現(xiàn)代大學(xué)英語5課后paraphrase大全

1、Unit 91. your imagination comes to life, and this,The landscape makes your imagination vivid and lifelike, and you believe that the creation of the whole universe was begun right here.2. but warfare for the kiowasThe Kiowas often fought just because they were good warriors, because they fought out o

2、f habit, character, nature, not because they needed extra lands or material gains for the sake of surviving and thriving. And they could not understand why the U.S. Cavalry never gave up pushing forward even when they had won a battle.3. my grandmother was spared the humiliationLuckily, my grandmoth

3、er did not suffer the humiliation of being put into a closure for holding animals, for she was born eight or ten years after the event.4. it was a long journey toward dawnThey moved toward the east, where the sun rises, and also toward the beginning of a new culture, which led to the greatest moment

4、 of their history.5. they acquired horse, and their ancient nomadic Now they got horses. Riding on horseback, instead of walking on foot, gave them this new freedom of movement, thus completely liberating their ancient nomadic spirit.6. from one point of view, their migrationIn a sense, their migrat

5、ion confirmed the ancient myth that they entered the world from a hollow log, for they did emerge from the sunless world of the mountains.7. the kiowas reckoned their stature Their stature was measured by the distance they could see. Yet, because of the dense forests, they could not see very far, an

6、d they could hardly stand straight.8. clusters of trees and animals The earth unfolds and the limit of the land is far in the distance, where there are clusters of trees and animals eating grass. This landscape makes one see far and broadens ones horizon.9. not yet would they veer southward to They

7、would not yet change the direction southward to the land lying below which was like a large kettle. First, they must give their bodies some time to get used to the plains. Secondly, they did not want to lose sight of the mountains so soon.10. I was never sure that I had the right to heard I was not

8、sure that I had any right to overhear her praying, which did not follow any customary way of praying, add which I guess she did not want anyone else to hear.11. transported so in the dancing light In this way she was entranced in the dancing light among the shadows of her room, and she seeded to be

9、timeless(what she represented would last for ever).12. the women might indulge themselves On these special occasions, women might make loud and elaborate jokes and talk among themselves. Their gossip revealed their position as servants of men and also a reward for their servitude.Unit 81. I was cons

10、cious of his superiority I knew that Oppenheimer was a man of great talent but his way of showing his talent at my seminars caused uneasiness and resentment among people, especially among his fellow students.2. This did not seem to be the sort of anecdote Since those attending the conference were pe

11、ople devoted to poetry , such an anecdote, though interesting, might not be appreciated by the audience.3. Pitted against these excellent There were two reasons for my going to the conference set against the reasons for my not going and they became decisive in my final decision.4. He is for me, one

12、of those people whose According to my view, Spender belongs to the group whose writings about their lives, experiences, that is whose autobiographies, are more interesting than their literary works.5. Audens Dirac like lucidity Like Dirac, Auden was outstanding in clarity. He was also outstanding in

13、 the powerful use of the language and the sense of fun about serious issues. All these greatly fascinated me.6. Spensers journal entry on his visit Spenders record of his visit is interesting not only because of the things he mentions but also because of the things he does not say.7. Oppenheim appea

14、rs in Spensers journal In his book, Spender fails to give a connected, complete picture of Oppenheimer and does not mention that Oppenheimers background and situation has quite a lot to do with spender.8. The real thing was much better The real person looked much better than the pictures.9. One prob

15、ably should not read too much Maybe one should not attach too much importance to appearance.10. he had outlived them all, He gad lived longer than any of his more famous friends but traces or influences of these friends, especially those of Auden, could still be found on him.Unit 71. it took me a lo

16、ng time and much painful It took me a long time to get rid of illusions and realize the simple and apparent truth that I am nobody but myself. It was a painful process. I started with high expectations only to be deeply disappointed and thoroughly disillusioned.2. and yet I am not freak of nature, I

17、 am perfectly normal physically, and I am a natural product of history, my growth reflects history. When things seemed likely to happen to me, other things had been equal (or unequal) 85 years ago.3. about 85 years ago About 85 years ago, they were told tat they were freed from slavery and became un

18、ited with the white people in all the essential things having to do with the common interests of our country, but in social life the blacks and whites still remain separated.4. in those pre-invisible days, In those days before I realized I was an invisible man, I imagined that I would become a succe

19、ssful man like Booker T. Washington.5. I wanted at one and the same time to run from the room On the one hand, I felt so embarrassed that I wanted to run away from the ballroom, on the other hand, I took pity on the gerl and so wanted to protect the naked girl from the eyes of the other men. I wante

20、d to love her tenderly because she was an attractive girl, but at the same time I wanted to destroy her because after all she was the immediate cause of our embarrassment.6. should I try to win the voice out there?If I should try myy best and win the fight, then I would be winning against the bet of

21、 that white man, who shouted “I got my money on the big boy. ” in that case I would not behave with humility, and yet my speech talked about humility as the essence of success. So maybe I should let that big boy win without putting up resistance, for this was time for me to show humility.7. cast dow

22、n your bucket where you are Make full use of what you have and do the best you can. Take this attitude in making friends in every honorable way, making friends with people of different races among whom we live.8. you were not being smart You were not trying to seem clever in a disrespectful way, wer

23、e you, boy? We intend to do the right thing by setting you up as orle model, but you must never forget who you are.Lesson 41. Pianos and models, Paris, Vienna and Berlin, masters and mistresses, are not needed by a writer.If you want to be musician or painter, you must own a piano or hire models, an

