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Advanced English Book IReference Key to ExercisesLesson 1 A Trip for Mrs TaylorParaphrasing1.Mrs Taylor felt that the expectation and the preparation for a journey bring about joy andexcitement, they are only second to the actual beginning of the journey in importance.2.All the travelers were busy making preparations and getting to their destinations, they were alleager and a bit impatient, this general feeling makes them be sympathetic and friendly to one another.3.The trainman said: “Grammy, you have too many things to carry.”He picked up the boy and puthim at the passage between the two cars/carriages.4.Mrs Taylor was glad that she had been able to be in a front position of the queue at the gates(soshe found herself a seat in the car.)II. Translate the following sentences into English:1.I can’t imagine what makes him think of going to graduate school at his age.2.He started out at 6 o’clock, an hour ahead of his usual time for work.3.I sensed that Jimmy was eager to tell me about his interview, and he said with a smile on his face:“When I went before the table, the manager raised his head and took stock of me. Then he asked me several questions and said OK.”4.The general was actually put under house arrest/house confinement. He took refuge in theChinese painting and calligraphy, and found peace and solace in them.5.The train from Shanghai to Beijing starts at 17:25, so I had to take a taxi to get there. I boardedthe train and found my berth before long the training started.6.Like Mrs Taylor, Mrs Green lives a lonely life on the skimpy old-age pension. Day after day sheis cooped up in a small gloomy room, and she starved for someone to be with her.7.That woman scientist said: “I can do without jewellery, even without car, but I can’t afford a lifewithout laboratories and books.8.All the time the children were filled with joy and excitement during the hustle and bustle of thepreparations, the automobile ride and the picnic itself.9.The boat sailed forward, the girls were enthralled with the beautiful scenery around.10.Anne was appalled to fine Stephen in the corridor, she asked herself: “What was he doing here atthis time?”11.For some time I didn’t recognize her, she was no longer a lively girl I was familiar with before.She looked like a model, wearing a new green velvet dress and a pair of green leather shoes, with her hair done in a bun on the top of her head.12.This is the first time he came back to his hometown in the country since he left it forty years ago,and he came back with all the nostalgic memories about it.13.That night she tossed and turned in bed, many things passing her mind.14.It is quite a job to prepare a bountiful meal for 12 persons.15.The twin sisters look so much alike that people often mistake one for another.16.When the granny came back home, she found that the door was open, and things were taken outof the dresser. She examined the drawers to see if anything was missing. To her disappointment, she found out dejectedly that several pieces of jewellery were gone, including a pearl necklace, a gold chain bangle and three brooches set with gems.17.I was going to take a No.21 Trolley-bus. When I saw a trolley-bus was coming, I ran to the stopand boarded it. It was too late when I found out that I got on a wrong one. I took a No.15 Trolley-bus for a No.21 one. The conductor told me that I could have a change at next stop.18.The friend she missed most is Xiao Li, a shy girl. Xiao Li never refused her anything she askedfor.Lesson 2 Disney’s WorldsI. Paraphrasing(p.53)1. …using his insurance policy as a security2.And even Roy was affected by the optimistic feelings, which was pervasive in the studio.3. … as “a terrible day, a catastrophic day”. It means that too many people went to the park on its first opening day, and the recreational facilities broke down and the restaurants and stands/stalls/booths ran out of food.4. Adventureland offers a hunting expedition on an African river which was full of man-made animated hippos and crocodiles operated by machines and electrical devices.5. Visitors are usually impressed by the extreme/extraordinary/exceptional neatness of the place, and by the enormous manpower, the effort and enthusiasm put into the maintenance of the place.6.But the remarkable engineering achievements of Disneyland become less spectacular when compared with those of Disney World in Florida.7.The concept of the new kind of the amusement park may have not been clear at first, but the circumstances stimulated Disney to make it concrete.8.In the construction of Disney World, Disney made use of the latest engineering, architectural and technological achievements that no other city planner had ever before considered seriously, some of the achievements or ideas were completely new to the city planners.9.People criticized that Snow White has been made into something common, sweet and pleasant, but lacking in artistic value, and art critic John Canaday has made some harsh criticism, saying that they have degraded our best fairy tales and made it banal and mediocre.II. Translate the following sentences into English(p.55-56)1.She opened the window and found a crowd of children in shabby clothes gathering at the gate, their bodies and clothes smeared with filth.