高英前三课练习

高英前三课练习

Lesson One

I. Paraphrasing

1.It has never been an effort to say those three words, even when they occasion the

well-meaning but insensitive compliment.

A. It has never been difficult or painful for us to say these three words even though the three w ords may meet the response of people’s well intentioned but unsympathetic/unpleasant praise.

B. Admitting Quintana as adopted has never seemed difficult to us, even though it may

incur/trigger the listener’s well-intentioned but displeasing remark.

2.You could not love her more if she were your own.

A. Though she is an adoptive child, you give all your love to her as if she were your own flesh and blood.

B. You have treated her as your own flesh and blood by giving her all your attention and

love. For an ado ptive child, that’s all the best adoptive parents can do.

3.We…could only assume that it was because she was little more than a child herself,

alone and without the resources to bring up a child.

We could only believe that she had abandoned her baby because she was too young and lonely, and she couldn’t bear the great expenses on raising her child.

4.But I would be remiss if I did not say that I am more than a little sensitive to the way the

literature presents adoptive parents.

I would feel uncomfortable if I did not express my strong displeasure with the way in which the adoptive parents are portrayed in a negative lig ht.

5.Both my wife and I admit more than a passing interest in the woman who produced this

extraordinary child.

Both my wife and I acknowledge that we show our admiration and respect for the woman who had given birth to such a charming, lovely and intelligent child.

III.

1. 这幅画时他会想起在西班牙度假时许多愉快的往事。

This picture brings back many pleasant memories of her Spanish holiday.

2．新闻和天气预报是广播节目中的主要内容。

News and weather forecasts reports are staples of radio programs.

3. 完全出于偶然，汤姆在就把遇见了他那失踪多年，已被认为在战争中阵亡的兄弟。

By mere accident Tom met in a bar his long-lost brother who was thought to have been killed in action during the war.

4. 比尔凭直觉感到他们的计划隐伏着罪恶。

Bill intuited something criminal in their plan.

5.他们认为工厂里过分整洁是个不好的征兆.

They think that obsessive tidiness in the factory is a bad sign.

6. 昨天他母亲把好几年积下来的报纸和杂志卖掉了.

Yesterday his mother sold several years’ worth of papers and magazines.

7.他那鼓舞人心的演说激励我们做出更大的努力。

His heartening speech impelled us to (work with) greater efforts.

8.喜欢一举惊人的人往往不会成功.

Those who enjoy pulling off a miracle often fail.

9. 作为语言专业的学生，我们应具有对普通词语微妙涵义的辨别力。

As language students we should have a sense of the nuances of plain words and expressions.

10. 泰勒太太的养子的粗鲁行为逼得她几乎神经崩溃了.