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1.Americans tend to define people by the jobs they have/do. Such characteristics as their family and educational backgrounds are considered less important.

2.His uncompromising personality explains why he could no longer put up with his employer and eventually submitted his resignation.

3.If you really want to learn English well, you must put in a lot of time and energy, or you'll go nowhere. The same can be said of other subjects.

4.Some actors fame is built on their innate beauty, but despite his short stature, Dustin Hoffman rose above and it is his excellent acting that set him apart.

5.After he took charge, we discovered that there were striking differences between him and his predecessor. He had the drive and passion, came up with many new ideas, and focused his work on how to raise our morale.

6.Deng Xiaoping made history when he declared China's reform and opening-up policy. Despite tremendous obstacles, he made lasting contributions to our country's modernization with his unrelenting efforts.

7.Why could someone with a genius IQ be left behind by a hardworking person with an average IQ? It has to be acknowledged that besides one's IQ, many other factors have much to do with one's achievements.

8.This teacher is really remarkable in first motivating her students so she can really teach them something. It's not that she is talented, it's that she focuses completely or drawing their full attention in class.

1.He glared at John and was annoyed by his refusal to cooperate.

2.John's sincere speech shows his gratitude to the people who rendered him generous help when he was in difficulty.

3.He is something of a stamp collector. The fact that once he saved up for two years to buy a rare stamp is proof of it.

4.The beauty of these roses could not be overstated. They took/caught all the visitors fancy in one way or another.

5.At first he took it for granted that they should build more highways in this area. Then a careful calculation of the expenditure compelled him to think twice before he made the final decision. 6.Each time he receives a gift from me, no matter how small, my friend Bill never fails to acknowledge it.

7.The journalist has decided to trace the young man referred to in the old couple's letter, which is a tribute to the young man's effort at improving their living conditions.

8.Though he was fed up with the salesmen who knocked at his door and boasted about their products every day, he refrained from slamming the door in their face.

1.Tom was hung up on the problem but could do nothing about it until he learnt to solve it with different tactics.

2.Lateral thinking has helped him to advance his new theory which had seemed to reach a dead end.

3.The framework of our latest construction plan has been affirmed by the local government. Whether it will be carried out on time is of the utmost significance to the development of this coastal city.

4.While trying to find a solution to the problem, Edward reached an impasse in his thinking, but later he changed his point of view and solved the problem in an entirely unexpected fashion.

5.Many people believe that computer labs will eventually take over from the libraries and students who want to take in new knowledge will end up learning everything in the computer lab.

6.Yesterday his car crashed into a truck almost head-on. If he does not stop driving so carelessly, I am sure he will wind up in the emergency room of a hospital.

7.There is a flaw in the structural design of the painting. Why don't you erase the vertical lines and simplify it a little bit?

8.John should have given up smoking a long time ago. After all, health is of the utmost importance to everybody.

1.Schools should avoid deciding who is superior only in terms of students' exam results and treating them accordingly. Instead, a good educational system should enable every student to measure up to good standards as well-rounded people.

2.As often as not, when college students have questions after class, their teachers are not readily available except during office hours. This is due to teachers' busy academic research, rather than their indifference to the students.

3.This class consists of forty students, most of whom used to be labeled average in terms of English level. But as this teacher has never shown any verbal impatience, the students have reacted positively to his teaching methods and lived up to his expectations.

4.Teaching is becoming increasingly demanding in the United States, due in part to the diversity of students' racial background and the complexity of educational technologies that require additional training.

5.The English are, as often as not, labeled conservative. Obviously this label is prejudiced. In reality, Britain is not very different from other European countries in terms of national characteristics. The British are polite, neat, orderly and confident.

6.Some young people grow up with a strong desire for independence. They would rather try hard to go through life on their own than turn to their parents for help with a sense of guilt.

7.Your friend treats you sincerely, so you should respond accordingly and mustn deceive him or talk about his setbacks with irony(ironically).

8.The neighbors' irritation/annoyance was due to the noise they made. However, because of reassurances that they would stop working at night, they went through with the decoration of this apartment.

1.正如你可以想像到的，阅读为我打开了一个新的天地并永远改变了我的人生道路。 As you can imagine, reading has opened a new world to me and changed forever the course of my life.

2.他从童年起就对书籍表现出一种非常强烈的兴趣。他对书籍如此迷恋，以致从不让一天过去而不进行一些阅读。 He had demonstrated an unusually intense interest in books since childhood. So fascinated with books was he that he never let a day pass without doing some reading.

3.他每次乘地铁上下班身边都有一本想读的书。他就这样在过去三年中读了近一百本书。 Every time he takes the subway to and from work, he has with him a book that he wants to read. That is the way he has read nearly a hundred books in the past three years.

