5. Be that as it may, I want you to imagine me writing a novel in a state of trance.
尽管如此，我请你想象我在迷睡的状态中写小说。
6. The consciousness of what men will say of a woman who speaks the truth about her passions had roused her from her artist’s state of unconsciousness.
她意识到男人们会如何议论一个敢讲有关激情真话的女人，这使她从艺术家的无意识状态中惊醒了。
7. Inwardly, I think, the case is very different; she has still many ghosts to fight, many prejudices to overcome.
从内心精神方面看，情况颇为不同。妇女还要与许多鬼怪展开斗争，还有许多偏见需要去克服。
8. To discuss and define them is I think of great value and importance; for thus only can the labor be shared, the difficulties be solved.
议论和界定这些障碍是十分重要的， 因为只有如此我们才能共同努力克服困难。
9. Those aims cannot be taken for granted; they must be perpetually questioned and examined. 那些目的是什么，对这个问题我们不能想当然，而要不断地提出疑问和进行审视。
Lesson 5
Vocabulary
1. Month of Sundays: (colloq) a long time
2. To submit: to offer as an opinion; to suggest; to propose
3. Flight: the action of fleeing or running away from (Here means the narrator suddenly stopped.)
4. In the swim: conforming to the current fashions, or active in the main current of affairs
5. Pin-up: (American colloquialism) designating a girl whose sexual attractiveness makes her a subject for the kind of pictures often pinned up on walls
6. Carriage: the world applies to posture, specifically stresses the physical aspects of a person’s bearing, e.g. an erect carriage
7. Keen: (American slang) good, fine, excellent, etc., a general term of approval
8. To mince: to lessen the force of; to weaken, as by euphemism
9. Kick: (American colloquialism or slang') a pleasure
10. To deposit: (formal and humorous) to put, lay or set down
11. Brief: a concise statement of the main points of a law case, usu. field by counsel for the information of the court
12. Nuts: (American slang) an exclamation of disgust, scorn, disappointment, refusal, etc.
13. Let-up: stopping; relaxing
14. Well-heeled: (American slang) rich, prosperous
Paragraph
1. Fads, I submit, are the very negation of reason. (Para. 5)
Engaging in activities or interests that are popular for a short time, I suppose, shows a complete lack of sensible judgment.
2. One afternoon I found Petey lying on his bed with an expression of such distress on his face that I immediately diagnosed appendicitis. (Para. 6)