Lesson9 . Paraphrase: 1) A man who became obsessed with the frailties of the human race 1)a man who became constantly preoccupied by the moral weaknesses of mankind 2) Mark Twain digested the new American experience before sharing it with the world as writer and lecturer. 2)Mark Twain first observed and absorbed the new American experience, and then introduce it to the world in his books or lectures. 3) The cast of characters set before him in his new profession was rich and varied- a cosmos.3)In his new profession he could meet people of all kinds. 4) Broke and discouraged, he accepted a job as reporter with the Virginia City Territorial Enterprise 4)With no money and a frashated feeling, he accepted a job as reporter with Territorial Enterprise in Virginia City, . 5) Mark Twain began digging his way to regional fame as a newspaper reporter and humorist. 5)Mark Twain began working hard to became well known locally as a newspaper reporter and humorist. 6)and when she projects a new surprise, the grave world smiles as usual, and says Well, that is California all over 6)and when California makes a plan for a new surprise, the solemn people in other states of the U.S. smile as usual, making a comment thats typical of California 7) Bitterness fed on the man who had made the world laugh. 7)The man who had made the world laugh was himself consumed by bitterness.Lesson10 II. Paraphrase: 1) Well show them a few tricks.1)We have some clever and unexpected tactics and we will surprise them in the trial. 2) The case had erupted round my head2)The case had come down upon me unexpectedly and violently. 3) The fundamentalists adhered to a literal interpretation of the Old Testament.3)The fundamentalists believe in a word-for-word acceptance of what is said in the Bible. 4) That all animal life. had evolved from a common ancestor4)that all life had developed gradually from a common original organism 5) Lets take this thing to court and test the legality of it.5)Lets accuse Scopes of teaching evolution and let the court decide whether he is breaking the law or not. 6) People from the surrounding hills, mostly fundamentalists, arrived to cheer Bryan against the infidel outsiders.6) People from the nearby mountains, mostly fundamentalists, came to support Bryan against those professors, scientists, and lawyers who came from the northern big cities and were not fundamentalists. 7) As my father growled, Thats one hell of a jury! 7)As my father complained angrily, That s no jury at all. 8) He is here because ignorance and bigotry are rampant.8)He is here because unenlightenment and prejudice are widespread and unchecked. 9) Spectators paid to gaze at it and ponder whether they might be related.9)People had to pay in order to have a look at the ape and to consider carefully whether apes and humans could have a common ancestry. 10) And the crowd punctuated his defiant replies with fervent Amens 10)and the crowd, who were mainly fundamentalists, took his words showing no fear as if they were prayers, interrupting frequently with AmenLesson11 II .Paraphrase: 1) a flagrant example of lexicographic irresponsibility 1)a shameless example of irresponsibility in making the dictionary2) What underlies all this sound and fury?2)What causes the abuse in the popular press? 3) It cannot be described in terms of any other language, or even in terms of its own past.3)Each language cannot be described according to other language, or even by its own past. 4) All languages are dynamic rather than static4)Every living language is in a process of constant change. 5) Even in so settled a matter as spelling, a dictionary cannot always be absolute. 5)Even in spelling, which is so stable and hardly debatable, a dictionary cannot always decide absolutely which is right and which is wrong.6) But neither his vanity nor his purse is any concern of the dictionarys 6) A dictionary should record the fact without bothering whether it can satisfy the vanity of those who use a dictionary to prove their unyielding position in an argument or help those who bet some money in support of their conviction. 7) Has the dictionary abdicated its responsibility? 7)Has the dictionary failed to do its duty? 8)Lexicography is a science and its judgment, like the judgment of God, cannot be swayed by anybody no matter what high social position he may occupy. 8) lexicography, like God, is no respecter of persons9)And this is also complicated, delicate, and always changing. 9) And this, too, is complex, subtle, and forever changing. 10) the editorial charges the Third International with pretentious and obscure verbosity 10)The editorial accuses the Third International of being pedantically and confusingly wordy.lesson12. Paraphrase? 1) with a face that seemed totally