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现代大学英语精读4 Paraphrase Unit 2 1. … sleepy and yet on fire with excitement, for it was the first day of their first spring sowing as man and wife. (Para. 3) Paraphrase:Although still not fully awake, the young couple was already greatly excited, because that day was the first day of their first spring planting after they got married. 2. But somehow the imminence of an event that had been long expected, loved, feared and prepared for made them dejected. (Para. 3) Paraphrase:The couple had been looking forward to and preparing for this spring planting for a long time, but now that the day had finally arrived, strangely, they felt somehow a bit sad. 3. Martin fell over a basket in the half-darkness of the barn, he swore and said that a man would be better off dead than… Paraphrase:? ? In the barn, it was still very dark as it was very early in the morning. So Martin tripped over a basket. He cursed and said that it would be better off to die than to have to get up at such an early hour and begin the day’s toil—probably for the rest of his life. 4. … as they walked silently… through the little hamlet, there was not a soul about. (Para. 5) Paraphrase: When they walked silently through the small village, they saw not a single person around them because they were earlier than everybody else. 5. And they both looked back at the little cluster of cabins that was the center of their world, with throbbing hearts. For the joy of spring had now taken complete hold of them. (Para. 5) Paraphrase:Both of them looked back towards their small village, which was the most important place for them because they and their forefathers before them were born and raised here. Their hearts were quivering with excitement at that moment, for the coming of spring had already filled their hearts with pleasure. 6. And there was a big red heap of fresh seaweed lying in a corner by the fence to be spread under the seeds as they were laid. Paraphrase: In a corner beside the fence, there was a big pile of