【賞析】

—Do you live on democracy ?

—If democracy can really give you the good life ,that’s good .But without democracy, if we can still have the good life, why should we choose democracy?

Prosperity ,computers ,and Westernization had not pushed China’s elite toward democracy in the way that outsiders had expected .Rather prosperity and the strength of the Party had persuaded more than a few to postpone idealism as long as life for them kept improving .

【表達(dá)】

1、 Its success raised his spirits. 振奮精神

2、 Occidentalized generation 西化的一代

3、 Pampered pigs 催肥豬（pamper someone, you make them feel comfortable by doing things for them or giving them expensive or luxurious things. 溺愛; 細(xì)心照顧）

4、 In the anonymity of the Web, decorum deteriorated（politeness ）

5、 I was struck that ... (= it reminded me that )

6、 ...for fear that 擔(dān)心

7、 A six-floor walk-up 沒有電梯的樓

8、 He lived largely online 大部分時(shí)間都在上網(wǎng)

9、 Take to 用法：take to sb or sth 喜歡/ take to doing sth (begin to do it as a regular habit養(yǎng)成…的習(xí)慣 )

10、 When he passed through Shanghai 路過

11、 He fished around in it 翻來翻去

12、 形容人群熱切觀望的情形： A frisson swept through the crowd. People surged toward the curb, straining to see over one another’s heads.