12 Recently the issue
problem
has been in the limelight.
brought into focus.
brought to public attention.
pod among the general public.
12.1 The problem of development vs. environment has now been in the limelight. Nowhere is the clash more visible than in China, where the world's largest population faces pollution, deforestation and acid rain on a large scale.
神奇英文现在发展与环境的问题已成为人们议论的中心。在中国这对矛盾表现得尤为明显。这个世界上人口最多的国家正面临着大量的环境污染、森林减少以及酸雨的袭击。
11．假设你是李华，明年即将进入大学学习，但是不知怎样适应大学的生活。请你就以下大学新生常遇到的情况给北京大学校长写一封信，寻求建议。
（1）在生活中不会照料自己；（2）感到孤独、经常想家；（3）钱物容易丢失；（4）食物、气候不适应；（5）校外租房现象。
注意：1.短信的开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数；2.词数120左右。
wang的成语Dear President,
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Yours,
Dear President,
Next year I will go to study at university, but I don't know how to adapt mylf to university life. I hear many freshmen are at a loss what to do when they are at university. They can't take care of themlves in their everyday life, feeling lonely and homesick. Clothes, money or mobile phones are sometimes gone. And becau of different climates and food, they often feel sick. Some even rent rooms outside the campus. Could you tell me how to deal with the problems so that I will be able to suit the university life in the future?
Yours,
Li Hua
*******************************************************结束13 In recent
the past 5 years, many cities
nations
people have been faced /plagued /troubled with
experienced/witnesd /undergone the
十项全能a(n) rious problem of
acute shortage of
alarming increa in
13.1 In recent years many factories of our country have been faced with the problem of how to make their workers more productive. Seeing many idle workers smoking, chatting, or playing cards during the working hours, some experts claim that the solution is to increa economic reward. Other peopl
e feel that "the iron rice bowl" should be roughly smashed. But does mere money lead to greater productivity?
近年来我国许多工厂一直面临着如何提高工人的生产效率的问题。针对许多工人上班的无所事事，抽烟，聊天或打牌的现象，有些专家主张通过增加经济报酬来解决。另一些人认为应彻底打破铁饭碗。但是增加钱是否就能提高生产率呢？13.2 In recent years, China has experienced an alarming increa in juvenile crime ------ that is, crime committed by individuals who haven't come of age. Whether the category is murder or robbery, mugging or rape, the story is the same: juvenile crime is on the ri. Our society has traditionally treated the juvenile as a special kind of offender, one who warrants punishment different from that given to an adult, even though the crime may be the same. Now it is time we asked ourlves: Does the treatment work?
最近几年，中国的青少年犯罪率急剧上升。不管那些没成年人的犯罪涉及到谋杀、偷盗、抢劫或是强奸，情形是一样的：青少年犯罪在增加。我们社会的传统做法是把这些青少年当成一种特殊的罪犯处理，尽管他们的罪行和成年人一样，但所给的惩罚和成年人不同。现在该是问一问我们自己的时候了：这种做法是否有效？
14 One of the arching
burning
pressing
interesting questions
problems facing
confronting our nation
society
world today is ...
14.1 One of the basic questions facing our society today is: What promi or threat does new technology hold for our global future? Since the decisions our society makes about technological development will undoubtedly have tremendous conquences in the years to come, it is urgently necessary to explore this question, especially by examining science and technology in their relationship to the development of humanity. 当今社会面临的基本问题之一是：新技术会给世界的将来带来什么样的希望或威胁？由于我们的社会所作出的关于技术发展的决定会毫无疑问对未来产生巨
大影响，因此探索这个问题，尤其是通过检查科学技术与人类发展的关系来这样做就变得非常紧迫和必要了。
14.2 It has become apparent to us that one of the biggest problems confronting our Chine education today is the increasing vocationalization of our colleges and universities. Throughout the country schools are under economic pressure to become job-training centers and employment agencies. All cours are geared to cater to the business needs.
很明显中国的教育现在面临的最大问题之一是高等院校职业化倾向。在经济发展的压力下，全国许多大学成了职业培训中心或就业市场机构。课程的设置都一昧迎合市场的需要。
15 One of the biggest issues
hottest topics
西游记白话文
唐嫣个人资料most popular things
most rious problems many people talk香樟树下
complain about
15.1 One of the most popular topics many city residents talk about now is the tide of the rural poor flooding the cities. They complain that the migrants have brought crime and prostitution, that they are putting pressure on population control and social order; that they are threatening to take already scarce city jobs and exacerbating housing shortages; and that they have worned traffic and sanitation problems. True, the are the problems pod by the migration, but what about the contribution the rural worker have made to the city's development and prosperity? 许多市民现在谈得最多的话题之一是源源不断涌进城市的民工潮。他们抱怨民工把犯罪和卖淫带来了，给城市人口的控制和社会秩序带来了压力，并威胁着夺走本来已很紧张的城市工作机会，使得城市住房、交通、卫生等问题更为突出。是的，这些都是民工潮带来的问题，但怎么看待他们对城市的发展和繁荣所作出的贡献呢？
15.2 One of the best qualities that most people admire in others is the willingness to admit one's mistakes. It is extremely hard sometimes to say a simple thing like "I was wrong about that", and it is even harder to say, "I was wrong, and you were right about that".
大多数人所佩服的别人的最好的品质之一，是敢于承认自己的错误。有时人们发觉很难开口说这样简单的话：“在这一点上是我错了。”而说：“我错了，你是对的。”则更难。
12．日前，针对学生的零用钱（pocket money）的消费方向，你对你们市某中学的高中和初中的部分学生进行了问卷调查．得出数据如下表。现请你用英文给某报社编辑写一封信，反映这一情况，并呼吁中学生树立正确的消费观。
读后感三百字
注意：1．书信中不必一一列举具体数字，只要抓住主要问题和数据说明问题即可。
2．字数：120~150字。开头已给出．不计人总词数。
Dear editor．
Recently a survey has been done to find out how middle school students spend their pocket money
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山根有横纹的女人Dear editor, Recently a survey has been done to find out how middle school students spend their pocket money. In this survey, both junior students and nior students spend most their money on books, sacks and playing games, still some money goes to clothes, banks, sports, and so on. The survey shows that about 44％of niors prefer books to sacks （37%）and playing games （31%）.On the other hand, only 32％of juniors will spend their pocket money buying books, while over a half buy sacks and 44％spend on playing games. Both niors and juniors would not waste too much money in clothes or put it in banks.
I think too much sacks will not only makes us put on weight but also does herm to our health. In addition. if we play games without limit, we'll lo much precious time, which results in low grades. Furthermore, the money is hard-earned. I hope we students value our money as well as our time.
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