烟台大学日租房-江雪的意思
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1
1.
It is wrong to raise our children the way we grow flowers in the greenhouse. We must expose them to all
social problems because very soon they
will be dealing with them as responsible citizens.
2.
As time goes on we are inevitably going to get more and more involved in international affairs. And
conflicts
are sure to occur because there always exist
different views and interests among nations.
3.
We are proud of our accomplishments, and we have reason to be. But we must never become arrogant.
Otherwise
we will lose our friends.
4.
Information is now easily available. An average computer can store the information of a small library.
5.
That construction company is not qualified to handle the project. They do not have any legal document to
certify that they have the necessary
expertise. We must find a company that specializes
in building
theatres.
6.
These think tanks do not make decisions. They are out to generate new ideas and penetrating analyses
that
will be extremely useful for decision makers.
7.
The growth of GDP is not everything. Our country cannot be said to have been modernized unless the
quality of
our people’s lives is really improved.
8.
Poor as we were in many ways at that time, we were still quite happy as children, for there was clean air,
clean water, a lot of fish, crabs and
eels in the rivers, lakes, and ponds; and a lot of
flowers, trees and
birds in the fields.
9.
Give absolute power to any individual or any particular group of people, and that person or group is sure
to
abuse that power because, just as Lord Acton says,
absolutely.
10.
Traditionally in our country, school education was always said to be more important and useful compared
with all other
pursuits.
Unit 2
1.
You know what? All things considered, it's not a bad idea to be a teacher. As a matter of fact, I think it is
an excellent idea.
2.
I don't like it when you take a sarcastic tone the way you just did. You seem to be implying all the time
that I am a good-for-nothing.
3.
It is really considerate of my father to leave the final decision to me. I must say I am very lucky. Not many
people have such a terrific
father.
4.
You said you do not want any money. You may not want money, but you do need money. I don't see
what's
wrong with students earning some money during
their spare time.
5.
Somehow this tune sounds very familiar, but I can't recall what it is. In any case, it is a Russian folk song.
6.
Besides the usual weekend housework, I also have a whole pile of homework to do tomorrow. It's really
terrible.
7.
To demonstrate our unhappiness over the recent dispute, we put off our Foreign Minister's visit
indefinitely.
8.
It's getting dark. The next town is still two hours' drive away. We might as well camp in the forest, pitch a
tent, build a fire, and have a good
sleep before we continue our journey tomorrow.
9.
I am really shocked to hear people say they do not consider cheating at exams shameful. Isn't that the
most
shameful thing that we have been incapable of
feeling ashamed?
Unit 3
1.
Health care must be available to all citizens regardless of their differences. We cannot justify a policy that
denies medical care to the large
population living in the country.
2.
They claim to have discovered a universal law which applies to all nations.
3.
I often made a fool of myself when I was living with my uncle on his farm. When asked to get rid of the
weeds in the rice fields, for example,
I often failed to tell apart the weeds and the
rice seedlings.
4.
Why go there today? I'd much rather we stay until the snow ceases.
5.
Rice requires large quantities of water and many scientists warn us that even if we use our water
sparingly, the day will inevitably come
when we will be fighting over limited supplies of
water resources.
6.
There has been quite a noticeable change in recent years. We no longer lean on exports for economic
growth. We now tend to put more
emphasis on home consumption.
7.
Today's tendency is to give little kids too many tests and exams until they are no good for anything but
taking exams.
8.
It is pointless to force professors to publish a fixed number of papers annually regardless of their quality.
Besides, this is a demand even Einstein
would not have been able to meet.
Unit
4
1.
The fact that he was able to avoid the seemingly inevitable crash made him a national hero.
2.
Of the four students who risked their lives to try to drag the drowning children to shore, two never
returned.
3.
The Japanese are known for their long life span. They believe they owe this to their eating habits/the
composition of their diet,
which contains a lot of fish products.
4.
I know Harris. I couldn't imagine a man like him making such stupid remarks.
5.
After testing her loyalty many times, he was now going to give her the most dangerous task.
6.
I hear that Lincoln delivered an extremely powerful speech on that occasion. Whatever did he actually
say?
7.
That this time they must be ready to challenge death was clear to everybody. But no one regretted this
move.
8.
As accidents go/As far as accidents are concerned, there was nothing out of the ordinary: a crazy young
man
drives a car on a university campus and kills a
young woman student. What is unusual is the fact
that
the man dares to challenge the
people who want to take him to court, because his
father is a local police
officer.
9.
Every time/Whenever we decide on a financial policy, we have to make a clear distinction between
short-term
interests and long-term interests.
10.
Although it was early October, people could already be seen driving across the frozen river.
Unit 5
1.
The government will have to decide when and how to put brakes on the economy before it speeds out of
control.