一、短文43篇及改写练习 1
Demonstration Passage (示例篇) 1
In the Street (在街上) 1
1. Big Business (一桩大买卖) 3
2. Block Associations (居民协会) 7
3. Bureaucracy (官僚作风) 12
4. Central Park (中央公园) 16
5. Changing Roles (夫妻的责任在变化) 21
6. Coffee Breakthrough (让妇女伺侯咖啡不灵了) 26
7. Detectives (侦探) 30
8. Disco Fever (迪斯科热) 34
9. Don t Run Away (别躲避!) 38
10. Fire Alarm (火警) 42
11. Fire and I (火与我) 45
12. Foreign Visitors (外国游客) 49
13. The George Washington Bridge (乔治·华盛顿桥) 53
14. Give It Up (戒酒) 56
15. A Good Friend (好友) 59
16. The Goodly Grape (好酒) 63
17. Guest of Honor (贵宾) 66
18. Keep a Cat (养猫) 71
19. Leaders (领导人) 75
20. A Leeter Home (一封家信) 79
21. The Light-Fingered Elephant (会扒窃的大象) 83
22. Manhattan Green (曼哈顿区的绿化) 86
23. Nature Abused (受到破坏的自然界) 90
24. New York Is More (纽约什么都多) 93
25. Night City (夜幕下的城市) 96
26. Old Bones (古老的骨头) 100
27. Old Is Beautiful (老人是个宝) 103
28. One Thing I Like (我喜欢的一件事) 106
29. Open Admissions (扩大招生) 110
30. Out of This World (走出这个世界) 114
31. Professor Frazier s Class (弗雷泽教授的课) 119
32. Schoolyard (校园) 123
33. Singles Alone (单身生活) 127
34. Six Cats (六只猫) 131
35. Slowdown (人口增长慢下来了) 134
36. Spendhrifts (大手大脚花钱的人) 138
37. The Throwaway Society (东西用后就扔的社会) 142
38. Turnin Inward (人们变得内向了) 146
39. Wheels (轮子) 151
40. Who s John Travolta? (约翰·曲沃尔特是谁？) 155
41. Writing Well (写得漂亮) 158
42. The Yenta (好管闲事的女人) 162
43. Zero Hour (发射的时刻) 165
二、改写练习25步及参考答案 169
第1步：抄写原文略 169
第2步：同义词的换用 169
1) New York Is More 169
2) Night City 169
3) Detectives 170
4) Central Park 170
5) Fire and I 170
8) Open Admissions 171
6) Disco Fever 171
7) Slowdown 171
第3步：性的改变 172
1) A Good Friend 172
2) Spendthrifts 172
3) The George Washington Bridge 173
4) The Light-Fingered Elephant 174
第4步：单数变复数 174
1) Zero Hour 174
2) Who s John Travolta? 175
4) Snendthrifts 176
3) Detectives 176
5) Changing Roles 177
第5步：复数变单数 178
1) The Yenta 178
2) Fire and I(→He and Fire) 179
3) Keep a Cat 179
4) Wheels 180
5) Foreign Visitors 181
第6步：改用将来时写 181
1) Changing Roles 181
3) Old Bones 182
2) Disco Fever 182
4) Guest of Honor 183
第7步：改用过去时写 184
1) Foreign Visitors 184
2) Wheels 185
3) Keep a Cat 185
5) A letter Home 187
6) Big Business 188
7) Singles Alone 188
4) The Yenta 189
8) Writing Well 189
1) Schoolyard 190
第8步：改用进行进写 190
9) The Throwaway Society 190
2) Fire Alarm 191
3) Block Associations 192
4) Central Park 192
5) Night City 193
6) Turning lnward 194
第9步：改用过去完成时写 194
1) Guest of Honor 194
2) Open Admissions 195
3) Disco Fever 196
2) Block Associations 197
第10步：改用现在完成时写 197
1) Turning Inward 197
3) Fire Alarm 198
4) Slowdown 198
5) Manhattan Green 199
第11步：直接引语变间接引语 200
1) Six Cats 200
2) The Goodly Grape 201
3) One Thing I Like 201
4) Don t Run Away 202
5) Who s John Travolta? 203
6) The George Washington Bridge 204
第12步：对话改为直接引语 205
1) The George Washington Bridge 205
2) Who s John Travolta? 205
3) Don t Run Away 206
4) One Thing I Like 207
5) The Goodly Grape 208
6) Six Cats 209
第13步：把间接引语改为直接引语 209
1) The Throwaway Society 209
3) Singles Alone 211
2) Writing Well 211
4) Bing Business 212
5) A Letter Home 213
第14步：主动语态变被动语态 214
1) Bureaucracy 214
2) Manhattan Green 215
3) Slowdown 216
4) Open Admissions 217
5) Guest of Honor 218
第15步：被动语态变主动语态 219
1) Nature Abused 219
2) Out of This World 220
3) Leaders 221
4) Old Is Beautiful 222
第16步：肯定句变否定句 223
1) Professor Frazier s Class 223
2) Give It Up 223
3) Spendthritfs(→ A Miser) 224
4) A Good Friend(→ A Bad Friend) 225
第17步：用单词代替短语 226
1) Block Associations 226
2) Singles Alone 226
3) A Letter Home 226
2) Out of This World 227
第18步：用单词代替短语从句 227
1) Writing Well 227
3) Big Business 228
第19步：把后置定语改为前置定语 228
1) Keep a Cat 228
2) One Thing I Like 229
3) Old Bones 229
第20步：用一个词取代几个词 230
1) Changing Roles 230
2) Schoolyard 230
2) Don t Run Away 231
第21步：挑选一个词取代几个词 231
1) Old Is Beautiful 231
3) Leaders 232
4) Professor Frazier s Class 233
第22步：简单句合并成并列复合句 233
1) Old Bones 233
2) Bureaucracy 234
3) Coffee Breakthrough 235
4) Zero Hour 235
第23步：改用定语从句合并句子 236
1) Central Park 236
3) Turning Inward 237
2) Leaders 237
4) New Yourk Is More 238
第24步：改用定语从句或状语从句 239
1) Fire and I 239
2) Wheels 240
3) Give It Up 241
第25步：自由缩写句子 241
1) The Throwaway Society 241
2) Coffee Breakthrough 242
3) The Yenta 243