第46课

1、 So great is our passion for doing things for ourselves, that we are becoming increasinglyless dependent on specialized labour.
increasingly+比较级。
现在我们自己动手做事的热情很高，结果对于专业工人的依赖越来越少了。

2、 Armed with the right tools and materials, newly-weds gaily embark on the task of decorating their own homes.
只要配备适当的工具及材料，新婚夫妇便乐于从事新房布置。

3、 The worst thing about thedo-it-yourself game is that sometimes husbands liveunder the delusion that they can do anything even when they have beenrepeatedly proved wrong.
       自己动手的例子中最糟糕的是，有时甚至是男人尽管接连失败却还误以为自己什么都行，此乃自尊心所使。

4、 I hadtraced the cause of the trouble.
trace： 追溯源头
我找到了毛病所在。