【正文】 “我們真希望病人們意識到 …… 這些整容手段并不能給他們的生活帶來翻天覆地的變化，”薩沃說。 keep a grip on: to have power and control over someone or something 掌控 ， 控制 . The boss’s wife is determined to keep a tight grip on the business of the restaurant. 老板娘決意要自己掌控飯店的生意 。 Meaning: The industry has grown continuously for 4 years… soft tissue: the tissues that connect, support, or surround other structures and ans of the body, not being bone 軟組織 Note: appeal to means “to be attractive or interesting to” 有吸引力 ， 引起 興 趣的 . Her recent two novels are not appealing to young people. 她 最新的 兩 本小 說沒 有引起年 輕 人的 興 趣 。 “ 你都想不到這種情況有多常見 。 經(jīng)濟(jì)衰退給她在西雅圖的診所帶來了新的病人 ——就是那些領(lǐng)了遣散費，對失業(yè)仍然倍感痛苦而且手上有大把時間的人們。175。 smarting: the present participle of the verb “smart”, meaning “hurting with a stinging pain” 刺痛 ， 難過 . The farmers were burning straws and our eyes smarted with the smoke. 農(nóng)民們在燒秸稈 ， 我們的眼睛熏得生疼 。 Meaning: People would spend the pensation they got from unemployment… The Fiscal Times: an Englishlanguage digital news, news analysis and opinion publication based in New York City and Washington, . and founded in 2022 財政時報 scamper: vt. to run withquick short steps, like a child or small animal 驚惶奔跑 ，蹦蹦跳跳地跑 . The deer got startled at the gun shot and scampered in all directions. 鹿群受到了槍聲的驚嚇 ， 四散逃開 。 該報告稱 ， 這比 2022年上升了 4個百分點 。薩沃說 ， 這些手段尤其吸引勞動力中上了年紀(jì)的人們 ， 他們認(rèn)為自己跟那些看上去年輕有活力的同事比起來真是相形見絀 。 Question about Paras. 14 17 4. Are seniors the only ones who are seeking cosmetic treatments? Hunting for a Job? Don’t Expect Plastic Surgery to Help Back Next 上海交通大 學(xué) 出版社 No. Even some professionals or high ranking executives are undergoing plastic surgery, as they want to extend their working years as long as possible. 18 Hunting for a Job? Don’t Expect Plastic Surgery to Help Back Next 上海交通大 學(xué) 出版社 “ We live in a society with pretty serious ageism,” Peters said. “And it?s starting to make them angry that people are looking at them and saying, ?Hey, when are you going to retire, why are you doing all this??” Whether plastic surgery and scores of other cosmetic treatments actually give a leg up to older Americans either entering or currently in the workforce is unclear. “We really want patients to realize that … these procedures do not lead to Cinderellalike transformations in their lives,” Sarwer said. Researchers are still unsure how cosmetic procedures affect quality of life and selfesteem in patients. Dorothy TannahillMoran, a career coach who leads job searching classes for people 50 and older, advises her students to focus more on keeping their wardrobes current and matching the higher energy levels of younger wouldbe coworkers than zeroing in too much on plastic surgery. scores of: many, always followed by countable nouns 大量 ， 許多 . He has missed scores of opportunities in job seeking. 他錯失了許多找工作的機(jī)會 。phrases B. Complete the following sentences with appropriate words or phrases in the box. appeal to Back Next 4. Working with words and phrases discrimination all the more appeal to give a leg up to subtle fall behind in a difficult corner top (v.) venture back into outmatch in a difficult corner all the more discrimination22 上海交通大 學(xué) 出版社 Focus1wordsamp。 根據(jù) 《 福布斯 》 報道 ， 對人口普查數(shù)據(jù)的最新分析發(fā)現(xiàn)勞動力中年齡在 65歲及以上的人口比例從 1990年的 %上升到了 2022年的 %。 像瘦臉針和軟組織填充物等皮膚方面的手術(shù)比臉部提拉和拉眼皮等傳統(tǒng)手術(shù)要便宜 ， 而且恢復(fù)期也較短 。 favor: vt. to prefer someone orsomething to other things or people,especially when there are several tochoose from 偏好 . In the election, most members favored Mr. Johnson over the othercandidate. 在 選舉 中 ， 大部分 會員傾 向于支持 約 翰 遜 先生 ， 而非另一位候 選 人 。 The doctor suggested him laying off smoking. 醫(yī)生建議他不要抽煙了 。 practice refers to the exercise or pursuit of a profession or occupation, especially law or medicine. It may also refer to the business of a professional person. . My sister is a dentist and wants her daughter to take over her practice after she retires. 我妹妹是個牙醫(yī) ， 她希望將來退休后她女兒能接手她的診所 。175。 對比較保守的病人來說，那也就是打個瘦臉針，或注射點填充物什么的，但是“大多數(shù)情況下，他們是來做眼部或臉部手術(shù)的。 隨著越來越多在育兒高峰期出生的人們推遲退休 ， 或者冒險回來工作 ， 或者拼命想保住現(xiàn)在的飯碗 ， 更多上了年紀(jì)的人們開始轉(zhuǎn)向美容以獲得競爭優(yōu)勢 。 Meaning: attractive to the seniors… Note: outmatch means “to be better than or be superior to” 優(yōu)于 ， 勝 于 . Though I can speak better English than my brother, heoutmatches me in other subjects. 盡 管我英 語說 得比我兄弟強(qiáng) ，可他在其他 學(xué) 科上都 勝 我一 籌。 Another meaning of this phrase is “to give a satisfactory explanation of why something has happened or why you did something” 解釋 . How would you account for your absence from yesterday’s meeting? 昨天你沒來開會 ， 怎么解釋 ？ Translation “ 比較常見的情況是我們經(jīng)常聽見人們說 ‘ 我真擔(dān)心自己會落伍 ’ 或者 ‘ 我擔(dān)心自己得不到心儀了好幾年的職位 ， 所以才來整容的 。 職涯教練多蘿西 Meaning: … than spending too much time and money on beautifying their appearance. Translation “我們這個社會存在著很嚴(yán)重的老齡化問題”皮特斯說，“要是人家看著他們說‘嘿，你什么時候退休啊？干嘛要整容？’，年紀(jì)大的人們就很生氣。 Meaning: … enable them to work as many years as possible. Note: in a difficult corner means “in a difficult situation where one has no choice about what to do” 身陷困境 . After being promoted to the position of vice president, he found himself falling in a difficult corner though. 在被晉升到副總裁的職位后， 他發(fā)現(xiàn)自己反而身陷困境 。 ” 14 Hunting for a Job? Don’t Expect Plastic Surgery to Help Back Next 上海交通大 學(xué) 出版社 The result, said Rother, is that “many older women in particular, especially those in petitive job markets, are taking steps to improve their appearance in order to better pete against younger job applicants.” In fact, $ billion was spent on cosmetic procedures in the . in 2022, an increase of 15 percent from the previous year. That was the fourth straight year of grow