Lesson 1 Face to Face with Hurricane Camille
Paraphrase
1)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 to 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)
Everybody 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, 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 had just one delayed reaction. (para34)
Janis showed rather late the psychological damage from the hurricane.
Explain words
1. since the water mains might be damaged (Para 5) :
main pipes
2.sit out the storm with the Koshaks (Para 6):
wait until the storm is over
3. another neighbor came by on his way inland (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 out
6.The electrical systems had been killed by water (Para 11)：
doused, put out and extinguished
7.It devastated everything in it swath (Para 19)：
sweep / track
8.She carried on a few bars (Para21 )：
a measure in music
9. make it 1ean—to 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 Marrakech
Paraphrase
1.The burying--ground is merely a huge 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 exploiting 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 any 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 Jews. (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. 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 one’s eye takes in everything except the human being. (para 16) Against the background of a tropical landscape, people could notice everything but they 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 slums．
10．...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)
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 soil．
11. 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 like an animal．
12.People with brown skins are next door to invisible. (Para 12 )
People who have brown skins are almost invisible．
13. Their splendid bodies were hidden in reach-me-down khaki uniforms... (Para23)
The soldiers wore second—hand khaki uniforms which covered their beautiful well—built bodies．14. How 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 words
1. wailing a short chant over and over again. (Para2)
words repeated in a monotonous tone of voice
2. an Arab navvy working on the path nearby (Para 6)
unskilled laborer
3.he stowed it gratefully (para 7)
stored
4.his left leg is warped out of shape ( para 9)
curved，or twisted, distored
5. as the Jews live in a self-contained community ( para 11)
self—sufficient
6. the plough is a wretched wooden thing(para 18)
poor in quality
7. all of them are mummified with age and the sun(para 19)
thin and withered like a mummy
8. Their splendid bodies were hidden in reach-me-down khaki uniforms.(para 23)
second—hand or ready—made
9. so had the officers on their sweating charger(para 26)：
a horse ridden in battle or on parade
Lesson Three Pub Talk and the King’s English
Paraphrase
1．And it is an activity only of humans. (para 1)
And it is a human unique activity．
2．Conversation is not for making a point.(Para 2)
Conversation is not to convince others．
3．In 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.
4．Bar friends are not deeply involved in each other’s lives. (para 3)
Bar friends are not deeply concerned with each other’s private lives.
5．...it could still go ignorantly on...(para 6)
The conversation could go on without anybody knowing who was right or wrong．
6. 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 table 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 superior to English.
8．English had come royally into its own. (para 13)
English had gained recognition by the King．
9．The phrase has always been used a little pejoratively and even facetiously by the lower classes. (para 15)
The phrase, the king’s English has always been used disrespectfully and made fun by the 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.
12．Even with the most educated and the most literate, the King’s English slips and slides in conversation. (para 18)
Even the most educated and literated people will not always use the formal English in their conversation．
Explain Words
1. their marriage may be on the rocks (para 3) :
in a condition of ruin
2．they get out of bed on the wrong side (para 3) :
had a bad temper
3．the conversation was on wings(para 8) :
going on
4．the Norman lords of course turned up their nose at it (para 10)：
scorned
5. we ought to think ourselves back into the shoes of Saxon peasant (para 11) metaphor in the position of
6. English had come into its own (para 13)：
gain its recognition
7．We sit up at the vividness of the phrase (para18)：
(colloquial) show interest in
Lesson Four Inaugural Address
Paraphrase
1.And yet the same revolutionary belief for which our forebears fought is still at issue around the globe...(para 2)
And yet the 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, there 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 where 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 UN’s written 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 alter that uncertain balance of terror that stays the hand of mankind’s 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 of weakness.... (para 14) So let us begin once again to realize that politeness does not mean weakness.
10. Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors. (para17 )
I suggest both sides try to use science to make wonders for human beings rather than terrors.
11. ...each generation of Americans has been summoned to give testimony to its national loyalty. (para 21)
There are Americans from every generation who answer the call of the country to prove their loyalty to the country.
12. With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love... (para 27)
Our certain reward is our good conscience and history will judge our deeds, therefore, let us try to be pioneers in building our beloved country.
