现代大学英语精读3的Paraphrase

大学英语精读3的Paraphrase
㈡ 1. Y et, there was always in me…… somewhere else.
P However, I always felt that I should pay a visit to some other places.
2. I wandered the world through books.
P I learned many aspects of the world by reading books.
3.One poem committed to memory……in my mind.
P I still remember one poem I learned in grade school.
4.Perhaps only a truly discontented child……as I was.
P Perhaps only a child who is truly dissatisfied with the reality can be attracted by books as I was.
5.Perhaps restlessness is a necessary corollary of devoted literacy.
P Perhaps if a person really devotes himself or herself to reading and writing, he or she is bound to be restless.
6.by the lure of what……normal childhood.
P by the power of attracting which was an instinctive and normal thing to any child at my age 7.But the best part of me……and bring them to life.
P But the best part ……at home: But my most unforgettable memory was always at home……
8.In books I have traveled……but into my own.
P While reading books, I have not only traveled to different places in the world, but roamed around my own inner world.
9.There was waking, …… was never really a stranger.
P Between the tome I woke up and the tome I went to sleep, I just read books, which is a parallel universe to me. And in this universe, I might be a newcomer, but was never a stranger. 10. My real, true world. My perfect island.
P To me, these books were a real, true world, as well as a perfect island on which I preferred to stay.
11.…as though she was starving and the book was bread.
P Jamaica Kincaid was reading books with great eagerness, as if the books were her food. 12.Reading has always been my home,…… invincible companion.
P Reading has always given me joy and comfort, food and drink, and strength and companionship.
13. and come outside …… in their separateness.
P and come into contact with the reality, who think themselves superior to others and feel shame To be friends with them.
14. Had television and the movies supplanted books?
P Had books given way to televisions and the movies ? Or\ Had books been replaced by televisions and the movies?
15.We are the people who……went out of print.
P We are the people who would make sure that Pride and Prejudice would always be available.
16.It was still in the equivalent of ……one another.
P We still found each other like we did when we were young
17."Until I feared I would lose it,……To Kill a Mockingbird. P We often say that the starving know the value of food and the man dying of thirst knows the value of Water.
㈣1. …done his business like a dog at the road side,……
P He had emptied his bowels or passed water (urinated) like a dog at the roadside,……
2. got scant thanks :
P He seldom expressed his thanks to the people who had offered him some food 3. They were not quite sure…… Now he was back at his home.
P Some were mad about wealth; some thirsted for power; some were crazy about sex……
4. they amused him
P These mad or insane people made him think that they were all ridiculous.
5. He thought everybody lived……anxiously.
P He thought that our life is too complicated, too costly, and gives us too much pressure. He argued that we should simplify our life.
6. He was not the first to inhabit…out of principle.
P He was not the first to live in a cask. But he was the first who ever did so because he wanted to, not by necessity, not being forced to . He based it on a
principle.
7. But he taught chief by example.
P Diogenes also taught by talking to people, but he mainly taught by setting an example for others to learn from.
8. Diogenes answered "I'm trying to find a man."
P He actually meant that all people he could see were only half-men. Here the word "man" means a true man.by Diogenes' standard.
9. …that will come after you lose the use of your hands.
P … that so-called happiness will occur when your hands become useless.
10. And so he lived……P And that was how he lived……
11. Only twenty, Alexander was far older and……restrained and chivalrous.
P Alexander looked far older than a man of his age normally does, and was much wiser than man of his age normally is.
12. It is of course “ the people” who were amazed, not “silence”
P here were the people who were amazed, but remained silent.
13 .hey took it as a paradox. P They regarded it as a paradox.
14. But Alexander meant it P But Alexander really meant what he had said.
15. He knew that of all men then alive……the beggar were free.
P Alexander knew that of all the people alive at that time, he was free because he had absolute power and Diogenes was free because he didn’t need any power.
㈤1.There was once a town……in harmony with its surroundings.
