专四写作佳句

。

11.

There

has

been

an

undesirable

trend

in

recent

years

towards

the

worship

of

money.

A

recent

survey

showed

that

X

percent

of

respondents

ranked

getting

rich

as

their

top

priority

,

compared to X percent only a few years ago. Why do people fail to realize that wealth does not

necessarily bring happiness?

近年来 出现了对社会有害的

拜金主义

倾向

。最 近的一项调查表明，

X%

的调查对象把致

富作为他们的

首选

，相比之下，就在几年前，只有

的人这样想。为什么人们没能意识到

财富不一 定带来幸福呢？

12.

Should

parents

spare

the

rod

and

spoil

the

child

?

Opinions

concerning

strict

parental

discipline vary widely

. Some view strict discipline as nothing more than a form of abuse, while

others

argue it is

an essential factor

for

instilling

appropriate social behavior

.

家长应 不应该

闲了棍子、惯了孩子

？针对严厉的

家教

的看法

大相径庭

。有的人就是把

严厉的管教看成一种虐待，而另外的人认为这是逐渐

灌输得体的 社会行为

的要素。

13.

Judging

from

the

reams

of

evidence

presented

,

we

can

safely

conclude

that

the

Three

Gorges Project

will change the lives of

an untold number of people

forever.

根据现有的大量证据

，我们可以

有把握地

得出这样的结论：

三峡工程

将永远改变

无数

人

的 生活。

14. We must

seek immediate solutions for problems leading to

the rapid depletion of the earth's

ozone layer.

If allowed to proceed unchecked

, the problem will undoubtedly

exacerbate

global

warming and threaten life as we know it today.

我们必须

寻求立即解决引起

地球臭氧层快速损耗

的问题的办法

。

如果任其自由发展

这一问题无疑会

加剧

全 球升温，并且正如今天我们所知道的那样危及生命。

15.

Quite obviously, immediate action is needed to extricate

80 million Chinese people

from

the

grips

of

poverty

in

order

to

remove

the

danger

of

social

unrest

and

ensure

continuing

stability

.

很明显，需要立即采取行动使

八千万中国人

摆脱

贫困，从而消除

社会动荡

的危险，

确

保 持续的稳定

。

16. There is little doubt that immediate action is required to

eliminate the scourge of

corruption

once and forever.

毫无疑问，必须立即采取行动彻底

消除

腐败

的祸害

。

17. We must avoid

overindulgence and conspicuous consumption

. We must instead continue to

recognize the benefits of thrift

in order to protect our

newfound prosperity

.

我们必须避免

过分放纵和铺浪费

。相反，我们应该继续

发扬节俭的优点< /p>

以守护我们

新

获得的繁荣

。

18. It

is absolutely essential to

reverse

the

irrational misuse

of

nonrenewable

resources

. For

example,

fuel-efficient

motor

vehicles

must

be

developed

to

reduce

oil

consumption

and

alternative energy sources

must be found to replace coal.

彻底改变对不可再生资源的非理性滥用

是绝对有必要的。例如，必须开发

节能的机动

车

减少汽油的消耗量，并且必须找到

可替代能源

取代煤 。

19.

Reversing

undesirable

social

trends

will

be

far

from

an

easy

task

and

will

require

a

dramatic change in attitudes.

扭转不好的社会趋势远非一件易事

，看法需要有巨大的变化。

20. We

owe a debt of gratitude to

the many individuals who dedicated their lives

to making

the

world a better place. However, we must not

rest on

their accomplishments, but must instead

work

assiduously

to make a greater difference.

我们

应该感

许多为把世界变得更美好而奉献一生的人。

然而，

我们不能

依靠

他们的成绩，

而必须

< br>努力工作

，取得更辉煌的成就。

21. We do, in fact, have a long way to go to reach our final goal, but achieving some

remains well

within the realm of possibility

.

事实上，

我们达到最终的目标还有很 长的路要走，

但是，

取得一些成绩

还是 可能做到的

。

22.

While it remains to be seen whether or not

environmental deterioration can be controlled ,

the current prospects

are far from encouraging

.

环境恶化是否能得到控制这个问题

仍然

没有 答案，但

目前的前景

一点儿也不乐观

。

23. Abortion

advocates may be correct in their assertion that

the practice is a necessary tool of

population control,

but they seem to neglect

the preciousness of human life in its earliest stages.

人工流 产的

提倡者

认为它是控制人口的一种必要手段。

他们也许是对的

，

但他们可能

忽略

了人的生命在最初阶段的宝贵。

24.

There

are

several

reasons

for

the

marked

increase

in

China's

crime

rate

—

the

dramatic

influx

of itinerant workers in urban areas

declining social values and

widening disparities

between the haves and have-nots

.

中国的犯罪率

显著升高

有很多原因

——

城区大量 流动工人的涌入

；社会价值的贬低以

及

贫富之间日益扩大的差距

。

25.

What has sparked the increasing interest in

exercise? For one thing, people have

gained a

greater

awareness

of

the

need

for

physical

fitness.

For

another,

the

constantly

improving

standard

of

living

enables Chinese

people

to

patronize

the

increasing number

of

recreational

venues

.

The main thing perhaps centers on

the

healthcare and psychological benefits

exercise

provides.

什么引 发了人们对

锻炼

越来越浓的兴趣

？一方 面，人们

更加清楚地意识到

保持身体健

康的

必要性

。另一方面，

不断提高的生 活水平

使中国人能够

光顾

不断增加的< /p>

娱乐场所

。最

主要的

可能在于

锻炼带来的

保健和心理上

的好处。

26.

The

explanation

for

the

phenomenon

of

the

rising

teenage

suicide

rate

involves

many

complicated factors. Some attribute

the rise

to

an overemphasis on early success,

others point

to

mounting peer pressure

, and still others to confusion over changing social values.

对上升的少年自杀率的解释

涉及很多复杂的因素

。< /p>

有的人

把上升的原因

归结为

过分强

调少年时期的成功，

有的人指出

是因为不断增长的同伴之间的压力，

还有人认为是对不断变

< br>化的社会价值的迷茫造成的。

27.

The scourge of

HIV/AIDS currently

engulfing the world

will quite likely be

brought under

control

within

the

next

few

years

thanks

to

the

untiring

efforts

of

scientists

and

researchers

worldwide.

现在< /p>

席卷世界

的艾滋病

的祸害

很有可能由于全世界科学家和研究人员的不懈努力在未

来几年

< br>得到控制

。

28.

Child development

depends on a number of factors, both physical and psychological. Correct

parental nurturing

from infancy through adolescence determines both the physical and

mental

profile of a mature individual.

儿童的发展

取决于很多因素，

包括生理的和 心理的。

从婴儿期到青春期的正确的

家长教

育

决定一个成熟的个人的体质及智力的状况。

29.

central

planning

has,

at

least

in

part,

been

blamed

for

the

current

demise

of

state-owned