高级英语2第三版答案

高级英语2第三版答案

【篇一：高级英语第一册第三版课后翻译+paraphrase】=txt>1. we’re 23 feet above sea level.

2. the house has been here since 1915, andno hurricane has ever caused any damage to it.

3. we can make the necessary preparations and survive the hurricane without much damage.

4. water got into the generator and put it out. it stopped producing electricity, so the lights also went out.

5. everybody goes out through the back door and runs to the cars!

6. the electrical systems in the car (the battery for the starter) had been put out by water.

7. as john watched the water inch its way up the steps, he felt a strong sense of guilt because he blamed himself for endangering the whole family by deciding not to flee inland.

8. oh god, please help us to get through this storm safely 9. grandmother koshak sang a few words alone and then her voice gradually grew dimmer and finally stopped.

10. janis displayed the fear caused by the hurricanerather late. 1. 每架飞机起飞之前必须经过严格的检查。（check out） each and every airplane must be checked out thoroughly before taking off.

2. 居民坚决反对在附近建立垃圾焚烧厂，因为他们担心工厂排放的

气体会污染周围的空气。（waste incineration plant, concerned about ）

the residents were firmly against the construction of a waste

incineration plant in their neighborhood because they were deeply concerned about the air pollution emitted by the plant.

3. 在这个地区，生态工程的投资额高达数十亿。（mount to ） in this area, investment in ecological projects mounted up to billions of yuan.

4. 干枯的河道里布满了大大小小的石块。（ strewn with ） the dry riverbed was strewn with rocks of all sizes.

5. 虽然战争给这个国家造成巨大的损失，但当地的文化传统并没有

消亡。（perish ） although war caused great losses to this country, its local cultural traditions did not perish.

6. 为了建筑现代化的高楼大厦，许多古老的、具有民族特色的建筑都被拆毁了。（demolish）

to make space for modern high rises, a lot of ancient buildings with ethnic cultural features had to be demolished.

7. 在地震中多数质量差的房子的主体结构都散架了。（disintegrate）

the main structures of most of the poor-quality houses disintegrated in the earthquake.

8. 他为实现自己的目标付出了最大的努力，但最后美好的梦想还是化为了泡影。（vanish）

his wonderful dream vanished into the air, although he tried hard to achieve his goals.

unit2paraphrase:

1. they were so absorbed in their conversation that they seemed not to pay any attention to the people around them.

2.at last the taxi trip came to an end and i suddenly found that

i was in front of the gigantic city hall.

3. the traditional floating houses among high modern

buildings represent the constant struggle between old tradition and new development.

4. i suffered from a strong feeling of shame when i thought of the scene of meeting the mayor of hiroshima wearing my socks only.

5. the few americans and germans seemed just as restrained as i was?

6. after three days in japan one gets quite used to bowing to people as a ritual to show gratitude.?

7. i was about to show my agreement by nodding when i suddenly realized what the meaning of his words. his words shocked me out my sad dreamy thinking.

8....and nurses walked by carrying surgical instruments 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 thanks to the illness.

1. 礼堂里一个人都没有，会议一定是延期了。（must）

there is no one in the hall. the meeting must have been put off.

2. 那座现代建筑看上去很像个飞碟。（much like）

that modern building looks very much like a flying saucer. 3. 四川话和湖北话在北方人听起来很相似，有时难以区别。（much the same as） sichuan dialect sounds much the same as hubei dialect. therefore, it is sometimes difficult to tell one from the other.

4. 一看见纪念碑就想起了在战斗中死去的好友。（the very） the very sight of the monument reminds me of my good friend who died in the battle.

5. 他陷入沉思之中，没有理会同伴们在谈些什么。（to be

oblivious of）

he was absorbed in thought that he was oblivious of what his friends were talking about.

