【正文】 and pull yourself together! 別哭了，振作起來！ the TV during collegebasketball collegebasketball: most often refers to the American basketball petitive governance structure established by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA全國(guó)大學(xué)體育協(xié)會(huì)) 高?；@球 (P28) ● collegebasketball season 高?；@球賽季 season, and there are bound to be be bound to do/be sth: be certain or likely to happen, or to do or be sth 一定會(huì)，很可能會(huì)● There are bound to be changes when the new system is introduced. ● It’s bound to be sunny again tomorrow. problems. Marriage is criticized as a source of stress (and it is), conflict (that too) and endless crises that need to be resolved (guilty there as well).【4】But it’s also something more. Decades of data collection have shown that marriage – for all for all: despite, in spite of 盡管，雖然● For all his wealth and fame, he is lonely. 雖然他有錢有名，但很孤獨(dú)。 inconsistent1) (approving)behavingtheway, ortheopinions,etc 一致的；始終如一的● She’sveryinwayher她對(duì)待孩子反復(fù)無常。insameandfor aof連續(xù)，持續(xù)的● aofgrowththeagreementsth。not contradictingresultsentirelywithresearch.consistentlyworkbeenahigh standard. across age, race, education and ine groups. Some of the reasons for this are obvious. Smoking and drinking naturally decline if you’ve got a spouse at your side flashing flash v. flash sb a smile/look, etc.: to smile, look, etc. at sb suddenly and quickly 向某人微微一笑（或瞥一眼）flashtosth topeopleorder to impress them 炫耀（某物）● He’sflashingmoney他總是在炫耀他的金錢。backsth): 1) ifmindbacksth,rememberthatinthoughtsbacktheirday.2) iffilm/moviebacksth,showsthatattime,exampleanpartsb’sreplyquicklyangrilyby/past:tovery● Thehasflashedoninformal)suddenlyorofflashedanIwithsisterweflashsb:sthonyourealize突然意識(shí)到，猛然領(lǐng)悟 ● Itonthatwasmanseenthe我頓時(shí)認(rèn)出他就是我在旅館里看到的那個(gè)人。Don’tdare!: (informal)tosb stronglytosth（讓人絕不要做某事）你敢，諒你不敢● “I’llherit.”youyousaytoWhat is a don’tyoudare look like?The look at you showing a serious warning against sth. Here refers to the warning against drinking。 not having been identified 未確診的，尚未找出原因的 if there’s someone at home who’s mindful mindful: adj. (formal) remembering sb/sth and considering them or it when you do sth 記著，考慮到 SYN conscious● Mindful of the danger of tropical storms, I decided not to go out. of your moods and notices if they darken darken: v.1) to bee dark, to make sth dark（使）變暗，變黑● The sky began to darken as the storm approached. 2) to make sb unhappy or angry, to bee unhappy or angry （使）憂郁，生氣，不快● This tragedy darkened his later life.● Her mood darkened at the news. . But there are other, less selfevident things at work too – things that scientists and doctors are only now beginning to appreciate fully. 【6】For all the safeguards safeguard: v. tofromharmdamage。tosth/sb保護(hù)，捍衛(wèi)● Theexplainstoagainstinhome.thatdesignedprotectfrom harm,legalaretothe spouses erect erect: v. 1) toorstherectbarrierssthpositionmakestand(SYN● Policetobarrierskeep3) (formal)build建立；建造● Thewasinadj.inverticalSYN垂直的；豎直的；直立的● Standyourbysideyour head手放兩邊，昂首站立。1) moneyyoutoaroad ortollstoll收費(fèi)道路╱橋梁2) theofordisaster,officialtollnow7,000.● theofbellwithstrokes（緩慢而有規(guī)律的）鐘聲take a heavy toll on sb/sth。 to cause a lot of damage, deaths, suffering, etc. 產(chǎn)生惡果，造成重大損失（或傷亡，災(zāi)難等）● Illnesstakenheavyon● Theisitsonhousing market.v.atollssbit,ismanyas a sign that sb has died.（緩慢而有規(guī)律的）敲鐘；（尤指）鳴（喪鐘）● Hemingway’s For Whom the Bell Tolls《喪鐘為誰而鳴》● Thetolleddeath(=signaledend)themonarchy. 那場(chǎng)革命敲響了俄國(guó)君主制的喪鐘。 to stop talking or crying 安靜，別說話● Hush now and try to sleep.2) to make sb/sth bee quieter。 married women gained absolutely zero zero: thepossibleorat allratedchanceszero.inflation25, 000 a year gross. v. to earn a particular amount of money before tax has been taken off it 總收入為，總共賺得● It is one of the biggest grossing movies of all time. generalization, but women are really the mental and physicalhealth housekeepers for a marriage,” says psychologist Janice KiecoltGlaser of the Ohio State University College of Medicine. “They are often the ones who prod prod: v.1) to push sb/ sth with your finger or with a pointed object。poke● Shehimthetohimproddedhiswithfork.trysbsth,whenare unwilling 催促；督促；鼓動(dòng)● Sheproddedinton. 1) theofsbyourora pointed戳；杵；捅● Shehimsharpwithumbrella.2) (informal)actencouragingorsbdotheyrepliednextyou’ll havecalland givea to bee fatter（使）長(zhǎng)胖，長(zhǎng)肥；（尤指動(dòng)物宰殺前）育肥● She’s very thin after her illness—but we’ll soon fatten her up. . According to a CDC CDC: The . Centers for Disease Control and Prevention美國(guó)疾病預(yù)防控制中心 (P28) study, married men are nearly 20% more likely to be overweight or obese obese: adj. (formal) or (medical) (of people) very fat, in a way that is not healthy 肥腫的，虛胖的，病態(tài)肥胖的obesity n. ● Obesity can increase the risk of heart disease. than are men who have never married – perhaps because they simply have someone to sit down to dinner with each night or perhaps because the often empty refrigerator of a onetime onetime (onetime): adj. f