It is difficult to think of a nation as an abstract collection ofpeople living on a patch of territory. It is easier to think of as aperson. This is why we sometimes call Great Britain __1__ "Britannia" and the United States "Columbia", and think of it asstately women. We also use masculine symbols in our __2__personification of nations. In 1712 John Arbuthont, aScot,wrote a political satire in that the characters were supposed__3__ to be typical members of different nationalities. The Englishman was John Bull. This name,which was sufficient flattering to be __4__ adopted generally, combined the most common Englishfirst name with a last name indicated strength. John Bull is usually __5__ pictured as a partlybusinessman with a union Jack on his hatband.
After the American War of Independence began in 1783, the United __6__States was knownfor"Brother Jonathan". Jonathan was a biblical __7__ name associated with simple people from ruralareas, and it seemed fitting since the United States is rural and unsophiscated, and since__8__American considered their type of simplicity a virtue compared to __9__ the wickedness ofEuropean cities. It is possible, however, that the name was originated with President GeorgeWashington, who would __10__often say, when faced with a hard problem, "Let us consultBrother Jonathan", referring to his secrectary, Johnathan Trumbull.
參考答案及解析:
1. of和as之間加上it.代替前文的a nation
2.it—both.指代上文的US和Great Britain
3.that—which
4.sufficient—sufficiently.修飾形容詞用副詞
5. indicated—indicating
6.began—ended.根據(jù)歷史知識(shí)，美國(guó)獨(dú)立戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)開(kāi)始于1776年7月4日(《獨(dú)立宣言》發(fā)表)，直到1783年英國(guó)正式承認(rèn)美國(guó)獨(dú)立才結(jié)束。
7. for—as.be known for意為“因......而眾所周知”
8. is—was.美國(guó)過(guò)去曾是一個(gè)rural and unsophisticated的國(guó)家
9.to—with.compare to 意為“把......比作.......”compare with意為“與......比較，與.......匹敵，與......競(jìng)爭(zhēng)”
10. 刪掉name和originated之間的was