全新版大学英语第二版第一册pair work 问题答案U1-6
1.What was the cab driver doing when the author wanted to take the taxi?
He was reading a letter.
2.Did the cab driver have a cold?
No.
3.Whom did the driver talk about with the author?
The driver talked about his friend with the author.
4.How long had the driver and Ed been friends?
They had been friends since childhood.
5.What did the driver and Ed use to do when they were kids?
They attended the same primary and high school, and always went to school together.
6.How often did they see each other over the past 25 or 30 years? Why?
They hadn’t seen each other more than once or twice a year because the driver moved away from the old neighborhood.
7. What had happened to old Ed by the time the story took place?
Old Ed was dead.
8.Why did the driver repeat that he should have kept in touch?
Because he was very regretful.
9.What did the author mean by saying the first sentence in the letter reminded him of himself?
He thought he himself also neglected keeping up correspondence with his friends.
10.Why did the driver say he began the letter with “Old Friend”?
Because they had been good friends over the years. They were old now, and there weren’t many people at their age still alive.
11.How did the driver feel about Old Ed’s friendship with him?
The driver felt that their friendship over the years had been very important to him, more important than he could say because he was not good at expressing his feelings.
12.What did the author decide to do when he arrived at the hotel? Why?
He decided to write a letter at once he didn’t want to make the same mistake as the driver did.