24、d you have to visit or even live in culture centers like Paris, Vienna and Berlin. And also you have to be taught by masters and mistresses. However, if you want to be a writer, you dont need all this.2. She would have plucked the heart out of my writing.Those conventional attitudes would have taken

25、 away the most important part of my writing, the essence of my writing.3. Thus, whenever I felt the shadow of her wing or the radiance of her halo upon my page, I took up the inkpot and flung it at her.Thus, whenever I felt the influence of the Victorian attitudes on my writing, I fought back with a

26、ll my power.4. For though men sensibly allow themselves great freedom in theses respects, I doubt that they realize or can control the extreme severity with which they condemn such freedom in women.It was a sensible thing for men to given themselves great freedom to talk about the body and their pas

27、sions. But if women want to have the same freedom, men condemn such freedom in women. And I do not believe that they realize how severely they condemn such freedom in women, nor do I believe that they can control their extremely sever condemnation of such freedom in women.5. Indeed it will be a long

28、 time still, I think, before a woman can sit down to write a book without finding a phantom to be slain, a rock to be dasher against.It will take a long time for women to rid themselves of false values and attitudes and to overcome the obstacle to telling the truth about their body and passions.6. E

29、ven when the path is nominally openwhen there is nothing to prevent a woman from being a doctor, a lawyer, a civil servantthere are many phantoms and obstacles, as I believe looming in her way.Even when the path is open to women in name only, when outwardly there is nothing to prevent a woman from b

30、eing a doctor, a lawyer, a civil servant, inwardly there are still false ideas and obstacles impeding a womans progress.7. You have won rooms of your own in the house hitherto exclusively owned by men.(Through fighting against the Angel in the House, through great labor and effort,) you have gained

31、a position or certain freedom in a society that has been up to now dominate by men.Lesson 3 1. Yet globalization “is a reality, not a choice”. Yet globalization is not something that you can accept or reject, it is already a matter of life which you will encounter and have to respond to every day.2.

32、 Popular factions sprout to exploit nationalist anxieties.Political groups with broad support have come into being to take advantage of existing worries and uneasiness among the people about foreign “cultural assault”.3. where xenophobia and economic ambition have often struggled for the upper handi

33、n China, the two trends of closeddoor and opendoor policies have long been struggling for dominance.4. Those people out there should continue to live in a museum while we will have showers that work.The Chinese people should continue to live a backward life while we live comfortably with all modern

34、conveniences.5. Westernization is a phenomenon shot with inconsistencies and populated by very strange bedfellows.westernization is a concept full of selfcontradiction and held by people of very different backgrounds or views.6. You dont have to be cool to do it; you just have to have the eye.In try

35、ing to find out what will be the future trend, you do not need to be fashionable yourself. All you need is awareness, that is to say, you need to be on the alert, to be observant. 7. He was up in the cybersphere far above the level of time zones.He was moving around, playing a game through the Inter

36、net with people living in different time zones, thus their activity on the computer broke down time zone limit.8. In the first two weeks of business the Gucci Store took in a surprising 100,000.The Gucci store did not expect that in the first two weeks of its opening in Shanghai business could be so

37、 good.9. Early on I realized that I was going to need some type of compass to guide me through the wilds of global culture.From the very beginning I know I need some theory as guideline to help me in my study of global cultures as globalization, to guide me through such a variety of cultural phenome

38、na.10. The penitence may have been Jewish, but the aspiration was universal.The way of showing repentance might be peculiar to the Jews, but the strong desire of gaining forgiveness from God is common, shared by all.Lesson21. I pictured this prodigy part of me as many different images, trying each o

39、ne on for size. I imagined myself as different types of prodigy, trying to find out which one suited me the best.2. I had new thoughts , willful thoughts, or rather thoughts filled with lots of wonts. I had new thoughts, which were filled with a strong spirit of disobedience and rebellion.3. The gir

40、l had the sauciness of a Shirley Temple. The girl was Shirley Templelike, slightly rude but in an amusing way.4. It felt like worms and toads and slimy things crawling out of my chest, but it also felt good, as if this awful side of me had surfaced, at last.When I said those words, I felt that some

41、very nasty thoughts had got out of my chest, and so T felt scared. But at the same time I felt good, relieved, because those nasty things had been suppressed in my heart for some time and they had got out at last.5. And T could sense her anger rising to its breaking point. I wanted to see it spill o

42、ver. I could feel that her anger had reached the point where her selfcontrol would collapse, and I wanted to see what my mother would do when she lost complete control of herself.6. The lid to the piano was closed, shutting out the dust, my misery, and her dreams. When the lid to the piano was close

43、d, it shut out the dust and also put an end to my misery.Lesson1 1. The job of arousing manhood within a people that have been taught for so many centuries that they are nobody is not easy.It is no easy job to educate a people who have been told over centuries that they were inferior and of no impor

44、tance to see that they are humans, the same as any other people.2. Psychological freedom, a firm sense of self-esteem, is the most powerful weapon against the long night of physical slavery.If you break the mental shackles imposed on you by white supremacists, if you really respect yourself, thinkin

45、g that you are a Man, equal to anyone else, you will be able to take part in the struggle against racial discrimination.3. The Negro will only be free when he reaches down to the inner depths of his own being and signs with the pen and ink of assertive manhood his own emancipation proclamation.The l

46、iberation of mind can only be achieved by the Negro himself/herself. Only when he/she is fully convinced that he/she is a Man/Woman and is not inferior to anyone else, can he/she throw off the manacles of self-abnegation and become free.4. Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love.Power in the best form of function is the carrying out of the demands of justice with love and justice in the best f