6. 他干的事与她毫无关系。（to have…to do） what he did had nothing to do with her. 7. 她睡不着觉，女儿的病使她心事重重。（mind）

she couldn’t fall asleep because her daughter’s illness was very much on her mind

8. 这件事长期以来一直让我放心不下。（mind）

i have had the matter on my mind for such a long time. 9. 他喜欢这些聚会，喜欢与年轻人交往并就各种问题交换意见。（to rub

shoulders with）

he loves such parties at which he could rub shoulders with young people and exchange opinions with them on various subjects.

10. 几分钟以后大家才领悟他话中的含意。（sink in） it was only after a few minutes that his words sank in. 11. 土壤散发着青草的气味。（to smell of） the soil smells of fresh grass.

12. 我可以占用你几分钟时间吗？（to spare） could you spare me a few minutes? 13. 你能匀出一张票子给我吗？（to spare） could you spare me a ticket?

14. 那个上了年纪的灰头发的人是铜匠。（by trade） that elderly man with grey hair is a coppersmith by trade. unit3paraphrase:

1. ogilvie said these words suddenly and rudely, throwing away his pretended politeness.

2. when they find who killed the mother and the kid and then

ran away,theyll carry out the maximum punishment no matter who will be punished in this case or what their social position is.

3. the duchess was supported by her arrogance coming from parents of noble familieswith a history of three centuries and a half. she wouldn’t give up easily.

4. the duchess appeared so firm about their innocence thatogilvie felt unsure if his assumption for a moment. but the moment was very short.

5. the house detective was took his time smoking his cigar and puffed a cloud of blue smoke leisurely.at the same time,his eyes were fixed on the duchess with contempt as if he was openly daring her objection as she has done earlier.

6. no matter who stays in this hotel does anythingimproper, i always get to know about it.

7. the duchess of croydon is thinking quickly, but at the same time keeping her thoughts under control.

8. furthermore, when they had to stopfor petrol, their speech and manner would make them noticeable and reveal their identity.

9. she mustn’t make any mistake, show any hesitation or deal with the situation carelessly due to her smallness of mind.

1、不用着急，慢慢来，我们还有时间。（take one’s time） there is no call for hurry. take your time. we still have some time.

1. 你的意思是说我在撒谎吗？（suggest） are you suggesting that i am lying?

2. 他企图尽一切办法掩盖事情的真相。（conceal） he tried every means to conceal the fact.

3. 虽然成功的机会很少，我们仍然要竭尽全力去干。（chance） although our chance of success is very slim, we shall still do

our best.

4. 如不另行通知，我们的会在明天上午十点开。（unless） we will have our meeting at 10 tomorrow morning unless notified otherwise.

5. 我俩谁也不善于计算数字。（adept） neither of us is adept at figures.

6. 假定五点出发，我们在黄昏前能到达目的地吗？（assume） assuming we set out at 5 o’clock in the morning, would it be possible to reach that place before dark?

7. 他不愿意依从她的要求。（comply with） he was reluctant to comply with her request.

8. 我知道你是南方人，一听你的口音就知道了。（betray） i know you are from the south of china. your accent has betrayed you.

9. 在这件事情上，我们没有任何选择的余地。（alternative） we have no alternative in this matter. unit4paraphrase:

1、don’t worry, young man. we have some clever and unexpected tactics and we will surprise them in the trial.

2、the case had come down upon me unexpectedly and violently.

3.i was the last one to expect that my case would become one of the most famous trials in us history.

4、thejuryiscompletely inappropriate.

5.“today it is the teachers who are put on trial bec ause of teaching scientific theory,” he continued to say,” soon the magazines, the books and newspaper will not be allowed to spreadideas of science.”

6. “there is some doubt about whether man has reasoning power,” said darrow scornfully.

7....accused bryan of challenging a life and death strugglebetween science and religion.

8、people had to pay in order to have a look at the ape and to consider carefully whether theyandthe apes could have a common ancestry.

9.darrow surprised everyone by asking for bryan as a witness for the defense which was a clever idea.

