III．Paraphrase:
1.As you approach it, a tinkling and banging and clashing begins to impinge on your
ear. ________________________________________.
2.The seller makes a point of protesting that the price he is charging is depriving
him of all profit. ____________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________.
3.The red of the live coals glows bright and then dims rhythmically to the strokes of
the bellows. _______________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________. IV. Point out the figures of speech used in each sentence.
1. Boys and girls, tumbling in the streets and playing, were moving jewels.
( )
2. It is a vast, somber cavern of a room. ( )
3. The pen is mightier than the sword. ( )
4. As you approach it, a tinkling and banging and clashing begins to impinge on your ear. ( )
5. We spent a sleepless night on the project. ( )
6. Ancient girders creak and groan. ( )
7. The burnished copper catches the light of innumerous lamps and braziers.
( )
V. Proofreading
1.The roadway is narrowed every a few yards by little stalls.______
2.Shopkeepers dealing with the same kind of goods do not scatter themselves over
the bazaar.__________
3.Desks in the classroom are arranged at interval of 10 feet. _______
4.College students could be well prepared for independent thinking should be less
emphasis on grades in high school.____________
5.He believes that his nation should commit itself to achieve the goal, before the
decade is out, of landing a man on the moon.___________
VI. Translate the following sentences into English.
1.他会尽力帮助你。（as far as）
2.一些小毛驴正穿行于熙熙攘攘的人群中。（thread one’s way）
3.现代大城市各种形状的建筑物应有尽有。（conceivable）