The storm gave way to bright sunshine Sentence Paraphrases I have a sense that what is going on here concerns much more than the fate of a nation (I think that what is happening in America means more than the fate of a nation) 2 Now is the first chance on a new basis with new technologies to create a civilization of unprecedented openness and pluralism CThere is a chance for the first time to create a civilization of unprecedented openness and pluralism with new technologies on a new basis) 3 Eighty-one languages, few of them European, are spoken in the elementary school system of the city of Los Angles (In the elementary school system of Los Angles, 81languages are spoken But European languages are rarely spoken there 4 The mere fact that america still attracts millions of people is evidence that it is not in decline It is a fact that America still attracts millions of people, which proves that America is not in decline) 5 It is incredible coming to America to find you are somewhere else -in Seoul in Taipei, in Mexico City (Coming to America, you may unbelievably find that you are somewhere else-) 6 There were only strawberry fields where the plant is The place of the company was strawberry fields at that time 7 And the border between races has usually been a border of tension, of crisis The border between races is often full of tension and crisis) 8 This type of man is being bone in Los Angles, in the cultural sense if not the anthropological sense In the sense of culture but not anthropological, this kind of man is emerging in Los Angles 9 Destiny has already sentenced you your fate is predetermined) Summary of Text A The author holds this point of view that American won 't decline as a great power in the world. on the country, it will move forward Then he gives the example of the city of Los angeles, in which many cultures and customs coexist. The collage-like city shows the advantage and disadvantage of cultural interaction. In the end, he provides the way of harmonizing the competing cultures in one place the chance to tryThe storm gave way to bright sunshine Sentence Paraphrases 1 I have a sense that what is going on here concerns much more than the fate of a nation (I think that what is happening in America means more than the fate of a nation) 2 Now is the first chance on a new basis with new technologies to create a civilization of unprecedented openness and pluralism (There is a chance for the first time to create a civilization of unprecedented openness and pluralism with new technologies on a new basis) 3 Eighty-one languages, few of them European, are spoken in the elementary school system of the city of Los Angles (In the elementary school system of Los Angles,81languages are spoken. But European languages are rarely spoken there) 4 The mere fact that America still attracts millions of people is evidence that it is not in decline (It is a fact that America still attracts millions of people, which proves that America is not in decline) 5 It is incredible coming to America to find you are somewhere else----in Seoul, in Taipei, in Mexico City (Coming to America, you may unbelievably find that you are somewhere else----) 6 There were only strawberry fields where the plant is ( The place of the company was strawberry fields at that time) 7 And the border between races has usually been a border of tension, of crisis (The border between races is often full of tension and crisis) 8 This type of man is being borne in Los Angles, in the cultural sense if not the anthropological sense ( In the sense of culture but not anthropological, this kind of man is emerging in Los Angles) 9 Destiny has already sentenced you ( your fate is predetermined) Summary of Text A The author holds this point of view that American won't decline as a great power in the world. on the country, it will move forward. Then he gives the example of the city of Los Angeles, in which many cultures and customs coexist. The collage-like city shows the advantage and disadvantage of cultural interaction. In the end, he provides the way of harmonizing the competing cultures in one place :the chance to try