10、i felt sorry for bryanas the spectators rushed past him to congratulate darrow.

1. 我没预料到会卷入这场争端。（anticipate）

i did not anticipate that i would get involved in this dispute. 2. 如果你想学到一些东西，那你自己就应该参加到这项工作中去。（involve） if you want to learn something, you must involve yourself in this work.

3. 虽然种族隔离是违法的，但种族歧视在美国仍然以不同形式存在着。（violate） racial discrimination still exists in various forms in the united states though racial segregation violates the law.

4. 陪审团议论了一番，最后裁决他有罪。（verdict）

the jury discussed for a while and brought in a verdict of guilty.

5. 他认为这两个观点是可以一致起来的。（reconcile） he thought the two views could be reconciled.

6. 观众对被告充满了同情心。（one’s heart goes out to） the spectators’ hearts went out to the defendant. 7. 他阅读文章时总把字典放在手边。（on hand）

when reading articles, he always kept a dictionary on hand. 8. 还没有进行环境影响评估筑坝工程就开始了。（environment impact

assessment ; get under way）

the construction of the dam got under way before any

environment impact assessment had been carried out.

unit5paraphrase:

1.this dreadful scene makes all human endeavors to advance andimprove their lives appear as a ghastly, saddening joke.

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

11.these ugly designs, in some way that people cannot understand, satisfy the hidden and unintelligible demands of this type of mind.

12.the place where this psychological attitude is found is the united states.

1. 上海世博会的文化多样性是世界上有史以来最为丰富的。

（ even seen on earth）

the cultural diversity of shanghai expo is the richest ever seen in the world.

2. 那个地区的贫困状况几乎是无法想象的。（beyond imagination） the poverty of that area is beyond imagination.

3. 不要问他父亲在车祸中丧生的事，这事提都别提。（allude to）don’t ask him about his father’s death in the car accident; don’t even allude to it.

4. 在这片荒原上连棵大树也看不到。（in sight）

there is not a single tree in sight on the vast expanses of wilderness.

5. 尽管遭受了特大自然灾害，灾区的人民依然相信爱、相信未来。（despite） despite severe natural disasters, people in the stricken areas still believe in love and the future.

6. 总的来说，你的报告写得很好。但还有很大的改进余地。（plenty）

your report is well-written on the whole, but there is still plenty of room for improvement.

7. 我决定不买汽车，在城市里我更喜欢骑自行车。（prefer） i’ve decided not to buy a car since i prefer to ride a bike in the city.

8. 不少儿童对网络游戏的爱好近于痴狂。（border upon） many children’s lo ve for internet games borders upon craziness.

unit6paraphrase:

1.mark twain is known to most americans as the author of the adventure of tom sawyer and 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 this is the only age

【篇二：高级英语第三版2册paraphrase答案】

which is found only among human beings. 2conversation is not for persuading others to accept our idea or point of view. 3.in fact ,a person who really enjoys andis skilled at conversation will not argue to win or force others to accept his point of view.

4. people who meet each other for a drink in the bar of a pub are not intimate friends for they are not deeply absorbed or engrossed in each other’s lives.

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

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

7.the new ruling class by using french instead of english made it difficult for the english to accept or absorb the culture of the rulers.

8.the english language received proper recognition and became an official language.

9.the phrase the kings english has always been used disparagingly or jokingly by the lower classes. 10. there still exists in the working people

a spirit of opposition to the cultural control of the ruling class. 11.there is always a great danger that we might forget that words are only symbols and take them for things they are supposed to represent

1.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 built by exploiting the local people.