4.他读中学时常在自己的房间里读书至深夜。每次听到母亲走近的脚步声，他便关掉灯假装睡着。而母亲一走过去，他便打开灯，重又读起来。

When he was in high school, he used to read deep/far into the night in his own room. Each time he heard the approaching footsteps of his mother, he would turn off the light and feigned sleep. But a

s soon as his mother passed, he would turn on the light and begin reading again.

5.几乎没有什么关于中国的东西是他不感到好奇的。为了满足自己的好奇心他已决定亲自到那儿去尽量多看一些。 There is hardly anything about China he's not curious about. And to satisfy his curiosity he has decided to go there in person to see as much as he can.

6.我不知道是什么使得你儿子羡慕那位流行歌手并试图事事模仿他的。你还是问问他本人好了。 I don't know/ I have little/no idea what made your son envy that pop singer and try to emulate him in everything. You might as well ask him in person.

7.他从图书馆一借到那本书就在走廊的灯光下飞快地把它翻了一遍。

As soon as he checked out the book from the library, he thumbed through its pages by the corridor light.

8.我认为没有哪个人在农村学到的比我更多。实际上，农村的三年使我比进某个大学学习得更深入细致。

I don't think anybody ever learned more in the countryside than I did. In fact, those three years in the countryside enabled me to study far intensively than I would have if I had attended some college.

1.他生来就有残疾，但他从不沮丧，也从未屈服于任何困难。

He was disabled from birth, but he never felt frustrated, nor did he give in to any difficulty.

2.汤姆一直坚决要求提升。当机会出现时，他立即抓住了。

Tom had been holding out for a promotion. When the opportunity showed up, he grabbed it at once.

3.他对所有的标准化考试都不信任并认为应该有某种更好的东西来取代它们。 He distrusts all standardized tests and believes that there should be something better to substitute for them.

4.我的论点是，我们应当马上对这些有争议的问题逐个进行调查。

My thesis is that we should carry out a survey of these controversial issues one by one right now.

5.贝蒂勤劳而又可靠。她从不在困难面前退缩。总之，她是我们都为之感到骄傲的那种学生。 Betty is diligent and dependable. She never shies away from any difficulties. In short, she is the kind of student that we are all proud of.

6.把汽油箱放在你的房子里是不明智的，因为它极易燃烧，并且可能在几分钟内就将你辛辛苦苦挣来的财富付之一炬。

It is ill-advised to keep the gas tank in your house for it ignites easily and may burn up all your hard-earned wealth in just a few minutes.

7.史密斯博士的讲座等于是说,很早就显示出高情商的孩子无论面对什么困难都会最终取得成功。

Doctor Smith's lecture amounts to saying that a child who displays high EQ early on in life will succeed eventually in the face of all kinds of difficulties.

8.由于在美国许多婚姻都以离婚告终，心理学家们建议所有家庭中的夫妻都应更经常地相互沟通，不要等到为时太晚时才来解决他们的问题。

Since many marriages end in divorce in the United States, psychologists have suggested that couples in all families communicate with each other more often and solve their problems before it becomes too late.

1.随着长大， 我渐渐接受了这一事实: 我永远不会实现成为一名作家的梦想。

As I grew up, I made my peace with the fact that I would never fulfil my dream of becoming a wri

ter.

2.迈克尔想了两天还没填出字谜游戏(word puzzle)里那个至关重要的词，最后只好失望地放弃。

Michael had got stuck trying to figure out the word essential to the word puzzle for two days before he threw up his hands in frustration.

3.当这位歌手发现市面上有自己作品的盗版(pirated edition)时，他十分震惊，发誓决不放过那盗贼。

The singer was taken aback by the pirated editions of his songs on the market, and he vowed not to let the thiefs off.

4.感谢您购买我们的锅炉(furnace)。作为回报，我们将免费为您处理旧锅炉。

Thank you for purchasing our furnace. In return we will get rid of your old one for free.

5.我和苏珊互诉了别后发生的事情，从中我得知她已经出版了好几本儿童读物。

Susan and I filled each other in on what had happened after we parted, from which I learned that she had had several children's books in print.

6.当连锁大书店的竞争逼得她的小书店歇业后，已届中年的莉莲不知道自己还能做些什么。 Her bookstore having been frozen out by a giant chain, the middle-aged Lillian was at a loss as to what else she could do.

7.你需要有人在旁不断督促才会完成这一任务。

You need somebody to urge you constantly to see the task through to completion.

8.因为害怕新建购物中心会破坏社区的宁静，许多居民反对这一计划。

For fear that a new shopping center would ruin the peace of the community, many residents opposed the construction plan.