综英4Translate及Paraphrase.doc

1. Everybody, except me, was born with the ability to think.
2. You could hear the fresh air struggling with difficulty to find its way to its chest, because his chest seemed to be unhealthy, as drinking had obviously harmed his lungs. He would lose balance and his face would become pale as a result of the unexpected attack of the wind. He would not be able to stand steadily so that he had to fall into the chair, unable to do anything for the rest of the morning.
3. In this situation, Mr. Houghton didn’t behave in accordance with his high moral tone; he would feel a strong urge to turn his head and look at the girls.
4. The author holds most businessmen, politicians and writers in contempt; in his eyes, they are incompetent, dishonest and incoherent.
5. They are so daunting in number that we had better not offend them as they are everywhere.
6. Just as cows eat grass on the same side of a hill, so humans enjoy following the crowd because it can bring them peace, security, comfort and harmony.
7. What a hypocrite our Prime Minister was when he said that the imprisonment of the two major leaders of Free-India Movement was good for India.
8. I put my arm around her waist and whispered to her that when it came to the number of believers of a certain religion, the Buddhism would have the most. My “indecent” behavior and the daunting number of the Buddhists scared her off.
9. What happened to Ruth and me now happened again. Some close friends still struck by me. But my grade-one thinking scared away many of my acquaintances.

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1. I knew I would expect my brother to stand by me whatever happened.
2. As a general rule, young people tend to be more interested in the present and the future.
3. Both sides will stand to lose if they do not compromise.
4. It is our hope to make all the courses and teaching materials integrated.
5. The Chinese written language has been a major factor for integrating our nation.
6. In traditional Chinese art, the bamboo often stands for moral integrity and uprightness.
7. The great majority of people stand for further reform.
8. Queen Elizabeth the First ruled England for 45 years, and the country prospered under her rule.
9. The truth is always in the hands of a small minority at first. That’s the rule.
10. Democracy means that the majority rules, but the minority’s right to disagree is also respected. These two basic rules are of equal importance.
11. A nation cannot be strong unless it is well-integrated economically, politically and culturally as well as geographically.
12. The party was boring, so she slipped out of the room and went home.
13. The road was muddy. He slipped and fell into the river.
14. One day I was drowning my sorrows in a restaurant because I was broke when he came and slipped a roll of money into my hand.
15. The Court of Florida ruled that it was necessary to recount the votes.
16. The idea that the sun moves round the earth ruled ancient scholars for more than a thousand years.
17. These hutongs are an integral part of old Beijing.
18. Days slipped by and I still have not made much progress.
19. He weighed every word carefully lest he should make a mistake.
20. Her health was such that she would not go out in the sun even in winter lest she get sunstroke.

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1. You can force a student to attend classes, but you cannot force him to think.
You can force a student to attend classes, but not to think.
2. The study of literature can help you to understand not only other people but also yourself.
3. You can improve your writing by reading samples and by practicing writing.
4. In the Middle Ages, people believed that the earth was flat and that it was the center of the universe.
5. I can afford neither the time nor the money to play golf with those big cheeses.
6. Xiao Jin could not decide whether to apply to graduate studies right after college or to get a job first.
7. Love cures people--- both those who give it and those who receive it.
8. Excellent firms don’t believe in perfection, only in constant improvement and constant change.
9. Many things cannot be learned in the classroom, such as planning one’s time, working on one’s own and managing one’s own affairs.
10. In the past ten years people, especially old people, have been concerned more about their health than about their income.

Unit 2
Paraphrase
1. Bella was young and pretty and was seen as the beauty of the boarding house, but no one had shown any particular interest in her.
2. Mr. Penbury was intelligent, but no one in the boarding-house liked him for that. He was too smart for them, and everybody felt annoyed.
3. But Mrs. Mayton would not tolerate any silence for more than three minutes. So when no one broke the silence (no one spoke) within three minutes (the allotted span) she lost her patience and, turning to Penbury, asked.
4. Mr. Calthrop was urging Mr. Penbury to give an answer immediately so that he would not have the time to make up a story.
5. It (the weapon) went through his heart.
6. We all know that you are a sleep walker, perhaps you killed MR. Wainwright in your sleep.
7. …but let me advise you not to put so much emphasis on your statement or you may cause the police to become suspicious of what you say to them.
8. “No,” I answered, “I’ve come to put an end to your cough.”