3. 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 crossing his legs at an old-fashioned lathe, making round chair-legs very fast. 5. immediately, jews rushed out of their dark hole-like rooms nearby in a frenzy madness. 6.every one of these jews considers the cigarette as a somewhat piece of luxury which they can not possibly afford. 7. however, a white-skinned european is easy to notice in a fair way. 8.against the background of a tropical landscape, people could notice everything but they cannot see local people. 9. no one would propose the cheap trips to the slums． 10．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 took it for granted that as an old woman she should work like an animal．12. people who have brown skins are almost invisible． 13.the soldiers wore second—hand khaki uniforms which covered their beautiful well—built bodies． 14. how long will it take for them to attack us?15. it is certain that every white man realized this.

1. our ancestors fought a revolutionary war to maintain that all men were created equal and god had given them certain unalienable rights which no state or ruler could take away from them. but today this issue has not yet been decided in many countries around the world.

2. this much we promise to do and we promise to do more. 3. united and working together we can accomplish a lot of things in a great number of joint undertakings.

4. we will not allow any enemy country to subvert this

peaceful revolution which brings hope of progress to all our countries.

5. the united nations is our last and best hope of survival in an age where the instruments of war have far surpassed the instruments of peace.

6. we pledge to help the united nations enlarge the area in which its authority and mandate would continue to be in effect or in force.

7. before the terrible forces of destruction, which science can now release, overwhelm mankind; before this self-destruction, which may be planned or brought about by an accident, takes place

8. yet both groups of nations are trying to change as quickly as possible this uncertain balance of terrible military power which restrains each group from launching mankinds final war.

9. so let us start once again (to discuss and negotiate)and let us remember that being polite is not a sign of weakness. 10. let both sides try to call forth the wonderful things that science can do for mankind instead of the frightful things it can do. 11. americans of every generation have been called upon to prove their loyalty to their country (by fighting and dying for their countrys cause).12.let history finally judge whether we have done our task welt or not, but our sure reward will be a good con-science for we will have worked sincerely and to

the best of our ability.}

1. he is a nice enough young fellow, you know, but he is empty-headed.

2. a passing fashion or craze, in my opinion, shoes a complete lack of reason.

3. i ought to have known that raccoon coat would come back

to fashion when the charleston dance, which was popular in the 1920s, came back

4. all the important and fashionable men on campus are wearing them. how come you don’t know?

5. my brain, which is a precision instrument, began to work at a high speed.

6. except for one thing (intelligence) polly had all other requirements.

7. she was not as beautiful as those girls in posters but i felt sure she would become beautiful enough after some time.

8. in fact, she was in the opposite direction, that is, she is not intelligent but rather stupid.

9. if you are no longer involved with her (if you stop dating her) others would be free to compete to get her as

a girlfriend.

10. his head turned back and forth (looking at the coat then looking away from the coat). every time he looked his desire for the coat grew stronger and his resolution not to give away polly become weaker.

11. to teach her to think appeared to be rather big task. 12. one must admit the outcome does not look very hopeful, but i decided to try one more time. 13. there is a limit to what any human being can bear.

14. i planned to be pygmalion, to fashion an ideal wife for myself, but i turned out to be frankenstein because polly(the result/product of my hard work) ultimately rejected me and ruined my plan. 15. desperately i tried to stop the feeling of panic that was overwhelming me.

1. at the about very mention of this postwar period middle-aged people begin to think it longingly.

2. in any case all american couldn’t avoid casting aside middle-class respectability and affected refinement.

3. the war only helped to speed up the breakdown of the victorian social

4. america at least, the young people were strongly inclined to shirk their responsibilities. they pretended to be worldly-wise, drinking and behaving naughtily.

5.the young found greater pleasure in drinking because prohibition, by making drinking unlawful，added a sense of adventure.

6. our young men joined the armies of foreign countries to fight in the war.

7. the young wanted to take part in the glorious adventure before the whole war ended. 8. these young people could no longer adapt themselves to lives in their hometowns or their families. 9. the returning veteran also had to face the stupid cynicism of the victorious allies in versailles who acted as cynically as napoleon did, and to face prohibition which the lawmakers hypocritically assumed would do good to the people. 10. (under all this force and pressure) st. in the youth of america, who were already very tense, had to break down. 11. it was only natural that hopeful young writers, whose minds and writings were full of violent anger against war, and puritanical gentility, should come in large numbers to live in greenwich village, the traditional artistic center. 12. each town was proud that it had a group of wild, reckless people, who lived unconventional lives.

