英语专业精读一Paraphrase.doc

Paraphrase Unit1,texta: 1 They did not make me happy, however, as this was the day I was to be thrown into school for the first time. (para. 1) Paraphrasing: But my new clothes did not bring any happiness to me, because it was the day I was forced to go to school for the first time. 2. I did not believe there was really any good to be had in tearing me away from my home and throwing me into the huge, high-walled building. (para. 5) Paraphrasing: I didn’t think it was useful to take me away from home and put me into that building with high walls. 3. It seemed that my misgivings had had no basis. It seemed I was wrong to think that school was dreadful place 4. In addition, the time for changing one’s mind was over and gone and there was no question of ever returning to the paradise of home. Besides, it was impossible for us to quit school and return to the good old days when we stayed home playing and fooling around all day. Our childhood was gone, never to come back. 5. Nothing lay ahead of us but exertion, struggle, and perseverance. The life that was waiting for us at school would be full of great effort and determination to do well. 6. Those who were able took advantage of the opportunities for success and happiness that presented themselves. When opportunities came along, capable students would seize them to achieve success and happiness. Unit2 1. If banks were required to sell wallets and money belts, they might act less like churches. 2. Everything about him suggested a carefully dressed authority. 3.I was especially aware of him because he looked more like a kid from a prep school than a customer in a West Side bank. Unit4 1.Ausable did not fit the description of any secret agent Fowler had ever read about. (para. 1) Paraphrasing: According to what Flower had experienced Ausable was not at all what a secret agent should look like. 2. Someday soon that paper may well affect the course of history. (para. 5) Paraphrasing: In the near future, this document m