泛读unit 8Paraphrase.docx

Paraphrase the Following Sentences1. The problem is a little easier than is usually the case, because we are both going into new jobs. (L. 2) 2. That is the failure that one does well to fear. (L. 14)3. They are often clever people, who are adept at putting a chilly finger on the weak spot in whatever attracts their friends. (L. 64)4. The opposites of these people are not, of course, those who allow every enthusiasm to run away with them, whose hearts always rule their heads, who go a-whoring after everything that is new. (L. 72)5. If you had not had some intellectual biaseven of quite a mild sortit is unlikely that you would be here today to receive a degree. (L. 84)1. The problem is a little easier this time because both of us share one thing: to have new jobs.2. We had better be careful about this kind of failure.3. They are clever people, who are often good at pointing out the negative side of the things that attract their friends.4. The opposites of these people are not those who are overwhelmed by every enthusiasm or lose their self-control, who seek for everything that is new.5. Had you not had some academically superior strength, you would not be here today to receive your bachelors degree.Group 5Paraphrase the Following Sentences6. I say this knowing that it is blasphemy within university wallsit is really very much easier to think sensibly than it is to feel sensibly. (L. 87)7. but those people do not compel my pity so much as the hundreds of thousands whose lives are cast in a mould of midget tragedy because they think a good deal, in a strangulated, ill-nourished fashion, but hardly feel at all. (L. 91)8. and you must give yourself up to a graceful contemplation of them. (L. 119)9. Because we are afraid that great exultation may betray us into some actions, some words, which may make us look a little foolish to people who are not sharing our experience, we very often stifle our moments of joy, thinking that we shall give them their outlet later. (L. 135)10. Dont accept your BA as if it were one more padlock on the inmost chamber of your heart. (L. 157)6. I know it is not good to say that it is much easier to think reasonably than to feel sensibly in a university.7. I would rather not show so much pity for those people as for the hundreds of thousands who live an unhappy life because they think too much and in a way that brings people no pleasant moments, but hardly reveal their natural feelings.8. and you had better think carefully and thoroughly why there are things that make your life happy and enviable.9. Because we fear that great joy may mislead us into saying or doing things that may make us look stupid to people not sharing our experience, we hold back our moments of joy, for we think that we can enjoy them at a later time10. When you receive your BA, do not hold back your joy and lock it deep in your heart.Group 6Translate the Following Sentences1. It does not come suddenly, there is nothing dramatic about it, and thus it works with a dreadful advantage; it creeps upon us, and once it has us in its grip, it is hard for us to recognize what ails us. (L. 18)2. The opposites of these people are not, of course, those who allow every enthusiasm to run away with them, whose hearts always rule their heads, who go a-whoring after everything that is new. (L. 77)3. We all know what messes people get into when they feel too much and think too little; but those people do not compel my pity so much as the hundreds of thousands whose lives are cast in a mould of midget tragedy because they think a good deal, in a strangulated, ill-nourished fashion, but hardly feel at all. (L.96)4. It is not in their nature to last forever, they will change, and if you cherish them gratefully, the change is much more likely to be a change for the better than if you accept them as gifts which a grateful providence has showered upon you as a recognition of your magnanimity in condescending to inhabit the earth. (L. 133)5. Dont worry about looking dignified; dont be afraid that your pleasure may betray you into some lapse from that nullity of demeanour which we so pathetically accept as a substitute for true dignity. (L.160)1它不是突然发生的，毫无戏剧性可言，因此它就有了一个极大的优势；它悄悄地一点一点地吞噬我们的心灵，一旦被它完全控制，我们甚至很难看出是什么在折磨着我们。2当然，与这些人相反的并不是那种做事凭一时的热情、感情用事、或是盲目痴迷一切新鲜事物的人。3我们都很