1.this belief reflecting waste and greed are too bad to be excused:the real cause of global warming are not natural phenomenon but human factors such as waste and

greed,which are embodied in this belief.and by now it is easy

to see how foolish this belief is. 2. it is assumed that the supposed possibility of limitlessness came about from the fact that the industrial revolution coincided with discovery of natural resources in the new world(the american continent) that became suddenly exploitable.however,it is not clear how to relate the ideals of the supposed limitlessness of resources with their eventual exhaustion

3.making the doctrine of limitlessness a normal standard of belief and behavior has produced a sort of moral

reduction,namely,the strong wish to be efficient regardless of any cost ,and not to be hindered by complexity

4.connectedness.with.other,respect,reverent,responsibility,acc ountability,and self-subordination are all

reduced to the minimum.our present leaders and heroes are especially favored by and are bad examples of this culture.

5.thus putting an x mark on a paper voting ballot no longer converts our idea of voting no longer reflects our idea of voting.we don’t bel ieve we are voting property if some high technology is not involved

6.we are not likely to get another planet to use up a careless way to offset error in damaging this

one7.the hope that we can solve the problems of industrialism by using small amounts of more technology seems at last to be losing position8.if we dig into our cultural tradition,we are going to find a concern with religion,which, at least,completely destroys the belief that the individual life exists in a selfish way,and the destruction of this belief forces people to consider and examine seriously what human beings are and what human beings ought to be 9.this community economics is entirely different from the predatory economy of bringing large

profits to the powerful and disadvantages and even ruin to the powerless10.at the present time,quite a few writers,critics,and teachers of literature,as well as scientists and

technicians,regard satan’s and fuastus’ defiance as possible and heroic

1. science is engaged in the task of making its basic concepts understood and accepted by scientists all over the world.

2. the car model, called fiesta, seems to have disappeared completely.

3. the idea of a world car is similar to the idea of having a world style for architecture. /as architecture was moving toward a common international style, it was natural for the automobile to do the same.

4. things that are happening in auto making are similar to those happening in architecture.

5. the modern man no longer has very distint individual traits shaped by a special environment and culture．

6．the disadvantage of being a cosmopolitan is that he loses a home in the old sense of the world．

7．the benefit of being a cosmopolitan is that he begins to think the old kind of home probably restricts his development and activities． 8．the compelling force of technology to universalize cannot be resisted． 9．when every artist thought it was his duty to show his contempt for and objection to the eiffel tower which they considered an irreverent architectural structure． 10．people used to firmly believe that the things they saw around them were real solid substances but this has now been thrown into doubt by science, 11.the disappearance of history frees the mind of traditional concepts. it is like what madame b-p says of the flexible and pliable quality that was

beyond human powers and absolutely new.12thatperhaps, shows how far logically modern aesthetic can go．the solid banks can become almost abstract and invisible．this is perhaps the furthest limit of how solid objective things may be disappearing．

【篇三：高级英语2第三版课后习题paraphrase原文 及答案】

ity 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 accidental self-destruction... before the evil atom weapon made possible by science destroy all human beings in a planned way or by accident. 8...yet both racing to alter that uncertain balance of terror that stays the hand of mankind’s final war... however both trying to change that unstable balance of weapons and this balance of weapons could prevent human beings from launching their final war. 9. so let us begin anew, remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness... so let us begin once again to realize that politeness does not mean weakness. 10. let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors. i suggest both sides try to use science to make wonders for human beings rather than terrors. 11. ...each generation of americans has been summoned to give testimony to its national loyalty. there are americans from every generation who answer the call of the country to prove their loyalty to the country. 12. with a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love... our certain reward is our good conscience and

history will judge our deeds, therefore, let us try to be pioneers in building our beloved country. unit4 1.a nice enough young fellow, you understand ,but nothing upstairs. he is a nice enough young fellow,you know , but he is empty-headed.

