①social relations；private files；portrait；property ；address；marriage status

②bug；probe；peek；peep；spy

③indifferent；guilty；bothered；resented；irritated

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1.bother

2.disregard

3.sacred

4.radically

5.apparently

6.function

7.elaborate

8.presence

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1.swarming with

2.died away

3.to the exclusion of

4.better off

5.do away with

6.think nothing of

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bug → bugging

kinds → kind

amazed → amazing

furthermore → however

pay celebrity’s?︿?to

choose → chooses

world see → to

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1. 政府正努力改善公眾的住房條件。（strive for）

The government is striving for improvements in public housing.

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2. 這五個(gè)圓環(huán)被認(rèn)為象征了五大洲：歐洲、亞洲、非洲、大洋洲以及美洲。（symbolize）

The five rings are thought to symbolize the five continents: Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania and America.

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3. 他父親淡淡地一笑，試圖要他放心，一切都安然無恙。（reassure)

His father smiled weakly in an attempt to reassure him that everything was all right.

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4. 他的沉默實(shí)際就是拒絕。（in effect）

His silence is in effect a refusal.

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5. 我開始調(diào)查，試圖發(fā)現(xiàn)他們解雇她的原因。（probe）

I begin to probe and try to find out why they have dismissed her.

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傳統(tǒng)上，中文里沒有隱私這一概念。這是因?yàn)樵谥袊?，集體主義這一價(jià)值觀受到高度贊揚(yáng)。另一方面，中國人喜歡和家人住在一起，他們認(rèn)為這樣可以顯示和諧的人際關(guān)系。我們甚至看到在中國，不同的家庭住在一個(gè)大院子里。在這樣的居住環(huán)境下是沒有隱私可言的。因此，中國人覺得凡事不必隱藏。

Traditionally, there is no equivalent term for “privacy” in Chinese. This is because the value of collectivism is praised highly in China. On the other hand, Chinese people enjoy living together with their family members because it is a way to show harmonious human relationship. It is not strange for us to find that even people from different families share a big courtyard in China. With such arrangements, privacy would be hardly possible. So, Chinese people feel that nothing should be concealed.

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傳統(tǒng)上，中文里沒有隱私這一概念。

Traditionally, there is no equivalent term for “privacy” in Chinese.

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這是因?yàn)樵谥袊?，集體主義這一價(jià)值觀受到高度贊揚(yáng)。

This is because the value of collectivism is praised highly in China.

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另一方面，中國人喜歡和家人住在一起，他們認(rèn)為這樣可以顯示和諧的人際關(guān)系。

On the other hand, Chinese people enjoy living together with their family members because it is a way to show harmonious human relationship.

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我們甚至看到在中國，不同的家庭住在一個(gè)大院子里。

It is not strange for us to find that even people from different families share a big courtyard in China.

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在這樣的居住環(huán)境下是沒有隱私可言的。因此，中國人覺得凡事不必隱藏。

With such arrangements, privacy would be hardly possible. So, Chinese people feel that nothing should be concealed.

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