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1、PassageEleven经济—社会现象—教育InthisageofInternetchat,videogamesandrealitytelevision,thereisnoshortageofmindlessactivitiestokeepachildoccupied.1,intheageof…在…时代-----hood时代childhood/girlhood/fatherhood2,shortage缺少，缺乏---short–beshortof省略，简写Theyaresufferingfromfoodshortage.---sufferfrom遭受Thereisnoshortageo
2、fideaswhenitcomestochildren’seducation.Whenitcomesto…提到…表示缺乏，缺少的词：deficient,absence/intheabsenceof,lackof,runout,short,dearth,void(空白，空缺),scarce,paucity(缺乏，不足),poverty,famine,bare,starve,poor,empty,insufficient,impoverishment(贫穷，贫困)Hisfaceisvoidofemotion.AdearthofideasScarceresourcePaucityofimagi
3、nation3,mindlessadj.无知识的，无意识的，无聊的-less-----flawless4,occupyv.占用---occupationn.职业-career,work,job,vocation,profession5,Keepsthdone/adj/doing----pleasejustkeepthegirlstayingatthehouse.在今天这个充斥着网络聊天、电子游戏和真人电视秀的时候，占据孩子们空闲时间的无聊活动并不缺乏。Yet,despitethecompetition,my8-year-olddaughterRebeccawantstospendherl
4、eisuretimewritingshortstories.Competewithsbforsth----competitive6，despiteof尽管—despitetherain,westillwanttogooutfordinner.7，leisuretime闲暇之时=sparetime—parttimeBalance---flexibletimeAtleisure不慌不忙地，空闲地Studentsseemtolikeleisureandeasierclass.但是，尽管这些活动都在尽力争宠，我8岁的女儿丽贝卡却愿意在空闲时间里写些短篇故事。Shewantstoenteroneo
5、fherstoriesintoawritingcontest,acompetitionshewonlastyear.Compete–competitive她希望将其中的一个故事投去参加一个写作比赛。去年她曾在这个比赛中获奖。AsawriterIknowaboutwinningcontests,andaboutlosingthem.Iknowwhatitisliketoworkhardonastoryonlytoreceivearejectionslipfromthepublisher.Ialsoknowthepressuresoftryingtoliveuptoareputationcr
6、eatedbypreviousvictories.8,rejectionslip退稿通知表示拒绝的词：reject,turndown,refuse,decline,abnegate(放弃)Turnsb/sthdownAbnegatethefact/oldthingsRefusal9，liveupto遵循，符合---liveuptoone’sexpectation10,reputation名声，名望–fame,renown,repute,popularity,celebrityFamous-11,previous先前的，较早的—former作为一个作家，我很了解赢得比赛或输掉比赛是怎么一回
7、事。我了解辛辛苦苦写出的故事却只换来出版社的退稿单时的心情，我也了解要竭力保持以往的荣耀带来的名声的压力。Whatifshedoesn’twinthecontestagain?That’sthestrangethingaboutbeingaparent.Somanyofourownpastscarsanddashedhopescansurface.12,whatif倘若Whatifwefailthistime?Doyouhavean
