【正文】 he Elk River as a heritage site, the mines killed the proposal. 當(dāng)居民們想把埃爾克河確定為文化遺產(chǎn)時(shí),該提議卻被眾多的礦井給毀掉了。 選定。8 The difference does not, for example, correlate with the difference between a manual and mental job or between jobs of low or high esteem?！?esteem:n. [U]a feeling of respect for sb., or a good opinion of 。vt. (fml.) respect and admire sb. or sth. 尊敬。9 Workers are therefore more prone to dedicate more time to working, taking too little leisure rather than too much. ()Meaning: Workers are therefore more likely to spend more time in working, and they will spend extremely little amount of time on relaxation.★prone:a. likely to do sth. or suffer from sth., esp. sth. bad or harmful易于發(fā)生某事(尤指不好或有害的事)的。有?傾向的Most children are prone to junk food.多數(shù)孩子喜歡吃垃圾食品。2) give all your attention and effort to one particular thing 致力于。10 To laborers, on the other hand, leisure means autonomy from pulsion, so it is natural for them to imagine that the fewer hours they have to spend laboring, and the more hours they have free for play, the better. ()Meaning: To labors, on the other hand, leisure means plete freedom from what they are forced to do or what they have to do。 自主Genetic engineering may threaten privacy, kill autonomy, make society look and be alike, and destroy the concept of human nature.基因工程可能威脅隱私,扼殺自主權(quán),使社會(huì)千篇一律,并且破壞人性這一觀念。 自治權(quán)They are willing to give this district more autonomy, but not independence.他們愿意給該地區(qū)更多的自治權(quán),但不會(huì)讓其獨(dú)立。 準(zhǔn)確(性)To improve the precision of gene testing, scientist needed to spell out the actual DNA sequence of diseasefostering genes. 為了提高基因測試的精度,科學(xué)家們需要闡明致病基因的DNA序列。 培養(yǎng)。動(dòng)力?！飈ivelihood: n . [C,U]the way you earn money in order to live生計(jì)It was the lack of a basic livelihood that pelled the oppressed to fight for their survival.正是由于無法維持基本的生計(jì)才迫使被壓迫者為自身的生存而抗?fàn)帯. [C] an instrument for measuring the size or amount of 。 量規(guī)A gasoline gauge shows the amount of gasoline left in a car.油表顯示汽車剩余的油量。平凡的。15 In recent decades，technological innovation and the division of labor have caused major economic changes by eliminating the need for special strength or skill in many fields and have turned many paid occupations with enjoyable work into boring labor.(Para, 6)Meaning: In recent decades, the improvements in technology and the division of labor have caused great economic changes. People do not need special strength or skill any more in many fields. Many paid jobs with enjoyable work have bee boring labor routine.★innovation: n.1)[U] the introduction of new ideas or methods 革新。2)[C] a new idea, method, or invention 新觀念。16 Increasing productivity with automated machines, such as robots, has reduced the number of necessary laboring hours. ()Meaning: With the use of machines which can automatically do the work for people, such as robots, productivity has increased and the number of necessary laboring hours has accordingly decreased.★automate: vt. start using puters and machines to do a job, rather than people使自動(dòng)化The engineer used a puter program he had created to automate downloading of program updates.該工程師用自己設(shè)計(jì)的電腦程序自動(dòng)下載程序更新。17 It is possible to imagine an uping society in which the majority of the population will have almost as much leisure time as in earlier times was enjoyed by the medieval aristocracy. ()Meaning: It is possible to imagine that in a society of the near future, most of the people will have a lot of spare time, which would be similar to the amount of time for play enjoyed by aristocrats in medieval times.★ uping: a. (only) happening soon 即將來臨的?！飉edieval: a. connected with the Middle Ages(= the period between about AD 1100 and 1500)中世紀(jì)的。18 The medieval aristocrats had an abundance of leisure time but often wasted it in trivial pursuit of games and fashion. (Para, 6)Meaning: The medieval aristocrats had a large amount of leisure time but often wasted it on such insignificant things as playing games and following the latest fashion.19 Likewise, modernday laborers with too much leisure time may find it difficult to refrain from the addictive and trivial pursuits of celebrity gossip, extravagant fashion, and excessive video games and TVsimilar bad habits that waste valuable time. (Para, 6)Meaning: Similarly, laborers of modern day, who have too much leisure time, may find it hard to stop doing such insignificant things as talking about private affairs of famous people, and spending a lot of money on fashion and too much time on video games and TV shows. These bad habits will equally waste valuable time.★refrain: vi. (~from) (fml.) not do sth. that you want to do克制。 忍住International financial experts mitted to refrain from petitive devaluation of our currencies and decide to promote a stable and wellfunctioning international monetary system.國際金融專家承諾不使我們的貨幣出現(xiàn)競爭性貶值并決定要促進(jìn)建立穩(wěn)定完善的國際貨幣體系。 使人沉溺的I tell most people to avoid collecting antiques, as it is too expensive and addictive.多數(shù)人不要收集古童,因?yàn)樗M(fèi)錢,而且讓人沉迷其中?！飃ossip: n. [U] information that is passed from one person to another about other people’s behavior and private lives, often including unkind or untrue remarks 流言蜚語。 傳聞When he got to the office the next day