1. desirable adj.令人满意的；值得拥有的；可取的；性感的It is neither socially nor economically desirable that every city dweller owns a car.2. trap vt.诱骗；使受限制；困住；使（水与气体等）分离The seventeen miners who have been trapped underground for there days are said to be unlikely to survive.3. when it comes to 当提到……，就……而言Joe doesn’t seem interested in any academic liberal arts subjects, but when it comes to sports, he is the pride of the class.4. paradox n.似是而非，自相矛盾Although I’m so successful I’m really rather a failure. That’s a paradox, isn’t it?5. fulfill vt. 履行（诺言），执行（命令），达到（目的）Schools should fulfill the hopes and needs of poorer children, giving them a chance in society.6. for that matter 类似，等等，关于那一点This new book will be of interest to policemen and prison officers, and for that matter to anyone who has to deal with criminals.7. in terms of 就…而言，根据，用…的话，以…为单位The work is not very profitable in terms of money, but I’m getting valuable experience out of it.8. can’t help but 禁不住，不禁She is still working on it despite all the adversities. I can’t help but admire her indomitable spirit.9. segment n.部分，段落；环节；（字符等的）分段；[动物学]节片Each sales team targets its efforts at a particular segment of the general population.10. rural adj.乡下的，农村的；田园的；地方的；农业的The authors point out that their study was done in a rural area and results may differ with urban clients.11. component n.成分；零件；[数]要素；组分This factory only produces TV consoles(机壳); the inside electronic components are made elsewhere and shipped to the factory.12. reform n.改革，改良，改造；改正 vt.& vi.改善, 改革；重组Concerned about overcrowding, the Texas prison wardens sent a petition to the governor asking for prison reform.13. resist v.抵抗，抗拒；忍耐；反对，抵制Never feel that exercising is a waste of time, because a healthy body can help you to resist disease.14. media n.媒体；[解剖学]血管中层；[语音学] 浊塞音；介质The death of the king received widespread coverage in the media.15. arrangement n.安排,筹备，预备；整顿，排列，约定；调解，和解The unusual arrangement of the bookshelves in the city library makes it easy to find the book you find.16. seemingly adv.看来似乎；表面上看来；貌似Dick remains calm and seemingly undisturbed by the recent crisis. 词组：1. talk about/of 讨论，谈论，考虑Of course, for years they talked about moving to the country, getting away from the stress of the city life, but nothing ever came out of that talk.For weeks, the BBC’s correspondents in the United States could talk about little else except the Watergate hearings.2. talk down to 用高人一等的口气对人说话Whatever their technical knowledge may be, adult students have a good deal of practical experience: they greatly resent being talked down to.3. talk into 说服某人做……I know you’ve got a smooth tongue, so don’t even start to talk me into buying.4. talk of 谈及，说及，谈到（=when it comes to）Talking of A.Toffler, have you read his Future Shock?5. talk out of 说服某人不做……He’s rather impulsive, but he can sometimes be talked out of making over-hasty moves.6. talk over 彻谈I would suggest a line that you may care to consider and talk overat our next appointment.7. talk round 说服某人做……（其开始时反对）He is not the easiest man to win over; he’ll need some talking round.8. talk to 与……谈话，责骂The child needs to be talked to, and you are the person to do it.She always complains that there’s nobody living near that she can talk to.1. hear about 大概听说……事，因……获得报偿或惩罚Have you hear about Gatsby jumping into the pool with all his clothes on?2. hear from 从……听到，收到……的来信，受到……的责骂Mother hasn’t hear from you for quite some time. She is beginning to think you must be ill.3. hear of 得知，知道，同意，得悉They started out to cross the Sahara in a saloon car, and have not been hear of since.I first hear of the firm, and had dealings with them, three years ago.4. hear out 听完Don’t judge before I have finished what I have to say. Hear me out. 填空：In the 1970s, the aspirations for self-fulfillment of millions of Americans split away from the traditional symbols of success. Thishappened for many complex reasons having to do with (与……有关系)the sexual revolution, the effects of the women’s movement on the family, the dying off（相继死亡） of the generation scarred by the Great Depression （大萧条）of the 1930s, a growing disillusionment with（对……的幻想破灭）the ability of our institutions to deliver the goods, the failure of the economy to live up to（满足） people’s expectations of a steady annual increase in income, a questioning of whether the values of a consumption economy are worth the hard work that pays for all the luxuries, an awareness that energy shortages and environmental hazards call for （需要） a new orientation, and a further evolution of individualism into the quest for less conforming personal life-styles.Simply put（简单地说）, a New Breed of Americans have come to feel that success is not enough to satisfy their yearnings for self-fulfillment. They are reaching out for（伸手要，寻求）something more and for something different.I estimate that, at the present time, the New Breed, those who feel that their aspirations for self-fulfillment can no longer be wholly satisfied through conventional success, constitute a majority of the American people (approximately 52 percent).Not surprisingly, the younger, better educated, and more affluent parts of the population are disproportionately represented in the New Breed,while the older, poorer, less well-educated parts of the population cling more tenaciously to the old value system and to traditional symbols.改错：In recent years unpaid housework has suffered a severe loss in social status. For women today being “just a housewife” is a poor means of maintain (改为maintaining)self-esteem. For women, exclusive confinement to the unpaid work of housekeeper and mother somehow implies being cut(加off) from the full possibilities of self-fulfillment. A paid job has become a badge of membership in the larger society and an almost indispensable symbolic(改为symbol)of self-worth. It is also a practical means of achieving autonomy and independence. The woman with a paid job, how(改为however) poorly paid it may be, feels that she no longer has to the total(改为totally)dependent on the will and whim of a man. No longer is she too(删去) obliged, because she is trapped in a status of total dependency, to stay with a satisfactory(改为an unsatisfactory)marriage. Divorce rates have shot up because divorce is now a practical option for millions of women. They now have, or can acquire the “price of admission”to independence in our society—a pay (改为paid)job. This does not mean that only women are choosing divorce and are solely responsible to (改为for) high divorce rates; many women do not choose divorce because they are able to find work, and（改为but） find work because they are forced to support themselves after men leave to “fulfill themselves”.翻译：1.起初，我打算先准备生物课的考试，而后再做论文，但后来决定还是将做的顺序倒过来为好。