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1、ParaphraseParaphraseLesson 1.1) Nature had endowed the rest of the human race with a sixth sence and left me out . - 2) You could hear the wind, trapped in his chest and struggling with all the unnatural impediment. His body would reel with shock and his facce go white at the unaccustomed visitation

2、. He would stagger back to his desk and collapse there, unsless for the rest of the morning.- You could hear that the fresh air had to struggle with difficulty to find its way to his chest, because he was unaccustomed to this as his lungs had been harmed by drinking. His body would lose balance and

3、his face would become pale as a result of the unexpected visit of the wind. He woud go back to his desk unsteadily and fall into the chair, unable to do angthing for the rest of the morning.3) In this instance, he seemed to me ruled not by thought but by an invisible and irresistible spring in the n

4、eck.- Mr. Houghtons deeds told me that he was not ruled by thought, iinstead, he would feel a strong urge to turn his head and look at the girl.4) Technically, it is about as proficient as most businessmens golf, as honest as most politicians intentions, or as most books that get written.- Technical

5、ly speaking, it is as skillful as most businessmens golf playing, as most politicians purpose, and as consistent as most books content.5) They have immense solidarity. We had better respect them, for we are outnumbered and surrounded.- As they are everywhere and so daunting in number that wed better

6、 not offend them.6) Man enjoys agreement ass cows wil graze all the same way on the side of a hill.- Humans enjoy following the crowd as it can bring them peace ,security , comfort and harmony, which is like cows eating grass on the same side of a hill.7) To hear our Prime Minister talk about the gr

7、eat benefit we conferred on India by jailing people like Nehru and Gandhi. To hear American politicians talk about peace and rufuse to join the League of Nations. Yes, there were moments of delight.-Our Premir Minister was a hypocrite to say that the imprisonment of the two major leaders of Free-Ind

8、ia Movement Nehru and Gandhi was good for India. The American politicians were dissimulators to talk about peace but refuse to join the League of Nations. Those moments made me feel happy .8) I slid my arm around her waist and murmured that if we were counting heads, the Buddhists were the boys for

9、my money. She fled. The combination of my arm and those countless Buddhists was too much for her.- I slid my arm around her waist and whispered that if we were talking about the number of people who believed in a certain religion, I believed the Buddhists were greater in number. My“indecent” behavio

10、r and the daunting number of the Buddhists scared her awway.9) It was Ruth all over again. I had some very good friend whoo stood by me, and still do. But my acquaintances vanished, talking the girls with them.- What had happened to Ruth and me now happened again. Although some close friend of mine

11、still stuck by me, my grade-one thinking me scared away many of my acquaintances.Lesson 2.1) Bella was the boarding-house lovely, but no one had taken advantage of the fact.- Bella was young and pretty and was seen as the beauty of the boarding-house, but no one had shown any paticular interest in h

12、er.2) He possessed a brian, and since no one understood t when he used it, it was resented.- Mr. Penbury was wise, but no one in the boarding-house liked him because of that. He was too smart for them, and everybody felt annoyed.3) But Mrs. Mayton never allowed more than three minutes to go by witho

13、ut a word; and so when the silence had reached its allotted span, she turned to Penbury and asked.- But Mrs.Mayton would not stand any silence for more than three minutes. So when no one spoke within three minutes, she lost patience and turned to ask Penbury.4) “Now, then, dont take too long thinkin

14、g of an answer!” glared Mr.Calthop.- “Now, you must give you abili immediately, do not take time to make a story.” glared Mr.Caltrop.5) It found the spot all right.- - The weapon went through his heart accuratelt.6) We all know you walk in your sleep.- Because you are a sleepwalker, we all know that

15、.7) “But let me suggest that you givee the statement to the police with slightly less emghasis.”- “Mr.Smith, I would advise you not to put so much emphasis on your statement when talking to the police, otherwise you would arouse their suspicious about your story.8) “No,” I answered. “Ive come to cur

16、e it.”- “No,” I answered, “I have come to solve your problem of coughing.Lesson3.1) Most students are usually introduced to the study of history by way of a fat texbook and become quikly immersed in a vast sea of names, dates, events and statistics.- Most students usually begain studying history thr

