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1、Four short words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals above the crowd: a little bit more.-author-datePub-Talk-and-the-King-paraphrase答案Unit 1 Pub Talk and the Kings EnglishUnit 1 Pub Talk and the Kings English1. Anditisanactivityonlyofhumans.(para1)Conversation is an activity which is

2、found only among human beings.2. Conversationisnotformakingapoint.(para2)Conversation is not for persuading others to accept our idea or point of view.3. Infact,thebestconversationalistsarethosewhoarepreparedtolose.(para2)In fact ,a person who really enjoys and is skilled at conversation will not ar

3、gue to win or force others to accept his point of view.4. Barfriendsarenotdeeplyinvolvedineachotherslives.(para3)People who meet each other for a drink in the bar of a pub are not intimate friends for they are not deeply absorbed or engrossed in each others lives.5. itcouldstillgoignorantlyon(para6)

4、The conversation could go on without anybody knowing who was right or wrong.6. Theyarecattleinthefields,butwesitdowntobeef(boeuf).(para9)These animals are called cattle when they are alive and feeding in the fields; but when we sit down at the table to eat , we call their meat beef.7. Thenewrulingcl

5、asshadbuiltaculturalbarrieragainsthimbybuildingtheirFrenchagainsthisownlanguage.(para11)The new ruling class by using French instead of English made it difficult for the English to accept or absorb the culture of the rulers.8. Englishhadcomeroyallyintoitsown.(para13)The English language received pro

6、per recognition and became an official language.9. Thephrasehasalwaysbeenusedalittlepejorativelyandevenfacetiouslybythelowerclasses.(para15)The phrase the Kings English has always been used disparagingly or jokingly by the lower classes.10. Therebellionagainstaculturaldominanceisstillthere.(para15)T

7、here still exists in the working people a spirit of opposition to the cultural control of the ruling class.11. Thereisalwaysagreatdanger,asCarlyleputit,thatwordswillhardenintothingsforus.(para16)There is always a great danger that we might forget that words are only symbols and take them for things they are supposed to represent.-