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Passage1BasictoanyunderstandingofCanadain20yearsaftertheSecondWorldWaristhecountry'simpressivepopulationgrowth.ForeverythreeCanadiansin1945,therewereoverfivein1996.InSeptember1966Canada'spopulationpassedthe20millionmark.Mostofthissurginggrowthcamefromnaturalincrease.Thedepressionofthe1930'sandthewarhadheldbackmarriagesandthecatching——upprocessbeganafter1945.impressive給人深刻印象的；不俗的；了不起的Makingastrongorvividimpression;strikingorremarkablebasic同義詞:essentialfundamentalunderlying斑點(diǎn)；污點(diǎn)；污跡Amarkisasmallareaofsomethingsuchasdirtthathasaccidentallygotontoasurfaceorpieceofclothing.Thedogsarealwaysrubbingagainstthewallandmakingdirtymarks...那些狗老是往墻上蹭，留下了斑斑污跡。（重要的）標(biāo)準(zhǔn)，指標(biāo)Aparticularmarkisaparticularnumber,point,orstagewhichhasbeenreachedormightbereached,especiallyasignificantone.Unemploymentisrapidlyapproachingtheonemillionmark.失業(yè)人數(shù)正迅速逼近百萬(wàn)大關(guān)。激增；急劇上升；突飛猛進(jìn)Asurgeisasuddenlargeincreaseinsomethingthathaspreviouslybeensteady,orhasonlyincreasedordevelopedslowly.Specialistsseevariousreasonsfortherecentsurgeininflation...專家們認(rèn)為目前通貨膨脹加劇有多種原因。急劇上升；飛漲；激增Ifsomethingsurges,itincreasessuddenlyandgreatly,afterbeingsteadyordevelopingonlyslowly.Surgingimportswilladdtothedemandforhardcurrency.進(jìn)口激增將增加對(duì)硬通貨的需求。因…而怨怪；由于…而懷恨holdsomethingagainstsomeone（使）猶豫；（使）退縮holdback阻擋；阻止Toholdsomeoneorsomethingback壓制；限制holdsomeonedown（緊緊的）拿，握grabholdof

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getholdofThebabyboomcontinuedthroughthedecadeofthe1950's,producingapopulationincreaseofnearlyfifteenpercentinthefiveyearsfrom1951to1956.ThisrateofincreasehadbeenexceededonlyoncebeforeinCanada'shistory,inthedecadebefore1911,whentheprairieswerebeingsettled.Undoubtedly,thegoodeconomicconditionsofthe1950'ssupportedagrowthinthepopulation,buttheexpansionalsoderivedfromatrendtowardearliermarriagesandanincreaseintheaveragesizeoffamilies.In1957theCanadianbirthratestoodat28perthousand,oneofthehighestintheworld.經(jīng)濟(jì)的）繁榮，景氣Ifthereisaboomintheeconomy,thereisanincreaseineconomicactivity,forexampleintheamountofthingsthatarebeingboughtandsold.Aneconomicboomfollowed,especiallyinhousingandconstruction...接著出現(xiàn)了經(jīng)濟(jì)繁榮，尤其是在房地產(chǎn)業(yè)和建筑業(yè)。數(shù)量的）增長(zhǎng)；（頻率的）加快；成功Aboominsomethingisanincreaseinitsamount,frequency,orsuccess.Publictransporthasnotbeenabletocopeadequatelywiththetravelboom.公共交通系統(tǒng)還不能充分滿足迅速發(fā)展的旅游業(yè)的需求。速度；速率Therateatwhichsomethinghappensisthespeedwithwhichithappens.Therateatwhichhairgrowscanbeagonizinglyslow...頭發(fā)生長(zhǎng)的速度可能極其緩慢。exceed超出，超越（限制、規(guī)定等）Heacceptshewasexceedingthespeedlimit...他承認(rèn)自己超速了。超過(guò)，超出（某數(shù)量、數(shù)字等）Ifsomethingexceedsaparticularamountornumber,itisgreaterorlargerthanthatamountornumber.Hisperformanceexceededallexpectations.他的表演超出了所有人的期待。非常；極其Exceedinglymeansveryorverymuch.Thiswasanexceedinglydifficultdecisiontotake...作這個(gè)決定非常地難。（北美的）大草原Aprairieisalargeareaofflat,grassylandinNorthAmerica.Prairieshaveveryfewtrees.undoubtedly同義詞:beyondanydoubtbeyondquestiondoubtlesswithoutdoubt在…定居；使定居；把…安置在Whenpeoplesettleaplaceorinaplace,orwhenagovernmentsettlesthemthere,theystartlivingtherepermanently.RefugeessettlinginBritainsufferfromanumberofproblems...在英國(guó)定居的難民面臨很多問(wèn)題。擴(kuò)張；擴(kuò)充；擴(kuò)大；發(fā)展Expansionistheprocessofbecominggreaterinsize,number,oramount.Thecompanyhasabandonedplansforfurtherexpansion.該公司已經(jīng)放棄了進(jìn)一步擴(kuò)張的計(jì)劃。（使）起源于；（使）來(lái)自Ifyousaythatsomethingsuchasawordorfeelingderivesorisderivedfromsomethingelse,youmeanthatitcomesfromthatthing.Anna'sstrengthisderivedfromherparentsandhersisters...安娜的堅(jiān)強(qiáng)源自于她的父母和姐姐們。