×Once upon a time there was a town in the central part of America where all living things
2. Then some evil spell settled on the community:……but even among children.
× Then, as by some evil power, disaster struck the community: strange diseases
quickly struck down large numbers of children; the cattle and sheep became ill and died.
3.… a harsh reality we all shall know.
×… some serious consequence that we all have to face.
4.…a history of interaction between living things and their surroundings.
× ...a history of how living things and their environment affect and relate to eachother.
5.… the physical form and the habits of the earth’s vegetation…by the environment.×… the physical features and habits of the living things on earth have been Greatly shaped by their surroundings.
6.… but it has changed in character.
×… but the nature of this power to alter the environment has changed.
7.This pollution is for the most irrecoverable.
×In most case, the polluted air, soil, rivers and the sea cannot be restored to their original natural state.
8. Or they pass mysteriously……from once pure wells.
×Or they get deeper into underground streams, undergo some chemical processes somewhere, and then become new substances that contaminate wells, kill plants and make cattles as well as people that drink the water sick.
9. Given time---time not in years……a balance has been reached.
×When the environment changes, living things can adapt to their new surroundings, but it is a long process and it takes thousands of years for life to be in harmony with their modified world again.
10. But in the modern world there is no time.
×But in the modern world when man’s power to tamper with nature has become so great and he is so eager to change nature for short-term benefits, he does not think of the long-term interest of his own species.
11. The rapidity of change follows…… deliberate pace of nature.
×Man is changing nature rapidly while nature adjusts to the changes slowly. Therefore adjustment can never keep up with change, and a new balance between living things and their environment can hardly be reached.
12. Radiation is now the unnatural creation of man’s tampering with the atom.
×In the past, radiation was only sent out from radioactive substances in certain rocks; today man creates such harmful rays by causing the nucleus of the atom of such substances as radium to split.
13.The chemicals are the synthetic creation of man’s tampering with the atom.
× Nature dose not produce such things as chemicals. Chemicals are man-made and the results of man’s creative power.
㈤14.And even this,……in an endless stream;….
×It would take some magic power to make living things adjust to these chemicals in the life of generations. Even if this were possible, it would be useless, because new chemicals are continuously being created and produced.
5. …find their way into actual use:
×…manage to enter the market and be sold to farmers
16. described as “ pests”×referred to as destructive insects
17.…all this though the intended target……weeds or insects.
×…all these serious consequences come about perhaps just because man wants to destroy a few weeds or insects.
18. Can anyone believe it is pos sible……but “ biocides”.
×Such number of poisons stored on the surface of the earth will surely make it unfit for all living things.
19. destructive insects often undergo a “flare-back” or resurgence
×The pests often return in even larger numbers.
20.Thus the chemical war is never won,……in its violent crossfire.
×Therefore, this fight between man and pests wil1 never come to an end, and all living things are affected by or fall victim to this chemical war.
21.brought the threat of disease and d eath even to their own kind…
× brought the threat of disease and death even to human beings themselves
22.Nature has introduced……checks and balances.
×Nature keeps living things in proportion, regulating their number through the check and balance mechanisms of itself
23.… the devotion of immense acreage to a single crop
×…planting a single crop on large aera of farmlan
24. Such a system set the stage for……insect population.
×Such a way of farming creates favorable conditions for the rapid increase of particular insects.
25. In new territory,……in its native land,…
×In new territory, since there are no natural enemies as those that did not allow it to multiply or grow too rapidly in their native land,……
26. Thus it is no accident that ……are in troduced species.
×That’s why the most trouble-making insects in this country are not native but introduced, which is not accidental at all.
27. the explosive power of outbreaks and new invasions
×the power of insects to multiply/breed in large numbers suddenly and quickly and their power to invade new territories
28.We have subjected enormous numbers of people to……without their knowledge.
×By spraying insecticides on food grains,vegetables and fruit, we have caused large number of people to absorb harmful chemicals without asking whether they
would like to do so and often without their knowing it.
㈨1.In some respects, globalization is merely a trendy word for an old process.
