Part I Words and Expressions
1. So it behooves a good wife to know how to make an egg behave in six basic ways.
it behooves somebody to do something: used to say that someone should so something because it is right or necessary, or it will help them.
仿句:It behooves you and your partner to consider the financing channel before getting started.
2. The noise outside the car was deafening: a million marbles hitting a million tin roofs, a million radios all crackling on the same non-station.
deafening: very loud
仿句:After a deafening roar at that night, a complete silence occupied the forest.
3. James, not attuned to the sensitivities of the playground, was suddenly annoyed at his son’s shyness, his reluctance.
be/become attuned to: to be or become familiar with the way someone thinks or behaves so that you can react to them in a suitable way.
仿句:He's really not attuned to the situation of expressing his personal view in public places.
4. The confident young man in his imagination dwindled to a nervous little boy: skinny, small, hunched so deeply that his chest was concave.
dwindle: if supplies or numbers of something dwindle, they gradually decrease.
仿句:The tall handsome prince dwindled to a small ugly beast.
Part II Thoughts
母亲的去世似乎给Marilyn敲了警钟。Marilyn发现她和之前想象的生活越来越远。放弃当医生的梦想,安心相夫教子,这样平庸的一眼望到头甚至很可能重蹈母亲覆辙的一生,绝不是她想要的。她的离开有点意外,细想又在情理之中。
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