第一册
U7
Paraphrase:
1. She thinks that her sister has a firm control of her life and that she can always have anything she wants, and life is extremely generous to her.
2. Because I am very fat, I feel hot even in freezing weather.
3. The popular TV talk show star, Johnny Carson, who is famous for his witty and glib tongue, has to try hard if he wants to catch up with me.
4. When I talked to him, I’m always ready to leave as quickly as possi ble, and turn my head away from them in order to avoid them as much as possible because of nervousness.
5. She would always look at somebody directly and steadily, not feeling embarrassed or ashamed.
6. She imposed on us lots of falsity and so-called knowledge that was totally useless and irrelevant to us.
7. She is not bright just as she is neither good-looking nor rich.
8. Meanwhile Dee's boyfriend is trying to shake hands with Maggie in a fancy and elaborate way.
9. In fact, I could have traced it back before the Civil War through the family branches.
10. He just stood here with a grin on his face and looked at me as if inspecting something old and out-of-date.
11. Now and then he and Dee communicated through eye contact in a secretive way.
12. I don't need the quilts to remind me of Grandma Dee. She lives in my memory all time.
Translation
1.一场大火把贫民区三百多座房子夷为平地。
A big fire burned more than 300 homes in the slum to the ground.
2.只要你为人正直，不怕失去什么，那你对任何人都不会畏惧。
As long as you are upright and not afraid of losing anything, you can look anyone in the eye.
3.这件衬衣与裙子的颜色和式样都不相配。
This blouse doesn’t match the color or the style of the skirt.
4.咱们一边喝咖啡一边谈这件事吧。
Let’s talk about the matter over a cup of coffee.
5.他无法想象为什么人们反对他的看法。
He couldn’t imagine why people were against his views.
6.这位官员在下汽车时碰到两个恐怖分子。
Stepping out of the car, the official was confronted by two terrorists.
7.只要坚持这些原则，我们就会成功。
As long as we stick to these principles, we will surely succeed.
8.这个消息使她大为震惊，但她很快就镇定下来。
She was extremely shocked at the news, but she soon recomposed herself.
9.这个典故的来源很难查找到。
It’s difficult to trace the source of the reference.
1. 我就在这院子里等候她的到来。我和麦姬昨天下午已将院子打扫得干干净净，地面上还留着清晰的扫帚扫出的波浪形痕迹。（我将在这个被我和麦姬打扫的干干净留着波浪纹的院子里等着她的到来）
2. 当院子的泥土地面被打扫得像屋里的地板一样干净，四周边缘的细沙面上布满不规则的细纹时，任何人都可以进来坐一下，一边抬头仰望院中的榆树，一边等着享受从来吹不进屋内的微风。
3. 自从那次大火烧跨房屋之事发生后，她一直是这个样子，下巴贴近胸口，眼盯着地面，走路拖着脚。
4. 有时候我似乎还能听见燃烧的火焰发出的呼呼的响声，可以感觉到麦姬用手紧紧抓住我，看到她的头发冒烟，她的衣服烧成黑灰一片片脱落的情景。
5. 房子没有真正的窗户，只是侧面墙上挖了几个洞，有点像船上的舷窗，但又不是圆的，也不是方形的。窗格子向外开，用生牛皮悬吊起来。