( She opened the window and found a crowd of ragged and filthy children gathering at the gate.)2. The new upsurge of economic construction is taking shape in our country.3.Bill was very naughty when he was young, however, his mother expected him to be an imaginative architect.4.They faced the grim realities bravely, they would never capitulate in the face of difficulties.5.Susan is not very intelligent, but she is painstaking, and she always comes out on top in the examinations.6.They are ready for any surprise attacks from the enemy.7.Mr Johnson is a man of morality/integrity, whose behaviour is beyond criticism/who is faultless in behaviour.8.The new eighteen-storey office building we have recently constructed looks imposing.9.They have made great achievements in the realm of diplomacy in recent years.10.Tom is a sly/sophisticated politician, who never makes any promise and his replies are often ambiguous(cut both ways).11.After dinner, he narrated at length the fantastic/exotic customs he had seen in foreign countries.12.In the first place I was blind to his resignation, but it turned out that he had his own plan.13.In those days the villagers were reduced to excessive poverty because of wars and natural calamities/disasters, and the nearby towns were the places they flocked to.14.The enormous investment in the infrastructure is the precondition if Shanghai is to be built into an international metropolitan/cosmopolitan city.15.The students are required to write a composition after the picnic, which dims the enjoyment of the activity/thus making the activity dull and dry/flat and insipid.16.Advice should be given to youngsters as well as adults to remove/get rid of their extravagant habits.III. Translate the following into English (p.57)In Shanghai, it is a “local custom” that bamboo poles are set up to hang the washing. Strolling in the wide streets and the narrow lanes people from other places will be confronted with this scene everywhere: quilts and bed-sheets, handkerchiefs, stockings, even nappies and underwear are openly hung outside the windows and balconies. It seems that there is an exposition of garments and bedclothes.It often so happens that the newly-built apartment buildings look like ships with fluttering banners of numerous nations. One bed-sheet after another are hung closely, they cover the pillar-boxes and the road-signs and shade the plush shop windows in the streets. Walking in some narrow streets of the old residential areas, the pedestrians have to quicken their steps if they do not want to get wet from the water-drops of the washing.Lesson Three What Is StyleParaphrasing (p.99)1. … she is very good at noticing the vanity, selfishness and vulgarity in human beings.2. People in interesting situations such as marriage and death always attract the attention of others,and this accords with human nature.3. The next paragraph reveals how people talk in a free, pleasurable way about the mattersconcerning Miss Hawkins before she arrived.4. Somehow, she was discovered to be an ideal woman who has every merit of both appearanceand thinking. She is not only handsome, elegant, good at music and painting and many other things, she is also very friendly.5. He was very proud of his own achievements and often used his own life as a model for others tofollow.6. Although ready-made phrases come in great numbers in writing, t hese words only make one’spoints and arguments unclear instead of conveying one’s meaning..Translate the following sentences into English: (p. 102 )1.What Tom needs at present is not financial aid but counsel./ It is advice that Tom needs now, notfinancial aid.2.The two brothers resemble in every aspect except temperament.3.My counsel is that from now on you shall have nothing to do with him / you shall not associatewith him any more.4.He owes everything he has had now to your father Bob / Thanks to your father Bob, he ownseverything he has now. It is no exaggeration to say so.5.Although I completely agree to this proposal, it may meet with disapproval / it doesn’tnecessarily follow that it will be accepted / it is probable that it will be rejected / be turned down at the meeting.6.His laughter made my hair stand on end/ His laughter sent cold shivers down my spine.7.His essays, full of dry sarcasm, showed a marked contrast to other writers.His essays are full of sharp criticisms / freezing irony and burning satire, / which makes him greatly different from other writers/ which greatly distinguishes him from other writers.8.Roy’s words about the poor management in his factory revealed his ignorance.9.How come that your arrival anticipated the telegram?Y our arrival anticipated the telegram. What is the matter? /How did it happen?10.As your parents and you have different views on this matter, they will probably disagree to theplan/ the plan may meet with their disapproval.11.His expenses are incongruous with / not in proportion to his income and that arouses suspicionon his character .12.Hostility is often not caused by animosity, but by hurt of self-respect.Hostility is caused not so much by dislike as by hurt of self-respect.13.When judges consider /weigh/examine evidence, they should be detached / impartial /matter-of-fact.14.The Chinese anticipated the Europeans in the invention of gun-powder.Lesson Four A Mild Attack of LocustsI. Paraphrasing ( p.131)1. ….between the telephone calls she stood there watching th e locusts.2. Clusters of locusts covered the trees，the branches and twigs of the trees became jagged withclusters of locusts, their brown shiny crusts glistened.A large number of locusts covered the trees layer upon layer, the branches and twigs of the treesbecame jagged with clusters of locusts, their hard shiny crusts glistened.3. … the swarms of locusts crawled and clustered