高级英语第一册第三版课后翻译+Paraphrase.docxVIP

Unit1 Paraphrase: 1. We’re elevated 23 feet. We’re 23 feet above sea level. 2. The place has been here since 1915, and no hurricane has bothered it. The house has been here since 1915, and no hurricane has ever caused any damage to it. 3. We can batten down and ride it out. We can make the necessary preparations and survive the hurricane without much damage. 4. The generator was doused, and the lights went out. Water got into the generator and put it out. It stopped producing electricity, so the lights also went out. 5.Everybody out the back door to the cars! Everybody goes out through the back door and runs to the cars! 6. The electrical systems had been killed by water. The electrical systems in the car (the battery for the starter) had been put out 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 whole family by deciding not to flee inland. 8. Get us through this mess, will you? Oh God, please help us to get through this storm safely 9. She carried on alone for a few bars; then her voice trailed away. Grandmother Koshak sang a few words alone and then her voice gradually grew dimmer and finally stopped. 10. Janis had just one delayed reaction. Janis displayed the fear caused by the hurricane rather late. Unit2 Paraphrase: 1. Serious-looking men spoke to one another as if they were oblivious of the crowds about them. They were so absorbed in their conversation that they seemed not to pay any attention to the people around them. 2. At last this intermezzo came to an end, and I found myself in front of the gigantic City Hall. At last the taxi trip came to an end and I suddenly found that I was in front of the gigantic City Hall. 3. 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 miniskir