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1、Uint 11. 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.
2、 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
3、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 decis
4、ions. 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 peoples lives is really improved.8. Poor as we were in many ways at
5、 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 g
6、roup is sure to abuse that power because, just as Lord Acton says, Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.10. Traditionally in our country, school education was always said to be more important and useful compared with all other pursuits.Unit 21. You know what? All things considered,
7、 its not a bad idea to be a teacher. As a matter of fact, I think it is an excellent idea.2. I dont 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 m
8、e. 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 dont see whats wrong with students earning some money during their spare time.5. Somehow this tune sounds very familiar, but I cant recal
9、l 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. Its really terrible.7. To demonstrate our unhappiness over the recent dispute, we put off our Foreign Ministers visit indefinitely.8. Its getting dark. Th
10、e 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. Isnt that the most shameful thing that
11、we have been incapable of feeling ashamed?Unit 31. 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 na
12、tions.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? Id much rather we stay until the snow ceases.5. Rice requires l
13、arge 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.
14、We now tend to put more emphasis on home consumption.7. Todays 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
15、is a demand even Einstein would not have been able to meet.Unit 41. 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 fo
16、r 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 couldnt 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 di
