(完整word版)高级英语2第三版课后paraphrase原文及答案清晰版

Lesson 1

1．And it is an activity only of humans.

And it is a human unique activity．2．Conversation is not for making a point.

Conversation is not to convince others．

3．In fact, the best conversationalists are those who are prepared to be lose.

In fact, the best conversationalists are those who are willing to be lose.

4.Bar friends are not deeply involved in each other’s lives. Bar friends are not deeply concerned with each other’s private lives.

5....it could still go ignorantly on...

The conversation could go on without anybody knowing who was right or wrong．

6. There are cattle in the field, but we sit down to beef.

These animals are called cattle in English, when they are alive and feeding in the fields；but when we sit down at the table to eat, we call their meat beef in French．

7. The new ruling class had built a cultural barrier against him by building their French against his own language.

The new ruling class had caused the cultural contradictions between the ruling class and native English by regarding French superior to English.

8.English had come royally into its own.

English had gained recognition by the King．

9．The phrase has always been used a little pejoratively and even facetiously by the lower classes. The phrase, the king’s English has always been used disrespectfully and made fun by the lower classes.

10. The rebellion against a cultural dominance is still there. There is still opposition to cultural monopoly.

11. There is always a great danger that “words will harden into things for us”

We tend to make the mistake that we regard the things as they represent.

12. Even with the most educated and the most literate, the King’s English slips and slides in conversation.

Even the most educated and literated people will not always use the formal English in their conversation．

Lesson 2

1. The burying--ground is merely

a huge waste of hummocky earth,

like a derelict building-lot.

The burying-ground is just a huge

piece of wasteland full of mounds

of earth, looking like a deserted

construction land.

2.All colonial empires are in

reality founded upon that fact.

All colonial empires are built by

exploiting the local people.

3. They rise out of the earth, they

sweat and starve for a few years,

and then they sink back into the

nameless mounds of the

graveyard.

They are born. Then they work hard

without enough food for a few

years. Finally they die and are

buried in the hills graves without

any mark to identify them.

4. A carpenter sits crosslegged at

a prehistoric lathe, turning

chair-legs at lighting speed.

A carpenter sits crossing his legs at

an old-fashioned lathe, making

round chair-legs very fast.

5. Instantly, from the dark holes

all round, there was a frenzied

rush of Jews.

Immediately, Jews rushed out of

their dark hole-like rooms nearby

in a frenzy madness.

6.every one of them looks on a

cigarette as a more or less

impossible luxury.

Every one of these Jews considers

the cigarette as a somewhat piece

of luxury which they can not

possibly afford.

7. Still, a white skin is always

fairly conspicuous.

However, a white-skinned

European is easy to notice in a fair

way.

8. In a tropical landscape one’s

eye takes in everything except

the human being.

Against the background of a

tropical landscape, people could

notice everything but they cannot

see local people.

9. No one would think of running

cheap trips to the Distressed

Areas

No one would propose the cheap

trips to the slums．

10．...for nine-tenths of the

people the reality of life is an

endless, back-breaking struggle

to wring a little food out of an

eroded soil.

The real life of nine-tenths of the

people is that there is no end to

their extremely hard work in order

to get a little food from an eroded

soil．

11. She accepted her status as an

old woman, that is to say as a

beast of burden.

She took it for granted that as an

old woman she should work like an

animal．

12.People with brown skins are

next door to invisible.

People who have brown skins are

almost invisible．

13. Their splendid bodies were

hidden in reach-me-down khaki

uniforms...

The soldiers wore second—hand

khaki uniforms which covered their

beautiful well—built bodies．

14. How long before they turn

their guns in the other direction?

How long will it take for them to

attack us?

15. Every white man there had

this thought stowed somewhere

or other in his mind.

It is certain that every white man

realized this.

Lesson3

1.And yet the same revolutionary

belief for which our forebears

fought is still at issue around the

globe...

And yet the same revolutionary

belief which is the aim of our

ancestors is still in dispute around

the world.

2. This much we pledge--and

more.

This much we promise to do and

we promise to do more.

3. United, there is little we cannot

do in a host of cooperative

ventures.

If we are united, there is almost

nothing we can not do through a

lot of cooperation.

4. But this peaceful revolution of

hope cannot become the prey of

hostile powers.

But this peaceful revolution which

can bring hope in a peaceful way

can not fall victims to enemy

country.

5. .... Our last best hope in an age

where the instruments of war

have far outpaced the

instruments of pace...

The United Nations is our last and

best hope in the era where means

of launching war have far

surpassed means of keeping peace.

6. ...to enlarge the area in which

its writ may run...

to increase the area where the UN’

s written documents may be

effective.

7....before the dark powers of

destruction unleashed by science

engulf all humanity in planned or