综合教程4paraphrase答案.docx

IV. Explain in your own words the following sentences taken from the text.
Unit 1
…there has been this long lull with nothing particular up!
…Britain has been in too long a period of stillness without taking any particular action against the enemy!
…we must “… meet with Triumph and Disaster. And treat those two impostors just the same.”
…we are sure to experience both Triumph and Disaster, and we must treat them as the same thing different appearances because they are essentially interchangeable.
…never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense.
…never give in unless we are convinced that it is honourable and sensible for us to do so.
Britain, other nations thought, had drawn a sponge across her slate.
Other nations thought that Britain pletely conquered.
…we have only to persevere to conquer.
…we will win as long as we hold on to the end.
Unit 2
The phrase “personal space” has a quaint, seventies ring to it.
The phrase “personal space” has an odd touch that was characteristic of the 1970s.
T-shirt weather can make proximity more alluring (or much, or less).
In hot summer days, people can be drawn to each other, especially to the opposite sex (or feel disgusted with the closeness of others.)
The logistics of it vary according to geography.
People in different regions are given different sizes of personal space.
…individuals mandeer booths and s