【正文】 ning is that she would live : 她是那樣的情不自禁，在屋影的跳動(dòng)光線中，她顯得超越了時(shí)間的掌控。 women might indulge themselves。gossip was at once the mark and pensation of their servitude.()Paraphrase: On such occasions, the women could do what they liked to do but normally couldn39。t do, such as gossiping, joking and making loud, elaborate talk among revealed their position as servants of men and was also a reward for their indulge oneself: to give way to one39。s own desires Translation: 在這樣的場合，婦女們可以借機(jī)稍事放縱，做點(diǎn)自己喜歡做而平時(shí)不能做的事，比如聚在一起七嘴八舌地閑聊，這既表明她們的伺候男人的地位，也是對(duì)服務(wù)勞動(dòng)的回報(bào)。Words and expressions : a small natural hill : to move in a twisting or contorted motion,(especially when struggling)。The prisoner writhed in (1)lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality She39。s old and infirm and has to keep to the house.(2)lacking firmness of will or character or purpose It39。s an infirm title to : the source of a river the headwaters of the Nile : the region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches We came to a fork in the road and could not decide which fork we should (1)work very hard, like a slave We are born to slave it for our lord.(2)a person who is owned by someone This slave dreamed of being a : call forth Finally, managers can use intuition to bypass indepth analysis and move rapidly to engender a plausible (1)having or revealing supreme mastery or skill a consummate artist(2)perfect and plete in every respect。having all necessary plete gentleman(3)make perfect。bring to perfection His ambition was consummated when he received his doctor39。s degree from (1)a loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value He had to sell his car at a considerable sacrifice.(2)kill or destroy The animals were sacrificed after the general had to sacrifice several soldiers to save the : ornamentation with beads : supreme military leader exercising civil power in a region especially one accountable to nobody when the central government is weak All these movements were suppressed by the warlord : move fast He rushed down the hall to receive his cars raced down the 7 Paraphrase was that they, much more than other books, had the demeanor and trappings of authority.(1)Translation: 是因?yàn)楹推渌麜绕饋?，歷史書看起來充滿了權(quán)威。 is far from being the only personage to have suffered from time and revision.(4)Paraphrase: Columbus is not the only historical figure who has been forgotten or marginalized by the rewriting of school history : a person(often used to express their importance, or elevated status)Person, individual, and personage are terms applied to human is the most general and mon word: the average views a person as standing alone or as a single member of a group: the characteristics of the is used(sometimes ironically)of an outstanding or illustrious person: We have a distinguished personage visiting us orthodoxy, it seemed, left no handholds for attack, no lodging for decay.(7)This is an explanation of the earlier sentence, an elaboration of what FitzGerald meant by ”permanent“ and ”selfcontained.“ handhold: something for a hand to grip lodging: being fixed, implanted, or caught in a place or position decay: the process of declining in quality, power, or vigor Paraphrase:It seemed that the ideas that the textbooks advocated could not possibly be challenged and that they would remain true : 歷史書的正統(tǒng)觀念看起來無懈可擊, 永不衰敗。 passages have a familiar all the problems, the deus ex machina of science still dodders around in the gloaming of pious a familiar ring: sound or seem as though one has already heard of : That story has a familiar ring。I39。m sure I39。ve read it : Such paragraphs remind us of an earlier version of how technological advances were looked upon as the magic bullet for all sorts of hope: a wish or hope that is unlikely to be fulfilledFitzGerald uses personification to describe how people have placed unrealistic hope in the power of science—science lingers on as ”a god from a machine“ that…though unrealistic hopes for its efficacy : Americans still look upon science as an easy solution to all the problems, although we all know this is a hope that is unlikely to be : 在問題面前，美國人仍然希望科學(xué)之神能夠從天而降，神奇地解決一切問題，但這樣的愿望虛無縹緲、不切實(shí)際。Words and expressions (1)(1)extremely bad or severe They were in abject project ended in abject failure.(2)very humble, feeling or showing shame He offered an abject most abject slaves joined in the revolt.(3)very weak, lacking courage or strength She thought he was an abject (1)(1)respect or honor People bowed in homage to the king as he passed paintings pay homage to women artists to the came to pay homage to the dead man.(2)something that is done to honor sb./ book is an homage to her favorite to prominence(4)A coffeehouse chain like Starbucks can rise to prominence by creating an imitation of Milan39。s espresso : the fact of important and being wellknown e to/rise to/achieve/gain prominence as something She first came/rose to prominence as an artist in quickly gained prominence in medical something prominence: to treat something as something newspaper gave prominence to the success of England39。s : a minor part in a play or movie In the early stage of his acting career, always played walkon (7): opposed to somebody in an angry way Charley is the implacable enemy of has an implacable hatred for his opposed government faces implacable opposition on the issue of nuclear They are implacably opposed to his remained implacably opposed to Stalin39。s regime all his opposition (7): someone or something represents or is very typical of an idea or quality Beauty is the embodiment of Zarodd was depicted as the embodiment of (8): any machine or vehicle that does not run smoothly, a shaky, rattling can anyone be fortable in such a miserable old rattletrap of a place of this? Then the car, which was nothing but an old rattletrap affair, was allowed to burn are more than the ground looks forward to the money scrape up that will work to e down jointly, rebuild the rattletrap old building in the a familia