本册各单元难句理解与解释

本册各单元难句理解与解释

UNIT 1

Text 1 Never Say Goodbye

1. We walked, hand in hand, to his favorite place in tne front yard, where a huge red rosebush sat conspicuously alone. (Line 1, Para. 6)

[Paraphrase]We walked, holding each other’s hands, to his favorite place in the front yard, where a large red rosebush sat alone in a salient manner.

2. All I could think of was that the last thing I said to him in this life was goodbye.(Line 3,Para. 12)

[Paraphrase]The only thing I could think of was that the last thing I said to him was goodbye in my life.

3. Take that special hello and lock it away within you – in that place in your heart where summer is an always time.

[Paraphrase] Remember that special hello and imprint it on your mind, so that you will be always filled with the joy and happiness of summer.

4. When you and your friend must part, I want you reach deep within you

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and bring back that first hello.(Line 5, Para. 13)

[Paraphrase] when you and your friend have to depart, I’d like you come to the bottom of your heart to recall the first hello you’ve said to your friends.

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UNIT 2

Text 1 Whatever Happened to Manners

1. In fact, I think of good manners as a sort of hidden beauty secret. (Line 1, Para. 3)

[Paraphrase]Actually, I regard good manners as a kind of concealed magic method or formula which makes you beautiful.

2. I recently got a thank-you note from a guest who attended a 40th birthday party that Frank and I hosted for Frank’s daughter-in-law.(Line 2,Para. 5)

[Paraphrase]I recently received a thank-you note from a guest who took part in the party, celebrating the 40th birthday of Frank's daughter-in-law, which was hosted by Frank and I.

3. A gracious manner not only sets an excellent example for your children and grandchildren but it adds priceless panache to your image. (Line 4, Para. 4)

[Paraphrase] A kind courtesy manner not only sets a good example for your offspring, but it also contributes invaluably to your image.

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4. That's where it counts the most because those are the people we love the most. (Line 2, Para. 9)

[Paraphrase] That's where it matters the most because they are the people who we love most deeply.

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UNIT 3

Text 1 When Lightning Struck

1. As I lunged toward my seat, passengers looked up at me with the stricken expressions of creatures who know they are about to die. (Line 4, Para. 1)

[Paraphrase]As I rushed forward in the direction off my seat, passengers looked up at me in a disable expression like creatures who know they are going to die.

2. Now he looked worried. And that really worries me - when confident - looking businessmen look worried. (Line 2,Para. 3)

[Paraphrase]Now he seem to be worried. And this anxious feeling really worried me - when a businessman who was always being confident even felt anxious about it, that means something really serous would happen.

3. Of course I never paid attention to this drill, always figuring that if we ever got to the point where we needed to use life jacke ts, I would have already died of terror. (Line 4, Para. 4)

[Paraphrase] Sure I never noticed this kind of emergency procedures, as I

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am always thinking, that if we have ever came to the critical moment that we had to put on life jackets, I would have already dies of fear.

4. I was sure that even if I survived the plane crash, I'd have a couple of broken fingers from all the TLC. (Line 2, Para. 9)

[Paraphrase] I was certain that even though I could be alive even in the plane crash, a couple of my fingers would might break for the tender loving care I've received.

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UNIT 4

Text 1 World of Future

1. There may be telepathy helmets that send thought waves from your brain to that of your friend miles away. (Line 1, Para. 12)

[Paraphrase]There may be telepathy helmets, which can transmit your thought waves to your friend's brain in a faraway distance.

2. But maybe a boy with a wrench and a screwdriver can fix the robot so that it won't be too perfect.(Line 1,Para. 14)

[Paraphrase]But perhaps a boy can repair the robot by making use of some simple tool, such as a wrench and a screwdriver in such a way that it won't be too perfect for human being.

3. People on the screen will look as real as if they were right in the room with you. (Line 1, Para. 18)

[Paraphrase] People on the television screen will seem to be the same as the ones in reality, who stay in the same room together with you.

4. It will rain only when the \"weatherman\" thinks it is needed to freshen the air inside the city. (Line 2, Para. 9)

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5. [Paraphrase] It will rain only when the meteorologist thinks it is needed to make the air fresh inside the city.

