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Para 18 What?he?would?find?missing?is?what?many?outsiders?find?oppressive?and?distasteful?about?New?York?its?rawness,?tension,?urgency;?its?bracing?competitiveness;?the?rigor?of?its?judgments;?and?the?congested,?democratic?presence?of?so?many?other?New?Yorkers,?encased in?their?own?worlds. 他所恋恋不舍的正是纽约的那些在许多外地人看来难以忍受、令人讨厌的地方…它的粗俗、紧张、急迫感，它那剑拔弩张的竞争，它那严厉苛刻的评判，以及那么多封闭在各自的小圈子里、不分尊卑贵贱地挤作一团的纽约人。 Word： bracing : adj. imparting vitality and energy （空气、天气） 令人神清气爽的，提神的 v. brace 使振作精神 a bracing sea breeze 令人神清气爽的海风 congested ：adj. full of traffic 堵塞的，过于拥挤 The street was congested with traffic. 街道被车辆堵截。 He had a cold and very congested. 他患了感冒，鼻子不通。 structure What?he?would?find?missing?is?what?many?outsiders?find?oppressive?and?distasteful?about?New?York. 本句是一个复合句，其中包括了一个主语从句与一个表语从句 What?he?would?find?missing做主句的主语 what many outsiders find oppressive and distasteful about New York做主句的表语 The?defeated?are?not?hidden?away?somewhere?else?on?the?wrong?side?of?town.? 那些在竞争中吃了败仗的人并非躲在城里某个看不见的地方。 Euphemism 委婉语 it is impossible to avoid people whose lives are harder than yours. 不可避免地遇见一些生活过得比你艰难的人 it做形式主语， to avoid people whose lives are harder than yours为句子的真正主语，其中，whose 引导定语从句 It isn’t much, but it is the fleeting hospitality of New Yorkers, each jealous of his privacy in the crowd. Even helpfulness is often delivered as a taunt: a man, rushing the traffic light, dashes in front of an oncoming car. “Watch it, Mac, ”shouts the man behind him. “You want to be wearing a Buick with Jersey plates?”—great scorn in the word Jersey, home of drivers who don’t belong here. 这虽没什么了不起，但对于最忌在大庭广众之中暴露隐私的纽约人来说，这就是他们那种一闪即逝的友好表示。即使是一种帮助，纽约人往往也要用嘲骂来表示：一个人闯红灯，冲到一辆开过来的汽车前，他身后的那个人便会大声喊叫：当心点，老弟，你难道想让一辆带着泽西牌照的汽车撞倒吗?--泽西一词具有很强的讽刺意味，指的是所有的外地司机的家乡 Word: jealous : adj. wanting to keep or protect something that you have because you are proud of it. 精心守护的