高級(jí)英語(復(fù)習(xí))

1、Lesson 9 Paraphrase1. with a face that seem totally unfamiliar with laughter.with a face that was dead serious, never laughed.2. Sometimes old Jules, or his son Lazarus, would get mixed up in a Saturday-night brawlSometimes old Jules, or his son Lazarus, would get involved in a rough, noisy quarrel

2、or fight on a Saturday night after much drinks of liquor.3. her attendance had always been sporadic and her interest in schoolwork negligible.She often missed her classes and had little interest in schoolwork.4. she existed for me only as a vaguely embarrassing presenceI only knew her as someone who

3、 would make other people feel ill at ease because of the way she looked, spoke and behaved.5. She dwelt and moved somewhere within my scope of vision.She lived and moved somewhere within my range of sight. But I paid little attention to her: she was almost invisible for me.6. Grandmother Macleod and

4、 Piquette, Piquette would win hands down, nits or not.If my mother had to make a choice between Grandmother Macleod Piquette, she would certainly choose the latter without hesitation, no matter whether the latter had the nits or not.7. My acquaintance with Indians was not extensive.I didnt know many

5、 Indians.8. she remained both a reproach and a mystery to me.I blame myself ( for being unable to make Piquettes response warmer) and the same time found her mysterious9. Her defiant face, momentarily, became unguarded and unmasked, and in her eyes there was a terrifying hope.Normally, she was defen

6、sive and sensitive as if her face were guarded and marked. But in a brief moment when she was saying this, there was an expression of defiance on her face, which was her true emotion. In her eyes there was a kind of hope which was so intense and violent that it stuck people as terrifying.10. she loo

7、ked a mess, to tell you the truth, a real slattern, dress any old howShe looked very messy, dirty and untidy, dressed in a very careless way.11. She was up in court a couple of times - drunk and disorderly, of course.She was taken to court a couple of times because she was drunk and disorderly as on

8、e could expect.12. The one store had become several dozen, and the settlement had all the attributes of a flourishing resort - hotels, a dance-hall, cafés with noen signs, the penetrating odours of potato chips and hot dogs.There had been only one store in the past, but now there were several d

9、ozen stores. The settlement had all the characteristics of a flourishing resort such as hotels, a dance-hall, cafes lighted by neon signs, the strong smells of potato chips and hot dogs.13. Perhaps they had been unable to find such a place, and had simply died out, having ceased to care any longer w

10、hether they lived or not.Perhaps they had failed to find a suitable habitat where they could belong and had simply died out, having lost any interest in life and ceased to care any longer whether they lived or not.Lesson 9 Translation1. Just below Manawaka, where the Wachakwa River ran brown and noi

11、sy over the pebbles, the scrub oak and gray-green willow and chokecherry bushes grew in a dense thicket.馬納瓦卡山下有一條名叫瓦恰科瓦的小河，渾濁的河水咆哮著，沖打著河邊的鵝卵石。矮小的橡樹、灰綠的柳樹、北美稠李從，密集的生長在山腳下，形成一片林地。2. “Shes not contagious,” my father said. “And it would be company for Vanessa.”“她的病不傳染，”父親說，“再說她還可以跟婉妮紗做個(gè)伴兒呢?！?. I had tro

12、uble in stifling my urge to laugh, for my mother brightened visibly and quickly tried to hide it.我?guī)缀跞滩蛔∫ζ饋恚赣H面露喜色，但馬上又極力掩飾自己的喜悅之情。4. You could look out the windows and see, through the filigree of the spruce trees, the water glistening greenly as the sun caught it.從窗口向外望去，透過裝飾的別致的云杉樹，可以看到在陽光照耀下的碧波粼

13、粼的湖水。5. It seemed to me that Piquette must be in some way a daughter of the forest, a kind of junior prophetess of the wilds, who might impact to me, if I took the right approach, some of the secrets which she undoubtedly knew.在我看來，皮蓋特一定有些像是森林之女，像是荒野中某種小預(yù)言家。只要我用恰當(dāng)?shù)姆椒ㄏ蛩?qǐng)教，她就會(huì)向我透露一些秘密。6. For the meres

14、t instant, then I saw her. I really did see her, for the first and only time in all the years we had both lived in the same town.在那一瞬間，我看清了她。我們雖然在一個(gè)鎮(zhèn)子上同住了多年，我這是頭一次，也是唯一的一次真正看清了她。7. The small pier which my father had built was gone, and in its place there was a large and solid pier built by the gover

