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The words “retirement community” summon up images of easy chairs, overcooked food and endless daytime tv. Latitude Margaritaville, a community being built near Hilton Head Island in South Carolina, quickly disabuses these. “There was a toga party this past weekend,” says Lynette, a resident. “There was a live band, and it was a riot.” Barbie, another of the community’s “ambassadors” (residents employed by the developers to help sell it to potential newcomers), compares living there to “starting college all over again”. There are, she says, “drinks on the driveway, cocktails on the concrete”.
“退休社区”这个词会让人联想到安乐椅、过熟的食物和没完没了的日间电视节目。但在南卡罗来纳州希尔顿黑德岛附近正在建设的“纬度玛格丽塔维拉”社区，这些印象很快就会被打破。居民琳内特说：“上周末这里还举办了一场托加袍派对。有现场乐队，热闹极了。”另一位社区“大使”（受开发商雇佣帮助吸引新居民入住的居民）芭比则将在这里生活比作“重新上大学”。她说：“在车道上喝酒，在水泥地上喝鸡尾酒。”
第一，学习summon up sth的用法。这个词组表示if something summons up a memory, thought, or image, it makes you remember it or think of it，唤起，使想起，例：The smell summoned up memories of family holidays by the sea. 这气味使人想起全家在海边度假的情景。
第二，学习disabuse的用法。这个词做及物动词，表示to persuade someone that what they believe is not true，纠正；使摒弃错误想法，例：I tried to disabuse him of that notion. 我试图打消他那种观念。
第三，学习concrete的用法。这个词做名词，表示a substance used for building that is made by mixing sand, small stones, CEMENT, and water，混凝土。
If Margaritaville’s residents are representative of their age cohort, there will be a lot more to the toga parties than fancy dress. Whereas young people in rich countries these days are addicted to their phones, more anxious than previous generations and far less likely than them to use mind-altering substances or to party recklessly, their grandparents belong to a generation that experimented with sex, drugs and rock’n’roll. As they reach older age, they are not giving up their old habits.
如果玛格丽特维尔的居民能代表他们这一代人，那么这里的托加袍派对可不只是盛装打扮那么简单。如今富裕国家的年轻人沉迷于手机，比前几代人更焦虑，也远不如他们那样热衷于使用致幻物质或肆意狂欢，而他们的祖父母则属于那个尝试过性、毒品和摇滚乐的一代。如今步入老年，他们也没有放弃过去的习惯。
第一，学习cohort的用法。这个词做名词，表示a group of people of the same age, social class etc, especially when they are being studied，〔尤指作为研究对象的相同年龄、社会阶层等的〕一批人，一群人，例：a cohort of 386 patients aged 65 plus 386名65岁以上的病人
第二，学习reckless的用法。这个词做形容词，表示not caring or worrying about the possible bad or dangerous results of your actions，轻率的；鲁莽的；不顾后果的，例：He was accused of causing death by reckless driving. 他被控因鲁莽驾驶致人死亡。
第三，学习rock ’n’ roll的用法。这个词组表示a style of music with a strong loud beat played on GUITARs and drums, which first became popular in the 1950s，摇滚乐，例：Elvis, the king of rock ‘n’ roll 摇滚乐之王埃尔维斯
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