How can I narrate this passage through a short and easy way?
In these pandemic plagued times, ceremonies commemorating the beginning of the celebrations of the DU that were to culminate in July 1,2021 have been SCALED DOWN drastically, the chances of alumni and well-wishers of university and faculty members THRONGING the campus on July 1, 2020 to inaugurate the year long events have all but gone.
nevertheless, for many in Bangladesh ,it may be well worth the while to TRAVEL BACK in history to retrace the steps that led to DU's opening on this day,99 years ago. Like many such momentous occasions, DU's birthday has along pre-history.
#I have some questions from this passage also. Please try to answer.
1. What is the meaning of "SCALED DOWN"?
2. Can I use "TRAVEL BACK" instead of "GO BACK BEHIND"? If it can't use, which phrases and idioms will appropriate for this?
3. Is there any phrasal words instead of "THRONGING"?
4. Have u any short techniques of transforming heavy complex sentences to assertive, cause, I'm facing problems to get passage.
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1. What is the meaning of "SCALED DOWN"?
Made smaller, Now anticipated to be smaller scale
2. Can I use "TRAVEL BACK" instead of "GO BACK BEHIND"? If it can't use, which phrases and idioms are appropriate for this?
No clue what "GO BACK BEHIND" would mean.
3. Is there any phrasal words instead of "THRONGING"?
thronging is to gather in a usually noisey crowd of too many people
the chances of alumni and well-wishers of university and faculty members THRONGING the campus on
Why do you need a phrasal verb?
the chances of them thronging the campus
the chances of them all coming to the campus
the chances of crowding onto campus
4. Have any short techniques transforming from heavy complex sentences to easy assertive sentences ,like my upper narrating passage? Actually I am facing a huge problem when I find out the gist of any passage.
Sorry, rather lost you on this one.
a problem when/after you find out the meaning?
a problem to find out the meaning?
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1. "Scaled down" comes from reducing the scale (size) of something. Think "make smaller" essentially. So in this context where the celebrations have been made smaller, perhaps less people were invited, they won't do all the events they originally had planned as part of the celebration etc.
2. 'Go back behind' is wrong. 'Travel back' is a bit closer, really you wouldn't 'travel' since time travel isn't possible XD, but an English speaker would likely understand you if you said it. You could use "it may be worthwhile to look back at our history, and retrace the events that led to DU's opening..."
3. You could use "crowding at" or "congregating at" or "convening at".
4. Try to separate your ideas with full stops. Your first sentence is pretty good, but if you wanted you could split it after "drastically".
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