现代大学英语精读5 重点paraphrase+单词总结
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Lesson 1
Paraphrase
1. ..when I suggested that this behavior might be grounds for sending the student on a brief
vacation. (Para 14)
One student had some radical comments on the author's class and the author got a little bit
angry so that he suggested the school should suspend the student's schooling. But the dean of
students thought the author was just too annoyed.
The story the speaker tells the audience here is hilarious, but not to be taken seriously. In
the United States, university students do write about their professors on their blogs—and write
evaluations of their courses, critiquing their professors' teaching skills. So a student could have
criticized the speaker for teaching a boring class and the speaker might defend himself by saying
that he had a cold. But the story is basically all fantasy. The speaker's serious point may be that
students expect professors to entertain them; the professors who are good entertainers receive
high evaluations, but the criterion is superficial. Less flashy teachers who think deeply can be the
ones from whom the students learn the most.
2. Black limousines pulled up in front of his office and disgorged decorously suited negotiators.
(Para.16)
These were obviously officials from that country's embassy sent to negotiate with the
professor about this case. The whole thing had become a tough diplomatic issue.
3. Did my pal fold? Nope, he's not the type. But he did not enjoy the process. (Para.16)
Did my friend back down? No, he is not the type of person who will easily give up his
principles under pressure. But he did not like the experience he had to endure. This again is an
interesting anecdote, but not a very good example, because the student involved is too special.
4. The idea that a university education really should have no substantial content, should not be
about what John Keats was disposed to call Soul-making, is one that you might think professors
and university presidents would be discreet about. (Para. 19)
Professors and presidents do not think the content of the courses really matters much,
because they are soon forgotten anyway. It shouldn't be about soul-making either. The speaker is
surprised that professors and presidents are actually by and large quite frank about what they
think are the aims of education. They do not hide their views because they do not feel
embarrassed.
soul-making: moral cultivation, character-building, and intellectual development
discreet: careful about keeping/preventing something from being known or noticed by many
people 言语谨慎的,说话小心不让人抓辫子的
5. …and common sense is something to respect, though not quite—peace unto the formidable
Burke—to revere. (Para. 28)
常识是应该尊重的东西,但不一定崇拜希望其令人钦佩的伯克先生别生气。
6. I learned that if I wanted to affirm any consequential ideal, I had to talk my way past Freud.
(Para. 34)
Since Freud had a very profound understanding in psychology, anytime when the author
tries to state his point of view, he will use Freud's opinions to exam his own view, so that the
author can get his point of view affirmed or improved.
to affirm any consequential ideal: to declare my firm belief in any important ideal
to talk my way past Freud: to deal with Freud's views and successfully argue with/refute him before (I can declare my belief in that ideal)
7. 1.It's been said that raising a child effectively takes a village: Well, as you may have noticed,
our American village is not in very good shape. (Para. 2)
There is an old saying that it takes the collective effort of a whole village to raise a child
properly, that is, the whole village is responsible for the healthy upbringing of a child.
our American village is not in very good shape: Note that the speaker is talking about any
traditional American village? He is using the word village in a metaphorical sense, taking it to
mean the country.
8. Brodhead…seems to take as his educational touchstone the Duke of Wellington's percept that
the Battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton.
(老师讲的试卷答案 不确定)Brodhead has a strong belief that what matters in education is
outside-class activities, and he takes it as his educational touchstone.
9. You'll also, if my father and I are right, be truly and righteously screwed. (Para. 24)
Truly and righteously screwed: truly cheated and ruined,and yet you can't blame anybody.
Lesson 4
Paraphrase
1. ..in that profession there are fewer experiences for women than in any other, with the
exception of the stage. (1)
我的专业是文学,而在这个专业中,妇女的特殊经历比其他专业中妇女面临的特殊经历要少,舞台艺术是个例外。
other professions, such as science, medicine, law, are newer for women, and therefore the