Explain words
1. the same solemn oath our forebears prescribed nearly a century and three--quarter ago (para 1): laid down
2. for man holds in his mortal hands the power (para 2):
of man
3.is still at issue around the globe (para 2) :
in dispute
4.disciplined by a hard and bitter peace (para 3):
trained in self-control
5.to which we are committed today ( para 3):
devoted
6.to witness or permit the slow undoing of these human rights (para 3):
abolishing
7.we dare not meet a powerful challenge at odds and split asunder(para 6):
in dispute; apart from each other in position
8.to be replaced by a far more iron tyranny (para 7):
cruel
9.struggling to break the bounds of mass misery:
chains
10.to prevent it from becoming merely a forum for invective (para 10):
insulting
11.to enlarge the area in which its writ may run (para 10):
written documents; be effective
12．that stays the hand of mankind’s final war (para 13)：
restrains; prevents
13．t ap the ocean depths (para 17)：
draw a supply from
14．not as a call to bear arms ... but a call to bear the burden of a long twilight struggle (para 22)：carry; shoulder, take on
Lesson Five Love Is a Fallacy
Explain words
1.that logic, far from being a dry, pedantic discipline. (para 3)
a branch of learning
2.my brain was as powerful as a dynamo.(para 4)
generator
3.pausing in my flight (para 8)
running away
4.when the Charleston came back (para 11)
a lovely dance
5.They shed. (para 16) lose hair
6.Don’t you want to be in the swim? (para 17) in fashion
7.I would be out in practice...(para 24) professional business
8.She was not yet of pin-up proportions(para25 ) something fasten to wall
9.She already had the makings(para 25) qualities
10.She had an erectness of carriage, an ease of bearing..... (para 26)
physical posture way of carrying head and body; way of carrying oneself
11.are you going steady... (para30 ) dating
12.I deposited her at the girl’s dormitory.... (para 97) put
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a concise statement of the main points of a low case
14.hammering away without let-up (para 123) stopping
Lesson Six Disappearing Through the Skylight
Paraphrase
1.Science is committed to the universal.(para1)
Science is intended to be understood and accepted by scientists all.
2. The Fiesta appears to have sunk without a trace. (para 5)
The Fiesta seems to disappear completely.
3. It was the automotive equivalent of the International Style. (para 5)
It was the realization of international style in automobile.
4.As in architecture, so in auto making. (para 6)
What is happening in architecture is happening in auto making.
5. No longer quite an individual, no longer quite the product of a unique geography and culture(para7) Individualism is disappearing and it is no longer unique to a certain region of culture.
6. The price he pays is that he no longer has a home in the traditional sense of the world. (para 7)
The cost for man is that man’s home no longer has a traditional meaning.
7. The benefit is that he begins to suspect home in the traditional sense is another name for limitations....(para 7)
The advantage is that man begins to know that home with traditional meaning limits his development.
8. The universalizing imperative of technology is irresistable.(para 8)
The generalizing peremptory of technology cannot be resisted.
9. ...when every artist thought he owed it to himself to turn his back on the Eiffel Tower, as a protest against the architectural blasphemy... (para9 )
When every artist thought it was his duty to show his contempt for and objection to the Eiffel Tower which they considered an irreverent architectural structure.
10. a mobile, extra human plasticity which was absolutely new... (para 9)
A versatile superior human capacity which was absolutely different from traditions.
11. It has thus undermined an article of faith: the thingliness of things. (para 11)
Science denies a basic belief that the world is composed of things that we can touch.
12.That, perhaps, establishes the logical limit of the modern aesthetic. (para 19)
That perhaps confirms what the modern aesthetic can do based on logical reasoning.
Explain words
1.makes the world look ever more homogeneous (para 2)
similar
2.experience it as a sameness rather than a diversity (para 2)
difference
3. but if it is important to the efficiency or economics of automobiles (para 3 )
things related to the economy or money savings
4.but universally regarded as an asset (para 3)
valuable things
5. He begins to suspect home in the traditional sense. (para 7)
suppose
6. B arring the catastrophe of nuclear war... (para 8 )
excepting
7. as a protest against the architectural blasphemy (para 9)
irreverence
8. machines soon generated propositions which evaded all tradition (para 9)
statement
9.a mobile, extra human plasticity which was absolutely new. (para 9) superior
10.it has produced images of orders of reality (para 10) laws; systems
11. produced images that are pure artifacts (para 10) products of artificial characters of human beings
12. the lacy weavings of circuits etched on silicon (para 14) silicon chip
13.the Tinkertory complications of truss and geodesic domes and lunar landers (para 14)
bracket for supporting; domes made of light straight structural elements
Lesson Seven Libido for the Ugly
Paraphrase
1. ...boy and man, I had been through it often before. (para 1)
As a boy and later as an adult, I often traveled through this place..
2. But somehow I had never quite sensed its appalling desolation. (para 1)
But for some reason, I didn’t realize/perceive this place was horribly wretched.
3. ...it reduced the whole aspiration of man to macabre and depressing joke. (para 1)
This place would make human beings’s aspiration like a ghastly and discouraging joke.
