∙ Mobiles Distract Study
手机影响学习
∙ Mobile phones are becoming a new scene on campus.
在大学校园里，手机已经成为了一道新的风景。
∙ Students think it is extremely convenient for them to communicate with the outside world by using mobile phones, especially when they are hunting for jobs, so they call it an essential investment.
学生们认为，手机可以让他们非常便利地与外界联系, 特别是当他们找工作的时候，所以他们认为这是个必要的投资。
∙ Education experts analyze the entry of mobile phones into campus as an
indication of social progress.To some extent, it reflects that college students are more and more involved in this modern society, rather than pedants in the "Ivory Tower".
教育专家分析，手机进入校园是社会进步的体现。在某种程度上，这反映了大学生越来越融入这个现代社会，而不是待在“象牙塔”里的书呆子。
∙ As a coin has two sides, the mobile phone, while providing convenience, causes trouble too.In classrooms, the untimely ringing interrupts lectures and destroys the atmosphere of study, so it prompts many complaints.And the mobile phone users themselves also suffer.
正如硬币都有两面一样，手机在提供方便的同时，也产生了一些问题。在教室里，不合时宜地响起的手机铃声不但打断了上课，而且破坏了学习的气氛，因此也引起了诸多抱怨。手机使用者自己也同样是受害者。
∙ Therefore, we need to think more about how to integrate mobile phones properly into our lives.
因此，我们应该更多地想想如何使手机适当地融入我们的生活。
∙ Protection of the Environment
保护环境
∙ Once man did not have to think about the protection of his environment.There were few people on the earth, and natural resources seemed to be unlimited.
过去，人们不必担心保护环境的问题。因为那时地球上人口稀少，自然资源似乎取之不尽。
∙ Today things are different.The world has become too crowded.We are using up our natural resources,and polluting our environment with dangerous chemicals.If we continue to do this, human life on earth will not survive.
如今，一切都改变了。世界变得拥挤异常。我们正在耗尽我们的自然资源，有毒化学制品的使用也正污染着环境。如果我们继续这样下去，地球上的生命将不复存在。
∙ We realize that if too many fish are taken from the sea, there will soon be none left.Yet,with modern fishing methods, more and more fish are caught.We know that if too many trees are cut down, forests will disappear.Yet, we continue to use powerful
machines to cut down more and more trees.We see that if rivers are polluted with waste products, we will die.Yet, waste products are still put into rivers.
我们都知道如果从海里捕捉太多的鱼，海里就不会再有鱼了。但是，现代化的捕鱼技术使得捕鱼量越来越大，我们都知道如果砍伐太多的树木，森林就会消失。但是，我们仍旧使用强大的机械砍伐越来越多的树木。我们都知道如果河水被废弃物污染的话，我们只有死路一条。但是废弃物仍然源源不断地进入河里
∙ We know that if the population continues to rise at the present rate, in a few years, there won＇t be enough food.What can we do to solve these problems?
我们知道，人口继续照现在这个速度增长的话，不出几年，就会发生食物短缺。 我们该如何解决这些问题呢?
∙ If we eat more vegetables and less meat, there will be more food available.Land for crops feeds five times more people than land where animals are kept.
如果我们多吃蔬菜，少吃肉类的话，我们就会有更多的食物。因为同样大小的土地如果种庄稼的话会比养殖动物多养活五倍多的人。
∙ Our natural resources will last longer if we learn to recycle them.
如果我们学会再利用的话，自然资源就能持续更久。
∙ The world population will not rise so quickly if people use modern methods of birth control.
如果人们使用现代化的生育控制方法，世界人口就不会增长如此迅猛。
∙ Finally, if we educate people to think about the problems we shall have a better and cleaner planet in the future.
最后，如果我们能够教育人们都意识到这些问题的话，未来我们就会有一个更好、更洁净的星球。
∙ Friends
朋友
∙ Friends are very important to us.When in trouble, we need friends to offer us en couragement and help. With success achieved, we also need friends to share our joys.It＇s hard to imagine life without friendship!
朋友对我们非常重要。当遇到困难时，我们需要朋友给予鼓励和帮助：获得了成功，我们也需要朋友分享我们的欢乐。没有友谊的生活是难以想象的!
