雅，也绝对不是漂亮。 8 终于，她又恢复了往日的紧张认真。在中场休息时，她会寻找她的父亲，于是他从露天看台出来，和她讨论如何对待严密防守问题：发现没有被盯死的队友，改善她的跳投动作。我就在球场边看这一个高个男人和一个高个女孩讨论如何打好球。

９ 并不是说她们这一代女性没有潜伏的危险。偶尔我会在脑海中呈现这种恐怖场面：一个律师模样文质彬彬的英俊青年看上了我的女儿安。他下意识地自言自语道：集中了多好的遗传基因啊，与我的宝马（车）和住房不是很相配吗？后来，我就看见安，梳着漂亮的新发型，吻别那家伙之后，就和她漂亮的朋友们到最近的购物中心花钱去了。

１０ 有一天傍晚六点，她从垒球选拔赛回来。她眼睛下又有黑圈，这是疲惫不堪而不是化妆引起的。“我今天太卖力了，”她说。“我感觉要病倒了。”

１１ 体力恢复后，她解释说，她想打某个位置，但这个位置竞争很大。她说，\我不会让别人得到这个位置，我得证明我能行。\后来，我们得知她没能得到她很想要的三垒位置，不过她将加入学校体育代表队。我丈夫向她解释教练的做法，并要求她继续努力。“你现在做得很好，”他说。她脸上露出了那种我会不断努力的神情。

１２ 当然，安没有意识到自己的变化，她那种自我定义的能力。当我建议她参加学校戏剧演出或年鉴编写时，她告诉我，\妈妈，我是一名运动员。\但是她确实使我们几个人重新考虑自己的生存观点：她的两个妹妹认为女子参加运动是天经地义的，她父亲则更加支持女性，我也一样。这不，当我怀疑自己的能力时，我就对自己说，玛格丽特，要奋力拼搏。难道你想当替补队员吗？ １３ 于是我又激情万丈了。

１４ 我不是说参加体育运动是年轻女性的必然选择。这绝非易事——要输球，受妒忌，面对残酷的竞争，还有针对你个人表现的激烈批评。

１５ 我并不是暗示运动场景也是一种道德剧。女孩子的运动可以很有趣。你不能忘记，在绿茵场上的是一群深谙\可爱\这个词含义的人。有一次比赛，我注意到安的马尾辫上扎着一根蓝丝带，后来我发现队里每个女孩都系着一模一样的蝴蝶结。但我有点无法想象聚集在波士顿花园更衣间的凯尔提克斯队的（男）球员们会同意系同色的汗巾。

１６ 追求运动的理想以及一个女孩勇敢地去充分发挥自己的特长这一现实，使我感动，令我惊奇，让我充满希望、让我惊叹得说不出话。

１７ 我看她在场上带着球。我们在看台上大声地为她加油，尽管我知道她听不见。她竭尽全力脸涨得通红，她全力以赴投入比赛：运球、吸引防守、过人、奔跑。队友又把球回传给她。她们冲破了对手的防线，她冲向球篮。她的父亲看着她；她的两个妹妹看着她；我看着她。我在想着，冲啊，安，快冲。

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Part Three

FURTHER DEVELOPMENT

1 Enriching Your Word Power

1) C 2) B 3) B 4) B 5) B 6) C 7) A 8) A 9) C 10) A 11) C 12) C

2. Sports and You Step One

1) Yes, I participate in quite a few sports activities. I love football and I am on the department team. I also enjoy rowing and have participated in several boat races on West Lake. I took part in the table tennis tournament last year and played a few matches. Jogging is my favorite sport. I jog as much as I can, and plan to enter a winter marathon race some day when I’m ready. I love competitions and enjoy competing with other students. Sports are fun and they make me feel better and keep me fit.

2) No, I don’t do any sports at all except for those in my P.E. class. I am not strong enough

and easily get exhausted. That’s why I’ve never been interested in sports, even when I was in the middle school. Besides, I have to study very hard and don’t like to lag behind others. So I don’t have much time left for other activities. Step Two

In our group, only two members enjoy sports very much, and most of us do not

participate in many sports activities. Almost all of us love to play table tennis and badminton and often play them in the afternoon before supper. It seems true that sports play a bigger role in middle school than in college. Maybe it’s because we have to devote most of our time to studies, but it would be too hard for middle school kids to focus on their studies most of the time. We don’t like boxing because it’s too brutal and players might get injured.

3. What Makes for Excellence?

The reason is related to our tradition and training. Most children start playing badminton and table tennis in elementary school. They are not expensive sports and require hardly any equipment, so they have been popular in China for years. Other sports like Wushu and Qigong are Chinese, so it is not surprising that Chinese athletes excel in them. There is also a long tradition of acrobatics in Chinese culture, therefore it is natural that Chinese athletes are very strong in gymnastics. Chinese athletes have been strong in diving over the past 20 years perhaps because of excellent coaching. When some athletes start winning in a sport, they inspire other young people and become their role models.

In comparison to other international athletes, Chinese athletes do not excel in running. Black athletes dominate the short-distance and long-distance races—whether they are from the US or Africa. It’s probably related to the body type.

Football is quite a new sport in China, so it may take more time and money for Chinese

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athletes to excel in this. It has now become the most popular team sport in the country, and therefore will result in excellence sooner or later.

4. Air Your Opinions Sample

Problem A: Drugs are dangerous and they are forbidden. Athletes should be role models

for young sports fans. If they don’t set a good example, perhaps their fans will follow them and take drugs, too. Winning is important, but the spirit of the Olympic Games—peace, friendship and fair play— is more important. Coaches, governments and officials concerned should take measures to prevent this harmful behavior.

Problem B: It is a great honor to host the Olympic Games. However, each country or city should

respect the spirit of the Olympic Games, and obey the rules to compete with each other. The spirit of the Olympic Games is peace, friendship and fair play. If some countries or cities use illegal ways to attain their aim, the great spirit of the Games will be violated.

Problem C: This is a dirty practice and will make people, especially sports fans, indignant.

Referees should obey the regulations strictly and develop a down-to-earth attitude towards sports competitions so as to treat each athlete equally. The International Olympic Committee should observe referees’ work carefully, punish regulation violators and dismiss them from the sports ground.

Problem D: I don’t think hiring international coaches is always bad. If they are more experienced

than the local ones, why not have them help make achievements? Good results really matter. However, it’s a pity that some famous athletes choose to work for other countries and compete against those from their own countries since athletes stand for their motherlands. They are not individuals any more during international games.

5. Do They Deserve So Much?

-- Athletes train very hard. The intensity is beyond what we can imagine. They get up very early in the morning and have a very vigorous training regime no matter how cold or hot it is. Coaches can be very harsh. In fact, very few athletes can get good results in world-class competitions. What’s more, their sports life is comparatively short compared with pop stars, who don’t train as hard as athletes, but they earn more and are more popular for a longer period of time. I don’t think that’s fair. So in my opinion, star athletes deserve what they get. -- I don’t think they deserve what they get. Most jobs involve strict training and are challenging too, but few people can make as much money as star athletes do. For example, scientists spent time and money to get a good education, and they have to work very hard to be able to make achievements in different areas. Now think about what they get. They can never be as popular as star athletes and their income means nothing as compared with athletes.

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