Paraphrasing Excersise

1. "The Antarctic is the vast source of cold on our planet, just as the sun is the source of our heat, and it exerts tremendous control on our climate," [Jacques] Cousteau told the camera. "The cold ocean water around Antarctica flows north to mix with warmer water from the tropics, and its upwellings help to cool both the surface water and our atmosphere. Yet the fragility of this regulating system is now threatened by human activity." From "Captain Cousteau," Audubon (May 1990):17.

Paraphrase: The Antarctic provides basically all the cold from our planet, it has a major control in our climate. Jacques Cousteau said that the water from around Antarctica goes up north to mix with warm eater from the tropics. Also the upper flows help maintain cool the water and atmosphere. ." From "Captain Cousteau," Audubon (May 1990):17.

2. The twenties were the years when drinking was against the law, and the law was a bad joke because everyone knew of a local bar where liquor could be had. They were the years when organized crime ruled the cities, and the police seemed powerless to do anything against it. Classical music was forgotten while jazz spread throughout the land, and men like Bix Beiderbecke, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie became the heroes of the young. The flapper was born in the twenties, and with her bobbed hair and short skirts, she symbolized, perhaps more than anyone or anything else, America's break with the past. From Kathleen Yancey, English 102 Supplemental Guide (1989): 25.

Paraphrase: the twenties was a decade where things like drinking weren’t accepted. The law couldn’t do anything about it because they didn’t have the enough power and respect. So basically everyone broke the rules and they new the bars were liquor was sold. Classical music became a thing of the `past and jazz became the ¨hit¨ music. Young people began to be influenced by people like Louis Armstrong etc. ¨Flapper¨ movement was originated girls started to use very short skirts and sponged hair. From Kathleen Yancey, English 102 Supplemental Guide (1989): 25.


3. Of the more than 1000 bicycling deaths each year, three-fourths are caused by head injuries. Half of those killed are school-age children. One study concluded that wearing a bike helmet can reduce the risk of head injury by 85 percent. In an accident, a bike helmet absorbs the shock and cushions the head. From "Bike Helmets: Unused Lifesavers," Consumer Reports (May 1990): 348.

Paraphrase: a study made stated that each year they are approximately 1000 bicycle death a year caused by bumps in the head. It said that using you r helmet would reduce an 85% of the chances that you get an injury in your head. Most of this 1000 people are school children, but this could be prevented using your helmet, considering the helmet cushions your head from the ¨schock¨. From "Bike Helmets: Unused Lifesavers," Consumer Reports (May 1990): 348.

4. Matisse is the best painter ever at putting the viewer at the scene. He's the most realistic of all modern artists, if you admit the feel of the breeze as necessary to a landscape and the smell of oranges as essential to a still life. "The Casbah Gate" depicts the well-known gateway Bab el Aassa, which pierces the southern wall of the city near the sultan's palace. With scrubby coats of ivory, aqua, blue, and rose delicately fenced by the liveliest gray outline in art history, Matisse gets the essence of a Tangier afternoon, including the subtle presence of the bowaab, the sentry who sits and surveys those who pass through the gate. From Peter Plagens, "Bright Lights." Newsweek (26 March 1990): 50.


Paraphrased: The painter Matisse is one of the most recognized modern artists. He is characterized by making every picture seem very real and also including the viewer in the painting. A very famous painting he made is "The Casbah Gate". Which is about a wall near the sultans palace. He uses matisse to get his sepcial touch or effect. From Peter Plagens, "Bright Lights." Newsweek (26 March 1990): 50.



5. While the Sears Tower is arguably the greatest achievement in skyscraper engineering so far, it's unlikely that architects and engineers have abandoned the quest for the world's tallest building. The question is: Just how high can a building go? Structural engineer William LeMessurier has designed a skyscraper nearly one-half mile high, twice as tall as the Sears Tower. And architect Robert Sobel claims that existing technology could produce a 500-story building. From Ron Bachman, "Reaching for the Sky." Dial (May 1990): 15.

Paraphrased: Sears Tower is definetely the tallest skyscraper in the world until now. But there is one architect whose name is William LeMessurier who designed a one-half mile tall skyscraper. This could be classified twice as big as the Sears Tower. But there is another architect whose name is Robert Sobel who claims that "technology now a days could be ccpcabale of producing a 500-storybiulding". From Ron Bachman, "Reaching for the Sky." Dial (May 1990): 15.