Afterthepeakyearof1957,thebirthrateinCanadabegantodecline.Itcontinuedfallinguntilin1966itstoodatthelowestlevelin25years.Partlythisdeclinereflectedthelowlevelofbirthsduringthedepressionandthewar,butitwasalsocausedbychangesinCanadiansociety.Youngpeoplewerestayingatschoollonger,morewomenwereworking,youngmarriedcoupleswerebuyingautomobilesorhousesbeforestartingfamilies,risinglivingstandardswerecuttingdownthesizeoffamilies.ItappearedthatCanadawasoncemorefallinginstepwiththetrendtowardsmallerfamiliesthathadoccurredallthroughtheWesternworldsincethetimeoftheIndustrialRevolution.頂點(diǎn)；頂峰Thepeakofaprocessoranactivityisthepointatwhichitisatitsstrongest,mostsuccessful,ormostfullydeveloped.Theparty'smembershiphasfallenfromapeakoffifty-thousand.該黨黨員人數(shù)已從5萬(wàn)人的峰值下降了。反映；表現(xiàn)；顯示ReflectTheriotsreflectedthebitternessbetweentheblackandKoreancommunitiesinthecity...暴亂反映出黑人社區(qū)和韓裔社區(qū)之間的仇恨。沉思；深思Whenyoureflectonsomething,youthinkdeeplyaboutit.Ireflectedonthechild'sfuture.我認(rèn)真考慮了孩子的將來(lái)。AlthoughthegrowthinCanada'spopulationhassloweddownby1966(theincreaseinthefirsthalfofthe1960'swasonlyninepercent).Anotherlargepopulationwavewascomingoverthehorizon.Itwouldbecomposedofthechildrenwhowerebornduringtheperiodofthehighbirthratepriorto1957.增加；增多；增長(zhǎng)Thegrowthinsomethingistheincreaseinit.Theareahasseenarapidpopulationgrowth...該地區(qū)人口激增。（使）慢下來(lái)；（使）放慢速度Ifsomethingslowsorifyouslowit,itstartstomoveorhappenmoreslowly.Therateofbombinghasslowedconsiderably...轟炸的速度明顯慢了下來(lái)。尤指奇怪或意外的感覺(jué)）支配，影響Ifafeelingordesire,especiallyastrangeorsurprisingone,comesoveryou,itaffectsyoustrongly.AsIenteredthecorridorwhichledtomyroom，thateeriefeelingcameoverme...走進(jìn)通往我房間的走廊時(shí)，那種怪異恐怖的感覺(jué)包圍了我。開始覺(jué)得；突然表現(xiàn)得Ifsomeonecomesoveralldizzyorshy,forexample,theysuddenlystartfeelingoractinginthatway.WhenConniepourshertroublesouttohim,Joecomesoverallsensitive...當(dāng)康妮向他傾訴自己的煩惱時(shí)，喬顯得極為體貼。范圍；眼界；見識(shí)Yourhorizonsarethelimitsofwhatyouwanttodoorofwhatyouareinterestedorinvolvedin.Asyourhorizonsexpand,thesenewideascangiveawholenewmeaningtolife...隨著眼界不斷開闊，這些新觀念會(huì)為生活賦予全新的意義。地平線Thehorizonisthelineinthefardistancewheretheskyseemstomeetthelandorthesea.Thesunhadalreadysunkbelowthehorizon.太陽(yáng)已經(jīng)落到了地平線下面。已露端倪的；即將發(fā)生的Ifsomethingisonthehorizon,itisalmostcertainlygoingtohappenorbedonequitesoon.Thereareglimmersofhopeonthehorizon.就快看見希望的曙光了。先前的；在前的；在先的Heclaimedhehadnopriorknowledgeoftheprotest...他聲稱自己事先并不知道這次抗議的事。所有權(quán)、責(zé)任）更重要的，優(yōu)先的PriorThefirmIwantedtousehadpriorcommitments.我想選用的這家公司已有約在先。在…之前；先于Ifsomethinghappenspriortoaparticulartimeorevent,ithappensbeforethattimeorevent.Amanseenhangingaroundtheareapriortotheshootingcouldhavebeeninvolved.在槍殺案發(fā)生之前，有人目睹一位男子在這附近游蕩，該男子可能與此案有關(guān)。優(yōu)先考慮；給…優(yōu)先權(quán)Ifyougiveprioritytosomethingorsomeone,youtreatthemasmoreimportantthananythingoranyoneelse.Theproposalsdeservesupportastheygiveprioritytotheneedsofchildren.這些提議值得擁護(hù)，因?yàn)樗鼈儍?yōu)先考慮了兒童的需求。優(yōu)先于；比…重要Ifsomethingtakespriorityorhaspriorityoverotherthings,itisregardedasbeingmoreimportantthanthemandisdealtwithfirst.Idisagreewiththepremisethateconomicdevelopmenthaspriorityovertheenvironment.我不贊成經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展應(yīng)優(yōu)先于環(huán)境保護(hù)這個(gè)前提。選項(xiàng)分析（使）加快；（使）增速Iftheprocessorrateofsomethingacceleratesorifsomethingacceleratesit,itgetsfasterandfaster.Growthwillaccelerateto2.9percentnextyear...明年的增長(zhǎng)會(huì)加快到2。9%。指示；命令directive趨勢(shì)；傾向；動(dòng)向Atrendisachangeordevelopmenttowardssomethingnewordifferent.Thisisagrowingtrend.這是日益顯著的趨勢(shì)。規(guī)范；風(fēng)尚；時(shí)尚Tosetatrendmeanstodosomethingthatbecomesaccepte