15、nment, for Galloping Mountain was now a national park, and Diamond Lake had been renamed Lake Wapakata, for it was felt that an Indian name would have a greater appeal to tourists.父親修造的小防波堤已經(jīng)蕩然無存了。取而代之的是一個(gè)由政府建造的寬闊而堅(jiān)固的船埠。蓋拉坪山現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)成了國家公園，鉆石湖也改名為挖怕卡塔湖，人們認(rèn)為取個(gè)印第安式的名字會(huì)對(duì)游客更具魅力。8. I listened for some time, t

16、o make sure, but never once did I hear that long-drawn call, half mocking and half plaintive, spearing through the stillness across the lake.我聆聽了好一會(huì)兒，想確認(rèn)一下，但到底還是沒能再聽到那劃過寂靜的湖面?zhèn)鱽淼?、拖長尾音的、半是凄厲半是冷嘲的鳥叫聲。9. It seemed to me now that in some unconscious and totally unrecognized way, Piquette might have been

17、the only one, after all, who had heard the crying of the loons.現(xiàn)在我倒覺得，皮蓋特可能以一種無意識(shí)的、別人無法了解的方式成為唯一聽懂了潛水鳥哀叫聲的人。Lesson 6 Paraphrase1. Nowadays New is out of phase with American taste.Nowadays New York cannot understand nor follow the state of the American people and is often in disagreement with America

18、n people.2. New York even prides itself on being a holdout from prevailing American trends.New York now boasts that it is a city that resists the prevailing trends (styles, fashion) of American and that it is a place where people can escape from uniformity and commonness.3. .sitcoms cloned and canne

19、d in Hollywood, and the Johnny Carson show live, preempt the airways from California.Situation comedies made in Hollywood and the live talk show by Johnny Carson are on all channels, filling the airwaves.4. .it is making something of a comeback as tourist attraction.New York is regaining somewhat it

20、s status as a city that attracts tourist.5. To win in New York is to be uneasy.A person who wins in New York is constantly disturbed by fear and anxiety (because he is afraid of losing what he has won in the fierce competition).6. Nature pleasure are much qualified in New York.Being a large and crow

21、ded city with many tall buildings, etc., the chance to enjoy the pleasure of nature is very limited in New York.7. .the citys bright glow arrogantly obscures the heavens.At night the city of New York is aglow with lights and seems haughtily to dim the light of the stars.8. But the purity of a bohemi

22、an dedication can be exaggerated.But a pure and wholehearted devotion to a Bohemian life style can be exaggerated.9. In both these roles it ratifies more than it creates.In both these roles of banking and communications headquarters, New York starts or originated very few things but gives its stamp

23、of approval to many things created by people in other parts of the country.10. The television generation grew up in the insistent presence of hype.The television generation was constantly and strongly influenced by extravagant promotional advertising.11. .those who are writing ambitious novels susta

24、in themselves on the magazines.Author writing long serious novels earn their living in the meantime by also writing articles for popular magazines.12. Broadway, which seemed to be succumbing to the tawdriness of its environment, is astir again.Broadway, which seemed unable to resist the cheap, gaudy

25、 shows put on in the surrounding areas, is once again busy and active.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, are not hidden away in slums or ghettoes where other people can't see them.14. The plac

26、e constantly exasperates, at times exhilarates.New York constantly irritates and annoys very much but at times it also invigorates and stimulates.Lesson 6 Translation1. Those ad. Campaigns celebrating the Big Apple, those T-shirts with a heart design proclaiming “I love New York,” are signs, patheti

27、c in their desperation, of how the mighty has fallen.那些歌頌“大蘋果”的廣告活動(dòng)，那些印有心形圖案“我愛紐約”字樣的T恤衫，都是可憐的、鋌而走險(xiǎn)的信號(hào)，也顯示出強(qiáng)者是如何衰敗的。2. Nowadays New York is out of phase with American taste as often as it is out of step with American politics.目前，紐約往往同美國人的情趣不同步調(diào)，就像它往往跟不上美國政治前進(jìn)的步伐一樣。3. A dozen other cities have buildi

28、ngs more inspired architecturally than any built in New York City in the past twenty years.在過去20年里，有十多做其他城市都建有比紐約的建筑更有藝術(shù)靈感的建筑物。4. New York was never a good convention city - being regarded as unfriendly, unsafe, overcrowded, and expensive - but it is making something of a comeback as a tourist attra

