综合商务英语3.doc

Paraphrase 1.1 For twenty minutes,the terminal area was aswarm with activity as cars and lorries poured forth,customs people did their duties,and everyone made for the London road. P:The ferry port was busy with activities for twenty minutes.A lot of cars and lorries went in continuous stream out of the port,customs officers were busy doing their duties,and everybody was moving towards the London road. 1.2 I was socially and sartorially ill-suited for such an establishment and anyway it was clearly beyond my meager budget. P:The Churchill is such a luxurious hotel that it is only suitable for those rich people who are socially respectable and well dressed.For me,a poor man not well dressed,it is definitely not suitable.Besides I did not have much money to spend and could not afford it any way. 1.3 Further along Marine Parade stood a shelter,open to the elements but roofed,and I decided that this was as good as I was going to get. P:In the distance on the Marine Parade I found a structure with a roof although it was exposed to natural forces.I decided that it could serve my purpose and would be as good as a room in a guesthouse. 1.4 The bench was slatted and hard and studded with big roundheaded bolts that made reclining in comfort an impossibility-doubtless their intention. P:The bench was made of thin pieces of wood and thus very hard to sleep on.Besides it was decorated with big roundheaded bolts.Therefore it was impossible to lie on it in a comfortable way.There is no doubt that the bench was designed in this way on purpose. 1.5 Afterwards,feeling a new man,I emerged with a toothpick and a burp,and sauntered happily through the streets,watching Dover come to life.It must be said that Dover was not vastly improved by daylight,but I likes it. P:After the breakfast I felt like a new man and walked out of the cafe with a toothpick in my mouth and burped.I wandered on the street leisurely and happily,seeing Dover become more lively.I had to admit that Dover did not be