Lecture 2-新视野大学英语第四册Unit 2 第二讲

e.g. The prime minister is, in conformity with the constitution, chosen by the president. 依照宪法，首相由总统选定。 这里很特别！ scrutiny:[U] (formal) 仔细检查；认真彻底的审查 careful and thorough examination e.g. Foreign policy has come under close scrutiny recently. 近来，政府的外交政策受到了认真彻底的审查。 Translation: 女性参与这种极端的从众行为，实际上是把自己置于其他女性的 审视之下，因为只有那些女性才有资格评价她们所付出的努力。
Anyway, to get back my original point: Parents should not spoil their
How to translate “you can’t say she looks bad withoutreceiving immediate and well-deserved outrage” ? 你千万不能说她看起来很糟糕，那样肯定会使她立刻迁怒于你，这也是 你咎由自取。 双重否定：can't... without well-deserved
Unit 2 The Confusing Pursuit of Beauty
Lecture 2
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a. No amount of rehearsal will help you come up with the right answer. (Para 2) 对于她的这一问题，无论你事先练习多少次，都不会找到正确答案。 rehearsal: n. 排练，排演；彩排，演习；复述，详述 e.g. 我们的新版《哈姆雷特》正在排练之中。 Our new production of ‘Hamlet’ is currently in rehearsal . The band was scheduled to begin rehearsals for a concert tour. No amount of sth. will do … 用于表达“无论如何都不会发生期待的结果”。 e.g. 他十分固执，无论怎么说，都不会使他改变心意。 He is very stubborn and no amount of words will make him change his mind.
I’m not saying that appearance is of no importance. I’m just saying tha
e.g. They plastered the city with posters condemning her election 他们在城里到处张贴谴责她当选的海报。 她给自己从头到脚都抹上了强效防晒露。 She plastered herself from head to toe in high factor sun lotion.
区的配合下，总是在不停地攻击着女性的自尊，使其相信自己只有购买最新
的保湿面霜、古铜散粉，以及各种美容器具，才能“激发和恢复”肌肤活力。
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e. I’m not saying that men are superior. I’m just saying that you’re not to get a group of middle-aged men to plaster cosmetics to themselves un the instruction of Brad Pitt in hopes of looking more like him. (Para 8) I’m not saying that…. I’m just saying that.…用于更正“某人真实的想法” e.g. 我不是说外貌不重要；我的意思是内在美在大多数情况下更加珍贵。 inner beauty, under most conditions, is more valuable. plaster vt. 涂以灰泥;在…上敷贴膏药;减轻;黏贴
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The confusing pursuit of beauty When a woman asks a man how she looks, come it is very difficult for him to up ___________ the with right answer. Men do not think of their looks in the same way as women do. They stick to ________ an opinion and like to think of themselves as affixThey much value don’t to average-looking. __________________ to their looks. However, women tend to think their appearance is magnify “not good enough”. They would _______ the smallest imperfections in their bodies.
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conformity:(formal) （对社会规则的）遵从，遵守 behaviour or actions that follow the accepted rules of society
f. By participating in this system of extreme conformity, women are actually opening themselves up to the scrutiny of other women, the only ones qualifie 快看我！ to judge their efforts. (Para. 10)
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The differences between how men and women view their own looks are caused by psychological complex ____________ and societal factors. First, men and women have different childhood experiences with toys. Girls’ dolls have slim impossible figures whose physical measurements are _________ for living human beings to achieve while boys’ toys are weird-looking. Second, convinced beauty industry exerts different influences on them. Women are _________ that they must buy apply the newest beauty products and ___________ them carefully,
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c. This is an absurd standard to live up to, especially when you consider the size of the doll’s waist, a relative measurement physically impossible for a living human to achieve. (Para. 6) Sth. happens, especially when… 用于表达“事物的普遍性或严重性”。 e.g. 出国留学会是一次艰难的经历，特别是当你不得不离开所爱的人，独自面 对全新的环境。 Studying abroad can be a difficult experience, especially when you have to leave your beloved ones and face the new environment all alone. live up to 不辜负，符合 用于表达“无论如何都不会发生期待的结果”。 e.g. 如果你想毕业，就必须达到大学设定的最低标准。 If you want to graduate, you must live up to the minimum standards set by the university.
g. Anyway, to get back to my original point: If you’re a man, and a woma asks you how she looks, you can’t say she looks bad without receiving immediate and well-deserved outrage. (Para. 11)
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快看我，我才 是主角！
它是谁的 的绿叶？
d. Nonetheless, the multibillion-dollar beauty industry, complete with its ow aisle in the grocery store, is devoted to constant warfare on female self-esteem, convincing women that they must buy all the newest moisturizing creams, bronzing powders and appliances that promise to “stimulate and restore” their skin. (Para. 7) 它又以什么 身份出现在 What should we do when encountering with 这里？ long difficult sentences? S+V+O Translation: 尽管如此，产值达几十亿美元的美容业，在超市化妆品销售专
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Anyway, to get back to my original point:…用于表达“言归正传”。 e.g. 不管怎样，言归正传：父母不应给孩子太多物质的东西而宠坏孩子。
children by showering them with too many material things.
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b. No matter how attractive a woman may be, her perception of herself is eclipsed by the beauty industry. (Para. 5) eclipse: vt. 使黯然失色;形成日（或月）食 e.g. 当然，没有什么能比得过赢得奥运会冠军。 Of course, nothing is going to eclipse winning the Olympic title. A total solar eclipse is due to take place some time tomorrow. 明天某个时刻会发生日全食。 Translation: 一位女士，无论她看起来多么吸引人，她对自己的 看法总是由于受美容业的影响而蒙着一层阴影。