The South must assert herself by force of arms.
我们南方要用武力维护自己。
b)Others say women use language to assert their power in a culture that, at least in days gone by, asked them to be sedate and decorous.
另一些语言学家说，在一个要求妇女举止庄重得体的文化环境下（至少在过去是这样），妇女用语言来宣示她们的权.力。
10【dismay】
N./V.沮丧，惊慌
a)Many of you have come into life with a dark side, but that should not dismay you as you will have every opportunity to deal with it.
你们中很多人生活在阴霾中，但是，你不必沮丧，因为你有任何机会解决它。
b)She stared at the intruder in dismay.
她惊恐地瞪视着那个闯入者。
11【prevail】
V.流行，盛行，战胜
a)Justice will prevail over mind. Peace and development represent an irresistible trend of history.
正义必定战胜强.权，和平发展是不可阻挡的历史潮流。（PLA[People\''s Liberation Army]国际宣传片）
b)She got steeped in the shower of yesterday evening, and there she has sat the night through, and I couldn\''t prevail on her to stir（搅动）.
她昨天晚上在大雨里泡，而且她又坐了个通宵，我也没法劝得她动一动。
12【commencement】
N.开始，发展，毕业典礼
a)It was such an honor to have been chosen to give the commencement address.
我很荣幸能被选中发表毕业典礼演讲。
b)Each time I give a commencement speech I feel like a bit of a fraud.
每次获邀在典礼上致词，总免不了有一些招摇撞骗的感觉。
13【tumult】
N.骚动
a)The tumult of thy mighty harmonies.
你巨大的合奏所振起的音乐。（雪莱《西风颂》）
b)In the tumult of everyday life, it\''s very easy to focus on the negative and to lose sight of what really matters.
在日常生活的纷扰中，人很容易想到消极的事情，却忽略掉真正重要的东西。
14【propriety】
N.适当，礼节，得体
a)A strongly cultured idea in philosophy, propriety is believed to be the best solution to all conflicts in society.
按照这个很有文化特色的哲学，“礼”是社会各种矛盾和冲突的最好的协调方式。
b)The little sympathy which we feel with bodily pain is the foundation of the propriety of constancy and patience in enduring it.
因为我们很少同情身体上的疼痛，所以认为对于疼痛坚持不屈不挠的忍耐是正确的。
15【partial】
Adj.部分的，偏爱的
a)I’ll never blame my partial fancy, nothing could resist my Nancy.
我决不因为对你的痴迷而自责，没有谁能抗拒我的南希。《A Fond Kiss》
b)Maybe it’s based in some partial reality.
或许这是根据部分事实写出来的。（《吸血鬼日记》）
16【ragged】
Adj.衣衫褴褛的，刺耳的，粗糙的
a)Then let not winter’s ragged hand deface.
那么，别让冬天嶙峋的首抹掉。（《莎士比亚十四行诗》）
b)Ragged servant girl is what you are.
你是个邋遢的女仆。（《灰姑娘》）
17【fidelity】
N.忠诚，尽责
a)Down in the mystic, hidden fields of his little dog-soul bloomed flowers of l