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UNIT 5

Text 1 Dealing with AIDS

1. Dealing with AIDS strengthens the band of friendship, encourages emotional and mature growth. (Line 1, Para. 1)

[Paraphrase]Taking action against AIDS increases the tie of friendship, boosts mature and physical growth.

2. So, in times of stress I was the one that had to keep things together, I pushed all my emotions aside and was strong for him.(Line 7,Para. 5)

[Paraphrase]Thus when under pressure, I was the only one who had to confront and deal with it. I hided all my true feelings and was tough for his sake.

3. I felt bad for the time that we had lost and how I wasn't even going to fight for our friendship. (Line 13, Para. 7)

[Paraphrase] I felt so sorry for the time that we had not had together, and I was even going to stop striving for our friendship.

4. All the emotions that I had held in came rushing out as I realized that would never see David again. (Line 3, Para. 8)

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[Paraphrase] All the inner feelings that I had inhabited breaking out all of a sudden, when I knew the fact that I would never see David again.

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UNIT 6

Text 1 Towards a Gender Free Society

1. But the single sex school by following the simple uniform structure and prescribing a separate curriculum for males and females does anything but this. (Line 2, Para. 3)

[Paraphrase]But the single sex school by taking the same simple structure and setting different curriculum for males and women can never achieve the aim of education.

2. Such a form of education interferes with individual freedom and entails a loss of autonomy of self-determination.(Line 5,Para. 3)

[Paraphrase] Single sex education interferes with individual freedom and reduces theirs independence of self-determination.

3. Such sexual polarization is also dangerous in a sense that it severs a sense of community by isolating people into two gender groups. (Line 15, Para. 3)

[Paraphrase] Such an act of causing boys and girls to from inti two groups is also hazardous in a way that it breaks off a sense of community by dividing

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people into two sex groups.

4. With the full spectrum of experience offered, life is an open possibility for man as well as woman. (Line 5, Para. 4)

[Paraphrase] Having acquired a broad range of experiences, both man and woman can have the same opportunity to become successful in their lives.

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UNIT 7

Text 1 The Fun They Had

1. Margie's grandfather once said that when he was a little boy his grandfather told him that there was a time when all stories were printed on paper. (Line 1, Para. 2)

[Paraphrase]Margie's grandfather once told them when he was in his childhood once a time word were all written and printed in paper book.

2. When they turned to the page before, it had the same words on it that it had had when they read it the first time .(Line 3,Para. 3)

[Paraphrase]When they turned to the page before, the words on it stood still as the moment when they had read it for the first time.

3. The mechanical teacher had been giving her test after test in geography and she had been doing worse and worse until her mother had shaken her head sorrowfully and sent for the County Inspector. (Line 1, Para. 11)

[Paraphrase] The computer which served as a teacher had been giving her a series of tests in geography continuously, and she had been doing worse and worse. At last her mother shook her head sadly and had to ask the County Inspector.

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4. She always had to write them out in a punch code they made her learn when she was six years old, and the mechanical teacher calculated the mark in no time. (Line 7, Para. 12)

[Paraphrase] She always had to write them out in a computer language by pressing keys they made her study when she was six, and the mechanical teacher worker worked out the mark immediately.

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UNIT 8

Text 1 Five Traits of the Educated Man

1. These traits or characteristics may be variously described and classified, but among them are five that should always stand out clearly enough to be seen by all men. (Line 1, Para. 2)

[Paraphrase]It's possible that these traits or characteristics are illustrated and categorized in different ways, however, among them are five that should always stand out clearly enough to be seen by all men.

2. A second and indispensable trait of the educated man is refined and gentle manners, which are themselves the expression of fixed habits of thought and action.(Line 1,Para. 3)

[Paraphrase]A second and essential characteristic of the educated man is cultured and genteel manners, which reveal the settled habits of thought and action by themselves.

3. Human being for the most part live wholly on the surface or far beyond the present moment and part of the future which is quickly to follow it. (Line 1, Para. 4)

[Paraphrase] Most people generally think about the present or about things that will happen in the near future.

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4. It would appear to be true that not many human being, and even not many of those who have had a college education, continue to grow after they are twenty-four or twenty-five years age. (Line 3, Para. 5)

[Paraphrase] It would seem to be true that many human beings, and even those who have entered colleges don't continue the process of growing after they come to the age of twenty-four or twenty-five years old.

