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TheWomanintheKitchenDorotheaLangeDorotheaLange(May26,1895–October11,1965)wasaninfluentialAmericandocumentaryphotographerandphotojournalist,bestknownforherDepression-eraworkfortheFarmSecurityAdministration(FSA).Lange'sphotographshumanizedthetragicconsequencesoftheGreatDepressionandprofoundlyinfluencedthedevelopmentofdocumentaryphotography.DorotheaLangewasanaturalphotographerinthetruestsensebecauseshelived,inherwords,avisuallife.Shecouldlookatsomething:alineoflaundryflappinginthewind,apairofold,wrinkled,work-wornhands,abread-line,acrowdofpeopleinabusstation,andfinditbeautiful.Hereyewasacameralensandhercamera--assheputit--anappendageofthebody.Duringherlastillness,asafriendsatnearherbed,shesuddenlysaidtohimI'vejustphotographedyou.Langehadengagedinthiscamera-lesssortofphotographyfordecades,fromthetimeshewasayounggirl,anditservedasboththefoundationofherarteducationandherfirstapprenticeship.DorotheaLange'sMigrantMotherdepictsdestitutepeapickersinCalifornia,centeringonFlorenceOwensThompson,age32,amotherofsevenchildren,inNipomo,California,March1936.GreatDepressionTheGreatDepressionwasasevereworldwideeconomicdepressioninthedecadeprecedingWorldWarII.ThetimingoftheGreatDepressionvariedacrossnations,butinmostcountriesitstartedinabout1929andlasteduntilthelate1930sorearly1940s.Itwasthelongest,mostwidespread,anddeepestdepressionofthe20thcentury.Inthe21stcentury,theGreatDepressioniscommonlyusedasanexampleofhowfartheworld'seconomycandecline.ThedepressionoriginatedintheU.S.,startingwiththefallinstockpricesthatbeganaroundSeptember4,1929andbecameworldwidenewswiththestockmarketcrashofOctober29,1929(knownasBlackTuesday).Fromthere,itquicklyspreadtoalmosteverycountryintheworld.Wordsdenude[di'nju:d]Vt.剥下，剥落，使裸露，去污，溶蚀Eg：Kidneyhasitsoutwardmanifestationsinhair.Myhairisshining,softandnoteasytodenude.肾其华在发，我的毛发光华`柔软`不易脱落。Thisacidairhasbeenknowntodenudeforests,andobviouslytheinhalationofsuchaircannotbegoodforhumanlungs这种酸性气体，我们都知道毁坏森林。显然，吸入这样的空气对人的肺不利denudeof剥光除光denudecover覆盖Denudesthcover脱去bruise[bru:z]n.擦伤；挫伤；青肿vt.使受瘀伤；使受挫伤vi.擦伤；受伤Itisstrangethatgirlsaremucheasiertobruisetheirskinthanboys很奇怪，女孩子的皮肤总是比男孩们更容易被碰青肿Atornjacketissoonmended;buthardwordsbruisetheheartofachild一件破碎的夹克衫可以很快修复，但是刺耳的话语将会彻底伤害一个孩子的心BONEBRUISE头挫伤；骨头瘀伤buffingbruise磨面伤stonebruise脚掌伤疼bruisemark碰痕9/2/2020soundly1.ifyousleepsoundly,yousleepverywellandverydeeply.2.inawaythatissensibleorcanbereliedon3.copmpletelyandthoroughlyfirmly;strongly坚定地，坚决的ShebelievedthatthefuturewouldbebetterassoundlyasshebelievedinGod.她如信仰上帝一般坚定地相信着未来会更好。9/2/2020Waifn.流浪者；流浪儿；Theylookedthin,waif-likeandhalfstarved.他们瘦骨伶仃，像流浪儿似的饿得半死。Awaifisbeggingonthestreet街上有一个流浪儿正在乞讨。waifinrags衣不蔽体的流浪儿9/2/2020deliberateadj.故意的；深思熟虑的；从容的vt.仔细考虑；商议Itisadeliberateaction,oftenconnectedwithbattleandwar.这种伤害是故意的行为，常与作战及战争有关。Wehavedeliberateonyourproposal.我们已经仔细考虑了妳的建议。deliberatepractice刻意练习；审慎的实践；刻意训练；有意练习deliberateon审议deliberateintention故意9/2/2020Ecstaticadj.狂喜的；入迷的n.狂喜的人Eddieisecstaticoverhisnewtrainset.艾迪对他的新玩具火车着了迷。SadlyenoughNickwasn'ttoecstaticabouttheidea.遗憾的是没有足够的尼克约的想法欣喜若狂。Hewasecstaticatthenewsofhisdaughter'sbirth.他获悉女儿出生不禁欣喜若狂9/2/2020cast-ironadj.铸铁的；坚固的；顽强的；严格的Shehasacast-ironstomach;shecaneatanything.她的胃消化力很强，什么东西都能吃。Theywon'tfindhimguilty.He'sgotacast-irondefence.他们不会裁决他有罪。他的辩护无懈可击。Cast-ironisamuchlessexpensivematerialthansteel.铸铁是一种比钢便宜得多的材料。Monclo•MoncloisinWestVirginia,UnitedStates.•Monclo'slocationis37°54'30.37northlatitude,81°50'18.43westlongitude,andMonclohasanaverageelevationofabout270metersabovesealevel.1.attheendof在...末端,到...尽头•Isawthewaterboilerattheendofthecar.我在车厢的尽头那边看到有一个自动热水器。2.turnaround转身回转扭亏为盈转向turn-aroundfacilities掉头设施turn-aroundmachine回转机turnthingsaround扭转干坤;使情况回转•Second,wouldstabilityinthehousingmarketbeenoughtoturnaroundtheeconomy?第二，稳定的房地产市场是否能够扭转整个经济形势？•Pinocchio'snosegrewsolongthathecouldnotturnaroundwithouthittingsomething!皮诺奇的鼻子这时已经长到他一转身就会碰到东西了！3.backupvi.(因积聚而)拥堵,堵塞vt.支持,援助,倒退,（资料）备份例句:•Hiscondescendingattitudereallygetsmybackup.他那种居高临下的恩赐态度实在使我很生气。•Hedroughtalongafileofdocumenttobackuphisclaim.他随身携带一卷宗文件以便证实索赔要求。3.backupvi.(因积聚而)拥堵,堵塞vt.支持,援助,倒退,（资料）备份例句:•Hiscondescendingattitudereallygetsmybackup.他那种居高临下的恩赐态度实在使我很生气。•Hedroughtalongafileofdocumenttobackuphisclaim.他随身携带一卷宗文件以便证实索赔要求。5.reenact：重做，再次进行(V.)toactorperformagain;torepeatorreconstructtheactionsof(anearliereventorincident)e.g.MembersoftheEnglishCivilWarSocietywillreenactthebattle.n:reenactment