4. The country itself is not uncomely, despite the grime of the endless mills. (para 3)
This place is pleasant to look at, despite the soot from the numerous factories.
5. They have taken as their model a brick set on end. (para 3)
The model they adopted in building their houses was a brick setting on end.
6. This they have converted into a thing of dingy clapboards, with a narrow, low-pitched roof. (para 3) With this model, they set up their shabby houses with wooden boards on outside walls and the roof of the house is not steep..
7. When it has taken on the patina of the mills it is the color of an egg long past all hope or caring. (pare 3)
When the brick is covered with the soot of the mills, it is the color of a rotten egg.
8. Red brick, even in a steel town, ages with some dignity. (para 4)
Red brick is still pleasing to look at, when time goes on.
9. I award this championship only after laborious research and incessant prayer. (para 5)
I give the highest award for ugliness only after doing hard research and asking the help from god through constant praying.
10. They show grotesqueries of ugliness that, in retrospect, become almost diabolical. (para 5) These houses show fantacy in making ugliness, in looking at past, it seems these houses are built by devils.
11. It is incredible that mere ignorance should have achieved such masterpieces of horror. (para 6)
It is unbelievable that the most horrible houses are built because people do not know what beauty is.
12. On certain levels of the American race, indeed, there seems to be a positive libido for the ugly.. (para 7)
In fact, it seems that certain Americans have positive strong desires to love things ugly.
13. They meet, in some unfathomable way, its obscure and unintelligible demands. (para 7)
These ugly desires meet their demands in a difficult way to understand, which is mysterious and difficult to understand.
14....they made it perfect in their own sight by putting a completely impossible penthouse, painted a staring yellow, on top of it. (para 8)
They put a penthouse on top of it, painted a bright, yellow color and thought it looked perfect but they only to make it more unacceptable.
15. Out of the melting pot emerges a race which hates beauty as it hates truth. (para 9)
From the muticulture nation, there appears race which hates beauty as strongly as they hates truth．
Explain words
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fast train
2. I rolled eastward for an hour (para 1)
traveled in a train
3. the sheer revolting monstrousness (para 2)
offensive
4.somewhere further down the line(para 2)
railway line
5. from the Pittsburgh suburbs to the Greensburg yards(para 2)
a system of tracks for storage and maintenance of cars and making up train
6. they are streak in grime (para 3)
marked with strips of
7. and it is still sightly (para 4)
pleasant to look at
8. Safe in a pullman, I have whired through the gloomy, Godforsaken villages (para 5)
a real car moved swiftly
9. s ave perhaps in the more putrid parts of England (para 6)
except
10. it has been yielded to with an eagerness bordering upon passion (para 6)
given into near/close to
11. the pull is always toward ugliness (para 6)
attraction
12. On certain 1evels of the American race (para 7)
ranks
13. It is impossible to put down the wallpaper ... to mere inadvertence (para 7)
attribute(to)
14. by putting a completely impossible penthouse (para 8)
unacceptable
高级英语第三版第一册课后英译汉答案 Unit1Paraphrase: 1.We’re23feet above sea level. 2.The house has been here since1915,andno hurricane has ever caused any damag e to it. 3.We can make the necessary preparations and survive the hurricane without much damage. 4.Water got into the generator and put it out.It stopped producing electricity,so the lights also went out. 5.Everybody goes out through the back door and runs to the cars! 6.The electrical systems in the car(the battery for the starter)had been put out by w ater. 7.As John watched the water inch its way up the steps,he felt a strong sense of guilt because he blamed himself for endangering the whole family by deciding not to flee i nland. 8.Oh God,please help us to get through this storm safely 9.Grandmother Koshak sang a few words alone and then her voice gradually grew di mmer and finally stopped. 10.Janis displayed the fear caused by the hurricanerather late. 1.每架飞机起飞之前必须经过严格的检查。（check out） Each and every airplane must be checked out thoroughly before taking off. 2.居民坚决反对在附近建立垃圾焚烧厂，因为他们担心工厂排放的气体会污染周围的空气。（waste incineration plant,concerned about） The residents were firmly against the construction of a waste incineration plant in th eir neighborhood because they were deeply concerned about the air pollution emitt ed by the plant. 3.在这个地区，生态工程的投资额高达数十亿。（mount to） In this area,investment in ecological projects mounted up to billions of yuan. 4.干枯的河道里布满了大大小小的石块。（strewn with） The dry riverbed was strewn with rocks of all sizes. 5.虽然战争给这个国家造成巨大的损失，但当地的文化传统并没有消亡。（perish）Although war caused great losses to this country,its local cultural traditi ons did not perish. 6.为了建筑现代化的高楼大厦，许多古老的、具有民族特色的建筑都被拆毁了。（demolish） To make space for modern high rises,a lot of ancient buildings with ethnic cultural fe atures had to be demolished. 7.在地震中多数质量差的房子的主体结构都散架了。（disintegrate） The main structures of most of the poor-quality houses disintegrated in the earthqua ke. 8.他为实现自己的目标付出了最大的努力，但最后美好的梦想还是化为了泡影。
高英课内考点：第一课：Paraphrase 1、we’re elevated 23 feet. Our house is 23 feet above sea level. 2、The place has been here since 1915,and no hurricane has ever bothered it. The house was built in 1915,and since then no hurricane has done any damage to it. 3、We can batten down and ride it out. We can make the necessary preparation and survive the hurricane without much damage. 4、The generator was doused,and the lights went out. Water got into the generator,it stopped working.As a result all lights were put out. 5、Everybody out the back door to the cars! Everyone go out through the back door and get into the cars! 6、The electrical systems had been killed by water.
