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UNIT 7 Warming-up questions In our families, what measures do we take to prevent burglaries? on the latch (L2): (of a door) closed but not locked 自己进来，门没落锁。 如果在我回来之前你上床睡觉了，记着前门不要落锁。 vulnerable (to)(L7) exposed to danger or attack;  unprotected  vulnerability n. Your arguments are rather vulnerable to criticism. era (L9) a period of history or a long period of time in the computer era in the era of globalization 进入一个新的繁荣时期 enter a new era of prosperity 开创一个新纪元 create/ initiate / open up a new era 太空旅行的时代开始了. The era of space travel has begun. hook... up (to)(L11) connect /attach …to “安装并接通…” 煤气灶已经到了，但还没有装好并接上煤气管道。 (the gas supply ) The cooker has arrived but it hasn’t been hooked up to the gas supply yet. build in/into(L12) to make so as to be a fixed part “把…嵌（插，建，装）入” The cupboard is built in./into the walls. premise (L14) a statement/idea on which reasoning is based “前提” premises(pl.) a building with any surrounding land “建筑物及其周围所属土地” British and American justice works on the premise that an accused person is innocent until he’s proved guilty. The program started from the premise that men and women are on equal terms in this society. barrier (L23): thing that prevents progress or  movement Translate the phrases into Chinese cultural barriers trade barriers language barriers platform barrier a racial barrier or otherwise (L30) or in some other way “或用其他方法” or not “或其反面，或相反” We’ll get there somehow, by train or otherwise. Mothers, whether married or otherwise, have the opportunity to go. The difference is that someone who has studied philosophy systematically has the advantage of having encountered stronger and more varied arguments than might have been available otherwise. without so much as = not so much as (L41) without even “甚至于不，连…也不” All the time he has been speaking he hasn’t so much as glanced at her. He took my umbrel