2.fads, i submit, are the very negation of reason. a passing fashion or craze ,in my opinion, shows a complete lack of reason.

3.i should have known they?d come back when the charleston came back. i should have known that raccoon coats would come back to fashion when the charleston dance, which was popular in the 1920s,came back.

4.“all the big men on campus are wearing them. where ?ve you been?” all the important and fashionable men on campus are wearing them. how come you don’t know?

5.my brain , that precision instrument, slipped into high gear. my brain, which is precision instrument, began to work at high speed.

6.with one omission, polly fitted these specifications perfectly. except for one thing(intelligence)polly had all the other requirements.

7.she was not yet of pin-up proportions, but i felt sure that time would supply the lack. she was not as beautiful as those girls in posters but i felt sure she would become beautiful enough after some time. 8.in fact, she veered in the opposite direction. in fact, she went in the opposite direction,that is , she was not intelligent but rather stupid. 9.“ in other words ,if you were out of the picture,the field would be open. i s that right?” if you were no longer involved with her, others would be free to compete to get her as a girlfriend. 10.back and forth his head swiveled , desire waxing, resolution waning.his head turned back and forth (looking at the coat and then looking away from the coat). every time he looked his desire for the coat grew stronger and his resolution not to abandon polly became weaker. 11.this loomed as a project of no small dimensions...to teach her to think seemed to be a rather big task. 12.admittedly it was not a prospect

fraught with

hope ,but i decided to give it one more try. one must admit the outcome did not look very hopeful, but i decided to try one more time. 13.there is a limit to what flesh and blood can bear. there is a limit to what any human being can bear . 14.i was

not pygmalion; i was frankenst

ein , and my monster had me by the throat. i planned to be pygmalion, to fashion an ideal wife for myself, but i turned out

to be frankenstein because polly ultimately rejected me and ruined my plan. 15.frantically i fought back the tide of panic surging through me . desperately i tried to stop the feeling of panic which was overwhelming me. unit5 1.the slighted mention of the decade brings nostalgic recollections to the middle-aged... at the very mention of this postwar

period ,middle-aged people begin to think about it longingly. 2.the rejection of victorian gentility was , in any

case ,inevitable . in any case,an american could not avoid casting aside middle-class respectability and affected refinement. 3.the war acted merely as a catalytic agent in this breakdown of the victorian social structure... the war only helped to speed up the breakdown of the victorian social structure. 4...it was tempted ,in america at least, to escape its responsibilities and retreat behind an air of naughty

alcoholic sophistication... in america at least,the young people were strongly inclined to shirk their responsibilities. they pretended to be worldly-wise, drinking and behaving naughtily.

5.prohibition afforded the young the additional opportunity of making their pleasures illicit... the young found greater pleasure in drinking because prohibition, by making drinking unlawful,added a sense of adventure.

6...our young men began to enlist under foreign flags. our young men joined the armies of foreign countries to fight in the war.

7....they “wanted to get into the fun before the whole thing turned belly up.” the young wanted to take part in the glorious adventure before the whole ended.

8...they had outgrown towns and families... these young people could no longer adapt themselves to lives in their hometowns or their families.