The electrical systems in the cars had been destroyed 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 because he blamed himself for endangering the family by making the wrong decision not to flee inland. 8、Get us through this mess,will You? Oh,God,please help us to get through this dangerous situation. 9、She carried on alone for a few bars;then her voice trailed away. She sang a few words alone and then her voice gradually grew dimmer and stopped. 10、Janis had just one delayed reaction. Janis didn’t show any fear on the spot during the storm,but she revealed her feelings caused by the storm a few nights after the hurricane by getting up in the middle of the night and crying softly. 英译汉： 1、But,like thousands of others in the coastal communities,John was reluctant to abandon his home unless the family----his wife,Janis,and their seven children,aged 3 to 11---was clearly endangered.
第二课 广岛——日本“最有活力”的城市 (节选) 雅各?丹瓦“广岛到了!大家请下车!”当世界上最快的高速列车减速驶进广岛车站并渐渐停稳时，那位身着日本火车站站长制服的男人口中喊出的一定是这样的话。我其实并没有听懂他在说些什么，一是因为他是用日语喊的，其次，则是因为我当时心情沉重，喉咙哽噎，忧思万缕，几乎顾不上去管那日本铁路官员说些什么。踏上这块土地，呼吸着广岛的空气，对我来说这行动本身已是一个令人激动的经历，其意义远远超过我以往所进行的任何一次旅行或采访活动。难道我不就是在犯罪现场吗? 这儿的日本人看来倒没有我这样的忧伤情绪。从车站外的人行道上看去，这儿的一切似乎都与日本其他城市没什么两样。身着和服的小姑娘和上了年纪的太太与西装打扮的少年和妇女摩肩接踵；神情严肃的男人们对周围的人群似乎视而不见，只顾着相互交淡，并不停地点头弯腰，互致问候：“多么阿里伽多戈扎伊马嘶。”还有人在使用杂货铺和烟草店门前挂着的小巧的红色电话通话。 “嗨!嗨!”出租汽车司机一看见旅客，就砰地打开车门，这样打着招呼。“嗨”，或者某个发音近似“嗨”的什么词，意思是“对”或“是”。“能送我到市政厅吗?”司机对着后视镜冲我一笑，又连声“嗨!”“嗨!”出租车穿过广岛市区狭窄的街巷全速奔驰，我们的身子随着司机手中方向盘的一次次急转而前俯后仰，东倒西歪。与此同时，这
座曾惨遭劫难的城市的高楼大厦则一座座地从我们身边飞掠而过。 正当我开始觉得路程太长时，汽车嘎地一声停了下来，司机下车去向警察问路。就像东京的情形一样，广岛的出租车司机对他们所在的城市往往不太熟悉，但因为怕在外国人面前丢脸，却又从不肯承认这一点。无论乘客指定的目的地在哪里，他们都毫不犹豫地应承下来，根本不考虑自己要花多长时间才能找到目的地。 这段小插曲后来终于结束了，我也就不知不觉地突然来到了宏伟的市政厅大楼前。当我出示了市长应我的采访要求而发送的请柬后，市政厅接待人员向我深深地鞠了一躬，然后声调悠扬地长叹了一口气。 “不是这儿，先生，”他用英语说道。“市长邀请您今天晚上同其他外宾一起在水上餐厅赴宴。您看，就是这儿。”他边说边为我在请柬背面勾划出了一张简略的示意图。 幸亏有了他画的图，我才找到一辆出租车把我直接送到了运河堤岸，那儿停泊着一艘顶篷颇像一般日本房屋屋顶的大游艇。由于地价过于昂贵，日本人便把传统日本式房屋建到了船上。漂浮在水面上的旧式日本小屋夹在一座座灰黄色摩天大楼之间，这一引人注目的景观正象征着和服与超短裙之间持续不断的斗争。 在水上餐厅的门口，一位身着和服、面色如玉、风姿绰约的迎宾女郎告诉我要脱鞋进屋。于是我便脱下鞋子，走进这座水上小屋里的一个低矮的房间，蹑手蹑脚地踏在柔软的榻榻米地席上，因想到要这样穿着袜子去见广岛市长而感到十分困窘不安。
高级英语第1册修辞练习第3版 Point the rhetorical devices used in the following sentences Lesson 1 1.We can batten down and ride it out. (Metaphor ) 2.Wind and rain now whipped the house. ( Metaphor ) 3.Stay away from the windows. (Elliptical sentence ) 4.--- the rain seemingly driven right through the walls. ( Simile) 5.At 8:30, power failed. (Metaphor ) 6.Everybody out the back door to the cars. (Elliptical sentence ) 7.The children went from adult to adult like buckets in a fire brigade. ( Simile ) 8…the electrical systems had been killed by water.( metaphor ) 9.Everybody on the stairs. ( elliptical sentence) 10.The wind sounded like the roar of a train passing a few yards away. ( simile ) 11. A moment later, the hurricane, in one mighty swipe, lifted the entire roof off the house and skimmed it 40 feet though the air. ( personification ) 12…it seized a 600,000-gallon Gulfport oil tank and dumped it 3.5 miles away. ( personification ) 13.Telephone poles and 20-inch-thick pines cracked like guns as the winds snapped them.