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　　Diana was still doing some preparation for her presentation, which was about prejudice against women.She was invited to make a preliminary statement at the next conference, where a lot of important people would be in presence.Although Diana had made countless speeches with presence of mind, she was still a bit nervous, knowing she had to speak in the presence of the first lady.Diana used to work as a doctor but presently she devoted all her time to improving working conditions for women"After prescribing medicines for my patients for years, I realized that there are problems that medicine can't cure"Diana decided her speech should start like this, “A lot of women suffer from pressures, and they are pressured both at work and at home.Presumably, men figure it's because women are very emotional, and this belief prevails.But it's totally wrong, and it will prejudice the understanding of the real problem.Few people have realized that this issue is as important as preserving world peace, or rather, it's the necessary preliminary to world peace"She thought she'd make a pause at the preposition “to”, so she could grab the attention of the audience.She planned to conclude her speech by pointing out that men and women were able to coexist without prejudice to either side.

　　记单词

　　prejudice 偏见，成见vt 1.使有偏见2.对…不利，损害

　　without prejudice(to)(对…)没有不利，无损(于)

　　preliminary 预备的，初步的n [常pl]初步做法，起始行为

　　preparation 1.准备(工作)，预备2.制剂

　　preposition 介词

　　prescribe 1.开(药)，吩咐采用(某种疗法)2.规定，指定

　　presence 1.出席，到场，存在2.仪表，仪态

　　in sb's presence当着某人的面，有某人在场

　　presence of mind镇定自若

　　presentation 1.提供，显示2.外观，(显示的)图像3.授予，赠送(仪式)4.报告，介绍5.表演

　　presently 1.不久，一会儿2.现在，目前

　　preserve 1.保护，维持

　　2.保存，保藏3.腌制

　　pressure 1.压(力)，压强

　　2.强制，压迫vt 对…施加压力(或影响)，迫使，说服

　　presumably 大概，可能，据推测

　　prevail 1.流行，盛行

　　2.(over)获胜，占优势3.(on,upon)说服，劝说，诱使

　　戴安娜还在为她的报告做着准备，报告内容是关于对妇女的偏见问题。她应邀为下次会议作预备发言，届时将有很多重要人士到场。虽然戴安娜曾镇定自若地作过无数次的演讲，可是这一次她还是有点紧张，因为她知道她要当着夫人的面讲话。戴安娜以前是一个医生，但目前她把全部时间都投入到了改善妇女的工作环境方面。“在为病人开了那么多年的药之后，我意识到有些问题不是药物可以解决的。”戴安娜认为她的开场白应该是这样：“许多妇女都承受着压力，工作和家庭都会对她们施加双重压力。男人可能会认为这是因为女人多愁善感，而且这种看法还很盛行。可这是完全错误的，这种看法会对认识真正存在的问题产生不利。很少有人意识到这个问题与维护世界和平同等重要，或者更确切地说，这是实现世界和平应该迈出的必要的步。”她觉得应该在介词“to”的地方停顿一下，以抓住听众的注意力。她准备在演讲结束时指出男人和女人应该能够在不歧视任何一方的情况下共存。

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