1．on the decrease　　　减少

　　2．on the increase 增加

　　3．be trapped in 困住；陷入困境

　　4．in the hope that 抱着......的希望

　　5．better off 有较多钱的，比较宽裕的；更好的

　　6．come into being 形成，存在

　　7．apart from 除......之外

　　8．above all 最重要的是

　　9．wind sb. up 故意惹恼某人(尤指开玩笑)

　　10．in a mess 杂乱无章；脏乱不堪；问题成堆

　　1. Not increased happiness, but stress and less free time to be ourselves and enjoy being with our friends and families.

　　我们不是更快乐了而是压力增加了，留给自己或与朋友、家人相处的时间少了。

　　[句式分析]　句中"not ... but ... "意为"不是......而是......"，用于连接平行结构。

　　[佳句赏析]　该为此事受责备的是你弟弟而不是你。

　　Not you but your brother is to blame for it.

　　2．As a society, it's high time that we took these issues more seriously.

　　作为整个社会来讲，我们早就应该更严肃地考虑这些问题了。

　　[句式分析]　It's high time that sb.did sth.表示"到了某人做某事的时候了"，that从句用虚拟语气。

　　[佳句赏析]　到了孩子们上床睡觉的时候了。

　　It's high time that the children went to bed.

　　3．(长难句分析)Surely we're still better off than those who wear rags and sleep on the streets or in vacant buildings, but there is a growing resistance to this consumer society which is especially affecting the youth of today with their computers, i­pods, designer clothes and mobile phones.

　　当然，我们仍旧比那些穿着破衣烂衫，睡在街道上或者空置的大楼里的人生活得要好很多，但是现在的年轻人特别容易受到电脑、i­pod、名牌服饰和移动电话的影响，所以越来越多的人开始抵制这种消费社会。

[句式分析]　本句为并列复合句，由but连接两个主从复合句。