4.“All the Big Men on Campus are wearing them. Where ?ve you been?” All the important and fashionable men on campus are wearing them. How come you don’t know?
5.My brain , that precision instrument, slipped into high gear. My brain, which is precision instrument, began to work at high speed. 6.With one omission, Polly fitted these specifications perfectly. Except for one thing(intelligence)Polly had all the other requirements. 7.She was not yet of pin-up proportions, but I felt sure that time would supply the lack.
She was not as beautiful as those girls in posters but I felt sure she would become beautiful enough after some time. 8.In fact, she veered in the opposite direction.
In fact, she went in the opposite direction,that is , she was not intelligent but rather stupid.
9.“ In other words ,if you were out of the picture,the field would be open. Is that right?”
If you were no longer involved with her, others would be free to compete to get her as a girlfriend.
10.Back and forth his head swiveled , desire waxing, resolution waning. His head turned back and forth (looking at the coat and then looking away from the coat). Every time he looked his desire for the coat grew stronger and his resolution not to abandon Polly became weaker.
11.This loomed as a project of no small dimensions... To teach her to think seemed to be a rather big task.
12.Admittedly it was not a prospect fraught with hope ,but I decided to give it one more try.
One must admit the outcome did not look very hopeful, but I decided to try one more time.
13.There is a limit to what flesh and blood can bear. There is a limit to what any human being can bear .
14.I was not Pygmalion; I was Frankenstein , and my monster had me by the throat.
I planned to be Pygmalion, to fashion an ideal wife for myself, but I turned out to be Frankenstein because Polly ultimately rejected me and ruined my plan. 15.Frantically I fought back the tide of panic surging through me . Desperately I tried to stop the feeling of panic which was overwhelming me. Unit5
1.…with a face that seemed totally unfamiliar with laughter. with a face that never laughed
2.Sometimes old Jules, or his son Lazarus, would get mixed up in a Saturday-night brawl…
Sometimes, ole Jules, or his son Lazarus, would get involved in a noisy fight for being drunk on a Saturday night.
3.…her attendance had always been sporadic and her interest in schoolwork negligible.
She often missed classes and had little interest in schoolwork. 4.she existed for me only as a vaguely embarrassing presence. She always made me feel embarrassed
5.She dwelt and moved somewhere within my scope of vision. She lived and moved somewhere I could see.
6.If it came to a choice between Grandmother MacLeod and Piquette, Piquette would win hands down, nits or not.
If my mother had to make choices between my grandmother and Piquette, she would rather choose Piquette, no matter she had nits or not. 7.My acquaintance with Indians was not extensive. I didn’t know many Indians.
8....she remained both a reproach and a mystery to me.
I blamed myself(for being unable to make Piquette’s response warmer) and at the same time found her mysterious.
9.Her defiant face, momentarily, became unguarded and unmasked, and in her eyes there was a terrifying hope.
At that moment, her face was unguarded and unmasked with a determination of challenge, and she had an intense hope for life.
10....she looked a mess, to tell you the truth, a real slattern, dressed any old how.
She looked unclean, to tell you the truth, she was a dirty, untidy woman, dressed in a careless way.
11.She was up in court a couple of times — drunk and disorderly, of course.
She was caught up in court for several times, because she had too much alcohol and was disordered in life.
12.The one store had become several dozen, and the settlement had all the attributes of a flourishing resort---hotels,a dance-hall,cafes with neon signs,the penetrating odours of potato chips and hot dogs.
There had been only one store in the past, but now there were several dozen stores. The settlement had all the characteristics of a flourishing resort such as hotels,a dance-hall,cafes lighted by neon signs, the strong smells of potato chips and hot dogs.
13.Perhaps they had been unable to find such a place, and had simply died out, having ceased to care any longer whether they lived or not. Perhaps they had failed to find a suitable habitat where they could belong and had simply died out, having lost any interest in life and ceased to care any longer whether they lived or not. Unit 6
Ⅳ. Paraphrase:
1. Nowadays New York is out of phase with American taste
Nowadays New York cannot understand nor follow the taste of the American people.
2. New York even prides itself on being a holdout from prevailing American trends
New York boasts that it is a city that resists the prevailing trends (styles, fashion)of America.
3. sitcoms cloned and canned in Hollywood, and the Johnny Carson show live, pre-empt the airwaves from California
Situation comedies made in Hollywood and the actual performance of Johnny Carson now replace the scheduled radio and TV programs for California. 4. it is making something of a comeback as a tourist attraction New York is regaining somewhat its status as a city that attracts tourists. 5. To win in New York is to be uneasy
A person who wins in New York is constantly disturbed by fear and anxiety (because he is afraid of losing what he has won in the fierce competition). 6. Nature?s pleasures are much qualified in New York. The chance to enjoy the pleasures of nature is very limited. 7. the city?s bright glow arrogantly obscures the heavens At night the city of New York is aglow with lights and seems proudly and haughtily to darken the night sky.
8. But the purity of a bohemian dedication can be exaggerated. But a pure and wholehearted devotion to a Bohemian life style can be exaggerated.
9. In both these roles it ratifies more than it creates.
In both these roles of banking and communications head-quarters, New York starts or originates very few things but gives its stamp of approval to many things created by people in other parts of the country.
10. The television generation grew up in the insistent presence of hype The television generation was constantly and strongly influenced by extravagant promotional advertising.
11. those who are writing ambitious novels sustain themselves on the magazines
Authors writing long serious novels earn their living in the meantime by also writing articles for popular magazines.
12. Broadway, which seemed to be succumbing to the tawdriness of its environment, is astir again
Broadway, which seemed unable to resist the cheap, gaudy shows put on in the surrounding areas, is once again busy and active.
13. he prefers the unhealthy hassle and the vitality of urban life (If you tell a New Yorker about the vigor of outdoor pleasures, he will reply that) he prefers the unhealthy turmoil and animated life of a city.
14. The defeated are not hidden away somewhere else on the wrong side of town.
Those who failed in the struggle of life, the down-and-outs, are not hidden away in slums or ghettoes where other people can’t see them. 15. The place constantly exasperates, at times exhilarates. New York constantly irritates and annoys very much but at times it also invigorates and stimulates.