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第一章 1，It is no good complaining about your life all the time if you do not do anything about it . It is no good doing sth. Complaining 口语中常用 Nagging ,bitching 均表示抱怨和数落的意思 William’s wife kept nagging at him.威廉的太太整天在她耳边唠叨 William 有时缩写为will ,表示亲昵 2，careless carefree Careless粗心，反义词careful Carefree 无忧无虑的 反义词是worried担忧的 Jessie made a regrettable mistake because she was careless.令人遗憾的错误 They all envy his careless life styles. How wonderful it would be single and carefree again. 3, be open to /be open with /be frank with Be open to 向~~~开放 Be open with 以诚相待 Be frank with 与be honest with 相近，是“坦率的，不委婉的” The library is open to the public. As good friends, we must be open with each other. I will be frank with you, you have to stop bitching. (挖苦) To be frank with you, you stuck.跟你说实话吧，你真恶心 4，institute /institution Institute 学院，学会 Institution风俗，制度，公共机构 Peter believes that marriage is an old-fashioned institution. She attended the Monterey Institute of International Studies in 1996.蒙特利国际研究学院 In his opinion, the monarchy is an old-fashioned institution.君主制是一种旧制度 Peter was sent to the mental institution.精神病院 5，alternative alternately Alternately 轮流地 Alternatively替换地，二者选其一的（意味着另一种更可能性） At that time, students had to use the computer alternately in the lab.轮流的 I thought we would go to see a movie, alternatively, You might like to visit the museum. Nowadays many wives and husbands stay home alternately to look after the kids. 6, late /former/ex- My former husband is looking for IBM now. Former husband =ex-husband Late husband 亡夫（late 作定语形容词时，是指某人已故的） Former husband 较正式，ex-husband 前夫 Alice, daughter of the late Mr. Johnson. Lena’s ex-husband is supporting her kid. 7, point of view /view /opinion Point of view 看问题的角度（前面的介词用from，而且通常用来指别人的看法而不是自己的看法） View，opinion看法，见解（与介词in连用） A good salesperson should try to see things from the customer’s point of view. In my opinion/view, women should be given social, political and economic equality. 8,flat/apartment公寓 Flat英式英语，apartment美式英语 The yo