Lesson 1 Face to Face with Hurricane CamilleParaphrase1) We are elevated 23 feet. (Para 3) We re 23 feet above sea level.2) The place has been there since 1915, and no hurricane has ever bothered it. (Para3)The house has been safe since 1915, and no hurricane has ever caused any damage to it.3) We can batten down and ride it out. (Para 4)We can get ourselves ready and survive the hurricane.4) The generator was doused, and the lights went out. (Para 9) The generator was put it out by the water and the lights were extinguished.5). Everybody out the back door to the cars! (Para 10)Everybody go out through the back door and goes into the cars.6). The electrical systems had been killed by water. (Para 11)The electrical systems had been extinguished by water.7). John watched the water lap at the steps, and felt a crushing guilt.(Para17)John watched the water wash against the steps, as a result, he felt a strong sense of guilt.8). Get us through this mess, will you?(Para 17)Oh God, please help us survive the hurricane. 9) . She carried on alone for a few bars; then her voice trailed away. (Para21) Grandmother sang a few words alone and then her singing faded away. 10). Ianis had just one delayed reaction. (para34)Janis showed rather late the psychological damage from the hurricane.Explain words1. since the water mains might be damaged (Para 5) : main pipes2. sit out the storm with the Koshaks (Para 6): wait until the storm is over 3. another neighbor came by on his way inland (Para 6): (A English) pay a visit 4. the French doors in an upstairs room blew in (Para 8) : burst open 5. the generator was doused (Para 9): put out6. The electrical systems had been killed by water (Para 11)： doused, put out and extinguished7. It devastated everything in it swath (Para 19)： sweep / track8. She carried on a few bars (Para21 )： a measure in music9. make it 1eanto against the wind (Para 25): shed 10. and he pitched in with Seabees in the worst volunteer work of all (Para33)： short for Construction Battalion Lesson 2 MarrakechParaphrase1. The burying-ground is merely a huge waste of hummocky earth, like a derelict building-lot. (para 2) The burying-ground is just a huge piece of wasteland full of mounds of earth, looking like a deserted construction land.2. All colonial empires are in reality founded upon that fact. (Para 3) All colonial empires are built by exploiting the local people. 3. They rise out of the earth, they sweat and starve for a few years, and then they sink back into the nameless mounds of the graveyard. (Para 3) They are born. Then they work hard without enough food for a few years. Finally they die and are buried in the hills graves without any mark to identify them. 4. A carpenter sits crosslegged at a prehistoric lathe, turning chair-legs at lighting speed. (Para 9)A carpenter sits crossing his legs at an old-fashioned lathe, making round chair-legs very fast.5. Instantly, from the dark holes all round, there was a frenzied rush of Jews. (Para 10)Immediately, Jews rushed out of their dark hole-like rooms nearby in a frenzy madness.6.every one of them looks on a cigarette as a more or less impossible luxury.(para 10)Every one of these Jews considers the cigarette as a somewhat piece of luxury which they can not possibly afford. 7. Still, a white skin is always fairly conspicuous. (Para 16)However, a white-skinned European is easy to notice in a fair way. 8. In a tropical landscape ones eye takes in everything except the human being. (para 16)Against the background of a tropical landscape, people could notice everything but they cannot see local people. 9. No one would think of running cheap trips to the Distressed Areas.(Para 17)No one would propose the cheap trips to the slums10.for nine-tenths of the people the reality of life is an endless, back-breaking struggle to wring a little food out of an eroded soil. (Para17)The real life of nine-tenths of the people is that there is no end to their extremely hard work in order to get a little food from an eroded soil11. She accepted her status as an old woman, that is to say as a beast of burden. (Para 19)She took it for granted that as an old woman she should work like an animal12. People with brown skins are next door to invisible. (Para 12 )People who have brown skins are almost invisible13. Their splendid bodies were hidden in reach-me-down khaki uniforms. (Para23)The soldiers wore secondhand khaki uniforms which covered their beautiful wellbuilt bodies14. How long before they turn their guns in the other direction?(Para 25)How long will it take for them to attack us?15. Every white man there had this thought stowed somewhere or other in his mind