( simile ) 14.Several vacationers at the luxurious Richelieu Apartments there held a hurricane party to watch the storm from their spectacular vantage point. ( Transferred epithet ) 15. Up the stairs --- into our bedroom. ( Elliptical sentence ) 16.The world seemed to be breaking apart. ( Simile ) 17. Water inched its way up the steps as first floor outside walls collapsed. (Metaphor ) 18.Strips of clothing festooned the standing trees.. (Metaphor ) 19…and blown-down power lines coiled like black spaghetti over the road.( simile ) 20…household and medical supplies streamed in by plane, train, truck and car. (metaphor ) 21.Camille, meanwhile, had raked its way northward across Mississippi, dropped more than 28 inches of rain into West.( metaphor ) Lesson2 1 Hiroshima—the”Liveliest”City in Japan.—irovy 2 That must be what the man in the Japanese stationmaster’s uniform shouted,as the fastest train in the world slipped to a stop in Hiroshima Station.—alliteration 3 And secondly.because I had a lump in my throat and a lot of sad thoughts on my mind that had little to do with anything in Nippon railways official might say.—metaphor 4 Was I not at the scene of crime?—rhetorical question 5 The rather arresting spectacle of little old Japan adrift amid beige concrete skyscrapers is the very symbol of the incessant struggle between the kimono and the miniskirt.—synecdoche,metonymy
2014高级英语第一册课文翻译 第一课中东的集市 中东的集市仿佛把你带回到了几百年、甚至几千年前的时代。此时此刻显现在我脑海中的这个中东集市，其入口处是一座古老的砖石结构的哥特式拱门。你首先要穿过一个赤日耀眼、灼热逼人的大型露天广场，然后走进一个凉爽、幽暗的洞穴。这市场一直向前延伸，一眼望不到尽头，消失在远处的阴影里。赶集的人们络绎不绝地进出市场，一些挂着铃铛的小毛驴穿行于这熙熙攘攘的人群中，边走边发出和谐悦耳的叮当叮当的响声。市场的路面约有十二英尺宽，但每隔几码远就会因为设在路边的小货摊的挤占而变窄；那儿出售的货物各种各样，应有尽有。你一走进市场，就可以听到摊贩们的叫卖声，赶毛驴的小伙计和脚夫们大着嗓门叫人让道的吆喝声，还有那些想买东西的人们与摊主讨价还价的争吵声。各种各样的噪声此伏彼起，不绝于耳，简直叫人头晕。 随后，当往市场深处走去时，人口处的喧闹声渐渐消失，眼前便是清静的布市了。这里的泥土地面，被无数双脚板踩踏得硬邦邦的，人走在上面几乎听不到脚步声了，而拱形的泥砖屋顶和墙壁也难得产生什么回音效果。布店的店主们一个个都是轻声轻气、慢条斯理的样子；买布的顾客们在这种沉闷压抑的气氛感染下，自然而然地也学着店主们的榜样，变得低声细语起来。 中东集市的特点之一是经销同类商品的店家，为避免相互间的竞争，不是分散在集市各处，而是都集中在一块儿，这样既便于让买主知道上哪儿找他们，同时他们自己也可以紧密地联合起来，结成同盟，以便保护自己不受欺侮和刁难。例如，在布市上，所有那1些卖衣料、窗帘布、椅套布等的商贩都把货摊一个接一个地排设在马路两边，每一个店铺门面前都摆有一张陈列商品的搁板桌和一些存放货物的货架。讨价还价是人们习以为常的事。头戴面纱的妇女们迈着悠闲的步子从一个店铺逛到另一个店铺，一边挑选一边问价；在她们缩小选择范围并开始正儿八经杀价之前，往往总要先同店主谈论几句，探探价底。 对于顾客来说，至关重要的一点是，不到最后一刻是不能让店主猜到她心里究竟中意哪样东西、想买哪样东西的。假如让店主猜中了她所要买的商品的话，他便会漫天要价，而且在还价过程中也很难作出让步。而在卖主那一方来说，他必须竭尽全力地声称，他开出的价
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高级英语第1册修辞练习第3版 Point the rhetorical devices used in the following sentences Lesson 1 1.We can batten down and ride it out. (Metaphor ) 2.Wind and rain now whipped the house. ( Metaphor ) 3.Stay away from the windows. (Elliptical sentence ) 4.--- the rain seemingly driven right through the walls. ( Simile) 5.At 8:30, power failed. (Metaphor ) 6.Everybody out the back door to the cars. (Elliptical sentence ) 7.The children went from adult to adult like buckets in a fire brigade. ( Simile ) 8…the electrical systems had been killed by water.( metaphor )