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1. It is a miracle that our company has developed into a multinational in such a short span of time.
2. The average life span in that country has increases from 42 years to 50 years in a matter of two decades.
3. The conflict between the two countries has spanned more than half a century.
4. There are four bridges spanning the river.
5. I’m much obliged to go to you. Without your help, I would never have finished the book.
6. No, you are not obliged to go to the party. You don’t have to go if you don’t want to
7. She’s always ready to oblige when people come to her for help.
8. In the valley is a small lake right between a meadow and a hill. It is a perfect spot for picnic.
9. Setting in that shady spot he soon dozed off.
10. He criticized me on the spot when he saw me throw a plastic bag by the roadside.
11. It was a white shirt with blue spots. It looked quite pretty.
12. The detective spotted the suspect and walked over and arrested him.
13. One of the balloons popped and it gave me quite a start.
14. It is very impolite to keep popping in and out of the classroom when the class is still going on.
15. When he saw the young man ready to pay for the BMW in cash, his eyes almost popped out of his head.
16. In those countries, water is worth a lot more than oil. Friends will often bring 10 dollars’ worth of water as a gift.
17. When this project is completed, it will benefit about a hundred thousand people. It will be well worth the effort and investment.
18. This movie is not worth seeing twice. In fact, it’s not worth seeing at all.
19. I think it is worthwhile to visit that place. I hear they have kept all their traditional houses intact---houses that were built in Ming-Qing styles.
20. Jia Baoyu was sick and tired of being his father’s worthy son. He yearned for freedom.

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1. It seems the patient has no other relatives in this city.
2. It is easy to make friends but difficult to keep them.
3. He can always understand what his friends are thinking and worrying about.
4. Perhaps it wasn’t Xiao Jiang at all who had left the tap running all night.
5. The boy had no idea how he had become an old man in half a day.
6. I wonder how Wang Ning has been doing in London. I haven’t heard of him for almost a year.
7. It doesn’t matter what family you were born into. The real test is how far you can go from where you started.
8. She simply couldn’t believe what she saw .It was only yesterday that the twin towers were still standing there.
9. Juror No. 8 pointed out that it might have been someone else who had stabbed the boy’s father to death.
10. In a market economy, it is primarily by individuals and firms rather than by government agencies that decisions about what to produce, how much to produce are made.

Unit 3
Paraphrase
1. Most students begin their study of history with a thick textbook and they, soon, have to deal with a huge number of names, dates, events and statistics.
2. It was routine for history students to remember historical facts. But now, in learning history, they have to decide on a good interpretation from many available to them. Historical truth becomes a matter of what you like and what you dislike.
3. Students can only feel that two completely different points of view about an event cannot both be correct. However, they do not have the ability to make a right choice between them.
4. They will find out information about the interception of the “Zimmerman Notes”. In the note, the German foreign secretary issued an order to the German minister in Mexico that if the war should break out, he make a proposal to the Mexican government that German and Mexico form an alliance. Thus, the Mexican government could get support from the German government to reclaim the territories that the United States had taken from Mexico in the Mexican War.
5. Can we get rid of all the disagreement? If our knowledge could give us a model that could provide us with a perfect explanation of our behavior, we could get rid of the different opinions. However, such model doesn’t exit.

