“Home, sweet home” is a phrase that express an essential attitude in the United States. Whether the reality of life in the family house is sweet or no sweet, the cherished ideal of home _____1_____has great importance for many people.: z; z( i8 d8 N' x" x( d
This ideal is a vital part of the American dream. This dream, dramatized in the history of nineteenth century European settlers of American West, was to find a piece of place, build a house _____2_____for one’s family, and started a farm. These small households were _____3_____portraits of independence: the entire family- mother, father, children,even grandparents-live in a small house and working together to ___4_____support each other. Anyone understood the life-and-death importance _____5_____of family cooperation and hard work. Although most people in the United States no longer live on farms, but the ideal of home ownership _____6_____is just as strong in the twentieth century as it was in the nineteenth.( y Y1 |4 j! A8 R& `; i
When U.S soldiers came home before World WarⅡ, for example, _____7_____they dreamed of buying houses and starting families. But there was _____8_____a tremendous boom in home building. The new houses, typically in the suburbs, were often small and more or less identical, but it satisfied _____9_____a deep need. Many regarded the single-family house the basis of their _____10_____way of life. {( d2 [' c, S2 V' b
答案:1 将no改为 not u$ O2 `; }- w# @% E7 f# H
2 将place改为land- D5 C* g5 I! e% N
place是可数名词,作“地方”讲,而land意为“土地,田地”是不可数名词。例如:7 R2 n' z. w: H# E' a2 Q
Solitude is a good place to visit but a poor place to stay.7 v' A1 R1 C @
当你偶尔光顾时,独处是一个美妙的境地,但是如果久留,它却是一个糟糕的地方。+ S0 S- M0 b& G1 a1 |
There is a vacant piece of land near the house; we can build there.) B6 R% `, v% s8 {! u& ~! o6 h
3 将started改为start
" a8 z3 Y7 I4 X, o0 Y: [ start应使用不定式,以和前面的find,build一致。
a3 Y+ ] r% p: a. ~ 4 将working改为work。 b8 K" m, ]" ~$ K6 W! w
work应该用第三人称复数,和live一致。另外,family在这里作“家人”讲,是复数。! j( O! E1 i) w n- P
5 将anyone改为everyone" e' X9 A+ m: |% v2 C! G9 X* p9 _
这里是要用everyone指每个人,而不是要用anyone泛指。
" ^+ E1 K' P& L; H6 l" u 6 将but删除
! I7 k) u, s0 H. }" g* n# h% U: D 7将before改为after
0 n5 M) `7 |+ P: C7 y! r7 T 根据上下文判断,这里要表达的是二战之后。6 t `$ b O, b
8 将But改为 And
- c- L$ l9 e/ S" H2 f 根据语意,这里要表达的是递进关系,而不是转折关系。例如:
" N3 ~ {" h, ? ~! B7 D( y When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. And that’s my religion./ K& ^) b, `5 F) ]' J M, q
当我行善事,我感到坦然;当我行恶时,我感到内疚。这就是我的人生之道。& S4 L. Q. k/ Y/ y; `
9 将it改为they
: Z3 I6 H. \. c) q4 K 10 在house the中间加入介词as/ K( o5 O1 t6 p5 B. i! R9 o9 A
regard…as 作“把……当作……”讲。 |