9..the

returning

veteran

also

had

to

face

the

sodden,napoleonic cynicism of versailles,the hypocritical do-goodism of prohibition... the returning veteran also had to face the stupid cynicism of the victorious allies in versailles who acted as cynically as napoleon did,and to face prohibition which the lawmakers hypocritically assumed would do good to the people. 10.something in the tension-ridden youth of america had to “give”... (under all this force and pressure)something in the youth of america,who were already very tense ,had to break down. 11....it was only natural that hopeful young writers , their minds and pens inflamed against war, babbittry, and “puritanical” gentility, should flock to the

traditional artistic center... it was only natural that hopeful young writers ,whose minds and writings were full of violent anger against war, babbittry,and “puritanical” gentility,should come in largen numbers to live in greenwich village, the traditional artistic center. 12.each town had its “fast”set which prided itself on itself on its unconventionality... each town was proud that it had a group of wild ,reckless people,who lived unconventional lives. unit6 1. nowadays new york is out of phase with american taste... nowadays new yorkers can?t understand

nor follow the taste of the american people and often disagree with american politics. 2. new york even prides itself on being a holdout from prevailing american trends... new york is proud that it is a city that resists the prevailing fashion or styles of america and that it remains to be a place where people can escape uniformity.3. ...sitcoms cloned and canned in hollywood, and the johnny carson show live, preempt the airways from california... situation comedies made in hollywood and the live talk show of johnny carson now dominate the radio and tv programs in california.4. ... it is making something of a comeback as a tourist attraction... new york is making attempts to regain its status as a city that attracts tourists . 5. to win in new york is to be uneasy... even when a person whins in new york ,he may well be anxious and fearful, for he is afraid of losing what he has gained in the coming fierce competition. 6. nature? pleasures are much qualified in new york. since new york is a large and crowed city with a lot of tall buildings ,the chance to enjoy the pleasures of nature is very limited here. 7. ...the city?s bright glow arrogantly obscures the heavens. at night, the lights of new york are so proudly bright that the sky seems to be darkened. 8. but the purity of a bohemian dedication can be exaggerated. but the pure and wholehearted devotion to a bohemian lifestyle can be overstated. 9. in both these roles it ratifies more than it creates. in both these roles of banking and communications headquarters, new york creates very few things but approves many things started by people in other parts of the country. 10. the television generation grew up in the insistent presence of hype... the television generation was continually and strongly affected by extravagant promotional advertising. 11. ...those who are writing ambitious novels

sustain themselves on the magazines. writers producing long serious novels also earn their living by writing articles for popular magazines. 12. boardway, which seemed to be succumbing to the tawdriness of its environment, is astir again. boardway,which seemed to be giving up to the cheap ,gaudy shows put on in the surrounding areas,now becomes flourishing and busy again. 13. the defeated are not hidden away somewhere else on the wrong side of town. those who failed in the struggle of life ,the down-and-outs ,do no hide themselves away in slums where other people cannot see them.14. the place constantly exasperates,at times exhilarates. new york constantly irritates and annoys very much but sometimes it also stimulates. unit7 1. with a clamor of bells

that set the swallows soaring, the festival of summer came to the city omelas. the loud ringing of the bells, which sent the frightened swallows flying high, marked the beginning of the festival of summer in omelas.

2. ..their high calls rising like the swallows’ crossing flights over the music and singsing. the shouting of the children could be heard clearly above the music and singing like the calls of the swallows flying by overhead. 3. ..exercised their restive horses before the race. the riders were putting the horses through some exercises because the horses were

eager to start and stubbornly resisting the control of the riders.

4. given a description such as this one tends to make certain assumptions. after reading the above description the reader is likely to assume certain things.

5. this is the treason of artist:

a refusal to admit the banality of evil and the terrible

boredom

of pain. an artist betrays his trust when he does not admit that evil is nothing fresh nor novel and pain is very dull and uninteresting. 6. they were nature, intelligent, passionate

adults whose lives were not wretched. they were fully developed and intelligent grown-up people full of intense feelings and they were not miserable people. 7. perhaps it would be best if you imagined it as your own fancy bids, assuming it will rise to the occasion. perhaps it would be best if the reader pictures omelas to himself as his imagination tells him, assuming his imagination will be equal to the task. 8. the faint insistent sweetness of drooz may perfume the way of the city. the faint but compelling sweet scent of the drug drooz