∙ A person should make as many friends as he can.The more friends he has, the more meaningful his life will be.Similarly, a country, too, needs friends.China today, for example, has friends all over the world.With the open policy being successfully carried out, she is certain to make more friends in the future.
一个人应广交朋友。朋友越多，他的生活将更有意义。同样，一个国家也需要朋友。譬如，今天的中国，朋友遍天下。随着开放政策成功的施行，中国将会有更多的朋友。
∙ However,real friends are not easy to find.That＇s why we highly value our friend ship with them.False friends also exist. They may have a bad influence on our character and are even worse open enemies.Therefore, it is essential we take care in making friends.
然而，真正的朋友却不易寻觅。这就是为什么我们非常珍视朋友之间友谊的原因。假朋友也是存在的，他们对我们的品格有不良影响，甚至是更坏的公开敌人。因此，根本的问题在于慎重交友。
∙ Step Away From the Video Games
远离电子游戏
∙ Every afternoon hundreds of thousands of youths flood Internet cafes, switch on a game console, or otherwise sit down to involve themselves in intense fantasy worlds.I'm talking about video games; games like Counter Strike, Diablo, Smash Brothers or Halo.These games can be fun and exciting, but we need to watch out for when this pastime becomes an addiction.
每天下午，成百上千的年轻人就会涌进网吧，接通游戏控制台，或者坐下来自己一人沉溺于一个紧张的梦幻世界。我说的是电子游戏，像反恐精英、暗黑破坏神、任天堂明星大乱斗、光晕。这些游戏非常有趣、刺激，但我们必须提防不要沉迷于这种消遣之中。
∙ Games are often incredibly exciting and dramatic, but they generally aren't very intellectual.We don't learn as much from them as we would simply reading a book, and spending too much time playing them can take away from our study time.We need to remember that we are students first and foremost.Nothing should ever get in the way of proper studying.
游戏通常都非常刺激、生动，但通常并不能锻炼智力。玩游戏并不能像读书那样学到很多知识，况且花太多时间玩游戏也会占据我们读书的时间。我们必须记住，首先也是最重要的一点是，我们还是学生。没有什么应该影响我们正常的读书。
∙ Video games can also be a bad influence on younger children who may be
watching.Many video games are violent and the object in most of them is to kill the other player(s).This does not send the right message to the children who need to be told that violence is not acceptable and need to be taught how to handle situations maturely.Even if we do decide ourselves to sit down and play a violent video game, we need to make sure that it is not influencing the younger people around
电子游戏对于那些只是观看的小孩也是一个坏影响。许多电子游戏都非常暴力，其目标大部分都是杀死另外的玩家。对于那些必须教会他们暴力是不正当的，必须教会他们成熟处理事情的孩子来说，这并没有传达一个正确的信息。即使我们自己决定坐下来打一场刺激的电子游戏，也必须确保没有影响到周围的年轻人。
∙ Sport
运动
∙ Sport plays an important role in our daily life.Most of us begin our day with some kind of exercise or sport.Athletics is part of our university curriculum.Many students play on either the departmental or university sports team after a hard day of class.
运动在日常生活中起着重要作用。我们大多数人在新的一天开始时总要做一些运动。体育课是我们大学课程的一部分。许多学生在一天的紧张学习之后还参加了系或学校的运动队。
∙ Some people take sports far too seriously.Some people are only interested in how their favourite sports team does: they don't care much about their country or the rest of the world.These people often get into fights if their team loses.
有些人对运动过分认真。有些人只对他们喜欢的运动队的输赢感兴趣，他们对他们的国家或世界其它地方的情况不太关心。这些人在他们所关心的运动队输了时往往打斗起来。
∙ When I have time for sports there is one that I like more than any other.I find bas ketball both a physical and a mental challenge.Runing, jumping, and shooting, are also enjoyable and healthful sports.
我有时间参加运动时，有一种运动我特别喜欢。我发现打篮球无论在身体上还是脑力上都是一种挑战。跑、跳、投都是有趣的、有益于健康的运动。
∙ Mobiles Distract Study
手机影响学习
∙ Mobile phones are becoming a new scene on campus.
