一手掌控：大学英语六级考试阅读单词：第二十四期

[背景了解]
　　文章取自于2005年1月的阅读真题，是关于电子垃圾的，
　　选段不长，希望耐心看下，自己先猜下红色单词的意思吧
　　[文章部分]
　　Frustrated with delays in Sacramento, Bay Area officials said Thursday they planned to take matters into their own hands to regulate the region’s growing pile of electronic trash.
　　A San Jose councilwoman and a San Francisco supervisor said they would propose local initiatives aimed at controlling electronic waste if the California law-making body fails to act on two bills stalled in the Assembly. They are among a growing number of California cities and counties that have expressed the same intention.
　　[单词学习]
　　frustrated adj. 失败的, 落空的
　　trash n.无价值之物, 无聊的作品, 垃圾, 废物
　　initiative n. 主动
　　stall v.(使)停转, (使)停止, 迟延
　　intention n.意图, 目的
　　[课后作业]
　　今天的作业就是翻译下面几个句子^^,来试下吧
　　1.As a nurse she got very frustrated, but being an administrator seems to suit her.
　　2.He thinks most modern art is trash.
　　3.Because of the general's indecisiveness, our armies have lost the initiative to the enemy.
　　4.The car stalled at the roundabout.
　　5.She is keeping her intentions to herself.
　　答案：1.她做护士很不顺心，但是当管理人员似乎倒很适合。
　　2.他认为现代艺术大都是糟粕。
　　3.由于将军未能当机立断，我军已丧失了对敌采取行动的主动权。
　　4.那辆汽车在环形交叉处抛锚了。
　　5.她对自己的意图秘而不宣。