on everything, one could not see trees, buildings,bushes in sight/in their own looks, everywhere one saw locusts.4. Y ou should attack the locusts when they are still young (and are confined to small areas)wherethey originate. In short, you should try to wipe out locusts when they are still hoppers. Translate the following sentences into English (page. 134):1. When she heard the steps approaching, she got out of the bed, took a book from the shelf,pretending to be reading.2. During the two-hour performance, the audience were seated entranced,（注意：此处不能用非延续性动词attract）and when the curtain fell, there broke out a thunder of applause.3. At midnight, the Japanese tourists stood at the main hall of the temple, listening to thereverberation of the bell / the bell echoing in the valley /folds .4. If you take a walk in Nanjing Road after supper, you will see myriads of dazzling lights, andtheir brilliance lit up the whole road as if it were a broad day.5. The next morning, she drew up the curtain and opened the window, only to see that thick fog hadenveloped blotted out the whole scene –the mountains, the lake and everything else were invisible/ had disappeared / had gone / were hidden from sight.6. The firm went bankrupt due to slack / slow / dull business and poor management.7. Prostitution is a big vice / canker (溃疡、弊病)/ curse and should be eliminated at once.8. The cracking firecrackers drowned out the interesting conversation.9. The luxuriant trees on the hills constitute a veil / form a film of greenness, and / so / so that shefelt relaxed and joyous meandering / roaming / wandering in it.10. The sofa is often occupied by a fat man, who weighs as much as 120 kilos, and his regularsitting makes the sofa sink in .11. The manufacturers who do not pay adequate attention to / who neglect / ignore the quality oftheir products are bound to fail in the competition.12. Now that / Since you disapproved of the scheme / plan, why did you vote for it?13. He was very busy recently, so his occasional absence from the regular meetings had (won) readyunderstanding from his colleagues.14. If you find one cockroach in your house, there must be at least 500, for they multiply very fast. Lesson Five Professions for WomenParaphrasing. P.1641.The family could still enjoy the harmonious atmosphere when the hostess spent her time onwriting.2.When I was writing my reviews, the Angel would come at my desk and murmured her ideasabout the duty, the virtues of a woman, etc., and thus hamper my writing.3.… so that I would be able to have an independent life , I did not need to rely entirely on myfeminine charm to please my husband, to cater for his need in order to make a living.4.When women writers proceed with their writing they are always conscious of what menwould think of their writing ---- the women writers are prevented from writing freely and imaginatively because men’s extreme backward, conservative, prejudiced ideas about women are always having strong influence on them.5.Women’s aims for free pursuit in professions and the comprehensive equality in societycannot be taken as a simple matter, it needs careful thinking and good retrospection to define them; and this process is a perpetual one.B. Translation. P.169 Translate the following sentences into English: P.1661. More and more foreign businessmen have realized that In China the investment risk is low.2. Could I ask you ? How would you deal with such a formidable enemy if you were in my position?3. Lucy went back home and was shocked to see what had happened. Someone must have broken thewindow and crept in, then she thought that under the circumstances it was the sensible thing to report this to the police. /she thought of the most / only sensible action – report to the police.4. These new inventions will surely bring about enormous proceeds/profits to the enterprise.5. The shadow / phantom of terrorism looms large in some Western countries.6. The girl judges her own work with extreme severity.7. Most people think that good judgment is her virtue, which you should not forget.8. His brother’s chief strongpoint is in water colour, not in oil painting.9. Ah, I have made such great efforts to rid the house of the cockroaches, but all those efforts are of no avail/ have come to nothing / are in vain!------ Y ou shouldn’t be discouraged; try again.10. Fred did not realize that his short hair and new clothes gave away his secret.11. In recent years, some women have distinguished themselves in the political arena and thefinancial circle hitherto exclusively dominated by men, though their number is small.12. I hope that you will allow for his mood under such circumstances and give him anotherchance.13. When many college students find out that the values they have acquired at college areincompatible with those of the society, they fall into confusion and distress / torment.14. Mother said: “My child, listen to me and give up gambling. If you proceed with thegambling, you will be up to your neck in debts and you will be compl etely ruined.”15. I shall introduce you to her, however, I shall make it clear in advance that her socialactivities are limited to a small exclusive polite society.16. The book gives an account of the life and experiences of a man who achieved success by hisown efforts.17. He is said to have been cheated. To put it bluntly, this man is a big fool.18. Nowadays many college students are much more concerned about the ir job prospects aftergraduation than the students were some years ago.TRANSLATION P.169学生文化的主要作用之一就是使学生与教师间保持一种敬而远之的态度。