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Unit 2 1. Cool one’s heels ，be forced to wait 2.attest to,testify to 3. apocalyptic, predicting the end of the world 4. not at all or in any respect 5.ponconsul (prō-k?n′s?l), A?high?administrator?in?one?of?the?modern?colonial?empires. 6.ruminate (roo′m?-nāt′), ?turn?a?matter?over?and?over?in?the?mind.,go over 7.nattering, ?chatter.ing,noisy,talk idly 8.fortify, ?encourage:, ?make?strong 9.academe ?(?k′?-dēm′), a.?The?academic?environment;；b.?Academic?life. 10.shrink,psychiatrist 11.subliminal /?s?b?l?m.?.n?l/, not? HYPERLINK /dictionary/english-chinese-simplified/recognized \o recognized recognized??by the? HYPERLINK /dictionary/english-chinese-simplified/conscious_1 \o conscious conscious? HYPERLINK /dictionary/english-chinese-simplified/mind_1 \o mind mind 12.truism /tru?.?.z?m/,  HYPERLINK /dictionary/british/obviously \o obviously obvious? HYPERLINK /dictionary/british/true \o true truth,a? HYPERLINK /dictionary/british/statement \o statement statement?that is so? HYPERLINK /dictionary/british/obviously \o obviously obviously? HYPERLINK /dictionary/british/true \o true true?that it is? HYPERLINK /dictionary/british/almost \o almost almost not? HYPERLINK /dictionary/british/worth \o worth worth?saying: II. 1.worthy, having worth or merit or value 2.plead, appeal or request earnestly; 3.procrastinatio n, ?[pro??kr?st?ne??n] ? ,putting off or delaying an action to a later time The Fine Art of Putting Things Off 拖延的艺术 Michael Demarest 迈克尔·德马雷斯特 1Never put off till tomorrow, exhorted Lord Chesterfield in 1749, what you can do today. That the elegant earl never got around to marrying his sons mother and had a bad habit of keeping worthies like Dr. Johnson cooling their heels for hours in an anteroom attests（证明） to the fact that even the most well-intentioned men have been postponers ever. Quintus Fabius Maximus, one of the great Roman generals, was dubbed Cunctator” (Delayer拖延者) for putting off battle until the last possible vinum