《英美报刊选读》重点词汇整理

一，who we are now

1.But the president was openly ambivalent, too.

2.Because who we are now-a country in which traditional barriers of race, age and gender are crumbling-flows in many ways from what LBJ did then.

3.Why exhume the long-dead Johnson on the occasion of one of the most engaging inaugural since George Washington took the oath at Federal Hall…

4.His conflicting language underscores the nation’s occasionally wary view of the changes wrought by immigration.

5.There is something quintessentially American about a lumbering white man from Texas…

6.In the understandable thrill of the inaugural season, all eyes are turned to this single man, all ears attuned to his voice.

7.Whatever your politics, the election of the 44th president represents a kind of redemption from the long and tragic history of blacks…

8.If you count a generation as roughly 21 years, he was off the mark, since the rapidly inspired backlash shaped politics for more than 40 years

9.In 1909,…proposed a literary test to restrict the influx of the “Italians, Russians,Poles,Hungarians”…

10.Then,in1952,Congress passed the…Act,which essentially made naturalization colorblind.(平等的对待不同肤色的人)

11.The tension between assimilation and separation is eternal, but there is no doubt that this flood of immigration and the breaking down of barriers between previously estranged (疏远的，隔离的)groups within the country has created a much more fluid culture than…

12.The key cohort is the 75 million-strong generation known as the millennials(1980-2000)

13.perennial:lasting for a long time or forever

14.The disparity between older and younger voters was greater in 2008 than at any other time…

15.The younger cohort is more diverse than the general population, more female, more secular, less socially conservative and more willing to describe themselves as liberals.

16.In the wake of a possible terrorist attack, fear could easily lead to tension, resent and discord.

17.witch hunts: an attempt to find and punish people with different opinions

18.allude to: mention sth. in an indirect way

19.momentous:very important

20.mythic:very famous

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二，The lost generation

1.The most enduring harm is being done to young people who cannot grab onto the first rung of the career ladder.

2.Affected are a range of young people,from high school dropouts,to college grades,to newly minted lawyers and…

3.Studies suggest that an extended period of young joblessness can significantly depress lifetime income as people get sunk (unable to move)in jobs that are beneath their capabilities, or come to be seen by employers as damaged goods.研究表明，青年人长期失业会大大压低其一生的薪金水平，因为这些人难以摆脱无法发挥自己能力的工作，被雇主视为有缺陷的员工。

4.scarring:伤疤

5.The case for action is strong.理由

6.on the sidelines:排斥在外

7.wet-behind-ears college grads.没见过世面的大学生

8.take it on the chin:endure and accept the misfortune忍受这种不幸

9.According to a Business Week analysis,college grads aged 22-24 have fared (got on)worse than their older educated peers during the downtime.境况要差于…

10.at first blush:at the first thought

11.a foot in the door:a favourable position

12.At least three quarters of students who graduated in May had their employment deferred,in some cases up to a year.

13.economic slump:recession经济衰退

14.One could easily imagine that companies in a recession would prefer to hire young people,who are cheap,and slough off (丢弃，抛弃，get rid of)older workers,who are expensive.

15.The sense of stasis (inactivity失业)in many Western countries is reminiscent(怀旧的) of Japan.

16.churn out:produce quickly

17.regurgitate:repeat