高英 Paraphrase

One of the important factors that has contributed to such a big difference is that the place where one lives, to Americans, can present a symbol of one’s status or activity, while in England, the class one belongs to identifies one’s position in society.

“It took some time but finally we were able to identify most of the contrasting features of the American and British problems that were in conflict in this case.”

It was not until some time later that we managed to discover the major differences that had frustrated both sides in the above story. 二单元

The most intensive study I ever made of tourists was at Torcello, where it is impossible to avoid them.

Since tourists can be seen almost everywhere at Torcello, I decided to observe them closely.

Torcello which used to be lonely as a cloud has recently become an outing from Venice.

Torcello was at one time an island scarcely visited by people, but today it has grown to be a magnet for tourists from Venice.

Byzantine art is an acquired taste and probably not one in ten of the visitors has acquired it.

To appreciate Byzantine art, one needs to cultivate a particular sense of beauty, but few of the tourists to Torcello have been so equipped.

As they are obliged, whether they like it or not, to live in public during the whole summer, they very naturally try to extract some financial benefit from this state of affairs.

They have no choice but to come into contact with the tourists throughout the summer, and it is not hard to imagine why they should try to earn some money out of this opportunity.

The priest organizes holy processions to coincide with the arrival of the steamer.

The priest arranges for the religious pageant to begin the moment the ship arrives.

三单元

In a way, of course, the subway is the living symbol of all that adds up to lack of status in New York. There is a sense of madness and disorientation at almost every express stop.

--- In New York’s underground transportation system, one finds many examples of what is low-class behavior in New York. The subway is disorganized and people move about wildly at each express stop.

Your tactile sense takes a crucifying you never dreamed possible. --- You are being bumped撞击, shoved挤,推and prodded刺或戳amidst the crowd more than you ever expected

Among the beggars New York’s status competition is renewed, there in the much despised subway….Some evenings the beggars ricochet off one another between stops, calling one another ---s and ---s and telling each other to go find their own ---car.

--- In New York’s much-hated subway, beggars compete against each other, which demonstrates New York’s status competition. On the Seventh Avenue IRT line, the competition grows so fierce that it borders on craziness. Some evenings when beggars spot one another between stops, they fight against each other, curse one another, and warn one another to stay away from where they are.

九单元

For me, the pace is wrong for contemplation of either ideas or vistas. (L3-4)

As far as I am concerned, the rate at which I jog just will not allow me to think deeply or enjoy the view around me.

From the listless looks of some fellow trotters, I gather I am not alone in my unenthusiasm. (L7-8)

The languid (疲倦的) faces of my fellow joggers have convinced me that I am not the only one who has not developed an interest in jogging.

And the scant and skimpy equipment which jogging demands make it a marketer’s least favored form of recreation. (L.25-27)

Jogging requires very few equipment, so this makes it a most unwelcome form of exercise to the businessman (for he finds it almost impossible to make much money out of it).

Weekend worship is less compulsory. (L30-31)

People no longer feel it obligatory to go to church over the weekend.

For a portion of his day, the jogger is not his own man; he is obedient to a regiment he has accepted. (L35-36)

During one part of his day, the jogger is not free because he must carry out a fixed plan of exercise to improve health.

It is our modern irreligion, our lack of confidence in any hereafter, that makes us anxious to stretch our mortal stay as long as possible. (L37-39)

Today, our faith in an afterlife has diminished, and this encourages our desperate efforts to live longer in this world.