现代大学英语4 Paraphrase答案1.doc

Paraphrase in Lesson 1 Everybody, except me, was born with the ability to think. You could hear the wind was caught in his chest, and the fresh air had to struggle with difficulty to find its way to his chest because he was unfamiliar with this. He would be thrown off balance, and his face would turn pale. He would return unsteadily to his desk and fall down in his chair, unable to do anything for the rest of the morning. At that time, it seemed to me that he was not controlled by thought, and it was the working of his genes that compelled him to turn his head toward young girls. Practically, grade-three thinking is as incompetent as most businessmen’s golf, as dishonest with most politicians’ speech, as incoherent as most publications. Grade-three thinkers usually represent the great majority. We had better respect them because we are fewer in number and surrounded by them. It is human nature to enjoy agreement because it may bring peace, comfort and harmony, just as cows will eat the same part of grass as the same way as the others do. Our Prime Minister would talk about the great benefits we provided to India, while at the same time our government put people like Nehru and Gandhi into prison. American politicians would talk about peace, while meanwhile they refused to join the League of Nations. Yes, to see these ridiculous examples of grade-three thinkers, as a grade-two thinker, there is temporary satisfaction. I put my arm around Ruth’s waist quietly and said in a low voice that if we took the number of people into consideration, I would bet the Buddhists were the greatest in number. She escaped because my touch and the thought of the great number of Buddhists were more than she could accept. What had happened to Ruth and I now happened again and again. I had some good friends who supported me and share the same belief with me. But my grade-two thinking frightened away many of my acquaintances. Paraphrase in Lesson 2 Bella was young and pretty and was seen as