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1、TranslationTranslationI I consider it worthwhile trying to summarize our experience in learning English. Here Iwould like to make three relevant points.First, wide reading should be taken as a priority in the learning process, because it is throughreading that we get the most language input. Next, l

2、earning by heart as many well-written essaysas possible is also very important. On the one hand, rote learning/learning by rote is indeed of littlehelp, but on the other hand, memorization/learning by heart with a good understanding will cer-tainly be of benefit/do good to us. With an enormous store

3、 of excellent essays in our heads, wewill find it much easier to express ourselves in English. Finally, it is critical that we should putwhat we have learned into practice. By doing more reading, writing, listening and speaking, wewill be able to accomplish the task of perfecting our English.Model p

4、aperModel paperHow I Learn at CollegeHow I Learn at CollegeI went to school in a small town near Chengdu and now I am studying law at Fudan Universityin Shanghai. Passing from one to the other you have to get used to many new things, not the leastbeing the different way of learning.At school I found

5、 my timetable full throughout the day. One lesson came close on the heels ofanother with little time to call ones own. At university, in contrast, only a few hours of each day aretaken up with classes or lectures. In the time made available you are expected to learn on your own.When and where is up

6、to you. At the same time what you are meant to learn shifts from memorizingmasses of facts to developing an ability to understand theories and present arguments. There are, ofcourse, still facts to be learned. One should not exaggerate the differences. Nevertheless, learning atuniversity certainly t

7、eaches me greater self-reliance and to think for myself.(169 words)(169 words)TranslationTranslationGeorge was on the run since the moment he came aboard. He was always cheerful anddevoted himself heart and soul to his work. Because of his excellent performance he was pro-moted to CEO. From then on

8、he tried hard to blend in with the workers and never threw hisweight around. He also laid down/ introduced a reward system to encourage the workers to workhard. He believedthat loyaltyand hard work would greatly contribute to the success of thecompany. By all accounts he was an outstanding chief exe

9、cutive officer.Informal regretsInformal regretsDear Bob,Id love to come to your party but unfortunately Ive alreadagreed to make a visit to myyrelatives in Suzhou that weekend and wont be able to get away. 3ut Iyou have a l ovel yhopebirthday and that we can get together some time soon.All the best,

10、TomTransla tionTransla tionGeorge, the son of Mr. Johnson, liked listening to heavy metal music in the evenings, and thenoise interrupted the sleep of other residents in the community. Eventually the exhausted neigh-bors lost their patience and decided on direct interference. They called Mr. Johnson

11、 to tell him in afrank mannerwhat they were thinking.Embarrassed.Mr. Johnsonscolded his son:What hascome over you? You should know better than to disturb others for the sake of your own interest.As a result George traded his records for computer games software from his classmates. Overall.the whole

12、thing has worked out quite satisfactorily.Model paperModel paperMother:Nancy, youve been home from school for three days now. Why dont you clean up yourroom?Nancy:We dont have to clean up our rooms at school.Mother:Thats all very well, Nancy. But while youre at home, your Dad and I would like you to

13、keep your room clean.Nancy:What difference does it make? Its my room.Mother: Thats as may be, but you might give a thought to your father. Hes frightened to death ofthe plague and now says if it is going to start anywhere in the country, its going to start inyour room.Nancy:Mother, you people arent

14、interested in anything thats relevant. Do you realize how themajor corporations are polluting our environment?Mother: Your father and I are very worried about it. But right now were more concerned with thepollution in your room.Nancy: For heavens sake, Mother, Im grown up now. Why do you have to tre

15、at me like a child?Mother: Were not treating you like a child. But its very hard for us to think of you as an adult whenyou go round throwing all your clothes on the floor.TranslationTranslationPerhaps you envy me for being able to work from home on the computer. I agree that theInternet has made my

16、 job a lot easier. I can write, submit and edit articles via email, chat with mycolleagues on line and discuss work with my boss. With a click of the mouse, I can get all the dataI need and keep up with the latest news. But then, communicating through the Net can be frus-trating at times. The system

17、 may crash. Worse still, without the emotional cues of face-to-facecommunication, the typed words sometimes seem difficult to interpret.ModModel paperel paperThe Internet Will Not Isolate Us from One AThe Internet Will Not Isolate Us from One A nothernotherSince I bought a computer last month, a new

18、 world has opened up before me, a world thatreaches far beyond my immediate surroundings.Every morning, the first thing I do after opening my eyes is to access the Internet to look at thetop news stories of the day. In the evening, I will again sit by my computer and roam the world. TheInternet brin

19、gs me live World Cup football games and the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center.It also enables me to communicate with my friends via email. The other day I got a message from anold classmate whom I hadnt heard from for years. She got my email address just by searching thewebsite of my univer

20、sity! In addition to helping us keep up old ties, it also brings me new friends withwhom I meet virtually in chat rooms. We exchange views on topics of interest and pour our heartsout to one another like intimate friends.So, instead of isolating us from one another, the Internet serves to shorten or

21、 eliminate distance,and helps to bring friends closer.(187(187words)words)TranslationTranslationPsychologists have used numerous facts to bear out the argument/statement/claim that inorder to recover speedily from negative emotion, you should allow yourself to cry. You neednt/dont have to be ashamed

22、 of crying. Anxiety and sorrow can flow out of the body along withtears.Consider the case of /Take Donna. Her son unfortunately died in a car accident. The inten-sity of the blow made her unable to cry. She said, It was not until two weeks later that I beganto cry. And then I felt as if a big stone

