高英教材课后练习paraphrase参考答案

高英教材课后练习paraphrase参考答案

【这是人工敲上去的，不能保证完全没有错误。仅供大家参考。】LESSON2

PARAPHRASE:

1.Serious-looking men were so absorbed in their convention that they seemed

not to pay any attention to the crowds about them.

2.At last the taxi trip came to an end and I suddenly discovered that I was in

front of the gigantic City Hall.

3.The rather striking picture of traditional floating houses among high, modern

building represents the constant struggle between traditional Japanese culture and the new, Western style.

4.I suffered from a strong feeling of shame when I thought of the prospect of

meeting the mayor of Hiroshima in my socks.

5.The few Americans and Germans also seemed to feel restrained like me.

6.After three days in Japan one gets quite used to bowing to people as a ritual in

greeting and to show gratitude.

7.I was on the point of showing my agreement by nodding when a suddenly

realized what he meant. His words shocked me out of my sad dreamy thinking.

8.…and nurses walked by carrying surgical instrument which were nickel

plated and even healthy visitors when they see those instruments could not help shivering.

9.I have the chance to raise my moral standard because of the illness.

LESSON 4

PARAPHRASE ：

1.“Don’t worry, young man, we’ll do a few things to outwit the prosecution.”

2. I was suddenly engulfed by the whole affair.

3. I was the last one expect my case would develop into one of the most famous trials in American history.

4. “This is a completely inappropriate jury, to ignorant and partial.”

5. Today the teachers are put on trial because they teach scientific theory; soon the newspapers and magazines will not be allowed to express new idea, to spread knowledge of science.

6. “It’s doubtful whether man has reasoning power,”said Darrow sarcastically scornfully.

7. …accused Bryan of demanding that a life or death struggle be fought between science and religion.

8. People paid in order to have a look at the ape and to consider carefully whether apes and humans could have a common ancestry.

9. Darrow surprised everyone by asking for Bryan as a witness for Scopes which was

a brilliant idea.

10. Darrow had gotten the best of Bryan, who looked helplessly lost and pitiable as everyone ignored him and hushed past him to congratulate Darrow. When I saw this, I felt sorry for Bryan.

LESSON5

PARAPHRASE:

1.This dreadful scene makes all human endeavors to advance and improve their lot

appear as a ghastly, saddening joke.

2.The country itself is pleasant to look at, despite the sooty dirt spread by

innumerable mills in this region.

3.The model they followed in building their houses was a brick standing upright.

4.These brick-like houses were made of shabby, thin wooden boords and their roofs

were narrow and had little slope.

5.When the brick is covered with the black soot of the mills it takes on the color of a

rotten egg.

6.Red brick, even in a steel town, looks quite respectable with the passing of time.

7.I have given Westmoreland the highest award for ugliness after having done a lot

of hard work and research and after continuous praying.

8.They show such fantastic and bizarre ugliness that, in looking back, they become

almost fiendish and wicked.

9.It’s hard to believe that people built such horrible houses just because they did not

know what beautiful houses were like.

10.People in certain strata of American society seem definitely to hunger after ugly

things; while in other less Christian strata, people seem to long for things beautiful.

LESSON 6

PARAPHRASE:

1.Mark twain is known to most Americans as the author of The adventures of

Huckleberry Finn. Huck Finn is noted for his simple and pleasant journey through his boyhood which seems eternal and Tom Sawyer is famous for his free roam of the country and his adventure in one summer which seems never to end. The

youth and summer are eternal because the only age and time we knew them. They are frozen in that age/season for all readers.

2.His work on the boat made it possible for him to meet a large variety of people. It

is a world of all type of characters.

3.All would reappear in his book, written in the colorful language that he seemed to

be able to remember and record as accurately as a phonograph.

4.Steamboat decks were filled with people who explored and prepared the way for

others and also lawless people or social outcasts such as hustlers, gamblers and thugs.