Lesson Five： I'd rather be black than female
1. I'd rather …… than： prefer…… to……
如： I'd rather deal with a simple man than a sophisticated man.
我寧愿與純樸的人打交道，不愿與世故的人交往。
I had rather never have been born than see this day of humiliation.
我寧愿自己未曾出生，也不愿遭受今天的恥辱。
I would （had） rather …… 但愿 （+that 從句中用過去式）。
如： I would rather he didn't tell her about it.
我真希望他不告訴她這件事。
I had rather you did it alone.
但愿你一人做。
2. Handicap： 1） any disadvantage that makes success more difficult. 不利的因素。
如： Bad health is a handicap. 身體不好是不利因素。
His lack of English is a great handicap to him. 他不懂英語對(duì)他是一大缺陷。
2） a physical or mental disability 殘疾。
如： Blindness is a great handicap.眼瞎是一大殘疾。
3. at once at the same time ； simultaneously 同時(shí)。
如： It's hard for one to do two things at once. 人很難同時(shí)做兩件事。
4. eliminate ： get rid of ； remove 消除。
如： to eliminate poverty 根除貧窮； eliminate the prejudice 消除偏見。
5. brainwash 洗腦。
如： Don't let television commercials brainwash you into buying anything you actually don't need.
別讓電視廣告引誘你購買自己實(shí)際不需要的東西。
6. invariably ： always 常常，總是。
如： It's invariably wet when they take their holidays. 他們度假時(shí)總是下雨。
His intuition is invariably correct. 他的直覺總是對(duì)的。
7. Campaign： a connect set of actions to obtain a particular result in politics or business
（社會(huì)，政治，選舉）運(yùn)動(dòng)；游說，宣傳活動(dòng)。
如： an election campaign 選舉活動(dòng)；an advertising campaign 廣告宣傳；
a campaign to combat crime 防止犯罪運(yùn)動(dòng)。
8. stereotype ： a conventional ， oversimplified conception 陳腔濫調(diào)；陳規(guī)，老套，固定的現(xiàn)象。
如： He fits the stereotype of a 'scholar'。 他是典型的''學(xué)者''。
The idea is an old-fashioned stereotype. 這觀點(diǎn)是老一套了。
9. Predominate： be superior in numbers， etc. 占多數(shù)的。
如： Greens predominated in the picture. 綠色植物是畫中最醒目的。
predominate over 勝過。
10. mold： work into a required shape or from 塑造。
如： Statues are molded out of bronze. 雕像是用青銅鑄成的。
He molded his style on the best writers. 他以第一流作者為榜樣塑造了自己的文體。
1. I'd rather …… than： prefer…… to……
如： I'd rather deal with a simple man than a sophisticated man.
我寧愿與純樸的人打交道，不愿與世故的人交往。
I had rather never have been born than see this day of humiliation.
我寧愿自己未曾出生，也不愿遭受今天的恥辱。
I would （had） rather …… 但愿 （+that 從句中用過去式）。
如： I would rather he didn't tell her about it.
我真希望他不告訴她這件事。
I had rather you did it alone.
但愿你一人做。
2. Handicap： 1） any disadvantage that makes success more difficult. 不利的因素。
如： Bad health is a handicap. 身體不好是不利因素。
His lack of English is a great handicap to him. 他不懂英語對(duì)他是一大缺陷。
2） a physical or mental disability 殘疾。
如： Blindness is a great handicap.眼瞎是一大殘疾。
3. at once at the same time ； simultaneously 同時(shí)。
如： It's hard for one to do two things at once. 人很難同時(shí)做兩件事。
4. eliminate ： get rid of ； remove 消除。
如： to eliminate poverty 根除貧窮； eliminate the prejudice 消除偏見。
5. brainwash 洗腦。
如： Don't let television commercials brainwash you into buying anything you actually don't need.
別讓電視廣告引誘你購買自己實(shí)際不需要的東西。
6. invariably ： always 常常，總是。
如： It's invariably wet when they take their holidays. 他們度假時(shí)總是下雨。
His intuition is invariably correct. 他的直覺總是對(duì)的。
7. Campaign： a connect set of actions to obtain a particular result in politics or business
（社會(huì)，政治，選舉）運(yùn)動(dòng)；游說，宣傳活動(dòng)。
如： an election campaign 選舉活動(dòng)；an advertising campaign 廣告宣傳；
a campaign to combat crime 防止犯罪運(yùn)動(dòng)。
8. stereotype ： a conventional ， oversimplified conception 陳腔濫調(diào)；陳規(guī)，老套，固定的現(xiàn)象。
如： He fits the stereotype of a 'scholar'。 他是典型的''學(xué)者''。
The idea is an old-fashioned stereotype. 這觀點(diǎn)是老一套了。
9. Predominate： be superior in numbers， etc. 占多數(shù)的。
如： Greens predominated in the picture. 綠色植物是畫中最醒目的。
predominate over 勝過。
10. mold： work into a required shape or from 塑造。
如： Statues are molded out of bronze. 雕像是用青銅鑄成的。
He molded his style on the best writers. 他以第一流作者為榜樣塑造了自己的文體。