9.Everybody on the stairs. ( elliptical sentence) 10.The wind sounded like the roar of a train passing a few yards away. ( simile ) 11. A moment later, the hurricane, in one mighty swipe, lifted the entire roof off the house and skimmed it 40 feet though the air. ( personification ) 12…it seized a 600,000-gallon Gulfport oil tank and dumped it 3.5 miles away. ( personification ) 13.Telephone poles and 20-inch-thick pines cracked like guns as the winds snapped them.( simile ) 14.Several vacationers at the luxurious Richelieu Apartments there held a hurricane party to watch the storm from their spectacular vantage point. ( Transferred epithet ) 15. Up the stairs --- into our bedroom. ( Elliptical sentence ) 16.The world seemed to be breaking apart.
Unit1词汇(Vocabulary) lash (v.): move quickly or violently猛烈冲击;拍打 pummel (n.): beat or hit with repeated blows，esp.with the fist(尤指用拳头)连续地打 course (n.): a way of behaving;mode 0f conduct行为;品行;做法 demolish (v.): pull down.tear down，or smash to pieces (a building，etc.)，destroy：ruin拉倒;打碎;拆毁;破坏;毁灭 motel (n.):a hotel intended primarily for those traveling by car, usually with direct access from each room to an area for cars汽车游客旅馆 gruff (adj.): rough or surly in manner or speech;harsh and throaty;hoarse粗暴的，粗鲁的;粗哑的。嘶哑的 batten (n.): fasten with battens用压条钉住(或固定) methodically (adv.): orderly，systematically有秩序地;有条理地 main (n.): a principal pipe, or line in a distributing system for water, gas, electricity, etc(自来水，煤气，电等的)总管 bathtub (n.): a tub，now usually a bathroom fixture，in which to take a bath浴盆，浴缸 generator (n.): a machine for changing mechanical energy into electrical energy;dynamo发电机，发动机 scud (v.): run or move swiftly;glide or skim along easily疾行，飞驰;掠过 mattress (n.): a casing of strong cloth or other fabric filled with cotton，hair，foam rubber，etc.床垫;褥子 pane (n.):a single division of a window，etc.，consisting of a sheet of glass in a frame;such a sheet of glass窗格;窗格玻璃 disintegrate (v.): separate into parts or fragments; break up;disunite分裂，分解，裂成碎块 blast (n.): a strong rush of(air or wind)一股(气流);一阵(风) douse (n.): plunge or thrust suddenly into liquid;drench; pour liquid over把…浸入液体里;使浸透;泼液体在…上 brigade (n.): a group of people organized to function。。"unit in some work(组织起来执行某种 任务的)队 scramble (v.): climb，crawl，or clamber hurriedly爬行;攀(登) litter (n.): the young borne at one time by a dog，cat or other animal which normally bears several young at a delivery(狗、猫等多产动物)一胎生下的小动物 shudder (n.): shake or tremble suddenly and violently，as in horror or extreme disgust震颤，战栗 ferocity (n.): wild force or cruelty;ferociousness凶猛;凶恶，残忍;暴行 swipe (n.):a hard，sweeping blow[口]猛击，重击 maroon (av.): leave abandoned，isolated，or helpless使处于孤立无援的处境 devastate (nv.): destroy;lay waste;make desolate毁坏,摧毁;使荒芜 swath (n.): the space or width covered with one cut of a scythe or other mowing device刈幅(挥 动镰刀所及的面积) huddle (v.): crowd，push，or nestle close together。as cows do in a storm(如风暴中的牛群)挤成一团;拥挤;互相紧贴 slashing (a.): severe;merciless;violent严厉的;猛烈的 implore (v.): ask or beg earnestly; beseech恳求，哀求，乞
