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.

　　大部分學生相信業余工作會使他們有更多機會發展人際交往能力，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。

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

　　人們把會使用計算機與人生成功相提并論。

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

　　在過去的幾十年，先進的醫療技術已經使得人們比過去活的時間更長成為可能。

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

　　事實上，我們必須承認生命的質量和生命本身一樣重要。

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

　　我們應該不遺余力地美化我們的環境。

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

　　人們相信擁有計算機技術可以獲得更多工作或提升的機會。

　　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.

　　從這幾年我搜集的信息來看，這些知識并沒有人們想象的那么有用。

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

　　現在，人們普遍認為沒有一所大學能夠在畢業時候教給學生所有的知識。

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

　　這是一個關系到生死的問題，任何國家都不能忽視。

　　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.

　　在給出我的觀點之前，我想看看雙方的觀點是重要的。

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

　　這一觀點正受到越來越多人的質疑。

　　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.

　　盡管許多人認為隨著經濟的高速發展，用自行車的人數會減少，自行車可能會消亡， 然而，這幾年我收集的一些信息讓我相信自行車仍然會繼續在現代社會發揮極其重要的作用。

　　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.

　　環境學家指出：持續增加的污染不僅會導致像全球變暖這樣嚴重的問題，而且還將威脅到人類在這個星球的生存。

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

　　考慮到這些嚴重的狀況，我們比以往任何時候更需要像自行車這樣的環保型交通工具。

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

　　使用自行車有助于人們的身體健康，并極大地緩解了交通阻塞。

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

　　盡管自行車有許多明顯的優點，但是它也存在它的問題。

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

　　在速度和舒適度方面，自行車是無法和汽車、火車這樣的交通工具相比的。

　　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.

　　通過以上討論，我們可以得出結論：自行車的優點遠大于缺點，并且在現代社會它仍將發揮重要作用。

　　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.

　　當前在高校和研究機構對教育存在著大量爭論，其中一個問題就是教育是否是個終身學習的過程。

　　40. This issue has caused wide public concern.

　　這個問題已經引起了廣泛關注。

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