it is very difficult, or even impossible, for a man to give a right answer when a woman asks him how she looks, because men cannot have an honest yet sensitive response to the question.
according to the text, men and women evaluate their appearance differently in a way that men are satisfied with being average-looking, paying little attention to their looks, while women pay great attention to their body and image, considering their appearance as not good enough even if they are in fact attractive.
women are not confident with their appearance because they are put in an inferior social status.
girls’ toys are proportioned to have extreme measures of the body (e.g. in terms of height, weight, and waist size), whereas most of boys’ toys look weird rather than handsome.
the author points out that women care much about their appearance due to pressure from men.
she decided to buy that car because it used less gasoline and had the two ________ she couldn't live without: a gps and a cd player.
the two teams each have their strengths and their weaknesses, and thus they can ________ each other when working on the project together.
mrs. mcbride, my neighbor, was a fanatic (狂热的) gardener, planting lots of flowers and vegetables on the ________ at the back of her house.
at the end of his term in office, the governor was criticized for failure to _________ his campaign promise.
no amount of money with her life will ________ her desire for comfort.
her good looks, _____________ her elegance, is devoted to her popularity among the boys.
________ your heart ______ love and you will have a broad mind.
vocabulary words are the building blocks of your language ability, but don't be with just memorizing vocabulary. it's more useful to know how to use 50 words than to memorize 100. (obsess)
girls grow up playing with dolls so that if they were human they would be seven feet tall and weigh 61 pounds, with tiny thigh and a large upper body. (proportion)
it is important for every man to understand how to treat women with respect and ___________. (admire)
the school choir does not have enough time to prepare for public performances. (rehearse)
the cheese cake jenny made for the dinner was so delicious that it was simply . (resist)
the dominant american society appreciates and respects chinese people for being modest and discreet.
the right way for the chinese to respond at the dinner table in america is to say directly whether they want to have anything or not.
the generalization of chinese people as “polite and modest” in american society is based upon in-depth study of chinese culture.
the author agrees with the description of chinese language and culture as being indirect and polite.
to support her opinion that to understand the difference between languages and behavior just through literal translation may lead to wrong generalizations, the author mentions how an outside observer might view chinese people by just listening to her mother speak.
while beef is commonly eaten by the muslim population, it is a ______ for traditional hindus.
trembling hands and legs may _______ feelings of fear or nervousness.
many parents are caught ________ because they have to protect their kids, and at the same time, promote the kids' independence.
the dominant society see chinese people from a limited perspective, ____________ the stereotype.
after the guests left, the temperature in the room suddenly became icy, and the candles flickered as ________ a gust of air had passed over them.
both nations have ____________ the ceasefire agreement on numerous occasions.
the psychiatrist is neither for nor against one party in the legal , and everything he discovers or determines is reported in court, whether it favors the defense or prosecution arguments. (proceed)
tony is a sort of ____________ member of my family, since he comes to play with me every day. (honor)
the economic boom of south africa in the early 1960s attracted considerable numbers of from europe. (emigrate)
the discussion is to focus on eliminating all forms of religious and discrimination while guaranteeing the freedom of belief for religious minorities. (tolerance)
the union insists that scientists have freedom to speak their minds to the public without _____________. (censor)
my computer broke down after i downloaded a software program by accident. (malice)
in the sample ysis to this article, we only used five parameters for each element. (attach)
the author seems to be more familiar with the life of the countrymen than that of elites.
the author was ready to live a life of those men he knew in the commonwealth of virginia.
the author agreed with the women in his university who claimed that men were guilty of having kept all the joys and privileges of the earth for themselves.
the author had envied women, as their life had been easy and comfortable to his young mind.
now as a student of a historic university, the author comes to realize that in the poor areas lower class people, regardless of their gender, had to work hard to make a living.
living off the ________ might sound fashionable, but in fact it requires great ability of managing one's life under unpredictable conditions.
it is a school where youngsters ________ everything --- from whether sipping soda should be allowed in classrooms to which staff should be promoted at the end of the year.
kate's $370-per-week unemployment payments started coming in, and we saw that we could just ________ on them if we squeezed out every penny.
when he used the internet for the first time, he felt he entered a completely ________ and exciting world he'd never visited before by just clicking the mouse.
he could ______ forget about the experience _____ he could forget his own name.
juice can be __________ from many fruits such as oranges and grapes.
he was accused of attempted murder after he ________ used a kitchen knife to attack officials who stormed his house to arrest him.
the fort was built on a steep hill, ______ it was easy to watch the water for invaders.
tear ducts (泪腺) operate on a normal basis to and protect the eye. when you have an emotion, they overact and create tears. (lubrication)
in addition to generating income, women also take responsibilities for household activities such as childcare, cleaning and preparing food, which are not as lightweight and easy as generally . (think)
you cannot imagine how fantastic the sky was with the stars __________ in the black velvet of the night. (twinkle)
research conducted by the world bank shows the more gender relationships are in a country, the higher its hiv prevalence rate is. (equal)
all neighboring countries want the agreement to have the legal force of a treaty between two states. (sovereignty)
reasoning works from the more general to the more specific. sometimes this informally called a "top-down" approach. (deduce)
ms. schmitz was almost all her life; she only learned to read and write in her 80s. (literate)
human beings have been depending heavily on fossil fuels to meet their increasing energy demands since the industrial revolution.
nuclear power is cheap and effective though it might be disastrous.
we have to prepare for a new age of energy synthesis since fossil fuels will be eventually depleted.
there are various obstacles to overcome when we try to tap rich renewable energy sources.
due to the development of renewable energy technology, the coming energy crisis is not so severe as expected, so we don't need to work out the solutions in haste.