高級英語1第三版課后答案句子理解和翻譯paraphrase

1、1. We re elevated 23 feet.We re 23 feet above sea level.2. The place has been here since 1915, and no hurricane has bothered it.The house has been here since 1915, andno hurricane has ever caused any damage to it.3. We can batten down and ride it out.We can make the necessary preparations and surviv

2、e the hurricane without much damage.4. The generator was doused, and the lights went out.Water got into the generator and put it out. It stopped producing electricity, so the lights also went out.5. Everybody out the back door to the cars!Everybody goes out through the back door and runs to the cars

3、!6. The electrical systems had been killed by water.The electrical systems in the car (the battery for the starter) had been put out by water.7. John watched the water lap at the steps, and felt a crushing guilt.As John watched the water inch its way up the steps, he felt a strong sense of guilt bec

4、ause he blamed himself for endangering the whole family by deciding not to flee inland.8. Get us through this mess, will you?Oh God, please help us to get through this storm safely9. She carried on alone for a few bars; then her voice trailed away.Grandmother Koshak sang a few words alone and then h

5、er voice gradually grew dimmer and finally stopped.10. Janis had just one delayed reaction.Janis displayed the fear caused by the hurricane rather late.and every plane must be checked out thoroughly before taking off.每架飛機(jī)起飛之前必須經(jīng)過嚴(yán)格的檢查。residents were firmly opposed to the construction of a waste inci

6、neration plant in their neighborhood because they were deeply concerned about the plant s emissions polluting the air. 居民堅(jiān)決反對在附近 建立垃圾焚燒廠，因?yàn)樗麄儞?dān)心工廠排放的氣體會污染周圍的空氣。3. Investment in ecological projects in this area mounted up to billions of Yuan.在這個地區(qū)，生態(tài)工程的投資額高達(dá)數(shù)十億元。4. The dry riverbed was strewn with roc

7、ks of all sizes.干枯的河道里布滿了大大小小的石塊。5. Although war caused great losses to this country, its cultural traditions did not perish. 雖然戰(zhàn)爭 給這個國家造成巨大的損失，但當(dāng)?shù)氐奈幕瘋鹘y(tǒng)并沒有消亡。6. To make space for modern high rises, many ancient buildings with ethnic cultural features had to be demolished. 為了建筑現(xiàn)代化的高樓大廈，許多古老的，具有民族特色的建

8、筑物都被拆毀了。7. In the earthquake the main structures of most of the poor-quality houses disintegrated.在地震中多數(shù)質(zhì)量差的房子的主體結(jié)構(gòu)都散架了。8. His wonderful dream vanished into the air despite his hard efforts to achieve his goals.他為實(shí)現(xiàn)自己的目標(biāo)付出了最大努力，但最后美好的夢想還是化成了泡影。第二課 Hiroshima-the “ Liveliest ” City in Japan1. Serious-

9、 looking men spoke to one another as if they were oblivious of the crowds about themThey were so absorbed in their conversation that they seemed not to pay any attention to the people around them.2. At last this intermezzo came to an end, and I found myself in front of the gigantic City Hall.At last

10、 the taxi trip came to an end and I suddenly found that I was in front of the gigantic City Hall.3. The rather arresting spectacle of little old Japan adrift amid beige concrete skyscrapers is the verysymbol of the incessant struggle between the kimono and the miniskirt.The traditional floating hous

11、es among high modern buildings represent the constant struggle between old tradition and new development.4. experiencing a twinge of embarrassment at the prospect of meeting the mayor of Hiroshima in my socks. I suffered from a strong feeling of shame when I thought of the scene of meeting the mayor

12、 of Hiroshima wearing my socks only.5. The few Americans and Germans seemed just as inhibited as I was.The few Americans and Germans seemed just as restrained as I was6. After three days in Japan, the spinal column becomes extraordinarily flexible.After three days in Japan one gets quite used to bow

13、ing to people as a ritual to show gratitude.7. I was about to make my little bow of assent, when the meaning of these last words sank in, jolting me out of my sadreverie.I was about to show my agreement by nodding when I suddenly realized what the mean ing of his words. His wordsshocked me outmysadd

