高级英语2第17课整理1.docx

1、高级英语2第17课整理1Lesson 1 Face to Face with Hurricane CamilleParaphrase1) We are elevated 23 feet. (Para 3) We re 23 feet above sea level.2) The place has been there since 1915, and no hurricane has ever bothered it. (Para3)The house has been safe since 1915, and no hurricane has ever caused any damage t

2、o it.3) We can batten down and ride it out. (Para 4)We can get ourselves ready and survive the hurricane.4) The generator was doused, and the lights went out. (Para 9) The generator was put it out by the water and the lights were extinguished.5). Everybody out the back door to the cars! (Para 10)Eve

3、rybody go out through the back door and goes into the cars.6). The electrical systems had been killed by water. (Para 11)The electrical systems had been extinguished by water.7). John watched the water lap at the steps, and felt a crushing guilt.(Para17)John watched the water wash against the steps,

4、 as a result, he felt a strong sense of guilt.8). Get us through this mess, will you?(Para 17)Oh God, please help us survive the hurricane. 9). She carried on alone for a few bars; then her voice trailed away. (Para21) Grandmother sang a few words alone and then her singing faded away. 10). Ianis ha

5、d just one delayed reaction. (para34)Janis showed rather late the psychological damage from the hurricane.Explain words1. since the water mains might be damaged (Para 5) : main pipes2. sit out the storm with the Koshaks (Para 6): wait until the storm is over 3. another neighbor came by on his way in

6、land (Para 6): (A English) pay a visit 4. the French doors in an upstairs room blew in (Para 8) : burst open 5. the generator was doused (Para 9): put out6. The electrical systems had been killed by water (Para 11)： doused, put out and extinguished7. It devastated everything in it swath (Para 19)： s

7、weep / track8. She carried on a few bars (Para21 )： a measure in music9. make it 1eanto against the wind (Para 25): shed 10. and he pitched in with Seabees in the worst volunteer work of all (Para33)： short for Construction Battalion Lesson 2 MarrakechParaphrase1. The burying-ground is merely a huge

8、 waste of hummocky earth, like a derelict building-lot. (para 2) 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. (Para 3) All colonial empires are built by exploitin

9、g 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. (Para 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 an

10、y mark to identify them. 4. A carpenter sits crosslegged at a prehistoric lathe, turning chair-legs at lighting speed. (Para 9)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 Jew

11、s. (Para 10)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.(para 10)Every one of these Jews considers the cigarette as a somewhat piece of luxury which they can not possibly afford. 7.

12、 Still, a white skin is always fairly conspicuous. (Para 16)However, a white-skinned European is easy to notice in a fair way. 8. In a tropical landscape ones eye takes in everything except the human being. (para 16)Against the background of a tropical landscape, people could notice everything but t

13、hey cannot see local people. 9. No one would think of running cheap trips to the Distressed Areas.(Para 17)No one would propose the cheap trips to the slums10.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. (Para17

14、)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 soil11. She accepted her status as an old woman, that is to say as a beast of burden. (Para 19)She took it for granted that as an old woman she should work li

15、ke an animal12. People with brown skins are next door to invisible. (Para 12 )People who have brown skins are almost invisible13. Their splendid bodies were hidden in reach-me-down khaki uniforms. (Para23)The soldiers wore secondhand khaki uniforms which covered their beautiful wellbuilt bodies14. H

16、ow long before they turn their guns in the other direction?(Para 25)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. (Para 26)It is certain that every white man realized this. Explain words1. wailing a short chant over and

17、over again. (Para2) words repeated in a monotonous tone of voice2. an Arab navvy working on the path nearby (Para 6) unskilled laborer3. he stowed it gratefully (para 7) stored4. his left leg is warped out of shape ( para 9) curved，or twisted, distored5. as the Jews live in a self-contained communit

18、y ( para 11) selfsufficient6. the plough is a wretched wooden thing(para 18) poor in quality7. all of them are mummified with age and the sun(para 19) thin and withered like a mummy8. Their splendid bodies were hidden in reach-me-down khaki uniforms.(para 23) secondhand or readymade 9. so had the of

19、ficers on their sweating charger(para 26)： a horse ridden in battle or on parade Lesson Three Pub Talk and the Kings EnglishParaphrase1And it is an activity only of humans. (para 1)And it is a human unique activity2Conversation is not for making a point.(Para 2)Conversation is not to convince others

20、 3In fact, the best conversationalists are those who are prepared to be lose.(para 2). In fact, the best conversationalists are those who are willing to be lose. 4Bar friends are not deeply involved in each others lives. (para 3)Bar friends are not deeply concerned with each others private lives.5 .

21、it could still go ignorantly on.(para 6)The conversation could go on without anybody knowing who was right or wrong6. There are cattle in the field, but we sit down to beef.(para 9)These animals are called cattle in English, when they are alive and feeding in the fields；but when we sit down at the t

22、able 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.(para 11)The new ruling class had caused the cultural contradictions between the ruling class and native English by regarding French super

23、ior to English.8English had come royally into its own. (para 13)English had gained recognition by the King9 The phrase has always been used a little pejoratively and even facetiously by the lower classes. (para 15) The phrase, the kings English has always been used disrespectfully and made fun by th

24、e lower classes.10. The rebellion against a cultural dominance is still there. (para 15)There is still opposition to cultural monopoly. 11. There is always a great danger that “words will harden into things for us”(para 16)We tend to make the mistake that we regard the things as they represent.12Eve

25、n with the most educated and the most literate, the Kings English slips and slides in conversation. (para 18)Even the most educated and literated people will not always use the formal English in their conversationExplain Words1. their marriage may be on the rocks (para 3) : in a condition of ruin2th

26、ey get out of bed on the wrong side (para 3) : had a bad temper 3the conversation was on wings(para 8) : going on4the Norman lords of course turned up their nose at it (para 10)： scorned5. we ought to think ourselves back into the shoes of Saxon peasant (para 11) metaphor in the position of6. Englis

27、h had come into its own (para 13)： gain its recognition7We sit up at the vividness of the phrase (para18)： (colloquial) show interest inLesson Four Inaugural Address Paraphrase1.And yet the same revolutionary belief for which our forebears fought is still at issue around the globe.(para 2) And yet t

28、he same revolutionary belief which is the aim of our ancestors is still in dispute around the world. 2. This much we pledge-and more. (para 5)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. (para 6) If we are united, th

29、ere 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. (para9)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 wher

30、e the instruments of war have far outpaced the instruments of pace. (para 10)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.(para 10)to increase the area where the UNs w

31、ritten documents may be effective. 7.before the dark powers of destruction unleashed by science engulf all humanity in planned or accidental self-destruction.(para 11)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 al

32、ter that uncertain balance of terror that stays the hand of mankinds final war. (para 13)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