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1. The cause of the aircraft crash is so far unknown.
2. The cause of global warming is still hotly debated among scientists.
3. He devoted all his life to the cause of environmental protection.
4. The river has caused us a lot of trouble in history.
5. What do you think caused the upsurge of international terrorism?
6. We must try and unite with those who have opposed us.
7. There is always opposition to any progress and reform.
8. Some people are always opposed to new things.
9. A lot of those loans were never repaid. That high ratio of bad debts finally led to the financial crisis in this second economic power in the world.
10. The Business Bank now offers a special loan for students who can’t pay for their education.
11. The boy asked Mrs. Stow for the loan of her binoculars.
12. She concluded her speech by saying that she hoped she could come again some day and see more of the country.
13. As soon as they concluded the investigation, they were t o report to the Security Council.
14. During his visit, he will conclude a new trade agreement with India.
15. Based on those reasonable doubts, the jury had to conclude that the boy was not guilty.
16. She is flying to New York by way of Tokyo.
17. I’d like to say a few words about the situation in the sixties of the last century by way of an introduction of the movie.
18. They decided to recall their ambassador by way of protest.

1. Heroes and heroines are people with unusual qualities.
2. Celebrities are people who become famous because of publicity through the media.
3. In China’s mainland, “sweet heart” often refers to a person’s husband or wife.
4. A fair-weather friend is one who will desert you as soon as you are in trouble.
5. Broadly speaking, money refers to anything generally accepted in exchange for other goods and services.
6. An armchair revolution is one who talks about revolution, but who doesn’t put what he says into practice.
7. Professor Lu says that a good teacher is one who does all he/she can to make himself /herself unnecessary for the students.
8. Economics is defined as the social science that deals with the production, distribution and consumption of goods and services.
9. DVD is a disk on which large amounts of information, especially photographs and video can be stored for use on a computer.
10. The Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary defines “workaholic” as “a person who works most of the time and finds it difficult to stop working in order to do other things”.

Unit 4
1. Import of that country’s beef was suspended because of the mad cow panic.
2. During the war, they had to suspend the construction of the railway.
3. It was a serious offense to take drugs. Robert was suspended from school for two weeks.
4. She was reading in a hammock suspended from two branches.
5. The sales suspension has brought us heavy losses.
6. This is perhaps the longest suspension bridge in Asia.
7. The author is very good at creating suspense.
8. He used to watch with great envy children of wealthy people go to school.
9. I rather envy people their school for its beautiful campus.
10. She averted her face so that people would not see her blush.
11. He has always had an aversion to publicity.
12. The government’s policy succeeded in averting a serious economic recession.
13. Michael Jordan is the envy of many black kids.
14. Every summer, hundreds of thousands of people are sent to guard the riverbanks against floods.
15. It was not easy to get the golden apple, for it was guarded by a ferocious giant.
16. Xicheng was practically unguarded, so Zhuge Liang narrowly escaped being captured.
17. The prisoners of war killed the guards and escaped into the woods.
18. He is probably the greatest guard in the history of basketball game.
19. They took the Americans off guard by launching a sudden attack on a Sunday.
20. There were two armed soldiers standing guard at the bridge.
21. Napoleon exhibited his military talent early in life.
22. These exhibits are all insured and carefully guarded.
23. When the exhibition is over, the exhibits will be given to the host country as gifts.
24. She is going to exhibit some of her most of her most recent sculptures at the National Art Gallery.

1. It’s widely rumored that Linda’s getting promoted.
2. It is estimated that the project will cost RMB 300million.
3. It is assumed that the Labor Party will remain in power.
4. It was proposed a few years ago that the President be elected for one term only.
5. It has been announced that another bridge across the Yangtze River will be built next year.
6. It was believed even then that the abnormal state of affairs wouldn’t last long.

1. The jury is having trouble reaching a verdict.
2. Whenever either of us is in a tight corner, we always come to each other’s help.
3. Statistics are facts obtained from analyzing information given in numbers.
4. Statics is a branch of mathematics concerned with the study of information that is expressed in numbers.
5. Neither his friend nor his father was surprised when he was admitted by Tsinghua University.
6. Xiao Li is one of the best football players in our university who have ever participated in intercollegiate championships.

Unit 5
1. We need to increase our oil import in the coming years to meet the growing demand for energy.
2. Our profit has increased by 20% in the past two years.
3. The number of privately-owned cars has increase