17、ough a thick texbook in which there ars a great number of names, date, events and statistics for them to remember.2) History, which seemed to be a cut-and-dried mater of memorrzing “facts,” now becomes a matter of choosing one good interpretation from among many. Historycal truth becomes a matter of

18、 personal preference.- People used to believe history study was just an effort of memorizing “facts.” Now history means different things to different people, because they choose the best description and interpretation according to their own preferences among those given by historians.3) They cannot

19、help but feel that tow diametrically opposed points of view about an event cannot both be right; yet they lack the ability to decide between them. - They cannot help feeling that two absolutely opposite idea about an event cannot both be correct, but they do not have the ability to judge which one i

20、s right.4) They will read of the interception of “Zimerman Note,” in which the German foreign secretary oddered the German minister in Mexico, in the event of war, to suggest an alliance between German and Mexico whereby Mexico, with German support, could win back territory taken from Mexico by the

21、United States in the Mexican War.- They will come across the historical interception of the “Zimmerman Note.” In that telegraph, the German foreign secretary gave order to German minister in Mexico and asked him to propose an alliance with Mexican Government in case there would be war and to promise

22、 that German Government would like to help Mexico win back the land that was taken away from Mexico by the US in the Mexican War.5) Can we eliminate all disageement ? If the stste of our knowledge were such that it provided us with a model of unquetioned validity that completely explained human beha

23、vior ,we can.- We can get rid of all disagreements if our knowledge could give us a perfect model that completely explained human behavior. Unfortunately, such model does not exist.Lesson4.1) “ My parents, and my wifes parents, and our priest, decided that I wasnt feeling up to it. And finally I dec

24、ided so too.”- “ My parents, my wifes parents and our priest all thought Id better pretend to be not feeling well enough as an excuse to be absent from the awarding ceremony. So I decided not to attend the ceremony.”2) “ Im a sculptor, not a demonstrator.”- “I am a sculptor, and I dont want to show

25、any antagonistic feeling towards the white world by receiving an award.3) “In Orlando you develop a throat of iron.”- In Orlando when you(black peaple) drink brandy, you have to drink very quickly lest you be caught by the police. So such practice of drinking helps you develop a throat as strong as

26、iron.4) so I thought Id go and see the window, and indulge certain pleasurable human feelings.- so I thought Id go and see my sculpture in the window and have some pleasant feelings of pride by enjoying my own work, which is natural to human beings.5) “You know its by one of your own boys, dont you?

27、”- “What is extraordinary about the wonderful sculpture is that it is made by a black man like you. Do you know?”6) “She knows it wont be an easy life.”- “She knows that her child will live a hard life in South Africa because they are black people.”7) I didnt feel like a drink at that time of night.

28、- I didnt want to drink because if the police caught me drinking late at night I would be in great trouble.8) He wasnt looking round to see if anybody might be watching.- He want afraid of being seen walking with a black man.9) I said unwillingly, “Yes.”- I answered “yes”, but actually I didnt want

29、to tell him the truth.10) Now I certainly had not expected tahat I would have my drink in tha passage. I wasnt only thinking what you may be thinking- Drinking in the passage was certainly beyound my expectation. What was in my mind was not what you may be thinking11) “Our land is beautiful. But it

30、breaks my heart.”- “Our countay is beatuful. But the apartheid made me very sad.12) as though they wanted to touch me somewhere and didnt how- as though they they wanted to communicate with me emotionally but didnt know the way to do it13) And I thought it was a pity h ha was blind, for if men never

31、 touch each other, theyll hurt each other one day.- And I thought it was a pity that he didnt understand what prevented him from understanding us as he had been influenced by apartheid for so long a time, because if people never understand and trust each other, they will hurt each other someday.14)

32、What he was thinking, God knows, but I was thinking he was like a man trying to run a race in iron shoes, and not understanding why he cannot move.- Nobody knows what he was thinking. But I was thinking that he was much like a man trying to run but couldnt because he was still not completely free from racial prejudices which were dragging his feet like iron shoes.Lesson51) He treated Nerys likewell, there were times whennot just me, you understandWe