talents but had to do something intricate or hard,working with my hands. I would do poorly (1)intricate:adj.containing many small parts or details that all work or fit together 错综复杂的 e.g.There are intricate patterns on this cloth. The watch mechanism is extremely intricate and very difficult to repair. (2)What do the sentences mean? I could not fulfill any task successfully when I had to do something complicated or hard with my hands rather than with my school education and verbal gift. 9 Its numerical evaluation is determined by a small subsection of that society which has managed to foist itself on the rest of us as an arbiter of such matters. (1)foist on:try to get someone to accept something worthless or unwanted e.g.Stores should not foist defective goodson customers. I'm sorry all this has been foisted on you. (2)What can we infer from the sentence? The author believed that only a small group of people in society determined what intelligence was and forced all the others to accept their ideas (3)Translate the sentence into Chinese 它的数值是由那个社会中的一小部分人决定的，他们作为这类事情的仲裁人己设 法把他们的意志强加在我们身上。 10. Then he said,smugly,"I've been trying that on all my customers today." smugly:adv.too pleased or satisfied about something you have achieved or something you know e.g."I own three cars and two boats",he said smugly. 11.And I have an uneasy feeling he had something there. (I)uneasy:ad.anxious,awkward,not easy in mind or body局促的，不安的 e.g.The boy spent an uneasy hour waiting for the news (2)What can we infer from the sentence? To some extent,the author agrees with the auto repairman that too muchtalents but had to do something intricate or hard, working with my hands, I would do poorly. (1) intricate: adj. containing many small parts or details that all work or fit together 错综复杂的 e.g. There are intricate patterns on this cloth. The watch mechanism is extremely intricate and very difficult to repair. (2) What do the sentences mean? I could not fulfill any task successfully when I had to do something complicated or hard with my hands rather than with my school education and verbal gift. 9. Its numerical evaluation is determined by a small subsection of that society which has managed to foist itself on the rest of us as an arbiter of such matters. (1) foist on: try to get someone to accept something worthless or unwanted 强加 e.g. Stores should not foist defective goods on customers. I’m sorry all this has been foisted on you. (2) What can we infer from the sentence? The author believed that only a small group of people in society determined what intelligence was and forced all the others to accept their ideas. (3) Translate the sentence into Chinese 它的数值是由那个社会中的一小部分人决定的，他们作为这类事情的仲裁人已设 法把他们的意志强加在我们身上。 10. Then he said, smugly, “I’ve been trying that on all my customers today.” smugly: adv. too pleased or satisfied about something you have achieved or something you know e.g. “I own three cars and two boats”, he said smugly. 11. And I have an uneasy feeling he had something there. (1) uneasy: adj. anxious, awkward, not easy in mind or body 局促的，不安的 e.g. The boy spent an uneasy hour waiting for the news. (2) What can we infer from the sentence? To some extent, the author agrees with the auto repairman that too much