原句
We are treated to fine hypocritical spectacles, which now more than ever seem in ample supply: the critic of American materialism with a Southampton summer home; the publisher of radical books who takes his meals in three-star restaurants; the journalist advocating participatory democracy in all phases of life, whose own children are enrolled in private schools.（Text5. 2000）
treat sb to sth 用...來招待某人
hypocritical /,h?p?'kr?t?kl/ adj.虛偽的；偽善的
spectacle /?spekt?kl/ n.情景；景象
ample /'?mp(?)l/ adj.豐富的；足夠的；寬敞的
supply /s?'pla?/ n.供給，補給；供應品
materialism /m?'t??r??l?z(?)m/ n.唯物主義；唯物論；物質主義
publisher /'p?bl???/ n.出版者，出版商；發行人
radical /'r?d?k(?)l/ adj.激進的；根本的；徹底的
advocate /'?dv?ke?t/ vt.提倡，主張，擁護
participatory /pɑ:t?s?'pe?t?r?/ adj.供人分享的；吸引參與的
democracy /d?'m?kr?s?/ n.民主，民主主義；民主政治
phase /fe?z/ n.時期
翻譯
我們正目睹似乎比以往任何時候都多的虛偽景象：美國物質主義的批評家在南安普頓擁有避暑別墅；激進書籍的出版商在三星級賓館就餐；鼓吹在人生各個階段施行參與式民主制的新聞記者卻把自己的子女送進私立學校。
預告明日長難句
The trend was naturally most obvious in those areas of science based especially on a mathematical or laboratory training, and can be illustrated in terms of the development of geology in the United Kingdom.（Text1. 2001）