29、ction.由于往往被公認(rèn)為不友善、不安全、過于擁擠、物價(jià)昂貴，紐約從來都被看好為會(huì)議城市。但現(xiàn)在它似乎正回歸為旅游勝地。5. They take more readily than do most Americans to its cosmopolitan complexities, its surviving, aloof, European standards, its alien mixtures.同大多數(shù)美國人相比，他們更喜歡紐約這個(gè)國際大都市的光怪陸離、喜歡它依然存在的歐洲準(zhǔn)則、以及外來民族的多元文化。6. But all in all, I cant think of many

30、places in the world Id rather live.但總的來說，在這個(gè)世界我也想不出還有多少地方我更愿意定居。7. It has become less a tranquil park than an untidy carnival.這里已經(jīng)不是一個(gè)寧靜的公園了，倒更像是一個(gè)雜亂的狂歡之地。8. A testing of oneself, a fear of giving in to the most banal and marketable of ones talents, still draws many of the young to New York.考驗(yàn)自己，害怕自

31、己陷入平庸、才華停滯不前仍然是吸引著許多年輕人來到紐約的原因。9. In time the newcomers find or form their own worlds; Manhattan is many such worlds, huddled together but rarely interacting.那些新來者遲早會(huì)找到或者形成他們自己的小圈子；曼哈頓就是由許多這樣的小圈子混雜在一起組合而成，但彼此之間缺乏溝通交流。10. The newcomers are never fully absorbed, but are added precariously to the undig

32、ested many. 新加入的永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)被完全同化，而是不穩(wěn)定的增加到了未被同化的行列中。Lesson 3 Paraphrase1. And yet the same revolutionary belief for which our forebears fought is still at issue around the globe.Our ancestors fought a revolutionary war to maintain that all men were created equal and God had given them certain unalienable r

33、ights which no state or ruler could take away from them. But today this issue has not yet been settled in many countries around the world.2. This much we pledge -and more.We promise to do this and we promise to do more.3. United, there is little we cannot do in a host of cooperative ventures.United

34、and working together we can accomplish a lot of things in a great number of joint bold undertakings.4. .our last best hope in an age where the instruments of war have far outpaced the instruments of peace.The United Nations is our last and best hope of survival in an age where the tools to wage war

35、have far surpassed and exceeded the tools to keep peace.5. .to enlarge the area in which its writ may run.We pledge to help the United Nations enlarge the area in which its authority and mandate could continue to be in effect or in force.6. .before the dark powers of destruction unleashed by science

36、 engulf all humanity in planned or accidental self-destruction.Before the terrible forces of destruction, which atomic bombs can now release, wipe out mankind, which may be planned or brought about by an accident.7. .yet both racing to alter that certain balance of terror that stays the sign of weak

37、ness.Yet both groups of nations are trying to change as quickly as possible this uncertain balance of terrible military power which restrains each power from launching mankind's final war.8. So let us begin anew, remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness.Let us start over

38、 again. We must bear in mind that being polite does not mean one is weak.9. Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors.Let both sides try to use science to produce good and beneficial things for man instead of employing it to bring frightful destruction.10. .each gen

39、erations of Americans has been summoned to give testimony to its national loyalty.Americans of every generation have been called upon to prove their loyalty to their country (by fighting and dying for their country's cause).11. With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final

40、judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love.We will lead the country we love, knowing our sure reward will be a good conscience, and history will finally judge whether we have done our task well or not.Lesson 3 Translation1. We observe today not a victory of party but a celebration

41、of freedom, symbolizing an end as well as a beginning, signifying renewal as well as change.今天我們慶祝的不是政黨的勝利，而是自由的勝利。這象征著一個(gè)結(jié)束，也象征著一個(gè)開端；意味著延續(xù)也意味著變革。2. Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans, born in this c

42、entury, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage, and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of these human rights to which this nation has always been committed, and to which we are committed today at home and around the world.讓我們的朋友和敵人同樣聽見我此時(shí)此

43、地的講話：火炬已經(jīng)傳給新一代美國人。這一代人在本世紀(jì)誕生，在戰(zhàn)爭中受過鍛煉，在艱難困苦的和平時(shí)期受過陶冶，他們?yōu)槲覈凭玫膫鹘y(tǒng)感到自豪他們不愿目睹或聽任我國一向保證的、今天仍在國內(nèi)外作出保證的人權(quán)漸趨毀滅。3. Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the succes

