全新版大学英语第二版第一册pair work 问题答案U1-6
1.How did Baker use to feel about English courses?
He used to be utterly bored by English courses.
2.When did he begin to think it possible for him to become a writer?
When he was in the third year in high school.
3.What did Baker hear about Mr. Fleagle? What was his own impression of his new English teacher?
He heard that Mr. Fleagle was dull, formal, rigid, and hopelessly out of date, and unable to inspire. He thought he was excessively prime and proper.
4.Why did he put off the writing assignment till the last minute?
Because he expected the topics would be dull.
5.Why was the topic that held his attention?
The Art of Eating Spaghetti.
6.Why did he want to write about that topic?
Because this topic brought back vivid memories of a night in Belleville when he and his family members learned how to eat spaghetti.
7.What did he think Mr. Fleagle would do if he were to if he were to write the essay the way he wanted? Why?
He thought he would violate all the rules of formal composition he’d learned in school, and Mr. Fleagle would surely give it a failing grade.
8.What was Baker prepared for when he found all the papers were given back but his?
He was preparing himself for a command to report to Mr. Fleagle immediately after school for discipline.
9.What was Mr. Fleagle’s announcement?
He announced that he wanted to read an essay to the class.
10.Whose essay was Mr. Fleagle reading to the class? How did the class respond?
Mr. Fleagle was reading Mr. Baker’s essay to the class. The class listened attentively, and then the entire class was laughing with open-hearted enjoyment.
11.Why did Baker feel so delighted?
Because both Mr. Fleagle and his classmates appreciated his essay very much.
12.What did Mr. Fleagle mean by saying “it’s of the very essence of the essay”?
Probably he meant that the way Baker’s essay was composed was exactly the way essays should be written or that the essence of a good essay is that it can move readers.