【正文】 ribute to the worldwide popularity the painting enjoys. With so much mystery, the painting has been the theme of first, a novel and later, a film, both of which attempt to answer some of the questions about the painting, as well as one, which is immediately more appropriate to the medium of the novel or the film: Are her wide eyes and enigmatic halfsmile innocent or seductive?我們對(duì)《戴珍珠耳環(huán)的少女》的了解比對(duì)維梅爾的其他作品都少。1 隨著婚禮的臨近，蘇珊變得非常焦慮。 guarantee)As the wedding ceremony was approaching, Susan had bee quite anxious. She could not pin down what exactly was troubling her. After a long talk with her close friend Kate, she realized that, although she was 28 years old, she was not emotionally mature enough to be ready for marriage and she was not sure whether the marriage would guarantee her a happy family life.2 她知道中國(guó)學(xué)生總是不愿意表達(dá)自己的情感和想法，這不僅僅因?yàn)樗麄儗?duì)自己的英語(yǔ)口語(yǔ)不夠自信，還因?yàn)樗麄兿嘈欧€(wěn)重是一種美德。一名普通的系統(tǒng)分析師肯定不知道空間推銷員在店里都干些什么，就好像空間推銷員對(duì)分析系統(tǒng)的工具也一竅不通一樣。為了證明相比于先輩們的優(yōu)越性，我們夸耀說(shuō)自己生活在一個(gè)前所未有的變革期。我認(rèn)為應(yīng)該安排一次面談，讓大家消除誤會(huì)，掃除溝通的障礙。 as baffled … as)We couldn’t make of their proposal at all, because it was no easy job for us to e to grips with their perspective. It was a safe bet that we were as much baffled about their way of thinking as they were about ours. I think we need to arrange a meeting to clear up misunderstandings and to remove munication barriers.2 從與他共事二十多年的一位同事所寫的傳記中不難得出這樣的結(jié)論：他所代表的絕對(duì)是該國(guó)二戰(zhàn)之后的精英階層，他們?cè)谧诮毯驼畏矫娴挠^念較為保守。之前他沒來(lái)過喬安妮餐廳，但對(duì)于它的鼎鼎大名卻早有耳聞，倒不是因?yàn)檫@里的飯菜有多美味，其實(shí)這里的菜品屢遭惡評(píng)，也不是因?yàn)檫@里的爵士管弦樂隊(duì)有一位知名電影導(dǎo)演客串吹小號(hào)，而是因?yàn)檫@里匯集了有頭有臉的賓客，可以說(shuō)是星光璀璨，他們中有政客、外交家、電影明星、載入名人堂的體育明星、記者、作家、搖滾明星、諾貝爾獎(jiǎng)得主等等——總之，這里的每一位客人都是這座權(quán)力之城里的一個(gè)人物。只要他們對(duì)某個(gè)人還不夠了解，就會(huì)讓一位雙方都認(rèn)識(shí)并信任的中間人或介紹人在場(chǎng)，這樣做會(huì)比較方便。(know sth inside out。 of which?！被蛘呤恰拔覀兛隙〞?huì)在大火中碰面的。遇到一場(chǎng)大火時(shí)，我總是這么說(shuō)，也總聽別人這么說(shuō)，可現(xiàn)在，我呆在這兒，想著自己再也不會(huì)說(shuō)這樣的話了，也不會(huì)再聽到別人這么說(shuō)了，因?yàn)樵僖膊粫?huì)有比這更大的火了。要用平常的語(yǔ)言來(lái)評(píng)價(jià)她高超的外交手腕，一時(shí)間還真不知道該怎么說(shuō)。(stick with。雖然這會(huì)很難，但是他們下定決心要作最大的努力。 utmost)Most members of the association believe that they need to lobby as hard as possible to make sure that the plan will be approved by the government. It’s essential to win over some of the naysayer among the policy makers. Tough though it will be, they have made up their mind to make utmost efforts.Unit71 Red lights e up just as often when the driver is not in a hurry。所以紅燈會(huì)深深地印在司機(jī)的腦海里，而綠燈轉(zhuǎn)瞬間就被拋到腦后了。朋友們和學(xué)術(shù)同僚們都說(shuō)，那都是因?yàn)槲倚r(shí)候?qū)σ魳肥チ伺d趣，只要上幾節(jié)音樂課，我一定能放聲歌唱。說(shuō)不定學(xué)一學(xué)我也能唱得不錯(cuò)。 responsive。(turn off from。 by ten o’clock they proudly serve their wives a charred and shrivelled egg. Beside the woman’s plate will be a bunch of flowers and a little gift, a bottle of scent perhaps, or a pair of tights, which she will exclaim over until the children, scarlet with fury, insist that their mother makes them their proper breakfast. 在國(guó)際婦女節(jié)那一天, 蘇聯(lián)的婦女們沐浴在男性所給予的愛意和感激之中。2 For good or bad, the world has possibly undergone more changes in the past two decades than it did in the past two centuries. We have used more resources, burnt more fuel, caused more pollution and killed off more animals and plants as we have e closer to each other to form a truly global village. Television, we thought, was the last uniting factor till we got a feel for the Internet. All these changes have made us take a different look at the world beyond and our home within. Nothing es without a rider in this global market. If we want to be part of the dazzle and fort that the West is known for, we had better accept some of its anomalies, too. This is not to say that festivals mean something else to the West.不管是好是壞, 世界在過去二十多年間所經(jīng)歷的變化可能比過去兩百年間所經(jīng)歷的還要多。在這個(gè)全球市場(chǎng)中，得到任何東西都是要付出代價(jià)的。每次在街上碰到朋友，他們都會(huì)嚴(yán)厲地責(zé)備他不該背叛自己的妻子。 bumpinto。(undergo 。隨后，大量移民的涌入使得情況更為復(fù)雜。 plicate)According to some prior surveys, race used to be the most important factor in political elections of this country, as the population is prised of multiraces and multiethnics. However, a substantial number of immigrants plicated the situation. Candidates are obliged to take the issues of faith and cultures into consideration.2 所有對(duì)政治感興趣的、才華出眾的年輕人都?jí)粝胫谐蝗粘蔀閭ゴ蟮恼晤I(lǐng)袖，對(duì)世界有積極的影響，讓世界變得更美好。 have impact on。 wipe out。 symbolize)In this book he attempted to give a plausible reason to explain why this ancient ritual, instead of being wiped out by modern civilization, is spreading out through the whole country. His conclusion is that as a tradition that can be traced back to the 5th century, it is more than just a ritual that can be easily disposed of。(that of。 storytelling)The story of this TV series is that of a couple who, in order to earn a better life, depart each other and study overseas on their own. The most striking scene is when the hero and heroine embrace each other and say farewell at the airport. Factual or not, it is highly praised by the audience because of its smoothstorytelling and sophisticated acting skills of the feature . 若不給自己設(shè)限，則人生中就沒有限制你發(fā)揮的藩籬。有時(shí)候覺得自己像個(gè)神經(jīng)病。歲月是有情的，假如你奉獻(xiàn)給她的是一些色彩，它奉獻(xiàn)給你的也是一些色