14、reamythinking.8. .and nurses walked by carrying nickel-plated instruments, the very sight of which would send shiversdown the spineofanyhealthy visitor.and nurses walked by carrying surgical instruments which were nickel plated and e ven healthy visitors when they see those instruments could not hel

15、p shivering.9. Because, thanks to it, I have the opportunity to improve my character.I have the chance to raise my moral standard thanks to the illness.1. There is not a soul in the hall. The meeting must have been put off.禮堂里個人者B沒有，會議定是延期了。2. That modern construction looks very much like a flying s

16、aucer.刃 B座現(xiàn)代建筑看上去彳艮想個飛碟。3. Sichuan dialect sounds much the same as Hubei dialect. It is sometimes difficult to tell one fromthe other.四川話和湖北話在北方人聽起來很相似，有時難以區(qū)別。4. The very sight of the monument reminds me of my good friend who was killed in the battle.一看見紀(jì)念碑就想起了再戰(zhàn)斗中死去的好友。5. He was so deep in thought

17、that he was oblivious of what his friends were talking about.他陷入沉思之中，沒有理會同伴們在談些什么。6. What he did had nothing to do with her.他干的事與她毫無關(guān)系。7. She couldn ' t fall asleep as her daughter' s illness was very much on her mind. 她睡不著覺，女兒的病使她心事重重。8. I have had the matter on my mind for a long time.這件事長

18、期以來一直讓我放心不下。9. He loves such gatherings at which he rubs shoulders with young people and exchanges opinions with them on various subjects.他喜歡這些聚會，喜歡與年輕人交往并就各種問題交換意見。10. It was only after a few minutes that his words sank in.幾分鐘以后大家才領(lǐng)悟他話中的含意。11. The soil smells of fresh grass.土壤散發(fā)著青草的氣味。12. Could you

19、 spare me a few minutes?我可以占用你幾分鐘時間嗎？13. Could you spare me a ticket?你能勻出一張票子給我嗎？14. That elderly grey-haired man is a coppersmith by trade.那個上了 年紀(jì)的灰頭發(fā)的人是銅匠。第三課Blackmail1. The words spat forth with sudden savagery, all pretense of blandness gone.Ogilvie said these words suddenly and rudely, throwing

20、 away his pretended politeness.2. When they find who done that last night, who killedthat kidan'its mother, then high-tailed it, they ll throw the book, and never mind who it hits, or whether they got fancy titles they find who killed the mother and the kid and then ran away,they'll carry ou

21、t the maximum punishment no matter who will be punished in this case or what their social position is.3. The Duchess of Croydon-three centuries and a half of inbred arrogance behind her-did not yieldeasily.The Duchess was supported by her arrogance coming from parents of noble familieswith4.a histor

22、y of three centuries and a half. She wouldn' t give up easily.Even the self-assuranceof Ogilvie flickeredfor an instant.The Duchess appeared so firm about their innocence thatOgilviefelt unsure if his a5.ssumption for a moment. But the moment was very short.The house detective took his time, lei

23、surelypuffing a cloud of blue cigar smoke,his eyes sardonicallyon the Duchess as if challenging her objection.The house detective was took his time smoking his cigar and puffed a cloud of blue smoke the same time,his eyes were fixed on the Duchess with contempt as if he6.was openly daring her object

24、ion as she has done earlier.There ain ' t much, out of the way, which people who stay in this hotel do, I don't get to hear about.No matter who stays in this hotel does anythingimproper,I always get to know abou7.t it.The Duchess of Croydon kept firm, tight rein on her racing mind.The Duches

25、s of Croydon is thinking quickly,but at the same time keeping her thoughts under control.8. And when they stopped for petrol, as they would have to, their speech and manner would betray them, making them conspicuous.Furthermore, when they had to stopfor petrol, their speech and manner would make th

26、em noticeable andrevealtheir identity.9. There mustbe nomistake, novacillationor delaying because of her own smallnessof mind.She mustn'tmakeany mistake,showany hesitation or deal with the situation carelessly dueto hersmallness ofmind.1) There is no call for hurry . Take your time .不用著急慢慢來。2) A

