新世纪⾼等院校英语专业本科⽣系列教材综合教程4（第2版）U1~U8paraphrase与中译英答案1, Britain has been in too long a period of stillness without taking any particular action against the enemy.2, We are sure to experience both Triumph and Disaster, but must avoid clouding our judgment through exaggerating their importance.3, Never give in unless we are convinced that it is honourable and sensible for us to do so.4, Other nations thought that Britain was completely conquered.5, We will win as long as we hold on to the end.1. I had arranged for them to meet each other at the pub, but the young man never turned up.2. You cannot tell merely from appearances whether things will turn out unfavourable to us or not.3. The soldier, who stood in the gap in every battle, gained the highest honors of the country.4. the chairman spoke so forcefully that the rest of the committee yielded to his opinion.5. They are well-to-do now, but along the way they had their ups and downs.6. There are two questions to which I will address myself in this lecture.7. We are planning a big Christmas party in your honour.8. Hearing that tune threw my mind back to my childhood.1. The phrase “personal space” has odd touch that was characteristic of the 1970s.2. In hot summer days people can be drawn to each other, especially to the opposite sex ( or feel disgusted with the closeness of others. )3. People in different regions are given different sizes of personal space.4. It is quite common that one person occupies a booth and a set of facing seats designed for four people.5. The author hopes that his own stand against the shrinking of personal space, while small in itself, will nonetheless eventually have a dramatic effect in the same way as the breeze from a butterfly’s wings in Japan, if it initiates a chain of waves, may eventually produce a tidal wave in California.1. The pigeon was wedged in the fork of a branch and it fell after a while.2. The payment that the motorist will have to make is proportional to the amount of damage he has done to the other person’s car.3. You can only enter the cave by inching through a narrow tunnel on your stomach.4. She stammered some apology for entering my office without knocking as she sidled towards thedoor.5. He took pains to explain to me that I was not being dismissed because I didn’t do my work well but because the company was confronted by financial troubles.6. The enlistment of young soldiers infused new hope and morale into the army.7. Once the older boys stake a claim to the lawn, the younger ones had to give way to them to avoid conflict.8. The man following her made her uneasy and she couldn’t help quickening her steps.1. As the Internet can be reached and used with relatively few restrictions, it plays a role in connecting people globally, which is comparable to traveling through international waterways.2. A lot of people talk about the "new information age", but not so many people are acquainted withthe idea that the Internet separates people from each other and fragments society further as a result.3. I think that in our society the top priority is given to the satisfaction of one's immediate needs. The Internet is the best means to achieve this purpose, for on the Internet one can do whatever he likes to.1, There's no denying that smoking is addictive. And once you are addicted, it's very difficult to get rid of the habit.2, In a Japanese-made video game, players can simulate the experience of AIDS from HIV infection until death.3, I’m sure he was in earnest when he said that you could use this money to continue your study of music.4, We can only increase production at the expense of quality, which could ruin the company's reputation.5, She is not often given to anger, but this time she really lost her temper.6, A teacher of foreign language should possess at the very least a graduate degree from a certified education school or institute if he is to teach high school.7, I soon perceived that I couldn't make him change his mind.1, The responsibility was therefore placed on Yamahata's shoulders to record the effects systematically and incidentally with a great and simple artistry.2, That vanished city rather than its remains represents the true measure of the event.3, In the photographs Nagasaki regains its own status.4, The human imagination had been exhausted and stopped at the wreckage of the first ruined city and failed to reach even the outskirts of Nagasaki.5, Apart from the pictures of Nagasaki we seem to need some other picture to inspire in us a hope of life to counterbalance the sense of doom suggested by the ruined Nagasaki.1. Their cattle were branded with the letter C.2. In this season Brooks has really come into his own as a goal scorer.3. An economic crisis is hanging over that country.4. He is the man who really gives the order, but he always remains in the background.5. After dispatching the messenger, what is left for us to do is nothing but to wait.6. You just have to call and he's here in a flash.7. They have lived in the shadow of war for totally seventeen years.8. These are the last seven Northeast