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senior home：敬老院 virtue：美德 intergenerational bond：带与带之间的纽带，联系 affix：固定 pair household：对子户 emergency：紧急事件 welfare：福利 undertake：从事 alienate：使疏远 mistreat：虐待 III. Difficult Sentences 1. As the social structure changes in terms of demographics, so will tradition.(Paragraph 1) 由于从人口学角度讲，社会结构变化了，传统也将变化。 　 此句是一复合句 主句是后面粗黑体字，so引导的倒装句省略谓语动词，只保留助动词will，而As 引导出原因状语从句。 2. The dependency ratio, as it is called, is also affected by the fact that women, who have been the traditional caretakers of the elderly, are becoming more career-oriented and are not at home to care for their parents. (paragraph 2) 　 所谓的受赡养比率由于妇女角色的改变而受影响。妇女在传统意义上一直是老年人的照看者，现在，她们更把心思放在事业上而不在家中照看双亲。 　 此句是复合句 主句是粗体字；as引出方式状语从句；that引出同谓语从句说明fact；而 who引出定语从句修饰women. 3. Now that over-population and the aging crisis are seen as problems by modern society world-wide, it is important that the elderly are not ignored, alienated or mistreated, but rather treasured for their great store of experience. 　(paragraph 5) 既然“人口过度”和“老龄化危机”已成为现代社会所面临的问题，那么有一点显得很重要，即，老年人不应该被忽视，孤立，虐待，而应因其丰富的社会经验受到重视。 　 本句是复合句，Now that引出让步状语从句；it为形式主语；that引出真实主语从句。 IV. Word Analysis (Prefixes) Prefix Meaning ad-, af- move towards 向，往， 朝 anti- against 反对，抵抗，排斥 auto- self 自己，自身，自动 bi- two 出现两次的，有二的 en- to give 给予 de- away from, down 相对，相反 hyper- over 非常，过于，极度 mini- small 小 maxi- large 大 mis- wrongly 不良，错误 mono- one 一，单一 poly- many 许多的 pre- before 预先，在。。前 pro- forwards, forth 支持的，赞同的 sub- under 在。。下面，次要 super- above 在。。上面，超过 tele- far 远距离的 trans- across 横越，转移 ultra- extreme 超过，极度 un-, in-, im-, il- negative, not 不，非，否定