在大学校园里，手机已经成为了一道新的风景。
∙ Students think it is extremely convenient for them to communicate with the outside world by using mobile phones, especially when they are hunting for jobs, so they call it an essential investment.
学生们认为，手机可以让他们非常便利地与外界联系, 特别是当他们找工作的时候，所以他们认为这是个必要的投资。
∙ Education experts analyze the entry of mobile phones into campus as an
indication of social progress.To some extent, it reflects that college students are more and more involved in this modern society, rather than pedants in the "Ivory Tower".
教育专家分析，手机进入校园是社会进步的体现。在某种程度上，这反映了大学生越来越融入这个现代社会，而不是待在“象牙塔”里的书呆子。
∙ As a coin has two sides, the mobile phone, while providing convenience, causes trouble too.In classrooms, the untimely ringing interrupts lectures and destroys the atmosphere of study, so it prompts many complaints.And the mobile phone users themselves also suffer.
正如硬币都有两面一样，手机在提供方便的同时，也产生了一些问题。在教室里，不合时宜地响起的手机铃声不但打断了上课，而且破坏了学习的气氛，因此也引起了诸多抱怨。手机使用者自己也同样是受害者。
∙ Therefore, we need to think more about how to integrate mobile phones properly into our lives.
因此，我们应该更多地想想如何使手机适当地融入我们的生活。
∙ Protection of the Environment
保护环境
∙ Once man did not have to think about the protection of his environment.There were few people on the earth, and natural resources seemed to be unlimited.
过去，人们不必担心保护环境的问题。因为那时地球上人口稀少，自然资源似乎取之不尽。
∙ Today things are different.The world has become too crowded.We are using up our natural resources,and polluting our environment with dangerous chemicals.If we continue to do this, human life on earth will not survive.
如今，一切都改变了。世界变得拥挤异常。我们正在耗尽我们的自然资源，有毒化学制品的使用也正污染着环境。如果我们继续这样下去，地球上的生命将不复存在。
∙ We realize that if too many fish are taken from the sea, there will soon be none left.Yet,with modern fishing methods, more and more fish are caught.We know that if too many trees are cut down, forests will disappear.Yet, we continue to use powerful
machines to cut down more and more trees.We see that if rivers are polluted with waste products, we will die.Yet, waste products are still put into rivers.
我们都知道如果从海里捕捉太多的鱼，海里就不会再有鱼了。但是，现代化的捕鱼技术使得捕鱼量越来越大，我们都知道如果砍伐太多的树木，森林就会消失。但是，我们仍旧使用强大的机械砍伐越来越多的树木。我们都知道如果河水被废弃物污染的话，我们只有死路一条。但是废弃物仍然源源不断地进入河里
∙ We know that if the population continues to rise at the present rate, in a few years, there won＇t be enough food.What can we do to solve these problems?
我们知道，人口继续照现在这个速度增长的话，不出几年，就会发生食物短缺。 我们该如何解决这些问题呢?
∙ If we eat more vegetables and less meat, there will be more food available.Land for crops feeds five times more people than land where animals are kept.
如果我们多吃蔬菜，少吃肉类的话，我们就会有更多的食物。因为同样大小的土地如果种庄稼的话会比养殖动物多养活五倍多的人。
∙ Our natural resources will last longer if we learn to recycle them.
如果我们学会再利用的话，自然资源就能持续更久。
∙ The world population will not rise so quickly if people use modern methods of birth control.
如果人们使用现代化的生育控制方法，世界人口就不会增长如此迅猛。
∙ Finally, if we educate people to think about the problems we shall have a better and cleaner planet in the future.
最后，如果我们能够教育人们都意识到这些问题的话，未来我们就会有一个更好、更洁净的星球。
∙ Friends
朋友
∙ Friends are very important to us.When in trouble, we need friends to offer us en couragement and help. With success achieved, we also need friends to share our joys.It＇s hard to imagine life without friendship!
