We live a society in which the medicinal and social use of substances (drugs) is pervasive: an aspirin to quiet a headache, some wine to be sociable, coffee to get going in the morning, a cigarette for the nerves.

结构分析：句子主干是 We live in a society。此句句子虽长，但是结构并不复杂，可以从冒号开始分为两个部分。in which 引导了一个定语从句。该从句的分句谓语动词是 is 而不是are，是因为在这个从句中主语是 use，而不是 substances。在冒号后的部分中，quiet 是及物动词，是“镇静”的意思。

译文：在我们生活的社会里，物质（药品）被广泛地运用于社交和医疗，比如说服用阿司匹
林来缓解头疼，喝酒来应酬，早晨喝咖啡来提神，吸烟来镇定情绪等。#考研英语#
#考研英语#

I Can't...But I Can

我不能，但是我能

I can't tell you how to live，how to love，or where to look to find your heart.
我不能告诉你如何生活，怎么去爱，或者去哪里能找到你的心

I can't tell you what the sudden pain means, or why that strange image haunts you in the night
我不能告诉你，那突然来袭的痛苦是什么，以及到夜晚频频让你不安的画面究竟意味着什么

I can't shield you from your own loneliness or loss, or stand between you and the relentless flow of life.
我不能去保护你，让你免受孤独和失落我不能够在生命的洪流当中站在你的面前

I can't remove the stains from your eyes or quiet the storms in your heart.
我不能够拂去你眼中的哀伤，也不能够平息你心中的暴风雨

But I can stand in the face of your suffering and still see your beauty.
但是我能做的是站在你痛苦的面前，仍然看到你的美

I can witness your weakness and still feel your strength,
我能够站在你的软弱面前，看见你的力量

I can see your worst and still be astonished by your beating heart and the precious way you seek your thriving.
我能看到你最糟糕的一面，却仍然看到你跳动的心脏，以及蓬勃向上的生命力

--Nick LeForce

I would rather be alone than go against my will; I would rather regret than make do with it! I treat those who can enter my heart as kings; those who do not enter my heart disdain to be perfunctory! The past is dark, the color is clear, it is light; after years of joys and sorrows, as pure as a mirror, it has been quiet. ——It's afternoon tea time now,be elegant,exquisite,and elitist.[害羞][害羞][害羞]