大四高英翻译与考试.doc

新编英语教程8（第一单元~第六单元、第八单元）个人笔记整理。包括：新编英语教程8的课后 句子改写paraphrase参考答案。新编英语教材学生用书8 部分重点课文解读和课后答案。划线部分为期末考试考到的题目（考后整理）~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Paraphrases:第一单元But, from the historical perspective, we are now a little more mature,realistic:four hundred years ago, people regarded happiness with wonderment, thinking that it befell someone as a result of an inexplicable arrangement made by the mysterious universe.Happiness in shakespeares time, and even afterwards, was associated with wealth, success and position, which in some way, came upon a certain person, who would express such an occasion in the form of great joy or excitement.Happiness is no longer accidental,indeed, it becomes an objective to achieve.People definitely varied in their opinions as to what has given rise to happiness and what happiness actually means.第二单元They were amazed at my being so stubbornly inquisitive over that issue, unable to figure out how i could be so ignorant of what was going on about so commonplace a practice in the american economic and political life.When immorality prevails, its practically no use talking convincingly about conscience.Many americans are always preaching about human equality, but will take a firm stand against the issue of equal rights in their communities and schools.It seems that they are also brave enough to take the risk in reiterating their worry, which ,consequently, makes them such unforgivable bores to those successful social climbers.Ultimately, only these people may hopefully help to create a society that is characterized by its moral strength that leads to its continuous existence instead of its moral degradation that ends in tis destruction. 第三单元We tend to believe that we are a harmonious impartial and benevolent people, living under approved laws but not by the will of any individual in the government.If we ignore this other aspect of the fact, we shall fail to look at our nation from an unbiased perspective.No mater ho