第一部分

　　1. According to a recent survey, four million people die each year from diseases linked to smoking.

　　依照最近的一項調查，每年有4，000，000人死于與吸煙有關的疾病。

　　2. The latest surveys show that quite a few children have unpleasant associations with homework.

　　最近的調查顯示相當多的孩子對家庭作業(yè)沒什么好感。

　　3. No invention has received more praise and abuse than Internet.

　　沒有一項發(fā)明像互聯(lián)網一樣同時受到如此多的贊揚和批評。

　　4. People seem to fail to take into account the fact that education does not end with graduation.

　　人們似乎忽視了教育不應該隨著畢業(yè)而結束這一事實。

　　5. An increasing number of people are beginning to realize that education is not complete with graduation.

　　越來越多的人開始意識到教育不能隨著畢業(yè)而結束。

　　6. When it comes to education, the majority of people believe that education is a lifetime study.

　　說到教育，大部分人認為其是一個終生的學習。

　　7. Many experts point out that physical exercise contributes directly to a person's physical fitness.

　　許多專家指出體育鍛煉直接有助于身體健康。

　　8. Proper measures must be taken to limit the number of foreign tourists and the great efforts should be made to protect local environment and history from the harmful effects of international tourism.

　　應該采取適當?shù)拇胧┫拗仆鈬�旅游者的�?shù)量，努力保護當?shù)丨h(huán)境和歷史不受國際旅游業(yè)的不利影響。

　　9. An increasing number of experts believe that migrants will exert positive effects on construction of city. However, this opinion is now being questioned by more and more city residents, who complain that the migrants have brought many serious problems like crime and prostitution.

　　越來越多的專家相信移民對城市的建設起到積極作用。然而，越來越多的城市居民卻懷疑這種說法，他們抱怨民工給城市帶來了許多嚴重的問題，像犯罪和賣淫。

　　10. Many city residents complain that it is so few buses in their city that they have to spend much more time waiting for a bus, which is usually crowded with a large number of passengers.

　　許多市民抱怨城市的公交車太少，以至于他們要花很長時間等一輛公交車，而車上可能已滿載乘客。

　　11. There is no denying the fact that air pollution is an extremely serious problem: the city authorities should take strong measures to deal with it.

　　無可否認，空氣污染是一個極其嚴重的問題：城市當局應該采取有力措施來解決它。

　　12. An investigation shows that female workers tend to have a favorable attitude toward retirement.

　　一項調查顯示婦女歡迎退休。

　　13. A proper part-time job does not occupy students' too much time. In fact, it is unhealthy for them to spend all of time on their study. As an old saying goes: All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

　　一份適當?shù)臉I(yè)余工作并不會占用學生太多的時間，事實上，把全部的時間都用到學習上并不健康，正如那句老話：只工作，不玩耍，聰明的孩子會變傻。

　　14. Any government, which is blind to this point, may pay a heavy price.

　　任何政府忽視這一點都將付出巨大的代價。

　　15.Nowadays, many students always go into raptures at the mere mention of the coming life of high school or college they will begin. Unfortunately, for most young people, it is not pleasant experience on their first day on campus.

　　當前，一提到即將開始的學校生活，許多學生都會興高采烈。然而，對多數(shù)年輕人來說，校園剛開始的日子并不是什么愉快的經歷。

　　16. In view of the seriousness of this problem, effective measures should be taken before things get worse.

　　考慮到問題的嚴重性，在事態(tài)進一步惡化之前，必須采取有效的措施。

　　17. The majority of students believe that part-time job will provide them with more opportunities to develop their interpersonal skills, which may put them in a favorable position in the future job markets.

　　大部分學生相信業(yè)余工作會使他們有更多機會發(fā)展人際交往能力，而這對他們未來找工作是非常有好處的。

　　18. It is indisputable that there are millions of people who still have a miserable life and have to face the dangers of starvation and exposure.

　　無可爭辯，現(xiàn)在有成千上萬的人仍過著挨餓受凍的痛苦生活。

　　19. Although this view is wildly held, this is little evidence that education can be obtained at any age and at any place.

　　盡管這一觀點被廣泛接受，很少有證據表明教育能夠在任何地點、任何年齡進行。

　　20. No one can deny the fact that a person's education is the most important aspect of his life.

　　沒有人能否認：教育是人生最重要的一方面。