College English:Writing 2

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College English:  Writing 2

It is my cond time to read the passage in Unit1, but I also find it is a little difficult, especially I can’t grasp the meaning of words in this passage well.

In paragraph 4, there are three phras about ‘years’: teen years, ‘mid-life crisis’ years, and declining years. Teen years are the peoplewho age is between 13 and 19 years old; ‘mid-life crisis’ is thefeeling of unhappiness, anxiety and disappointment that some people experiencein their mid-life crisis years; declining years are the later years of life when one becomes more and more weak.

A phra ‘give no clue to’ is ud twice in paragraph 4 and 5. I have never en it before. ‘Clue’ is a noun, which means “a sign or some information which helps you to find the answer to a problem, question or mystery “, but I still don’t know the phra. So I look it up by dictionary. In the dictionary, there are only three words about ‘clue’, just have a phra---‘not have a clue’, which means ‘tobe completely unable to guess, understand, or deal with something’. So I connect it with the context, I think it means ‘there is no sign or some connection’.

In paragraph 4 and 5, there are two scientific rearches About happiness. One tells us that there is (去掉)no time of life is notably happier or unhappier. Another tells us that happiness doesn’t have a favorite x. I agree with them. No matter what is someone’s age or gender, it has no connection with happiness.