Paraphrasing Exercise

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.

The Antarctic produces cold for the planet, as its cold waters mix with warm tropic water and it keeping water and general temperature at its regular rates. Unfortunately this balance is very delicate (As any changes in water flow can affect its results), making it vulnerable to human activity (Audubon 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.

Drinking was against the law in 1920s America, but this law was broken easily and often. Because of the money made by illegal liquor mobs had a lot of power and the law couldn't stop it. Jazz music became very popular and the "flapper" movement appeared. both of these signs were taken to mean America was distancing itself from its previous history (Yancey 5)

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.

There are many deaths a year caused by bycycle accidents and a large part of these deaths are because of injuries to the head. Amongst the dead are young kids. Bike helmets can help save lives as it protects the head and limit the shock. A study concluded that bike helmets can dimish the possibilities of injury to the head. (Consumer Reports 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.

French painter Henri Matisse is consider amongst the most talented artists at making the viewer feeling inside the painting. He uses color to give the time of day and type of place, and gave the illusion of texture and added precenses of people or things to make the setting depicted seem real. One of his paintings that is believed to be exemplary of this is "The Casbah Gate" (Plagens 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.

Sometimes belived to be the most amazing product of building, the Sears Tower is impressive. However other architects like William LeMessurier and Robert Sobel believe current tools can be used to build much larger buildings. (Dial 15)