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Unit 8 The screams were so faint and unclear that I could hardly hear them. My voice quieter and quieter as hers rose in crescendo: as my voice was getting quieter, hers grew gradually and continuously louder. no matter how intimate one is with this illness, the primordial fear of madness lurks deep within: However familiar one is with paranoid schizophrenia, the innate fear of madness stays hidden and deep in one’s mind. She doesn’t know how to take care of her own health as a normal person. I will do the best I can with the worst I have to live with: I will do my best to cope with the worst I have to put up with. IV. Translation 1. Translating Sentences 1). 当前不景气的汽车市场可能引发生产商之间新一轮的价格战。 (trigger) ( The current slack automobile market might trigger another round of price wars among manufacturers. 2). 支持者的欢呼声几乎淹没了示威者的抗议。 (drown out) ( The cheers by supporters almost drowned out the protests by demonstrators. 3). 许多历史性建筑因人为破坏和气候影响已近破落。 (at the mercy of) ( Many historic buildings are left to decay at the mercy of vandals and the weather. 4). 飞速上涨的房价快把渴望购买新房的工薪阶层逼到了绝望的边缘。 (drive someone to the edge of) ( The rapid up-flying house price has almost driven to the edge of despair the wage-earning class who are longing for a new apartment. 5). 在你父亲找到另一份工作之前，我们都要勒紧裤带。 (tighten) ( We all have to tighten our belts until your father finds another job.6). 那家公司至今没能摆脱它的老传统的束缚。 (shake away) ( The company has been so far unable to shake away the shackles of its old fashion. 7). 他们意识到，在压倒性军事优势面前，抵抗意味着自杀。 (overwhelm) ( They realized that it would be suicidal to resist in the face of overwhelming military superiority.8). 把狗叫式发声当作先锋派歌唱是一种误解。 (barking) ( It is mistaken that barking voice stands for avant-garde singing. Unit 9 Unlike traditional games and toys, “wired” entertainment encourages kids to be unimaginative, socially immature, and crudely desensitized to the world around them: different from traditional games and toys, entertainment provided by electronic devices, which