23、had been lifted from my shoulders. It was the tears thatbrought me back to earth.Model paperModel paperThe Change in Mr. ManwaringThe Change in Mr. ManwaringThere is no doubt about it. Hal Manwaring has definitely changed. And changed for the better.He still limps, of course, still has trouble getti

24、ng in and out of his car and climbing stairs. He still needshis stick to get about. Everyone feels sorry for him, naturally. They always have, ever since he firststarted suffering from his disease all those years ago. But, to be honest, in recent years people startedto avoid him, he had become so bi

25、tter he hadnt a good word to say about anyone or anything.Understandable, you might say, but that didnt make him any better company.Then, all of a sudden, ever since that big storm we had last month, he picked himself up andnow has a cheerful word and a smile for everyone. Where once you would see h

26、im sitting hunchedup on his porch for hours on end, now you see him hopping about all over town. He has even takenup helping to teach on the adult literacy programme. Just what happened he wont say, but whateverit was it certainly did him a power of good.(189(189words)TranslationTranslationBarbara h

27、as dreamed of becoming a CEO for a long time. To achieve her hearts desire, she- 130 -Appendi x Iapplied for a job in many a multi-national corporation, but failed to get it. However, nothing seemsto be abl e to undo her. With a loan from a local bank she opened a restaurant not long ago. Whiledoing

28、 business she is having two young children to care for. Also, she is working at/studying foran MBA degree. Despite all this she manages to get her act together. Nevertheless, even to her,racing the clock is by no means a piece of cake. Its a very exhausting job.Model paperModel paperWomen Hold up Ha

29、lf the SkyWomen Hold up Half the SkyMen are born free but everywhere they are in chains, wrote the French philosopher Rousseau.Being a man he forgot to add that the chains that hold women back are often stronger and heavier. Itis true that women are no longer tied to the home, and have entered fully

30、 into the world of work.Nevertheless, childbirth and greater responsibilities for childcare can put women at a disadvantage incompetition with men. The situation is made all the more difficult by discrimination against women inselection and promotion in certain professions.There are a number of ways

31、 to remedy this situation. Improving womens confidence aboutwhat they can achieve is one. Destroying male prejudices is another. But the answer lies not just inchanging ideas. Material support in the form of improved childcare facilities is needed, as is greaterprotection from the law against sexual

32、 discrimination.(152(152words)words)TranslationTranslationThough how the English language came into existence remains a mystery, linguists/languagescientists now tend to believe that English and most other European languages havedescendedfrom a common source; the Indo-European parent language. Engli

33、sh was first spoken by theAnglo-Saxons who invaded England in the fifth century. They passed onto us the basic vocabu-lary of English. In its over 15 centuries of development, English has borrowed from other lan-guages massively, and such borrowing has greatly enriched its vocabulary. As settlers la

34、nded inAmerica and established the United States as an independent nation, a new variety was added tothe English language: American English. Though some people worry that the language is runningout of control, many native speakers of English take pride in the tolerance of their language.Model paperM

35、odel paperEstimates of English Speakers from 1950 to 2050Estimates of English Speakers from 1950 to 2050This graph shows the changes of the estimated numbers of English speakers from 1950 to2050. English speakers are divided into three groups, i.e., LI speakers, L2 speakers and EFL speak-ers.Accordi

36、ng to the graph, it is estimated that the number of LI speakers was a little over 200Appendi x I-137-million in 1950, a figure that will increase to around 450 million by 2050. L2 speakers will tripleduring the same period, from less than 200 million to around 600 million. EFL speakers will double i

37、nnumber over the period, starting from about 400 million in 1950 and reaching to over 900 million in2050.Although the numbers of English speakers in all three groups tend to increase, their patterns ofincrease are different. LI speakers increase steadily over the entire period, but not as rapidly as

38、 L2speakers. This rapid growth is predicted to lead to L2 speakers outnumbering LI speakers by theyear 2010. Trends for the number of EFL speakers follow a somewhat different path. While thefigures remained stable during the 1950s they then began to experience an increasingly sharp rise thatis expec

39、ted to level off and remain stable from 2020.(195 w(195 w ords)ords)TranslationTranslationIt is relatively more difficult to call for poorly educated people to conserve resources be-cause they tend to view resources as nothing more than handy materials, which they can neveroveruse to the point of ex

40、cess. They are seldom aware of the fatal consequences of the ruin ofnature. In contrast, most educated people bind their own well-being to that of nature and try topreserve nature on the grounds of self-preservation. Though it may be difficult to distinguish agood proposal from a bad one in our curr

41、ent debate on environmental issues, one contemporarycommentator has argued that protecting the environment in the name of man should be ourguiding principle.Model paperModel paperMy Thoughts on Environmental ProtectionMy Thoughts on Environmental ProtectionWhen faced with all kinds of environmental

42、problems, many people seem to believe that wehave to choose either economic prosperity or environmental protection. In my view, this is a falsechoice. I think that economic development and environmental protection can and must coexist.It is true that development has brought with it a number of envir

43、onmental problems, such as airpollution, water shortages and acid rain, but at the same time modern industry and commerce havegreatly improved our lives. Few would wish to live without the benefits of television, automobiles,computers, etc. To stop developing our industry and commerce for the sake o

44、f nature alone is puresentimentalism.Of course, we cant allow economic growth to go on at the expense of the environment, either.When a healthy environment is gone, everything that our life depends on is gone, too. So, we mustprotect the environment not for the sake of the environment alone but for the sake of man.