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UNIT 9

Text 1 World Wide Web Technology: What's Hot and What's Not?

1. As someone once said, the Wed is like one great big, wonderful library. You enter the front door, and there are all the books...piled in the middle of the floor. (Line 3, Para. 1)

[Paraphrase]It is just as someone once said, the web is like one large and great library. The moment you enter the front door, you can see all the books...heaped on the middle of the floor

2. No matter how you figure it, it is pretty amazing to get music from France faster than my friend could find it in his office next door!(Line 7,Para. 2)

[Paraphrase]No matter how you think of it, it is fantastic to get the song from a website in France more rapidly than my friend could find it in his office next door!

3. A couple of minutes later, I had the solution to my problem from their frequently-asked-questions page. (Line 5, Para. 3)

[Paraphrase] Several minutes later, I had got the solution to my problem from the web page, where the frequently asked questions are collected and answered.

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4. The potential is certainly there for things to proceed on an exciting course, as evidenced by the current wave of interest. (Line 2, Para. 5)

[Paraphrase] It's certain that there is a potential for things to advance for a thrilling process, as proved by a sudden interest in the Internet at present.

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UNIT 10

Text 1 Hollywood

1. The Hollywood studios, by means of advertising, turned starlets into superstars.(Line 3, Para. 5)

[Paraphrase]The Hollywood studios, by means of propaganda, change the young performers who played a trivial role into the one who were extremely famous and popular film stars.

2. Many studio chiefs were tyrants, determined to get their own way at all costs, no matter how unscrupulous the means. (Line 4,Para. 5)

[Paraphrase] Many studio heads, who were as cruel and unjust as tyrants, made their minds to do what they wanted to at whatever cost.

3. Stars were often typecast and if he or she appealed to the public as a lover, then he or she always played the part of a love. (Line 1 Para. 6)

[Paraphrase] Stars were often asked to play the same part in the film, and if her or she attracted the audiences as a lover, then he or she always acted that role.

4. Only when they ceased to be stars did some of them discover that they were also good actors! (Line 2, Para. 5)

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[Paraphrase] Only after they stopped their acting career, the stars found out the fact that they were also excellent actors!

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UNIT 11

Text 1 How to Be True to Yourself

1. Life is like a field of newly fallen snow; where I choose walk every step will show.(Line 2, Para. 1)

[Paraphrase]Life is like a field which is covered with the fresh snow; where I select to go, every step of mine will be shown.

2. A good test for this value is to look at what I call the Integrity Triad, which consists of three key principles. (Line 1,Para. 3)

[Paraphrase]A good experiment for this moral value is have a look at what I call the Integrity Triad, which comprises of three essential principles.

3. Self-respect and a clear conscience are powerful components of integrity and are the basis for enriching your relationship with others. (Line 1 Para. 14)

[Paraphrase] Self-respect and a clear sense of right and wrong are vigorous ingredient of integrity and are the foundation for improving with one's relationship with others.

4. A life of principle, of not succumbing to the seductive sirens of an easy morality, will always win the day. (Line 2, Para. 15)

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[Paraphrase] If you have principles in your life, and if you don't yield to the lure of the use of methods that bring the most immediate benefits, which are based on practical rather than moral considerations, you will always be successful.

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UNIT 12

Text 1 She's Leaving Home

1. Yesterday was her last day she'd have for a few months with her Friend Catharine, who she's known since kindergarten.(Line 1, Para. 5)

[Paraphrase]In the past few months she was with her Friend Cathaerine. They have known since kindergarten, but they had to say goodbye to each other.

2. I struggle to think of something to say to her, something meaningful and warm. (Line 2,Para. 7)

[Paraphrase]I try my best think of something meaningful and warm that I could talk with her.

3. She sighed and said ,\"Mum, you haven't done anything. It's fine.\" It is fine - just distant.(Line 2 Para.8)

[Paraphrase] She sighed and told her mother that she hadn't done anything wrong and everything was fine with coldness.

4. Some say the tighter your bond with your child, the greater her need to break away, to establish her own identity in the world. (Line 1, Para. 15)

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[Paraphrase] The tighter you bond with your child, the greater she needs to break away from your bond to find her own standing in the world.

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UNIT 13

Text 1 Darkness at Noon

1. To date it has been narcissistic.(Line 3, Para. 1)

[Paraphrase]Up to now I haven't been able to behold my own feature as a result of my blindness.