27、re you suggesting that I am telling a lie?你的意思是說我在撒謊嗎？3) He tried every means to conceal the fact .他企圖盡一切辦法掩蓋事實(shí)的真相。4) Our chance tosucceed isvery slim . Neverthelesswe shall do ourutmost .5) We will haveour meetingat10 tomorrow morning unlessnotifiedotherwise. 如不另行通知，我們的會在明天上午十點(diǎn)開。雖然成功的機(jī)會很少，我們?nèi)匀灰弑M全力

28、去干。6) Neither of us is adept at figures .我們倆誰也不善于計(jì)算數(shù)字。7) Would it be possible to reach that place before dark assuming we set out at 5 o'clock?假定五點(diǎn)出發(fā)，我們在黃昏前能到達(dá)目的地嗎？8) He was reluctant to comply with her request.他不愿意依從她的要求。9) I know you are from the South. Your accent has betrayed you. 我知道你是南方人，

29、一聽你的口音就知道了。10) Wehave no alternative in this matter.在這件事情上，我們沒有任何選擇的余地。第四課 The Trial That Rocked the World1. " Don' tworry,son, we'll show them a fewtricks.”Don' t worry, young man. We have some clever and unexpected tactics and we will surprisetheminthe trial.2. Thecasehaderupted r

30、ound my headThecasehadcome down upon me unexpectedlyand violently.3. No one, least of allmost famous trials inI, anticipated . history.that my case would snowball into one of theI was the lastonetoexpect thatmycasewould become oneof themostfamoustrials in US history.4. ” That s one hell of a jury! ”

31、The jury iscompletely inappropriate.e allowed to spreadideas of science. ”6.“ There is some doubt about that, ”“There is some doubt about whetherDarrow snorted.man has reasoningpower,said Darrow scornfully.7. .accused.accusedBryan of calling for a duelBryan of challenging a lifeto the death between

32、science and religion.and death strugglebetween science and religion.8. Spectatorspaid to gaze at itand ponder whether they might be related.People had to pay in orderto have a lookat the ape and toconsidercarefully5. ” Todayit is theteachers,hecontinued, ” andtomorrow themagazines,thebooks,the newsp

33、apers. ”“ Todayit is theteacherswhoare put on trialbecause ofteachingscientifictheory, ” hecontinuedto say, ”Soonthe magazines,the books andnewspaperwillnot bhave a common ancestry.whether they and the apes could9. Now Darrow sprang his trump card by calling Bryan as a witness for the defense.Darrow

34、 surprisedeveryone by asking for Bryan as a witness for the defense whichwas a clever idea.heartwent out to the old warrioras spectatorspushed by him to shake Darrowshand.Darrow.I felt sorry for Bryanas the spectators rushed past him to congratulate1) I did not anticipate that 1 would get involved i

35、n this dispute. 我沒有預(yù)料到會卷入這場爭端。2) You must involve yourself in the work if you want to learn something.如果你想學(xué)到一些東西，那你自己就應(yīng)該參加到這項(xiàng)工作中去。3) Racial discrimination still exists in various forms in the United States though racial segregationis violating the law. 雖然種族隔離室違法的，但種族歧視在美國仍然以不同形式存在著。4) The jury broug

36、ht in a verdict of guilty after their discussion. 陪審團(tuán)議論了一番，最后裁決他有罪。5) He thinks the two views could be reconciled.他認(rèn)為這兩個觀點(diǎn)是可以一致起來的。6) The spectators' hearts went out to the defendant.觀眾對被告充滿了同情心。7) He always put a dictionary on hand while reading an article.他閱讀文章時總把字典放在手邊。8) The dam construction

37、 project has got under way before conducting environment impact assessment.還沒有進(jìn)行環(huán)境影響評估筑壩工程就開工了。第五課 The Libido for the Ugly1. it reducedthewhole aspirationof man to amacabreanddepressingjoke.This dreadful scene ar as a ghastly,makes all saddeninghuman endeavors to joke.advanceandimprove their lotappe

