’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
; w+ N; R* @ \% |) ohas great importance for many people.
) Y: H- k) J7 a. m0 S5 E0 ~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
1 f$ n) }( g7 X- O5 Jfor one’s family, and started a farm. These small households were _____3
7 g0 g/ [/ k; K; lportraits of independence: the entire family- mother, father, children,even grandparents-live in a small house and working together to ___4 7 A" d5 c* f3 c) O `' v- f
support each other. Anyone understood the life-and-death importance _____5
9 k( N9 d' R1 |5 k+ oof family cooperation and hard work. Although most people in the United States no longer live on farms, but the ideal of home ownership _____6 $ o. |; N; T p' g- m, n- E1 E2 U) c' c
is just as strong in the twentieth century as it was in the nineteenth.
% F6 ~* F G8 k8 a6 o" wWhen U.S soldiers came home before World WarⅡ, for example, _____7
) j8 V6 ?. Q A4 [+ z5 w* F1 Mthey dreamed of buying houses and starting families. But there was _____8
+ J) t: [3 M( I1 ?# N! Ea tremendous boom in home building. The new houses, typically in the suburbs, were often small and more or less identical, but it satisfied _____9 2 p, {, \- Y$ B4 ^7 Y
a deep need. Many regarded the single-family house the basis of their way of life._____10 1 R) {4 y7 l. t! \4 S
1. 将 no 改为 not . T& M- A- \3 i. j- z
2. 将 place 改为 land * L, b8 Q+ ^7 h+ q) m, X. a: x* m. X
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 e& n. X, W+ ]$ Q' k$ c) ^) iSolitude is a good place to visit but a poor place to stay. ; Y/ L2 n) Z7 q# f5 d
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。
+ H4 |' H W7 SThere is a vacant piece of land near the house; we can build there. - \4 V9 V. F2 A5 u& k5 B
3. 将 started 改为 start 1 ]% ?) ?! c5 r: F
start应使用不定式,以和前面的find, build一致。 5 w7 h- ^" u/ I# j
4. 将 working 改为 work
$ n/ g! M9 X) p( H; [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。
& }& P0 g8 Z* D% z* n+ }5 将 anyone 改为 everyone
8 Y; w2 D4 K3 A. j" N0 u这里是要用everyone 指每个人,而不是要用anyone泛指。
+ v1 W4 V1 x) i: z1 u6. 将 but 删除
5 f" I6 _6 p% U% h( l, i7. 将 before 改为 after
; j2 t3 @2 C9 [# k! P' V3 }根据上下文判断,这里要表达的是二战之后。 1 J, o7 |$ k! }7 p. j4 ]
8. 将 But 改为 And
2 Q; V2 m) s/ j/ ]- _根据语意,这里要表达的是递进关系,而不是转折关系。例如: + E# }5 a5 e* ?$ [. {
When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. And that’s my religion. / [9 M+ o) e' p( s9 M
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。
. R8 _$ b! w9 r& R$ @0 E9 将 it 改为 they 0 s: g+ w2 R2 X9 i
10 在house the中间加入介词 as regard...as 作“把……当作……”讲。 |