英语专业精读一Paraphrase

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Unit1,texta: 1 They did not make me happy, however, as this was the day I was to be thrown into school for the first time. (para. 1) Paraphrasing: But my new clothes did not bring any happiness to me, because it was the day I was forced to go to school for the first time.
2.I did not believe there was really any good to be had in tearing me away from my home and throwing me into the huge, high-walled building. (para. 5)
Paraphrasing: I didn’t think it was useful to take me away from home and put me into that building with high walls.
3.It seemed that my misgivings had had no basis.
It seemed I was wrong to think that school was dreadful place
4.In addition, the time for changing one’s mind was over and gone and there was no question of ever returning to the paradise of home. Besides, it was impossible for us to quit school and return to the good old days when we stayed home playing and fooling around all day. Our childhood was gone, never to come back.
5.Nothing lay ahead of us but exertion, struggle, and perseverance.
The life that was waiting for us at school would be full of great effort and determination to do well.
6.Those who were able took advantage of the opportunities for
success and happiness that presented themselves.
When opportunities came along, capable students would seize them to achieve success and happiness.
Unit2
1.If banks were required to sell wallets and money belts, they might act less like churches.
2. Everything about him suggested a carefully dressed authority.
3.I was especially aware of him because he looked more like a kid from a prep school than a customer in a West Side bank.
Unit4
1.Ausable did not fit the description of any secret agent Fowler had ever read about. (para. 1)
Paraphrasing: According to what Flower had experienced Ausable was not at all what a secret agent should look like.
2.Someday soon that paper may well affect the course of history. (para. 5)
Paraphrasing: In the near future, this document might probably have an effect on the development of history.
3.…you gave me quite a start. (para. 8)
Paraphrasing: You surprised me.
4.…and with a face that suggested the look of a fox.
His face reminded people of fox.
5.Except for the gun, he did not look very dangerous.
He d idn’t make people frightened if didn’t have a gun in his hand. 6.I’m going to raise the devil with the management this time.
Now I’m going to protest strongly about this situation to the managers of the hotel.
7.Max’s face was black with anger as he bac ked swiftly toward the window.
Max moved backwards to the window and he turned very angry.
8.Send him away or I’ll shoot and take my chance.
Ask him to leave. If he didn’t leave I would fire and risked my life to die with both of you.
Unit5
1.“She has for m. That cannot be denied. But has she got feeling? I am afraid not. In fact, she is like most artist: she is all style without any sincerity.”
Unit6
1.I did not ask them, though, as that would show my ignorance.
I didn’t know what they would do with my radiator, but I didn’t ask them because that would show my lack of knowledge about the use of green bananas.
2.He, in turn, inspected me carefully, as if to make sure I grasped the significance of his statement. As a result, he looked at
me closely, as if he wanted to guarantee that I understood the importance of what he said.
☐3.The occasion called for some show of recognition on my part.
It is necessary for me to show my agreement with what he said.
4.They gave me extra bananas to take along in case my radiator
should give me trouble again.
They gave me more green bananas to take with me so that I would be able to deal with it if my radiator should leak again.
5.But once a conscious breakthrough to a second center is made, a life-long perspective and collection can begin.
☐But once you make a serious effort to overcome your prejudice and go out to meet or embrace different cultures, for the rest of your life your mind will keep broadening as you experience and benefit from more and more treasures of other cultures.
Unit8
1.He had his thumb out and held a gas can in his other hand. (para.
1)
●He held his thumb out, making a gesture of asking for a free
ride, and the gas can was in his other hand to show that he was out of gas and needed a lift to the nearest gas station.
2.“I don’t want to get involved” has b ecome a national motto. (para
●The idea to avoid trouble by neglecting the hitchhikers has
guided people’s behaviors in the whole country.
3.Who would feed him, shelter him, carry him down the road? (para 3)
●Who would give him some food, offer a place for him to sleep at
night, and give him a free ride when he needs it.
4.It would be cashless journey through the land of the almighty dollar. (para. 5)
I would travel without a penny through the country where money was extremely important.
5.I was amazed by people’s readiness to help a stranger, even when it seemed to run contrary to their own best interests. (7)
●It is shocking that people offered me help whenever I ask for,
and sometimes it was opposite to their own interest.
6.I didn’t know whether to kiss them or scold them for stopping. (8)
●I didn’t know whether I should thank them for their kindness
or criticize them for running the risk of to offer free ride to a stranger.
7.People don’t hav e no heart anymore. (9)
●Not all the people are so ungrateful.
8.Those who had the least to give often the most. (10)
●People who are rich are often generous to offer as much as
possible.
10.But what I found most touching was the fact that they all did it as
a matter of course. (11)
But what affected me emotionally was that they helped people for nothing and they regarded it as the most natural way to act
11.This revelation made my night there all the more special. (13)
●What he said about the customs there gave me unusual warmth
of going back home.
12.In spite of everything, you can still depend on the kindness of strangers. (15)
●Although there some people who are indifferent to other
people’s needs, I find on the whole people are kind enough to help when it is needed.
Unit9
1.The policeman on the beat moved up the avenue impressively. (para. 1)
•The policeman was checking the area he is assigned to in the street vigorously and attractively.
• 2.The impressiveness was normal and not for show, for spectators were few. (para. 1)
The police officer walked that way habitually, not to attract attention or admiration because there were few people in the streets to be
impressed.
• 3.The area was one that kept early hours. (para. 2) People in that area closed their stores pretty early.
• 4.We figured that in twenty years each of us ought to have our fate worked out and our fortunes made, whatever they were going to be. (para. 7)
•We thought by that time we would have found out our fate and known how much we have achieved materially—whether our fortune huge or small.
• 5.But after a year or two we lost track of each other. (para. 9) We kept in touch with each other for a year or two, and then we haven’t heard from or heard of each other.
●6.I’ve had to compete with so me of the sharpest brains going
to get my money. A man gets stuck in New York. It takes the West to make a man really keen. (para. 13 )
●In order to make money, I had to compete with the most
shrewd and crafty people. A man is unable to go very far or to be very successful in New York where life is boring and opportunities for change are few. He has to go to the West to become an wise and exciting person.
7.I should say not! (para. 16)
Of course I am not going to leave immediately
●8.How has the West treated you, old man? (para. 22)
How well did you do in the West, old friend?
●9.Chicago thinks you may come over our way and telegraphs
us she wants to have a chat with you. (para. 31)
The Chicago Police Department thinks you may come to New York, sent us a telegraph and asked us to help them arrest you.
10.Somehow I couldn’t do it myself, so I went around and got a plain clothes man to do the job. (para. 33)
●For some reason I couldn’t arrest you myself, so I had a
policeman not wearing a uniform do it.
Unit10
1.To survive in prison, one must develop ways to take satisfaction in one’s daily life. (Para. 2)
One must find ways to enjoy one’s daily life to live through the harsh life in prison.
2.Some of my comrades joked that I was a miner at heart. (para. 4) Some of my comrades said jokingly that I worked as if I were a miner
3.The sense of being the owner of the small patch of earth offered a small taste of freedom. (para. 8)
Being aware that you could grow whatever you wanted on a small piece of land enabled you to enjoy a small amount of freedom
4.In some ways, I saw the garden as a metaphor for certain aspects
of my life. (para. 9)
I found handling certain aspects of my life is similar to tending a garden.
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