× To some extent, globalization is not new. The world has always been in the process of market expansion. What is new is the term "globalization", which became fashionable only recently.
2.A decade later, even after Asia's 1997-98 financial crisis, private capital flows dwarf governmental flows.
×Ten years later, even after Asia's financial crisis of 1997-98, private capital flows are still greater in number than governmental capital flows.
3. The recent takeover struggle between British and German wireless giants is
exceptional only for its size and bitterness.
×The only difference between the recent takeover struggle between British and German radio giants and other cases is that this takeover is much bigger and a lot more bitter.
4.Behind the merger boom lies the growing corporate conviction that many markets have become truly global.
× The reason for the merger boom is that more and more business people now believe that many markets have truly become global. They are no longer producing just for the people in their own country. They want to combine or merge with others to become multinational companies.
5. Among poorer countries, the best sign of support is the clamor to get into the World Trade Organization ... And 32 are seeking membership.
×Many poorer countries want to join the World Trade Organization. This shows that they support globalization.
6.Despite its financial crisis, rapid trade expansion and economic growth sharply cut the number of the desperately poor.
×In spite of the financial crisis, rapid increase of trade and economic growth drastically reduced the number of the very poor people.
7. two problems could neutralize its potential benefits.
×… two problems could offset the possible benefits.
8.The global economy may be prone to harsher boom-bust cycles than national economies individually.
×Once integrated with the world market, nations will naturally be more vulnerable to the fluctuations of the world economy. The capital flows in and out a country, for example, can create a boom or bust very quickly and with much harsher effects.
9.The Asian financial crisis raised questions on both counts.
×The Asian financial crisis brought these two questions to people's attention: investment funds were not well used and trade flows became too lopsided.
10.The ensuing spending boom in turn aided Europe, Japan, and the United States by increasing imports from them.
×The growth in spending that followed helped Europe, Japan, and the United States by increasing imports from them.
㈨11.What prevented the Asian crisis from becoming a full-scale economic downturn has been the astonishing U.S. economy.
× It was the surprisingly vigorous growth of the U. S. economy that saved the Asian crisis from escalating into an all-round economic depression.
12.The world economy.., has been flying on one engine.
× The world economy has been driven by only one country's economy, namely the economy of the United States. In other words, the world has become too dependent on one country's prosperity.
13... a slowdown or recession--reflecting a decline in the stock market, a loss of
consumer confidence or higher interest rate-- might snowball into an international slump.
×…a slowdown of the U.S. economy might develop into a serious international depression because the world economy is so dependent on it.
14.Japan is projected to grow ...
×Japan is expected to grow ... / Japan is predicted to ... / Japan is estimated to 15. If the forecasts materialize--and the OECD's growth estimates for Japan exceed most private forecasts--they will restore some balance to the world economy and relieve fears of a global recession.
×If the forecasts come true--and the Os growth estimates for Japan are higher than most private forecasts---they will, to some extent, help the world economy return to its earlier balance, and reduce the fear of a worldwide recession.
16. It remains possible that abrupt surges of global capital, first moving into Asia and
then out, will have caused, with some delay, a larger instability.
×It is still possible that sudden increase or withdrawal of the world's capital, first moving into Asia and then out of it, will have made Asia more unstable.
17. It is precisely this logic that has persuaded so many countries to accept
globalization.
×It is exactly this way of thinking that has persuaded so many countries.
18 .But this does not mean that a powerful popular backlash, with unpredictable
consequences, is not possible.
×But this does not mean that a powerful hostile reaction from ordinary people, which will have unpredictable consequences, is not possible.
19.A plausible presumption is that practical politicians would try to protect their constituents from global gluts.
× We can presume that practical politicians would no doubt try to protect their voters from the flood of products from other countries.
20.If too many countries did, globalization could implode.
×If too many countries tried to protect their constituents from global gluts, globalization could collapse violently from the inside.
21.It's a scary prospect. Economic interdependence cuts both ways.
22.It's a terrifying possibility. Economic mutual dependence can have good and bad effects.。