Unit 3 Ships in the Desert Ships in the Desert Ships in the Desert AL Gore -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I was standing in the sun on the hot steel deck of a fishing ship capable of processing a fifty-ton catch on a good day. But it wasn' t a good day. We were anchored in what used to be the most productive fishing site in all of central Asia, but as I looked out over the bow , the prospects of a good catch looked bleak. Where there should have been gentle blue-green waves lapping against the side of the ship, there was nothing but hot dry sand – as far as I could see in all directions. The other ships of the fleet were also at rest in the sand, scattered in the dunes that stretched all the way to the horizon . Ten year s ago the Aral was the fourth-largest inland sea in the world, comparable to the largest of North America's Great Lakes. Now it is disappearing because the water that used to feed it has been diverted in an ill-considered irrigation scheme to grow cotton In the user t. The new shoreline was almost forty kilometers across the sand from where the fishing fleet was now permanently docked. Meanwhile, in the nearby town of Muynak the people were still canning fish – brought not from the Aral Sea but shipped by rail through Siberia from the Pacific Ocean, more than a thousand miles away. My search for the underlying causes of the environmental crisis has led me to travel around the world to examine and study many of these images of destruction. At the very bottom of the earth, high in the Trans-Antarctic Mountains, with the sun glaring at midnight through a hole in the sky, I stood in the unbelievable coldness and talked with a scientist in the late tall of 1988 about the tunnel he was digging through time. Slipping his parka back to reveal a badly burned face that was cracked and peeling, he pointed to the annual layers of ice in a core sample dug from the glacier on which we were standing. He moved his finger back in time to the ice of two decades ago. "Here's where the U. S Congress passed the Clean Air Act, ‖ he said. At the bottom of the world, two continents away from Washington, D. C., even a small reduction in one country's emissions had changed the amount of pollution found in the remotest end least accessible place on earth. But the most significant change thus far in the earth' s atmosphere is the one that began with the industrial r evolution early in the last century and has picked up speed ever since. Industry meant coal, and later oil, and we began to burn lots of it – bringing rising levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) , with its ability to trap more heat in the atmosphere and slowly warm the earth. Fewer than a hundred yards from the South Pole, upwind from the ice runway where the ski plane lands and keeps its engines running to prevent the metal parts from freeze-locking together, scientists monitor the air sever al times ever y day to chart the course of that inexorable change. During my visit, I watched one scientist draw the results of that day's
