Lesson Five： I'd rather be black than female
1. I'd rather …… than： prefer…… to……
如： I'd rather deal with a simple man than a sophisticated man.
我宁愿与纯朴的人打交道，不愿与世故的人交往。
I had rather never have been born than see this day of humiliation.
我宁愿自己未曾出生，也不愿遭受今天的耻辱。
I would （had） rather …… 但愿 （+that 从句中用过去式）。
如： I would rather he didn't tell her about it.
我真希望他不告诉她这件事。
I had rather you did it alone.
但愿你一人做。
2. Handicap： 1） any disadvantage that makes success more difficult. 不利的因素。
如： Bad health is a handicap. 身体不好是不利因素。
His lack of English is a great handicap to him. 他不懂英语对他是一大缺陷。
2） a physical or mental disability 残疾。
如： Blindness is a great handicap.眼瞎是一大残疾。
3. at once at the same time ； simultaneously 同时。
如： It's hard for one to do two things at once. 人很难同时做两件事。
4. eliminate ： get rid of ； remove 消除。
如： to eliminate poverty 根除贫穷； eliminate the prejudice 消除偏见。
5. brainwash 洗脑。
如： Don't let television commercials brainwash you into buying anything you actually don't need.
别让电视广告引诱你购买自己实际不需要的东西。
6. invariably ： always 常常，总是。
如： It's invariably wet when they take their holidays. 他们度假时总是下雨。
His intuition is invariably correct. 他的直觉总是对的。
7. Campaign： a connect set of actions to obtain a particular result in politics or business
（社会，政治，选举）运动；游说，宣传活动。
如： an election campaign 选举活动；an advertising campaign 广告宣传；
a campaign to combat crime 防止犯罪运动。
8. stereotype ： a conventional ， oversimplified conception 陈腔滥调；陈规，老套，固定的现象。
如： He fits the stereotype of a 'scholar'。 他是典型的''学者''。
The idea is an old-fashioned stereotype. 这观点是老一套了。
9. Predominate： be superior in numbers， etc. 占多数的。
如： Greens predominated in the picture. 绿色植物是画中最醒目的。
predominate over 胜过。
10. mold： work into a required shape or from 塑造。
如： Statues are molded out of bronze. 雕像是用青铜铸成的。
He molded his style on the best writers. 他以第一流作者为榜样塑造了自己的文体。