【正文】 ildernessthereisnotasingletreeinsight. 在這片荒原上連棵大樹也看不到。5.Despiteseverenaturalcatastrophe,peopleinthestrickenareasstillbelieveinloveandthefuture. 盡管遭受了特大自然災(zāi)害，災(zāi)區(qū)的人民依然相信愛、相信未來。6.Onthewholeyourreportiswellwritten,butthereisstillplentyofroomforimprovement. 總的來說，你的報告寫的很好，但還有很大的改進余地。7.I’vemadeupmymindnottobuyacarasIprefertorideabileinthecity.我決定不買汽車，在城市里我更喜歡騎自行車。8.Manychildren’sloveofInternetgamesbordersuponcraziness. 不少兒童對網(wǎng)絡(luò)游戲的愛好近于癡狂。第六課Mark TwainMirror of AmericaParaphrase：1. MostAmericanrememberMarkTwainasthefatherofHuckFinn’sidylliccruisethrougheternalboyhoodandTomSawyer’sendlesssummeroffreedomandadventure. 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. The cast of characters set before him in his new profession was rich and varieda cosmos.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 resurface in his books,together with the colorful language that he soaked up with a memory that seemed phonographic. 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 teemed not only with the main current of pioneering humanity,but its flotsam of hustlers,gamblers,and thugs as well. 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. HewentwestbystagecoachandsuccumbedtotheepidemicofgoldandsilverfeverinNevada’sWashoeregion. He took a horsedrawn public vehicle and went west to Virginia, following the flow of people in the gold rush. 6. ...Mark Twain began digging his way to regional fame as a newspaper reporter and humorist.Mark Twain began to work hard as a newspaper reporter and humorist to bee well known locally. 7. “Itwasasplendidpopulationforalltheslow,sleepy,sluggishbrainedslothsstayedathome...”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. “Well,that is California all over.”That39。s typical of California. 9. “What a robust people,what a nation of thinkers we might be,if we would only lay ourselves on the shelf occasionally and renew our edges.”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. The last of his own illusions seemed to have crumbled near the end. At the end of his life, he lost the last bit of his positive view of man and the world. 1. 湯姆的聰明絲毫不亞于班上的第一名學(xué)生。Tom was every bit as intelligent as the top boy in his class. 2. 對貧困的擔心使他憂慮重重。He was obsessed with fear of poverty. 3. 洞庭湖盛產(chǎn)魚蝦。Dongting Lake teems with fish and shrimps. 4. 在壓力下，他別無辦法，只好離職。Under pressure, he had no choice but quit. 5. 那時許多兒童死于天花。Many children succumbed to smallpox then. 6. 他發(fā)現(xiàn)船艙里進了很多水，十分驚恐。Much to his horror, he found the cabin flooded. 7. 直到半夜醫(yī)生才做完手術(shù)。Not until midnight did the surgeon finish the operation. 8. 彼得的特點正是如此。That39。s Peter all over. 9. 歷史課使我對古代文明有所了解。The history course has acquainted me with ancient civilizations. 10. 新上演的那出話劇充分表現(xiàn)了年輕人的追求和煩惱。The pursuit and anxiety of young people find expression in the newlystaged play