2. Either they that if the dread word is spoken, the ticket agent's retina will immediately detach, or they are reluctant to inform me of my condition of which I may not have been previously aware.(Line 8,Para. 2)

[Paraphrase]Perhaps that they fear if the frightening word is spoken, the ticket agent will became blind at once, or they are unwilling to remind me of my blindness that I haven't been aware before.

3. This point was graphically driven home to me while we were in England.(Line 1 Para.4)

[Paraphrase] This point was made accurately clear to me during we stayed in England.

4. On the April 16, 1976, the Department of Labor issued regulations that mandate equal-employment opportunities of the handicapped. (Line 1, Para. 15)

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[Paraphrase] On the April 16, 1976, the Department of Labor publicized rules which made it well known that the physically disabled have the right to be equally employed.

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UNIT 14

Text 1 Cultural Encounters

1. Everyone, It seems, provided, of course, they can afford to do so, need never be out of touch.(Line 7, Para. 1)

[Paraphrase]Everyone need keep contact with their friends all the time, if they have enough money to buy mobile phones and actually of course they can afford to.

2. How do you translate the image of the Lamb of God for a culture in which sheep do not exist.(Line 1,Para. 5)

[Paraphrase]It is indeed irrational for us to translate the image of the Lamb of God for a culture in which sheep absolutely do not exist.

3. What exactly was the fruit that Eve picked in the Garden of Eden?(Line 3 Para.5)

[Paraphrase] How do we understand the fruit that Eve picked in the Garden of Eden?

4. Communicating in another language involves not only linguistic skills,

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but ability to think differently, to enter into another culture's mentality and shape language accordingly.(Line 7, Para. 7)

[Paraphrase] Communicating in another language needs not only language skills, but also the ability to understand another nation's particular way of thinking and use language properly.

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UNIT 15

Text 1 Salvation

1. I was saved from sin when was going on thirteen, But I was not really saved.(Line 1, Para. 1)

[Paraphrase]I was rescued from the power of sin and evil shortly before the thirteenth birthday of mine. However, I wasn't totally saved.

2. I wanted to see him, but nothing happened to me.Nothing! I wanted something to happen to me, but nothing happened.(Line 5,Para. 7)

[Paraphrase]I wanted to see Jesus, but Jesus didn't come. How I wished I could see him, but didn't come.

3. God had not struck Westley dead for taking his name in vain or for lying in the temple.(Line 4 Para.11)

[Paraphrase] God had not punished him for talking disrespectfully about God or for telling a lie in the temple.

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4. When things quieted down, in a hushed silence, punctuated by a few ecstatic \"Amens\all the new young lambs were blessed in the name of God.(Line 7, Para. 14)

[Paraphrase] When things become quiet, in a dead silence, interrupted by a few joyful \"Amens\on.

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UNIT 16

Text 1 My Forever Valentine

1. There is little difference between red glass and rubies to a child of six, and I remembered wearing that with a pride that all the cards in the world could not surpass.(Line 3, Para. 4)

[Paraphrase]To a six-year-old child, rubies are not very different from red glass, I still remembered that I was so proud of wearing that ring and in my mind it was more worthwhile than card in the world.

2. As I grew older, the gifts gave way to hearts shaped boxes filled with my favorite chocolates and always included a special card signed \"Love, Dad.\"(Line 4,Para. 7)

[Paraphrase]As I grew up, the gifts from my father were replaced by a heart-shaped box of chocolate candies I like best with a special card on which my father signed \"Love, Dad.\"

3. If he sensed any disappointment over Valentines that didn't arrive for me, he just tried much harder to create a positive atmosphere by giving extra hug and doing what he could to make my day a little brighter.(Line 4 Para.11)

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[Paraphrase] If he felt that I was disappointment over Valentines that didn't come for me, he would made any efforts he could to create a cheerful atmosphere by holding me tingly in his arms again and again to bring happiness to my day.

4. Never in ten years was my father's package late nor was it on the Valentine's Day eight years ago when I reached into the mailbox to find a card addressed to me in my mother's handwriting.(Line 2, Para. 7)

[Paraphrase] In those ten years, my father's package was never late. IT was not late even on the Valentine's Day eight years ago when he was dying that his handwriting was replaced by my mother's.

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