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Group 7, School of Foreign Languages and Literature,Wuhan University Unit 6  Human Behavior 1. Indeed, she expresses such anguish at the anguish of mankind that attention quickly shifts from the moral issues she is expounding to how very, very, very deeply she cares about them. (para.1, L3) ------the repetition of “very” here shows that the speaker is so skilled in exaggerating her feelings to show off her sympathy, and the word “them” refers to the moral issues. e.g, I am very very sorry for what the damage it cost to you. Translation to Sentence 1 确实，她对人类的疾苦如此痛心疾首，以至于大家的注意力迅速地从她阐述的道德问题转向了她本人，她是如何非常非常非常深切地关注这类问题。 2. And like narcissistic showoffs who are willing to do anything to be and to stay the center of attention. (para.8,L23) --------here, the word “narcissistic” comes from “narcissus”. In Greek mythology, narcissus was a very attractive young man who fell in love with his own reflection in a pool and died as a result. He turned into a flower that bears his name –narcissus. And in this sentence, “stay” is a link verb, meaning remain as or go on being, e.g. How long will he stay governor if he keeps making such mistake? 3. …and they will even go stand on their head if attention should flag. (Para.10, L38) -----here, “go stand on their head” is an informal structure meaning “go to stand on their head”. The author uses an exaggeration to indicate that a showoff will do the most absurd things to attract attention. Literally, it means that if audience gets tired of watching him, the showoff would even stand on his head to attract attention. 4. And yes, they are often adorable and charming and amusing, but only until around the age of six. (para. 10, L40) -----here, the author is being very ironical, what she really means is that if an adult does the same thing that a child does, it is ridiculous or silly. Besides, it is also referring to the immaturity of those showoffs. 5. Fortunately, for every one, I eventually---it took me awhile---calmed d