29. prefere nee: n.喜好；偏好
e.g. Customer prefere nces must be take n into con siderati on whe n desig ning a new product.
设计新产品时必须考虑到顾客的喜好。 Employers have a preferenee for college graduateswho think critically and can com muni cate effectively. 用人单位比较青睐那些能独立思考、有效沟通的大学毕业生。 30. equivale nt: a. equal as in value, force, or mea ning 对等的 e.g. His sile nee is equivale nt to an admissi on of guilt. 他不说话就是默认有罪。 31. sole: a. only 唯一的；仅有的 e.g. Her sole aim is total con trol over the compa ny man ageme nt. 她唯一的目的就是完全掌控公司管理大权。 Percy the penguin, the sole survivor of a mysterious illness at the Cotswold Wild ness Park, is fight ing for its life. 科兹沃尔德野生公园神秘病害的唯一幸存者企鹅波西目前生命垂危。 32. strike a bala nee: find a sen sible middle point betwee n two dema nds, extremes, etc.; compromise 调和； 折衷 e.g. The speaker set out his viewpo ints on how to strike a bala nee betwee n th freedom of the press and the right to/of privacy. 发言者就如何达成新闻自由与隐私权的平衡提出了自己的观点。 We have to strike a balance between offering people what they liked with the first movie and coming up with something new. 我们要中和一下：既向观众提供他们在影片第一部中喜欢的东西， 有新的内容。 同时又 33. put ... in (to) perspective: judge (sth.) by con sideri ng it in relati on to everythi ng else全面客观地看待(或判断) e.g. Before you begin to think that it might be safer to starve than to eat and run the risk of food poisoning, it ' s important to put the whole ma tter of food pois oning into perspective. 重要的是全面看待食物中毒这件事，而不是宁肯挨饿也不吃以免食物中 毒。 34. barely: ad. hardly 很少；几乎没有 e.g. We had barely eno ugh to eat, let alone to spare. 我们都吃不饱，哪里还有剩余。 It seemed that every one was speak ing and we could barely hear the speaker. 大家七嘴八舌，都听不见发言人在说什么。 35. in resp onse to: in reacti on to sth. that has happe ned or bee n said 对 . 做出反应 e.g. In responseto traditional Chinese medication, the elderly gentleman quickly recovered. 看了中医，老先生很快就康复了。 36. adopt: vt. take up and follow 采取，采用 e.g. Scien tists urge gover nments around the world to adopt a positive approac to the en vir onment. 科学家呼吁各国政府更积极地应对环境问题。 37. get away with: do sth. wrong and not be punished for it 逃脱处罚 e.g. Many people were angry that Mr. Simps on got away with murder. 辛普森先生没有被判谋杀，很多人非常愤怒。 Sentence structure :1. The cook ing, the clea ning and the childcare were all amaz ing bonu ses that I don ' t dare complain about …(Para. 4) at The cooking, the cleaning and the childcare were an unexpected huge help th I cannot thi nk of compla ining about... 她做饭、打扫、带孩子，这一切都是期望之外的，我不敢有任何怨言。 2. At times, this level of generosity made me look over my shoulder wait ing for the other shoe to drop. (Para. 5) At times this level of generosity made me very uneasy and I was very anxious about what was going to happe n n ext. 有时，这种慷慨大度令我心神不宁，不知道接下来会有什么事。 3.1 n my Western eyes, he was falling short of my expectations and wasn honouring his role as a father. (Para. 6) As a Westerner, I found his con duct disappo in ti ng, and felt that he was faili ng to take on his responsibilities as a father. 从我一个西方人看来，他没有做到我所期待的，没有担当起父亲的责任。 4. …his prioritizing work -related time away from home rather than coming home to be with his daughter. (Para. 6) ?…his attachi ngmore importa nee to work-related time away from home tha n tc being at home to be with his daughter. 他优先考虑外边与工作有关的事务，而不是回家陪伴女儿。 5. Our fights seemed to get us no where, however. (Para. 7) However, we failed to reach any agreement over the issue in spite of the argume nts. 然而我俩的争吵似乎不解决任何问题。 6. We were clearly two people look ing at the same pain ted wall and each declari ng it differe nt colours. (Para. 7) We were obviously very different in our opinions over the issue. 我们显然就是两个人看着同一面油漆的墙，而说它的颜色不一样。 7.1 felt myself teetering backwards. (Para. 9) I was totally shocked to hear what I was told, so much so that I felt as if I was throw n off bala nee. 听了，我气得几乎站立不稳。 8. …my prefere nee is for greater invo Iveme nt from her daddy so that my daughter un dersta nds a strong pare ntal un it. (Para. 10) ?T prefer my husband to be more invoIved with his daughter so that she un dersta nds a strong pare ntal un it. 我宁愿孩子他爹能多承担一些，这样女儿就会懂得父母是一个紧密相连的 整体。 9. While the men were locked in their own conv ersatio n, I ven ted some of this conflict with the wife. (Para. 14)
While the men were engaged in talking among themselves, I voiced to the wife my complai nts about the con flict.
两个男的聊得挺欢，我就对那媳妇吐槽了我和老公的冲突。
10. After getting away with not changing very many for his daughter, when the time comes to change my mother-in- law ' s diapers... (Para. 16) 她儿子逃避责
任，没怎么给自己女儿换尿布，等我婆婆需要别人换尿布 时
Note that here “very many ” refers to very many diapers. In speaking, man\\”
in a n egative con text is com mon and acceptable.
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