【VIP专享】高级英语张汉熙版第二册unit1至unit6 paraphase

Unit1. Pub talk and the king’s English
1．And conversation is an activity which is found only among h uman beings．(Animals and birds are not capable of conversati on．)
2．Conversation is not for persuading others to accept our idea or point of vie 3． In fact a person who really enjoys and is ski lled at conversation will not argue to win or force others to acce pt his point of view．
4．People who meet each other for a drink in the bar of a pub a re not intimate friends for they are not deeply absorbed or engro ssed in each other's lives．
5． The conversation could go on without anybody knowing w ho was right or wrong．
6. These animals are called cattle when they are alive and feedi ng in the fields；but when we sit down at the table to eat．we c all their meat beef．
7． The new ruling class by using French instead of English ma de it difficult for the English to accept or absorb the culture of th e、rulers．
8．The English language received proper recognition and was u sed by the King once more．
9. The phrase,the King's English,has always been used disrespec
tfully and jokingly by the lower classes． The working people v ery often make fun of the proper and formal language of the edu cated people．
10. There still exists in the working people，as in the early Sax on peasants，a spirit of opposition to the cultural authority of th e ruling class．
11． There is always a great danger that we might forget that words are only symbols and take them for things they are suppo sed to represent.For example,the word "dog" is a symbol represe nting a kind of animal．We mustn't regard the word "dog" as be ing the animal itself．
12. Even the most educated and literate people do not use stand ard，formal English all the time in their conversation．
Unit2.Marrakech
1. The buring-
ground is nothing more than a huge piece of wasteland full of m ounds of earth looking like a deserted and abandoned piece of la nd on which a building was going to be put up.
2. All the imperialists build up their empires by treating the peo ple in the colonies like animals (by not treating the people in the colonies as human beings).
3. They are born. Then for a few years they work, toil and starv
e. Finally they die and are buried in graves without a name.
4. Sitting with his legs crossed and using a very old-fashioned lathe, a carpenter quickly gives a round shape to the c hair-legs he is making.
5. Immediately from their dark hole-like cells everywhere a great number of Jews rushed out wildly excited.
6. Every one of these poor Jews looked on the cigarette as a pie ce of luxury which they could not possibly afford.
7. However, a white-
skinned European is always quite noticeable. 8. If you take a l ook at the natural scenery in a tropical region, you see everythin
g but the human beings.
9. No one would think of organizing cheap trips for the tourists to visit the poor slum areas (for these trips 42V．Ⅵ．Ⅶ. wou ld not be interesting)．
10．life is very hard for ninety percent of the people．With ha rd backbreaking toil they can produce a little food on the poor so il． 11．She took it for granted that as an old woman she was the lowest in the community，that。

she was only fit for doing h eavy work like an animal．
12．People with brown skins are almost invisible．
13The Senegales soldiers were wearing readymade khaki unifo
rms which hid their beautiful
well—built bodies．
14．How much longer before they turn their guns around and attack us?。

15.every
Every white man，the onlookers，the officers on their horses a nd the white N．C．Os．marching with the black soldiers，ha d this thought hidden somewhere or other in his mind．
. unit3. Inaugural Address
. 1. Our ancestors fought a revolutionary war to maintain that all men were created equal and God had given them certain unalie nable rights which no state or ruler could take away from them. But today this issue has not yet been decided in many countries around the world.
2. This much we promise to do and we promise to do more.
3. United and working together we can accomplish a lot of thin gs in a great number of joint undertakings.
4. We will not allow any enemy country to subvert this peacefu l revolution which brings hope of progress to all our countries.
5. The United Nations is our last and best hope of survival in a n age where the instruments of war have far surpassed the instru ments of peace.
6. We pledge to help the United Nations enlarge the area in wh ich its authority and mandate would continue to be in effect or in force.
7. before the terrible forces of destruction, which science can no w release, overwhelm mankind; before this self-destruction, which may be planned or brought about by an accid ent, takes place
8. Yet both groups of nations are trying to change as quickly as possible this uncertain balance of terrible military power which restrains each group from launching mankind's final war.
9. So let us start once again (to discuss and negotiate)and let us remember that being polite is not a sign of weakness. 10. Let bo th sides try to call forth the wonderful things that science can do for mankind instead of the frightful things it can do.
11. Americans of every generation have been called upon to pr ove their loyalty to their country (by fighting and dying for their country's cause).
12.Let history finally judge whether we have done our task wel t or not, but our sure reward will be a good con-
science for we will have worked sincerely and to the best of our ability.
unit5. the sad young men
1.At the very mention of this post-war period, middle-
aged people begin to think about it
longingly.
2.In any case, an American could not avoid casting aside its mi
ddle-class respectability and
affected refinement.
3.The war only helped to speed up the breakdown of the Victori an social structure.
4.In America at least, the young people were strongly inclined t o shirk their responsibilities. They pretended to be worldly-wise, drinking and behaving naughtily.
5.The young people found greater pleasure in their drinking bec ause Prohibition, by making
drinking unlawful added a sense of adventure.
6.Our young men joined the armies of foreign countries to figh t in the war.
7.The young people wanted to take part in the glorious ad-venture before the whole war ended. 8.These young people co uld no longer adapt themselves to lives in their home towns or t heir families.
9. The returning veteran also had to face Prohibition which the lawmakers hypocritically assumed would do good to the people.
10. (Under all this force and pressure) something in the youth o
f America, who were already very tense, had to break down.
11. It was only natural that hopeful young Writers whose minds and writings were filled with violent anger against war, Babbitr y, and "Puritanical" gentility, should come in great numbers to li ve in Greenwich Village, the traditional artistic centre.
12. Each town was proud that it had a group of wild, reckless pe ople, who lived unconventional lives.
Unit6.loving and hating New York
1.Nowadays New York cannot understand nor follow the taste
of the American people.
2. New York boasts that it is a city that resists the prevailing tren ds (styles, fashion) of America.
3. Situation comedies made in Hollywood and the actual perfor mance of Johnny Carson now
replace the scheduled radio and TV programs for California.
4. New York is regaining somewhat its status as a city that attra cts tourists.
5. A person who wins in New York is constantly disturbed by fe ar and anxiety
(because he is afraid of losing what he has won in the fierce co mpetition).
6. The chance to enjoy the pleasures of nature is very limited.
7. At night the city of New York is aglow with lights and seems proudly and haughtily to darken the night sky.
8. But a pure and wholehearted devotion to a Bohemian life styl
e can be exaggerated.
9. In both these roles of banking and communications head-
quarters, New York starts or
originates very few things but gives its stamp of approval to ma ny things created by people
in other parts of the country.
10. The television generation was constantly and strongly influe nced by extravagant promotional advertising.
11. Authors writing long serious novels earn their living in the meantime by also writing articles for popular magazines.
12. Broadway, which seemed unable to resist the cheap, gaudy shows put on in the surrounding areas, is once again busy and ac tive.
13. (If you tell a New Yorker about the vigor of outdoor pleasur es, he will reply that) he prefers the unhealthy turmoil and anima ted life of a city.
14. Those who failed in the struggle of life, the down-and-outs, are not hidden away in slums or ghettoes where other peop
le can't see them.
15. New York constantly irritates and annoys very much but at t imes it also invigorates and stimulates.。