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

依照最近的一项调查，每年有4，000，000人死于与吸烟有关的疾病。

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

最近的调查显示相当多的孩子对家庭作业没什么好感。

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

没有一项发明像互联网一样同时受到如此多的赞扬和批评。

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

人们似乎忽视了教育不应该随着毕业而结束这一事实。

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

越来越多的人开始意识到教育不能随着毕业而结束。

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

说到教育，大部分人认为其是一个终生的学习。

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

许多专家指出体育锻炼直接有助于身体健康。

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.

应该采取适当的措施限制外国旅游者的数量，努力保护当地环境和历史不受国际旅游业的不利影响。

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.

越来越多的专家相信移民对城市的建设起到积极作用。然而，越来越多的城市居民却怀疑这种说法，他们抱怨民工给城市带来了许多严重的问题，像犯罪和卖淫。

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.

许多市民抱怨城市的公交车太少，以至于他们要花很长时间等一辆公交车，而车上可能已满载乘客。

 

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.

 

无可否认，空气污染是一个极其严重的问题：城市当局应该采取有力措施来解决它。

 

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

 

一项调查显示妇女欢迎退休。

 

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.

 

一份适当的业余工作并不会占用学生太多的时间，事实上，把全部的时间都用到学习上并不健康，正如那句老话：只工作，不玩耍，聪明的孩子会变傻。

 

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

 

任何政府忽视这一点都将付出巨大的代价。

 

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.

 

当前，一提到即将开始的学校生活，许多学生都会兴高采烈。然而，对多数年轻人来说，校园刚开始的日子并不是什么愉快的经历。

 

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

 

考虑到问题的严重性，在事态进一步恶化之前，必须采取有效的措施。

 

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.

 

大部分学生相信业余工作会使他们有更多机会发展人际交往能力，而这对他们未来找工作是非常有好处的。

 

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.

 

无可争辩，现在有成千上万的人仍过着挨饿受冻的痛苦生活。

 

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

 

尽管这一观点被广泛接受，很少有证据表明教育能够在任何地点、任何年龄进行。

 

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

 

没有人能否认：教育是人生最重要的一方面。

 

21. People equate success in life with the ability of operating computer.

 

人们把会使用计算机与人生成功相提并论。

 

22. In the last decades, advances in medical technology have made it possible for people to live longer than in the past.

 

在过去的几十年，先进的医疗技术已经使得人们比过去活的时间更长成为可能。

 

23. In fact, we have to admit the fact that the quality of life is as important as life itself.

 

事实上，我们必须承认生命的质量和生命本身一样重要。

 

24. We should spare no effort to beautify our environment.

 

我们应该不遗余力地美化我们的环境。

 

25. People believe that computer skills will enhance their job opportunities or promotion opportunities.

 

人们相信拥有计算机技术可以获得更多工作或提升的机会。

 

26. The information I've collected over last few years leads me to believe that this knowledge may be less useful than most people think.

 

从这几年我搜集的信息来看，这些知识并没有人们想象的那么有用。

 

27. Now, it is generally accepted that no college or university can educate its students by the time they graduation.

 

现在，人们普遍认为没有一所大学能够在毕业时候教给学生所有的知识。

 

28. This is a matter of life and death--a matter no country can afford to ignore.

 

这是一个关系到生死的问题，任何国家都不能忽视。

 

29. For my part, I agree with the latter opinion for the following reasons:

 

我同意后者，有如下理由：

 

30. Before giving my opinion, I think it is important to look at the arguments on both sides.

 

在给出我的观点之前，我想看看双方的观点是重要的。

31. This view is now being questioned by more and more people.

 

这一观点正受到越来越多人的质疑。

 

32. Although many people claim that, along with the rapidly economic development, the number of people who use bicycle are decreasing and bicycle is bound to die out. The information I've collected over the recent years leads me to believe that bicycle will continue to play extremely important roles in modern society.

 

尽管许多人认为随着经济的高速发展，用自行车的人数会减少，自行车可能会消亡，然而，这几年我收集的一些信息让我相信自行车仍然会继续在现代社会发挥极其重要的作用。

 

33. Environmental experts point out that increasing pollution not only causes serious problems such as global warming but also could threaten to end human life on our planet.

