Passage Twenty-three (Women and Fashions)Whenever you see an old film, even one made as little as ten years ago, you cannot help being struck by the a...
Vocabulary1.culminate 达到顶点，2.达到最高潮3.insuperable 不4.可逾越的，5.不6.可克服7.的8.tarlatan 薄纱，9.塔拉丹10.taffeta 花花绿绿的塔夫绸，11.衬绸12.gimmick （魔术师道具等）暗机关，13.14.garish 装饰（...
Passage Twenty-two (Pantomime)Pantomimes like pageants, need to be very well planned, and it is essential that initial organization should begin many ...
13. plummet 垂直落下，14. 骤然跌落，15. 暴跌16. stall 停滞17. verge 处于边缘18. verging on recession 正处于衰退的边缘19. boost 振兴，20. 吹捧21. bond market 债券市场22. flare up 突然闪耀，23...
Passage Twenty-one (The Result of the Falling US Dollar)Like a ticking time bomb, the falling dollar has grabbed the attention of Japan and West Germa...
9.as with most generalities 和大多数笼统说法一样10.grim 冷酷的11.drone 懒汉，12.懒洋洋的人13.shuffle 反复14.挪动，15.乱翻，16.洗（纸牌）17.charisma 超凡的魅力18.National Central Bureaus 国家中...
Passage Twenty (NCB in Interpol)The organization known to the world as Interpol has sometimes been described as an outfit of chisel-jawed gimlet-eyed ...
难句译注1.by employing all the powers of personality and by fusing emotions, reason, and intuitions.[参考译文] 运用个人（品格）的全部力量，把情感，理智和直觉融会贯通结合在一起。2.still genera...
Passage Nineteen (Creative Process of Works)The great question that this paper will, but feebly, attempt to answer is , what is the creative process?T...
7. falter 动摇不定，踌躇不前8. flourish 繁荣兴旺9. allure 诱惑10. come out 进入社交界，扬名11. the wide array 一大批，一大半12. PX=Post Exchange 陆军消费合作社13. sergeant 中士14. major 少校1...