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Lesson Seven Paper Moons
1.
Many
a
man
would
rather
you
heard
his
story
than
granted
his
request.:
Many
people
will
feel
happier
if
you
can
listen
to
them
talking,than
if
you
give
them
whatever they ask for.
2.
I had occasion
to attend: it was necessary for me to attend
3.
a brief recess
in the proceedings: a short break in the meeting
4.
comparing
prophecies: exchanging speculations/views about
the future situation
5.
in the employ of: employed by
6.
supply-side
economics:
a
theory
of
economics
with
a
major
emphasis
on
tax
reduction to stimulate
business activity.
7.
rumpled:creased in a disorderly
way
’
8.
blessed
with
an
evangelist
’
s
talent
for
sincerity
and
a
sophist
’
s
gift
of
phrase:
having the natural ability to put on a
very sincere expression when speaking,and to
speak extremely fluently and
persuasively.
9.
an exchange of rumors: an exchange of
news
10.
gig : a
onetime job
11.
it
’
s better than
the energy crisis : This job is more profitable
than the similar job I
was once given
to speak about the energy crisis.
12.
They
hadn
’
t marched to the music
of as many different drums in the ideological
wars : The yound consultants had not
got the experience of preaching in tune with
as many different beliefs as Townsend
had.
13.
doom-
ridden: depressed;pessimistic;despairing
14.
Townsend was
delighted with their expressions of professional
despair.: Townsend
was
pleased
with
their
expressions
of
pessimism
from
a
professional
point
of
view.
15.
the price of
the dollar: the dollar is down against other
currencies
16.
we
can
’
t afford to pay the
help: we can
’
t afford the
home workers
17.
smiled his oracular smiles : smiled in
a manner which made one feel that he was
wise and had prophetic powers
18.
paragraph22
–
I
was so impressed by
Townsend
’
s eloquence that I
thought it would
have been fit for him
to become a preacher to preach at a storefromt
church.
19.
Entire
vocaburlaries
of
unintelligible
jargon
—
literary
as
well
as
military
and
academic
—
describe
kingdoms of nonexistent thought.: Huge
vocaburaies,such as
the vocabularies of
literature,of the military cirle,and of academic
fields,consist of
nothing
but
incomprehensible
words
and
terms
which
have
been
created
to
describe abstract ideas.
20.
Political
promises
belong
to
the
realm
of
surrealist
fiction.:
Promises
made
by
politicians
are
whatever
happens
to
occur
to
their
minds
at
the
moment
of
speaking,and so have no rational are
just hot air,and will never come
true.
21.
Like
the
government
in
Washington,the
economy
floats
on
the
market
in
abstraction:
Our
economy,as
well
as
our
government
,relies
heavily
on
the
creation,selling,and buying the ideas.
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