44、s of liberty.讓每個(gè)國家都知道不論它希望我們繁榮還是希望我們衰落為確保自由的存在和自由的勝利，我們將付出代價(jià)，承受任何負(fù)擔(dān)，應(yīng)付任何困難，支持任何朋友，反抗任何敵人。4. United, there is little we cannot do in a host of cooperative ventures.只要團(tuán)結(jié)，則在許多合作事業(yè)中沒有什么事辦不到的。5. Divided, there is little we can do, for we dare not meet a powerful challenge at odds and split asunder.倘若分裂，我

45、們則無可作為，因?yàn)槲覀儾桓以跔幊巢恍?、四分五裂時(shí)迎接強(qiáng)大的挑戰(zhàn)。6. If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.自由社會(huì)如果不能誠信幫助眾多的窮人，也就無法徹底保全少數(shù)的富人。7. We dare not tempt them with weakness. For only when our arms are sufficient beyond doubt can we be certain beyond doubt that they will never

46、be employed.我們不敢以怯弱來引誘他們。因?yàn)橹挥挟?dāng)我們毫無疑問的擁有足夠的軍備，我們才能毫無疑問的確信永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)使用這些軍備。8. In your hands, my fellow citizens, more than mine, will rest the final success or failure of our course.公民們，我們方針的最終成敗與其說掌握在我手中，不如說掌握在你們手中。9. Now the trumpet summons us again - not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need; not a

47、s a call to battle, though embattled we are; but a call to bear the burden of a long twilight struggle, year in and year out. “rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation,” a struggle against the common enemies of man: tyranny, poverty, disease and war itself.現(xiàn)在，號(hào)角已再次吹響不是召喚我們拿起武器，雖然我們需要武器；不是號(hào)召我們?nèi)プ鲬?zhàn)，雖然

48、我們嚴(yán)陣以待。它召喚我們?yōu)橛永杳鞫缲?fù)起漫長斗爭的重任，年復(fù)一年，從希望中得到快樂，在磨難中保持耐性，對(duì)付人類共同的敵人專制、貧窮、疾病和戰(zhàn)爭本身。10. With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our needs, let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking His blessing and His help, but knowing that here on earth Gods work mist truly be ou

49、r own.問心無愧是我們唯一可靠的獎(jiǎng)賞，歷史是我們行動(dòng)的最終裁判，讓我們走向前去，引導(dǎo)我們所熱愛的國家。我們祈求上帝的福佑和幫助，但我們知道，確切的說，上帝在塵世的工作必定是我們自己的工作。Lesson 2 Paraphrase1. The burying-ground is merely a huge waste of hummocky earth, like a derelict building-lot.The burying-ground is nothing more than a huge piece of wasteland full of mounds of earth lo

50、oking like a deserted and abandoned piece of land on which a building was going to be put up.2. All colonial empires are in reality founded upon this fact.All the imperialists build up their empires by treating the people in the colonies like animals (by not treating the people in the colonies as hu

51、man beings.)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 for a few years they work, toil and starve. Finally they died and are buried in graves without a name, and nobody notices that they

52、are dead.4. A carpenter sits cross-legged at a prehistoric lathe, turning chair-legs at lightning speed.Sitting with his legs crossed and using a very old-fashioned lathe, a carpenter quickly gives a round shape to the chair-legs he is making.5. Instantly, from the dark holes all around, there was a

53、 frenzied rush of Jews.Immediately from their dark hole-like cells everywhere, a great number of Jews rushed out wildly excited, all loudly demanding a cigarette.6. .every one of them looks on a cigarette as a more or less impossible luxury.Every one of these poor Jews looks on the cigarette as a pi

54、ece of luxury which they could not possible afford.7. Still, a white skin is always fairly conspicuous.However, people always notice anyone with a white skin.8. In a tropical landscape ones eye takes in everything except the human beings.If you take a look at the natural scenery in a tropical region

55、, you see everything but the human beings.9. No one would think of running cheap trips to the Distressed Areas.No one would think of organizing cheap trips for tourists to visit the poor slum areas.10. .for nine-tenths of the people the reality of life is an endless, backbreaking struggle to wring a

56、 little food out of an eroded soil.Life is very hard for ninety percent of the people. They can produce a little food on the poor soil with hard backbreaking toil.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 was th

57、e lowest in the community, that she was only fit for doing heavy work like an animal.12. People with brown skins are next door to invisible.People with brown skins are almost invisible.13. Their splendid bodies were hidden in reach-me-down khaki uniforms. well-built bodies. The Senegalese soldiers were wearing second-hand ready-made khaki uniforms which hid their beautiful, 14. How long before they turn their guns in the other directionHow much longer before they turn their guns around and attack the colonialist rulers?15.Every white man there had this thought stowed s