 

环境学家指出：持续增加的污染不仅会导致像全球变暖这样严重的问题，而且还将威胁到人类在这个星球的生存。

 

34. In view of such serious situation, environmental tools of transportation like bicycle are more important than any time before.

 

考虑到这些严重的状况，我们比以往任何时候更需要像自行车这样的环保型交通工具。

 

35. Using bicycle contributes greatly to people's physical fitness as well as easing traffic jams.

 

使用自行车有助于人们的身体健康，并极大地缓解了交通阻塞。

 

36. Despite many obvious advantages of bicycle, it is not without its problem.

 

尽管自行车有许多明显的优点，但是它也存在它的问题。

 

37. Bicycle can't be compared with other means of transportation like car and train for speed and comfort.

在速度和舒适度方面，自行车是无法和汽车、火车这样的交通工具相比的。

 

38. From what has been discussed above, we may safely draw the conclusion that advantages of bicycle far outweigh its disadvantages and it will still play essential roles in modern society.

 

通过以上讨论，我们可以得出结论：自行车的优点远大于缺点，并且在现代社会它仍将发挥重要作用。

 

39. There is a general discussion these days over education in many colleges and institutes . One of the questions under debate is whether education is a lifetime study.

 

当前在高校和研究机构对教育存在着大量争论，其中一个问题就是教育是否是个终身学习的过程。

 

40. This issue has caused wide public concern.

 

这个问题已经引起了广泛关注。

41. There is a general debate on the campus today over the phenomenon of college or high school students' doing a part-time job.

 

对于大学或高中生打工这一现象，校园里进行着广泛的争论。

 

42. By taking a major-related part-job, students can not only improve their academic studies, but gain much experience, experience they will never be able to get from the textbooks.

 

通过做一份和专业相关的工作，学生不仅能够提高他们的专业能力，而且能获得从课本上得不到的经验。

 

43. Although people’s lives have been dramatically changed over the last decades, it must be admitted that, shortage of funds is still the one of the biggest questions that students nowadays have to face because that tuition fees and prices of books are soaring by the day.

 

近几十年，尽管人们的生活有了惊人的改变，但必须承认，由于学费和书费日益飞涨，资金短缺仍然是学生们面临的最大问题之一。

 

44. Consequently, the extra money obtained from part-time job will strongly support students to continue to their study life.

 

因此，业余工作挣来的钱将强有力地支持学生们继续他们的求学生活。

 

45. From what has been discussed above, we may safely draw a conclusion that part-time job can produce a far-reaching impact on students and they should be encouraged to take part-time job, which will benefit students and their family, even the society as a whole.

 

通过上面的讨论，我们不难得出结论：业余工作对学生们会产生深远的影响，我们应鼓励学生从事业余工作，这将有利于学生和他们的家庭，甚至整个社会。

 

46. These days, people in growing numbers are beginning to complain that work is more stressful and less leisurely than in past. Many experts point out that, along with the development of modern society, it is an inevitable result and there is no way to avoid it.

 

现在，越来越多的人们开始抱怨工作比以前更有压力。许多专家指出这是现代社会发展必然的结果，无法避免。

 

47. It is widely acknowledged that computer and other machines have become an indispensable part of our society, which make our life and work more comfortable and less laborious.

 

人们普遍认为计算机和其他机器已经成为我们社会必不可少的一部分。 它们使我们的生活更舒适，减少了大量劳动。

 

48. At the same time, along with the benefits of such machines, employees must study knowledge involved in such machines so that they are able to control them.

 

同时，随着这些机器带给我们的好处，员工们也必须要学习与之相关的知识以便使用它们。

 

49. No one can deny the basic fact that it is impossible for average workers to master those high-technology skills easily.

 

没有人能否认这一基本事实：对于一般工人来讲，轻松掌握这些技术是不可能的。

 

50. Millions of people have to spend more time and energy on studying new skills and technology so that they can keep a favorable position in job market.

 

成千上万的人们不得不花费更多的精力和时间学习新的技术和知识，使得他们在就业市场能保持优势。