一、词汇

1. voluntary adj.自动的，自愿的，志愿的，故意的，自发的

voluntarily adv. 自动地，自发地

voluntariness n.任意

[同义词，近义词]

intentional

[反义词]

accidental,compulsory,involuntary

[例句]

a voluntary hostage 志愿人质

voluntary community work 义务社区工作

a voluntary conveyance of property 自愿的财产让与

2. advocate n.提倡者，鼓吹者

vt.提倡，鼓吹

advocatory adj.拥护者的

advocation n.拥护，支持

[同义词、近义词]

defend,support

[例句]

an advocate of civil rights 公民权利的拥护者

advocates for abused children and spouses 受虐待儿童及配偶的辩护人

Our premier advocates higher salaries for teachers.我们总理主张提高教师的工资。

二、Unit 1 

Modern Life

Paragraph 2~3:

Curiously,some two-and-a-half years and two novel later,my experiment in what the Americans term "downshifting" has turned my tired excuse into an absolute reality.I have been transformed from a passionate advocate of the philosophy of "have it all",preached by Linda Kelsey for the past seven years in the pages of She magzine,into a woman who is happy to settle for a bit of everything.

I have discovered,as perhaps Kelsey will after her much-publicized resignation from the editorship of She after a build-up of stress,that abandoning the doctrine of "juggling your life",and making the alternative move into "downshifting" brings with it far greater rewards than financial success and social status.Nothing could persuade me to return to the kind of life Kelsey used to advocate and I once enjoyed:12-hour working days,pressured deadlines,the fearful strain of office politics and the limitations of being a patent on "quality time".

译文:

奇怪的是，大约两年半的时间以及两部小说出版以后，我的被美国人称之为"放慢生活节奏"的试验把我老掉牙的借口变成了绝对的现实。我已经从一个"获得一切"哲学（琳达·凯茜过去七年中在《她》这本书里所鼓吹的）的狂热支持者，变成了一个乐于随遇而安的女人。我已经发现（由于压力过大，凯茜已多次公开宣称要辞去《她》杂志编辑的职务，在这之后她也许会有同样发现） ，放弃"忙忙碌碌"的生活教条，转而过一种"放慢生活节奏"的生活所带来的回报，比经济成功和社会地位更有价值。现在什么也说服不了我回到过去那种凯茜所宣扬的、我也曾自得其乐的生活中去：每个工作日干上12小时，压得人喘不过气来的最后期限，办公室争权夺利带来的紧张不安以及在"最佳时期"做父母的限制。