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Lesson 3

1. And yet the same revolutionary belief for which our forebears fought is still at issue around the globe....

Our ancestors fought a revolutionary war to claim all men were created equal and God had endowed them with certain unalienable rights which no state or ruler could take away from them. However, today, this issue has not decide d in many countries around the world.

2. This much we pledge---and more.

This much we promise to do and we promise to do more.

3. United, there is little we cannot do in a host of cooperative ventures.

United and working together we can accomplish a lot of things in a great number of joint bold under takings.

4. ...our last best hope in an age where the instruments of war have far outpaced the instruments of peace...

The United Nations is our last and best hope of survival in an age where the tools to wage war have far surpassed and exceeded the tools to keep peace.

5. ...to enlarge the area in which its writ may run.

We pledge to help the United Nations enlarge the area in which its authority and mandate could continue to be in effect or in force.

6. Before the dark powers of destruction unleashed by science engulf all humanity in planned or accidental self-destruction.

Before the terrible forces of destruction, which science can now release, overwhelm mankind; before this self-destruction, which may be planned or brought about by accident, takes place.

7. …yet both racing to alter that uncertain balance of terror that stays the band of mankind’s final war.

Yet both groups of nations are attempting to change as quickly as possible this uncertain balance of terrible military power that restrains each group from launching mankind’s final war.

8. So let us begin anew, remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness...

Let us start over again; we must bear in mind that being polite does not mean one is weak.

9. Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors.

Let both sides try to use science to produce good and beneficial things for man instead of employing it to bring frightful destruction.

10....each generation of Americans has been summoned to give testimony to its national loyalty.

Americans of every generation have been called upon to prove their loyalty to their country (by fighting and dying for their country ’s cause).

11. With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love...

Let us lead the country we love，knowing our sure reward will be a good conscience and history will finally judge whether we have done our task well or not.

Lesson 4

1. A nice enough young fellow, you understand ,but nothing upstairs.

He is a nice enough young fellow, you know，but he is empty-headed.

2. Fads, I submit, are the very negation of reason.

A passing fashion or craze ,in my opinion, shows a complete lack of reason.

3. I should have known they'd come back when the Charleston came back.

I should have known that raccoon coats would come back to fashion when the Charleston dance, which was popular in the 1920s,came back.

4. “All the Big Men on Campus are wearing them. Where 've you been?”

All the important and fashionable men on campus are wearing them. How come you don't know?

5. My brain , that precision instrument, slipped into high gear.

My brain, which is precision instrument, began to work at high speed.

6. With one omission, Polly fitted these specifications perfectly.

Except for one thing( intelligence)Polly had all the other requirements.