38、2.The countryitselfis notuncomely, despite thegrimeofthe endlessmills.Thecountry itselfispleasantto look at, despitethe sooty dirt spreadby theinnumerable millsin this region.3. They have taken as their model a brick set on end.The model they followed in building their houses was a brick standing up

39、right.4. This they have converted into a thing of dingy clapboards, with a narrow, low-pi tched roof.These brick-like houses were made of shabby, thin wooden boards and their roofs were narrow and had little slope.5. When it has taken on the patina of the mills it is the color of an egg long past al

40、l hope or caring.When the brick is covered with the black soot of the mills it takes on the color o f a rotten egg.6. Red brick, even in a steel town, ages with some dignity.Even in a steel town, old red bricks still appear pleasing to the eye.7. I award this championship only after laborious resear

41、ch and incessant prayer. 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 grotesqueries of ugliness that, in retrospect, become almost diabolical. They show such fantastic and bizarre ugliness that, i

42、n looking back, they become almos t fiendish and wicked.9. It is incredible that mere ignorance should have achieved such masterpieces of ho rror.Itis hard to believethat peoplebuiltsuch horrible houses just because they did notknow what beautifulhouses were like.10. On certain levels of the America

43、n race, indeed, there seems to be a positive l ibido forthe ugly People in certain strata of American society seem definitely to hunger after ugly thin gs;whileinother less Christian strata, people seem to long for things beautiful.11. They meet, in some unfathomable way, its obscure and unintelligi

44、ble demands. These ugly designs, in some way that people cannot understand, satisfy the hidden and unintelligible demands of this type of mind.12. Out of the melting pot emerges a race which hates beauty as it hates truth. The place where this psychological attitude is found is the United States.1.

45、The cultural diversity of Shanghai Expo is the richest ever seen on earth. 上海世 博會的文化多樣性是世界上有史以來最為豐富的。2. The poverty of that region is beyond imagination. 那個地區(qū)的貧困狀況幾乎是無法想象 的。3. Dontask him about his father s death in the car accident;donteven alludeto it. 不要問他父親在車禍總喪生的事，這事連提都別提。4. On the cast expanse

46、s of wilderness there is not a single tree in sight. 在這片荒 原上連棵大樹也看不到。5. Despite severe natural catastrophe, people in the stricken areas still believe in l ove and the future. 盡管遭受了特大自然災(zāi)害，災(zāi)區(qū)的人民依然相信愛、相信未來。6. On the whole your reportis well-written, butthereis still plenty of room forimprovement. 總的來說

47、，你的報(bào)告寫的很好，但還有很大的改進(jìn)余地。7. I ve made up mymind not to buy acar asI prefer toride abile in the city. 我決定不買汽車，在城市里我更喜歡騎自行車。8. Many children s love of Internet games borders upon craziness. 不少兒童對網(wǎng)絡(luò)游戲 的愛好近于癡狂。第六課 Mark Twain-Mirror of AmericaParaphrase ：1. Most American remember Mark Twain as the father of

48、Huck Finn s idyllic cruise thro ugh eternal boyhood and Tom Sawyersendless summer of freedom and adventure.Mark Twain is known to most Americans as the author of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Huck Finn is noted for his simple and pleasant journey through his bo

49、yhood 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 and time we knew them. They are frozen in that age/season for all readers.2. The cast of charact

50、ers set before him in his new profession was rich and varied-a cosmos. His work on the boat made it possible for him to meet a large variety of people. It is a world of all types of characters.3. All would resurface in his books,together withthe colorful language that he soaked up with a memorythat

51、seemed phonographic.All would reappear in his books, written in the colorful language that he seemed to be able to remember and record as accurately as a phonograph.4. Steamboat decks teemed not only with the main current of pioneering humanity,but its flotsam of hustlers,gamblers,and thugs as well.

52、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.5. He went west by stage coach and succumbed to theepidemicofgoldand silverfever in Nevadas Washoe region.He took a horse-drawn public vehicle and went west to Virginia