Lesson 5-2??????? Youth
I find young people exciting. They have an air of freedom, and they have not a dreary commitment to mean ambitions or love of comfort. They are not anxious social climbers, and they have no devotion to material things. All this seems to me to link them with life, and the origins of things. It's as if they were, in some sense, cosmic beings in violent and lovely contrast with us suburban creatures. All that is in my mind when I meet a young person. He may be conceited, ill-mannered, presumptuous or fatuous, but I do not turn for protection to dreary clichés about respect for elders -- as if mere age were a reason for respect. I accept that we are equals, and I will argue with him, as an equal, if I think he is wrong.
air of freedom? 無(wú)拘無(wú)束
dreary?/?dr?ri/??沉悶的;陰郁的;令人沮喪的;
commitment??/k??m?tm?nt/? 信奉蛉加，許諾;允諾承擔(dān);
mean? 吝嗇、小氣
ambition??/?m?b??n/??追求的目標(biāo);夙愿
social climber? 追求更高社會(huì)地位的人
devotion?/d??vo??n/??摯愛;關(guān)愛;
in some sense? 在某種意義上
cosmic??/?kɑ?zm?k/??宇宙的;巨大且重要的
violent?/?va??l?nt/?暴力的;強(qiáng)暴的;感情強(qiáng)烈的;激情的;
contrast? ? / k?n?tr?st/??明顯的差異;對(duì)比;對(duì)照;
suburban??/s??b??rb?n/??平淡乏味的;呆板的,??郊區(qū)的;城外的;
conceited??/k?n?si?t?d/?自負(fù)的;驕傲自大的
ill-mannered?/??l ?m?n?rd/??無(wú)禮的;舉止粗魯?shù)?不禮貌的
presumptuous?/pr??z?mpt?u?s/??專橫的;放肆的
fatuous /?f?t?u?s/??愚蠢的;愚昧的
turn to ....for....為了垂寥。督禽。而求助于
cliche?/kl???e?/?陳詞濫調(diào);陳腐的套語(yǔ);
mere??僅僅的;只不過(guò);
