【正文】 … that…” can be used to emphasize any part of the sentence except the predicate. B T L E W Lesson 3Message of the Land III. Sentence Paraphrase 7 Shops have sprung up, filled with colorful plastic things and goods we have no use for. (4) Many shops appear in a short time. In these shops there are lots of colorful plastic things and things that are useless for us. past participle phrase functioning as postmodifier to modify “shops” go to 8 appear suddenly relative clause Examples To be continued on the next page. B T L E W Lesson 3Message of the Land III. Sentence Paraphrase 1. The men, soaked with sweat from an allnight march, immediately went into action. 2. The substance, discovered almost by accident, has revolutionized medicine. 3. The book, written in 1957, tells of the struggle of the miners. back to 7 A postmodifying past participle phrase corresponds to an elliptical relative clause. B T L E W Lesson 3Message of the Land III. Sentence Paraphrase 8 If that kind of thing had happened when I was young, the whole village would have condemned such an ungrateful son, and his father would surely have given him a good beating. (6) In my day if a boy had screamed at his mother, the whole village would have scolded him for his lack of gratitude, and his father would certainly have punished him. go to 9 subjunctive mood hit him as a punishment scold severely B T L E W Lesson 3Message of the Land III. Sentence Paraphrase 9 Yes, this bag of bones dressed in rags can still plant and reap rice from morning till dusk. (7) very thin It’s true I’m not strong and my clothes are full of holes, but I can still work in the rice fields all day. metaphor: as thin as a bag of bones go to 10 past participle phrase functioning as postmodifier B T L E W Lesson 3Message of the Land III. Sentence Paraphrase 10 My eyes do see—they see more than they should. My ears do hear—they hear more than is good for me. (8) I’m not what my wife says I am. I do see and hear—I see and hear too much evil, too many ugly and terrible things, things that I wish I did not have to see and hear. And this is not good for me. “do” is used to emphasize verb. go to 11 “more than is good” is the same as “more than what is good”. Examples To be continued on the next page. B T L E W Lesson 3Message of the Land III. Sentence Paraphrase back to 10 1. He drank more than (what) was good for him. 2. Kate meant more than (what) was said. 3. Some of the stories were really more than (what) could be believed. B T L E W Lesson 3Message of the Land III. Sentence Paraphrase 11 It’s good to smell the scent of ripening rice in November. The soft cool breeze moves the sheaves, which ripple and shimmer like waves of gold. (11) The ripening rice is so pleasant to smell in November. In the soft cool breeze, the sheaves move and shine in the sun like a golden sea. go to 12 gerund functioning as modifier nonrestrictive relative clause simile Examples To be continued on the next page. B T L E W Lesson 3Message of the Land III. Sentence Paraphrase 1. They were infuriated by this insulting demand. 2. No soaking rain fell in the period. 3. Our industry is developing at an astonishing speed. back to 11 B T L E W Lesson 3Message of the Land III. Sentence Paraphrase 12 Yes, I love this land and I hope one of my children returns one day to live on it, and produces a lot of grandchildren for me so that I can tell them what this land means to us. It is our history, our culture, our tradition, and our life. The end of Sentence Paraphrase. Yes, I love this land and I hope one of my children es back one day to live, and gives me grandchildren so that I can pass on the land’s secret message to them. hand or give sth. to sb. B T L E W Lesson 3Message of the Land Part Three This is the end of Part Three. Please click HOME to visit other parts.