第九课 马克?吐温——美国的一面镜子 (节选) 诺埃尔?格罗夫 在大多数美国人的心目中，马克?吐温是位伟大作家，他描写了哈克?费恩永恒的童年时代中充满诗情画意的旅程和汤姆?索亚在漫长的夏日里自由自在历险探奇的故事。的确，这位美国最受人喜爱的作家的探索精神、爱国热情、浪漫气质及幽默笔调都达到了登峰造极的程度。但我发现还有另一个不同的马克?吐温——一个由于深受人生悲剧的打击而变得愤世嫉俗、尖酸刻薄的马克?吐温，一个为人类品质上的弱点而忧心忡忡、明显地看到前途是一片黑暗的人。 印刷工、领航员、邦联游击队员、淘金者、耽于幻想的乐天派、语言尖刻的讽刺家：马克?吐温原名塞缪尔?朗赫恩?克莱门斯，他一生之中有超过三分之一的时间浪迹美国各地，体验着美国的新生活，尔后便以作家和演说家的身分将他所感受到的这一切介绍给全世界。他的笔名取自他在蒸汽船上做工时听到的报告水深为两口寻(12英尺)——意即可以通航的信号语。他的作品中有二十几部至今仍在印行，其外文译本仍在世界各地拥有读者，由此可见他的享誉程度。 在马克?吐温青年时代，美国的地理中心是密西西比河流域，而密西西比河是这个年轻国家中部的交通大动脉。龙骨船、平底船和大木筏载运着最重要的商品。木材、玉米、烟草、小麦和皮货通过这些运载工具顺流而下，运送到河口三角洲地区，而砂糖、糖浆、棉花和威士忌酒等货物则被运送到北方。在19世纪50年代，西部领土开发高潮到来之前，辽阔的密西西比河流域占美国已开发领土的四分之三。 1857年，少年马克?吐温作为蒸汽船上的一名小领航员踏人了这片天地。在这个新的工作岗位上，他接触到的是各式各样的人物，看到的是一个多姿多彩的大干世界。他完全地投身到这种生活之中，经常在操舵室里听着人们谈论民间争斗、海盗抢劫、私刑案件、游医卖药以及河边的一些化外民居的故事。所有这一切，连同他那像留声机般准确可靠的记忆所吸收的丰富多彩的语言，后来都有机会在他的作品中得以再现。 蒸汽船的甲板上不仅挤满了富有开拓精神的人们，而且也载着一些娼妓、赌棍和歹徒等社会渣滓。从所有这些形形色色的人身上，马克?吐温敏锐地认识了人类，认识了人们的言与行之间的差距。他在蒸汽船上工作的四年半时间是他真正接受教育的开端，而且也是最具有深远意义的教育。到了晚年，马克?吐温还声言是密西西比河使他了解了各种各样的人的本性。这种生活体验对他的全部创作都起了促进作用，然而他描写得最为成功的还是那些密西西比河上的人物。 随着铁路运输的发展，社会上对汽船领航员的需求日渐减少，而内战的爆发又阻碍了商业贸易的发展。这时，马克?吐温便离开了密西西比河流域。他在南方邦联游击队的一支杂牌队伍里当了两个星期的兵。那支队伍想方设法避免与敌军交战。在确信“我比发明撤退的人更精通撤退”之后，马克?吐温离开了那支队伍。 他乘驿站马车来到西部，在内华达州的华苏地区受到当时正流行的淘金热的诱惑。同那只有既幸运而又锲而不舍的追求者才能取得的巨大财富三心二意地打了八个月交道之后，他遭到了失败。在破产和灰心之余，他接受了为弗吉尼亚市《领土开发报》当记者的工作，这一行动将获得文学界永久的感激。 自从他因淘金失败而感到心灰意冷之后，马克?吐温便开始努力博取作为一名报社记者和幽默作家的地区性声望。从事新闻报道工作当然不能使他像淘金成功者一样立成巨富，但在挣钱方面他的笔杆却比他的锄镐要有效得多。1864年春季，在他加盟《领土开发报》还不足两年之时，他又乘驿站马车前往旧金山，那儿在当时和现在都是有前途的年轻作家成长
Unit1Paraphrase: 1. We’re 23 feet above sea level. 2. The house has been here since 1915, andno hurricane has ever caused any damage to it. 3. We can make the necessary preparations and survive the hurricane without much damage. 4. Water got into the generator and put it out. It stopped producing electricity, so the lights also went out. 5. Everybody goes out through the back door and runs to the cars! 6. The electrical systems in the car (the battery for the starter) had been put out by water. 7. As John watched the water inch its way up the steps, he felt a strong sense of guilt because he blamed himself for endangering the whole family by deciding not to flee inland. 8. Oh God, please help us to get through this storm safely 9. Grandmother Koshak sang a few words alone and then her voice gradually grew dimmer and finally stopped. 10. Janis displayed the fear caused by the hurricanerather late. 1.每架飞机起飞之前必须经过严格的检查。（check out） Each and every airplane must be checked out thoroughly before taking off. 2.居民坚决反对在附近建立垃圾焚烧厂，因为他们担心工厂排放的气体会污染周围的 空气。（waste incineration plant, concerned about ） The residents were firmly against the construction of a waste incineration plant in their neighborhood because they were deeply concerned about the air pollution emitted by the plant. 3.在这个地区，生态工程的投资额高达数十亿。（mount to ） In this area, investment in ecological projects mounted up to billions of yuan. 4.干枯的河道里布满了大大小小的石块。（strewn with ） The dry riverbed was strewn with rocks of all sizes. 5.虽然战争给这个国家造成巨大的损失，但当地的文化传统并没有消亡。（perish ）Although war caused great losses to this country, its local cultural traditions did not perish. 6.为了建筑现代化的高楼大厦，许多古老的、具有民族特色的建筑都被拆毁了。 （demolish） To make space for modern high rises, a lot of ancient buildings with ethnic cultural features had to be demolished. 7.在地震中多数质量差的房子的主体结构都散架了。（disintegrate） The main structures of most of the poor-quality houses disintegrated in the earthquake. 8.他为实现自己的目标付出了最大的努力，但最后美好的梦想还是化为了泡影。 （vanish） His wonderful dream vanished into the air, although he tried hard to achieve his goals. Unit2Paraphrase: