would become increasingly serious and turned into one of the most well-known trials in U.S. history.
4) As my father complained angrily, \ no jury at all. \ 5) Today it is the teachers who are brought to trial, he continued, “and then the magazines, the books and the newspapers will become the targets of fundamentalists’ convictions.
6) “His words are not completely correct,” Darrow said impatiently, with a rough noise coming from his nose. 7) He charged Bryan for that he provoked a life-and-death struggle between science and religion.
8) People had to pay in order to have a look at the ape and to consider carefully whether apes and humans could have a common ancestry.
9) Now, Darrow brought a most powerful trick by requiring Bryan as a witness for the party of defense.
10) I felt sad for this great orator who had experienced so many debate combats, when audience pushed by him to shake hands with Darrow. Translation:
1) I did not anticipate that 1 would get involved in this dispute.我没有预料到会卷入这场争端。
2) You must involve yourself in the work if you want to learn
something.如果你想学到一些东西,那你自己就应该参加到这项工作中去。
3) Racial discrimination still exists in various forms in the United States though racial segregation is violating the law.虽然种族隔离室违法的,但种族歧视在美国仍然以不同形式存在着。
4) The jury brought in a verdict of guilty after their discussion.陪审团议论了一番,最后裁决他有罪。
5) He thinks the two views could be reconciled.他认为这两个观点是可以一致起来的。
6) The spectators' hearts went out to the defendant.观众对被告充满了同情心。
7) He always put a dictionary on hand while reading an article.他阅读文章时总把字典放在手边。
8) The dam construction project has got under way before conducting environment impact assessment.还没有进行环境影响评估筑坝工程就开工了。
第六课Mark Twain-Mirror of America
Paraphrase:
1. Mark Twain is known to most Americans as the author of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Huck Finn is noted for his simple and pleasant journey
through his boyhood which seems eternal and Tom Sawyer is famous for his free roam of the country and his adventure in one summer which seems never to end. The youth and summer are eternal because this is the only age and time we knew them. They are frozen in that age/season for all readers.
2. His work on the boat made it possible for him to meet a large variety of people. It is a world of all types of characters. 3. All would reappear in his books, written in the colorful language that he seemed to be able to remember and record as accurately as a phonograph.
4. Steamboat decks were filled with people who explored and prepared the way for others and also lawless people or social outcasts such as hustlers, gamblers and thugs.
5. He took a horse-drawn public vehicle and went west to Virginia, following the flow of people in the gold rush. 6. Mark Twain began to work hard as a newspaper reporter and humorist to become well known locally.
7. Those who came pioneering out west were energetic, courageous and reckless people, because those who stayed at home were the slow, dull and lazy people. 8. That's typical of California.
9. If we relaxed, rested or stayed away from all this crazy
struggle for success occasionally and kept the daring and enterprising spirit, would be able to remain strong and healthy and continue to produce great thinkers.
10. At the end of his life, he lost the last bit of his positive view of man and the world. Translation
1. 汤姆的聪明丝毫不亚于班上的第一名学生。 Tom was every bit as intelligent as the top boy in his class. 2. 对贫困的担心使他忧虑重重。 He was obsessed with fear of poverty. 3. 洞庭湖盛产鱼虾。
Dongting Lake teems with fish and shrimps. 4. 在压力下,他别无办法,只好离职。 Under pressure, he had no choice but quit. 5. 那时许多儿童死于天花。
Many children succumbed to smallpox then. 6. 他发现船舱里进了很多水,十分惊恐。 Much to his horror, he found the cabin flooded. 7. 直到半夜医生才做完手术。
Not until midnight did the surgeon finish the operation. 8. 彼得的特点正是如此。 That's Peter all over.
9. 历史课使我对古代文明有所了解。
The history course has acquainted me with ancient civilizations. 10. 新上演的那出话剧充分表现了年轻人的追求和烦恼。 The pursuit and anxiety of young people find expression in the newly-staged play
第十三课 No signpost in the sea
Ⅱ.Paraphrase
1. I was once so completely absorbed in the important affairs of the world that I devoted all my attention, time and energy to them and only occasionally did I allow myself a little rest by reading poetry or listening music.
2. Or maybe my suppressed inclination has been brought out under Laura’s unintentional influence.
3. I was as puritanical as a Pharisee and I viewed with contempt all those who lived a less practical life than my own and regarded them as creatures on the moon.
4. I firmly believed in uncompromising materialism which in my opinion represented the law of human progress.
When people claimed that they protested against damaging natural beauty out of unselfish motives, I suspected them and viewed them with contempt. I not only disbelieved people when they said things out of unselfish motives,