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Paraphrase for each unit
Unit 2
1.
And women,
I
’
m embarrassed to admit,
even more than men, have always
seemed
to be at the mercy of fashion.
= I am embarrassed to admit that women
are less capable than men of resisting
the temptation of fashion.
2.
It
means trying on new selves by taking up with
different crowd.
= It means that you
make friends with different people in order to
find a new
identity for yourself.
Unit 3
1.
But that took some doing on my part
too.
= But I also made some effort to
adjust myself.
2.
…
which hasn
’
t always been
easy, given that I
’
m
sometimes an actor wrapped
up in his
ego.
=
…
which
hasn
’
t
always
been
easy,
because
I
am
sometimes
too
proud
of
myself
as an actor.
Unit 4
1
．
We live in an
age of easy access to the rest of the world.
= The age we are living in provides us
with convenient ways to reach any part of
the world.
2
．
Everyone, it
seems, provided, of course, they can afford to do
so, need never be
out of touch.
= It seems that everyone is able to get
in touch with anyone else if he or she can
afford to.
3
．
…
lies at the heart of society
…
=
…
forms the core of society
4
．
This is an
essential skill in today
’
s
hybrid world
= This is a fundamental
skill in today
’
s world,
where different cultures interact.
5
．
Millions of
people are discovering how to bridge cultures.
= Lots of people are
finding ways to interrelate different cultures.
6
．
Unit 6
1.
While that
might not provide much to help them cope with
their loss, it will make
the children
feel like their fathers make a difference.
=
Although
that
(my
stories
about
their
father
s’
death)
could
not
relieve
their
sadness, they will enable the children
to see the extraordinary significance of their
fathers
’
contribution.
2.
A saying
I
once
heard strikes
a painful
note
in
my head,
“
Even
one war is
too
many.
”