Tigers in existence. If human beings failed to protect them, the tigers of this species would face extinction.1, Slowly, the movie gave a panoramic picture of the characteristics of friendship.2, This was not simply a shift from one fashion to another, but a trend toward more realistic and natural depictions in cinema-making.3, The tendency to present only men as capable of true friendship was challenged by the appearance of a more subtleapproach.4, Buddies act tough to show off to each other, so would not reveal weakness; friends show their need for each other and are ready to confess weakness.1. Your remarks do make sense, but the way of expression borders on rudeness.2. Any unemployed person counts as deserving government help.3, On the whole I am quite satisfied with the experiment.4. A person's appearance makes a difference in how others judge him.5. Advertising tends to portray women in very traditional roles.6. Having inherited a considerable fortune, the twin sisters just couldn't wait to show off their jewelry.7, Public interests once again shifted its focus to the changes in the urban environment.8, The new type of trains can run smoothly at the speed of about 500 kilometres per hour; in contrast, the old ones are slow and clumsy.1, July 4 is one of the times I, as a native American, feel instinctively uneasy about the great gaps in our children’s understanding of their American identity, and thus I am motivated to do something to fill the gaps.2, And living away from our native country does not matter much.3, In the days when I lived in France as an expatriated child, French children were dressed in the unique French style, thus looking quite different from their counterparts in other countries.4, Full immersion in a truly foreign world no longer seems possible in Western countries, and I think this is a deplorable impact of globalization upon the growth of children in a foreign country. 1, The hall resonated with the notes of the trumpet solo.2, I saw, in my mind's eye, the pale face of the mother when she heard the news of her son's death. 3, The way he walks reminds me of the way his father used to walk.4, I mixed the dates up and arrived on the wrong way.5, Her heart swelled with pride when she learned that her daughter had been admitted by Oxford University.6,Theoretically speaking, the whole population should have direct access to information without waiting for its being filtered by the government or the media.7, Democrats have launched a campaign to win women voters in this presidential election.8, After he inherited his father's estate, he was immersed in all kinds of sensuous pleasures.1.He almost had no sense of responsibility.2.He wrote large numbers of letters begging for money. In some letters he was servile withoutshame, and in other letters he loftily offered his targeted benefactor the privilege of contributing to his support. If the recipient refused to accept his offer, i.e. refused to lend him money, he would fly into a rage.3.He would use his influence on as many people as possible in order to meet some admirer of hiswho was only too glad to offer him his help.4.Since Wagner was driven by such tremendous forces, it is no surprise that he didn’t behave likea normal human being.1, For the sake of your family, you should look before you leap and not take so many risks.2. I feel a bit out of sorts after last night's heavy drink.3. His father pulled endless wires and got him a position in an inflated government department.4. If you read his letter carefully, you can find his real intention between the lines.5. I knew I was downright rude to him, but I found excuses for myself.6. Many of the outstanding figures of the past were exceptionally versatile men. Leonardo da Vinci, for instance, rolled a painter and an inventor into one.7. He finally killed himself after being under the torment of insomnia for many years.8. He was dumb with amazement.1. “Yes, I am going down,”he says, meaning literally that he is going down with the bed butmetaphorically that his physical condition is doing from bad to worse.2. The wild, relaxed laughter is a totally new sound in the world that nobody has ever heard. The joyful laughter could even give a promising future to caner patients.3. The aide looks across at me, shaking her head to express her frustration and pursing her lips to signal her annoyance.1. Searchlights fingered across the black water.2. Since a robbery happened in this building, the night watchman has become more careful and makes his rounds once every hour.3. He stuck to his plan, though there was nothing left to prop him up.4. He is paid by the police to spy on the activities of the terrorists.5. In time they will come to accept the harsh reality.6. That man’s behavior looks very suspicious. He is pretending to sleep, but now and then he steals a furtive glance at the passers-by.7. The social and economic changes that have taken place in this country are so sweeping that it has dwarfed all its neighbors.8. In the dim light of the daybreak, I saw a dark shape looming athwart the door.。
