English book1 unit5

Unit5 man are from Mars, Women Are From Venus

I. Vocabulary

1. It is easyPerceiveThe contrast between their material prosperity and the emptiness of their lives.

2. Any individual's
OddsOf dying from various external causes are affected by the activities in which they participant, where they live and drive, what kind of work they do, and other factors.

3. That prospect lets investors
FantasizeAbout future profitability rather than face today's business realities

4. In places where there is a high concentration of ethnic minorities, regional
AutonomyIs in practice.

5. Spam, or junk e-mails, are
UnsolicitedMessages often sent indiscriminately, usually trying to fetch goods and services from aphrodisiacs to loans.

6. It is unavoidable to have misunderstanding and tension with others during work and study. But humor can, as a "pacifier", inject a light note into
TouchySituation to parse these problems quicker than angry words or quarrels.

7. The artist's intuitive, calligraphic brush movements symbolizing his mystical
EmpathyWith nature and his cyclic landscape and flower subjects expressing his belief in the spiritual harmony of natural forms and forces.

8. The directorsAnticipateThat these measures will enable the Group to maintain long-term satisfactory growth.

9. Our army will not kill or
HumiliateAny of Chiang Kai-shek's army officers and men who lay down their arms, but will accept them into our service if they are willing to remain with us or send them home if they wish to leave.

10. The Court thus declined
Invalidate a rulemaking proceeding during which EPA officials had met with President Carter and his economical advisors but had not disclosed this meeting in the administrative record.

2. Fill in the blanks

To preen, for a woman, can never be just a pleasure. It is also a (1)Duty. It is her work. If
A woman does (2)RealWork -- and even if she has clambered up to a leading (3)Position
In politics, law, medicine, business, or whatever -- she is always under (4)PressureTo confess that she still works at being (5)
Attractive.

But in so far as she is keeping up as one of the fair sex, she brings under (6)SuspicionHer
Very capacity to be objective, professional, (7)Authoritative, Thoughtful. Damned if they do-women are. And (8)Damned
If they don't.

One cocould (9)HardlyAsk for more important eviof of
 (10)DangersOf considering persons as split (11)
BetweenWhat is "Inside" and what is "outside" (12)
ThanThat interminable half-comic half-tragic tale, the (13)
OppressionOf women. How easy it is to start off by (14)
DefiningWomen as caretakers of their surfaces, and (15)ThenTo disparage them (or find
Them adorable) for being "superficial ."

It is a crude (16)
Trap, And it has worked for too long. But to get out of the trap (17)
RequiresThat women get some critical distance from that excellence and (18)
PrivilegeWhich is beauty, enough distance to see how much beauty itself has been abridged in order to (19)
PropUp the mythology of the "feminine." There shocould be a way of (20)
SavingBeauty from women-and for them.

3. Translation

A beautiful woman, we say in English. but a handsome man. "handsome" is the masculine equivalent of-and refusal of-a compliment which has accumulated certain demeaning overtones, by being reserved for women
Only. that one can call a man "beautiful" in French and in Italian suggests that Catholic countries-unlike those countries shaped by the Protestant version of Christianity-still retain some privileges of the pagan admiration for Bey auty.

In English, we say "beautiful women," but "handsome man ." "Handsome" refers to the beauty of men. Men refuse to use the word "beautiful" because it is reserved for women. This compliment has been put on a certain degree of derogatory significance over time. In French and Italian, people will still use "beautiful" to describe men. It seems that the Catholic countries do not like the countries that are deeply influenced by Christians, but still have some pagans who appreciate the beauty.

But the difference, if one exists, is of degree only. in every modem country that is Christian or post-Christian, women are the beautiful sex-to the detriment of the notion of beauty as well as of women.

However, even if such differences exist, they are only slightly different in degree. In all modern countries of Christianity or post-Christianity, women are a beautiful gender. This association not only damages people's views on beauty, but also does not help women's own image.

But the difference, if one exists, is of degree only. in every modem country that is Christian or post-Christian, women are the beautiful sex-to the detriment of the notion of beauty as well as of women.

However, even if such differences exist, they are only slightly different in degree. In all modern countries of Christianity or post-Christianity, women are a beautiful gender. This association not only damages people's views on beauty, but also does not help women's own image.

In men, good looks is a whole, something taken in at a glance. it does not need to be confirmed by giving measurements of different regions of the body, nobody encourages a man to dissect his appearance,
Feature by feature. As for perfection, that is considered trivial-almost unmanly.

For men, good looks refer to the whole, which is the overall impression at a glance. There is no need to measure different parts of the body, and no one encourages a man to separate his appearance from each other. As for the perfect appearance, it doesn't matter-it's almost not as good as a man.

Indeed, in the ideally good-looking man a small imperfection or blemish is considered positively desirable. According to one movie critic (a woman) who is a declared Robert Redford fan, it is having that
Cluster of skin-colored moles on one cheek that saves Redford from being merely a "pretty face. "Think of the depreciation of women-as well as of beauty-that is implied in that judgment.

In fact, it is desirable for an ideal man to have a defect or defect. According to A (female) movie critic who thinks he is a fan of Robert Redford, the near-skin tread on Redford's face frees him from being simply a "pretty face ". Think about the negative loss of women implied in these words-it is also a blind loss of beauty.

 

1. If your scholarship is tax-free, you do not need to fill in the federal income tax statement. (Be exempt from)

If the student's scholarship income is exempt from taxation, there is no need to report it on the federal income tax return.

2. I was born in the theater workers' home and destined for my stage career. (Be destined)

Coming from a theatrical family, I was destined for a career on the stage, I. e. I was expected to be an actor.

3. We are proud to be Chinese once and again when we see the five-star red flag rising in the Olympic Arena. (PRIDE oneself in doing something)

Watching the five-star red flag rising again and again in Olympus games, we can't help priding ourselves in being Chinese.

4. laziness and impetuous emotions inevitably breed, but we have enough time to clean them out during study and work. (Creep in)

There are not enough trained younger men and women ready to take over from older experts.

5. In the age of change and competition, the truly outstanding human resources should be the ones that can afford to lose. Even if they lose, they can make a comeback. (Start over)

Unavoidably, laziness and impulsiveness will creep in, but there will be time to comb them out in the course of study and work.

6. During a period of time after Bonny's death, Scarlett was so angry with Fred that she was so immersed in her grief that she could speak politely only before the servant. (Be preoccupied)

In these competitive times, people shoshould not be afraid of losing. They shoshould be prepared to start all over again. This is the touchstone of a truly quality workforce.

7. The manager glared at the small guy, but because I was there, he didn't say anything, but he was thinking heavily. (Bite one's tongue)

For some time after Bonnie's death she had been too angry with him, too preoccupied with her own grief to do more than speak politely in front of the servants.

8. vanity-loving people talk about their honors. (Delight in)

The cashier cast an angry sidelong glance at the young clerk, but he had to bite his tongue in my presence and worked his abacus heavily.