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⏹The mayor of New York said in 1932: “I have seen thousands of these defeated,

discouraged, hopeless men and women cringing and fawning as they come to ask for public aid. It is a spectacle of national degradation.” (Time, June 15, 1933)

⏹纽约市长在1932年说过:“我见到过成千上万的男男女女前来请求救济。他们山穷

水尽、灰心绝望、低声下气、苦苦哀求。此情此景, 真是丢尽了美国的脸。”

⏹That electrifying news would spread itself like wild fire around the St. Gregory

tomorrow morning within minutes of the great man's arrival. (Newsweek, May 14, 1992)

⏹这个令人震惊的消息在这位大人物明天早晨抵达后,不出几分钟便会不胫而走地传

遍整个圣格雷戈里饭店。

On social problems

⏹Strike (罢工)：industrial action

⏹Poor (贫穷)：disadvantaged; deprived; man of modest means

⏹Slum (贫民窟)：substandard housing/inner city

⏹Relief (救济)：income maintenance

⏹Prison (监狱)：a house of correction

⏹Prostitute (妓女)：call girl; streetwalker

⏹Illegitimate child (私生子)：love child

⏹Venereal disease (性病)：social disease

⏹Area with low employment (低就业区): grey area

On war affairs:

⏹Aggression (侵略)：involvement

⏹Attack(进攻): pacify the area (绥靖)

⏹War: armed conflict

⏹Air strike: air support

⏹Ground war: ground operation

⏹Neutron bomb (中子弹)：clean bomb

⏹Retreat: adjustment of the front

⏹Hijack(劫机)：redirected flight

⏹Radiation release (辐射释放)：energy release

On political issue:

⏹Untrue(不真实)：inoperative (不生效); concealing information; containment (抑制)

⏹Wire tapping (窃听)：intelligence gathering

⏹Illegal : inappropriate (不恰当)

⏹Top secret papers (绝密)：eyes only

⏹Distorted account (歪曲报道)：managed news

⏹Unsolved problem (老大难题)：ongoing situation

⏹The future of grey areas---places which have fallen between the two stools of prosperity

and real depression---is of great importance in this corner of Britain.

⏹灰色地区—介于繁荣发达与真正萧条的之间的地方---其未来对于英国这一地区是极

为重要的。

⏹The lunch provided by the 7th Avenue Neighbors Association as its way of thanking men

who do a notoriously thankless job…. The sanitation men left, emptying three garbage cans on their way out.

⏹这是项名声不佳，吃力不讨好的工作；第7街居委会向从事这项工作的人提供了一

顿午饭，以示感谢….这些环卫工人出门时，又顺带倒了3桶垃圾。

⏹Joan’s mother warned her that this man would take advantage of her.

⏹琼的母亲警告她说这个男人会占她便宜的。

⏹Nixon's proposals have been hailed as sound if not original. But this appraisal of his own

stewardship sometimes seems more generous than candid.

⏹尼克松的建议虽说不上有创见，但有说服力；他对自己领导功绩的评估似乎是大方

的成分多于坦率的成分。

⏹Bill Clinton's affair with his intern is now dubbed “Monica-gate”,named after the

infamous intern.

⏹人们现在用“莫妮卡门”来形容克林顿和白宫实习生的桃色事件。

⏹I went in the morning to a private place, along with the housemaid, and we bathed in our

birthday suits.

⏹早上，我和女仆一块到了个幽静的地方，然后我们脱光衣服洗了澡

⏹It is also a fact that a good aisle manager does not hold that position long, for the simple

reason that he is promoted to a bigger Job.

⏹优秀的超市巡查员不会干久，因为他会被重用，去干其他更重要的工作，这是也事

实。

⏹One more indignant senior citizen penned complains about the universal decay of virtue

in the Western World.

⏹又有一位老人义愤填膺地奋笔疾书，批评西方世界普遍存在的道德败坏现象。

⏹Gal/Guy Friday….$195-200 some sten. 6Mos-1 year experience. Learn fashion

advertising and magazine layout. Good benefits. Fantastic future.

⏹招聘男/女秘书….周薪195-200美元。须具备一些速记知识，半年至一年工作经验。

录用后将学习时装广告和版面设计。福利优厚，前途无量。