[背景了解]
　　文章取自于2003年6月的閱讀真題，是關(guān)于公共教育方面的文章，選段不長，希望耐心看下，自己先猜下劃線部分單詞的意思吧
　　[文章部分]
　　We may also be quite confident that the present trend toward a shorter day and a shorter week will be maintained. We have developed and shall continue to have a new leisure class. Already the public agencies for adult education are swamped by the tide that has swept over them since the depression began. They will be little better off when it is over. Their support must come from the taxpayer.
　　[單詞學(xué)習(xí)]
　　maintain vt.維持, 維修, 繼續(xù), 供養(yǎng), 主張
　　leisure n.空閑, 閑暇, 悠閑, 安逸
　　swamp v.陷入沼澤, 淹沒, 覆沒n.沼澤, 濕地, 煤層聚水
　　tide n.潮, 潮汐, 潮流, 趨勢
　　depression n.經(jīng)濟(jì)大蕭條.沮喪, 消沉, 低氣壓, 低壓
　　[課后作業(yè)]
　　今天的作業(yè)就是翻譯下面5個(gè)句子^^,來試下吧
　　1.I have to practice Yoga every day to maintain my flexibility.
　　2.The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not .
　　3.A young man gave us directions to the swamp.
　　4.The tide is falling.
　　5. There is growing evidence that some genes could make individuals susceptible to depression.
　　參考答案如下：
　　1.我得每天做瑜珈,保持我的柔軟度。
　　2.痛苦的秘密在于有閑功夫擔(dān)心自己是否幸福。 (英國劇作家 肖伯納 . G .)
　　3.一個(gè)年輕人告訴我們到沼澤的方向。
　　4.海水在回落。
　　5.越來越多的證據(jù)顯示，某些基因使人們?nèi)菀谆忌弦钟舭Y。