朋友对我们非常重要。当遇到困难时，我们需要朋友给予鼓励和帮助：获得了成功，我们也需要朋友分享我们的欢乐。没有友谊的生活是难以想象的!
∙ A person should make as many friends as he can.The more friends he has, the more meaningful his life will be.Similarly, a country, too, needs friends.China today, for example, has friends all over the world.With the open policy being successfully carried out, she is certain to make more friends in the future.
一个人应广交朋友。朋友越多，他的生活将更有意义。同样，一个国家也需要朋友。譬如，今天的中国，朋友遍天下。随着开放政策成功的施行，中国将会有更多的朋友。
∙ However,real friends are not easy to find.That＇s why we highly value our friend ship with them.False friends also exist. They may have a bad influence on our character and are even worse open enemies.Therefore, it is essential we take care in making friends.
然而，真正的朋友却不易寻觅。这就是为什么我们非常珍视朋友之间友谊的原因。假朋友也是存在的，他们对我们的品格有不良影响，甚至是更坏的公开敌人。因此，根本的问题在于慎重交友。
∙ Step Away From the Video Games
远离电子游戏
∙ Every afternoon hundreds of thousands of youths flood Internet cafes, switch on a game console, or otherwise sit down to involve themselves in intense fantasy worlds.I'm talking about video games; games like Counter Strike, Diablo, Smash Brothers or Halo.These games can be fun and exciting, but we need to watch out for when this pastime becomes an addiction.
每天下午，成百上千的年轻人就会涌进网吧，接通游戏控制台，或者坐下来自己一人沉溺于一个紧张的梦幻世界。我说的是电子游戏，像反恐精英、暗黑破坏神、任天堂明星大乱斗、光晕。这些游戏非常有趣、刺激，但我们必须提防不要沉迷于这种消遣之中。
∙ Games are often incredibly exciting and dramatic, but they generally aren't very intellectual.We don't learn as much from them as we would simply reading a book, and spending too much time playing them can take away from our study time.We need to remember that we are students first and foremost.Nothing should ever get in the way of proper studying.
游戏通常都非常刺激、生动，但通常并不能锻炼智力。玩游戏并不能像读书那样学到很多知识，况且花太多时间玩游戏也会占据我们读书的时间。我们必须记住，首先也是最重要的一点是，我们还是学生。没有什么应该影响我们正常的读书。
∙ Video games can also be a bad influence on younger children who may be
watching.Many video games are violent and the object in most of them is to kill the other player(s).This does not send the right message to the children who need to be told that violence is not acceptable and need to be taught how to handle situations maturely.Even if we do decide ourselves to sit down and play a violent video game, we need to make sure that it is not influencing the younger people around
电子游戏对于那些只是观看的小孩也是一个坏影响。许多电子游戏都非常暴力，其目标大部分都是杀死另外的玩家。对于那些必须教会他们暴力是不正当的，必须教会他们成熟处理事情的孩子来说，这并没有传达一个正确的信息。即使我们自己决定坐下来打一场刺激的电子游戏，也必须确保没有影响到周围的年轻人。
∙ Sport
运动
∙ Sport plays an important role in our daily life.Most of us begin our day with some kind of exercise or sport.Athletics is part of our university curriculum.Many students play on either the departmental or university sports team after a hard day of class.
运动在日常生活中起着重要作用。我们大多数人在新的一天开始时总要做一些运动。体育课是我们大学课程的一部分。许多学生在一天的紧张学习之后还参加了系或学校的运动队。
∙ Some people take sports far too seriously.Some people are only interested in how their favourite sports team does: they don't care much about their country or the rest of the world.These people often get into fights if their team loses.
有些人对运动过分认真。有些人只对他们喜欢的运动队的输赢感兴趣，他们对他们的国家或世界其它地方的情况不太关心。这些人在他们所关心的运动队输了时往往打斗起来。
∙ When I have time for sports there is one that I like more than any other.I find bas ketball both a physical and a mental challenge.Runing, jumping, and shooting, are also enjoyable and healthful sports.
我有时间参加运动时，有一种运动我特别喜欢。我发现打篮球无论在身体上还是脑力上都是一种挑战。跑、跳、投都是有趣的、有益于健康的运动。