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2. But another conflict on the borders clearly would put strains on neighborly relations between the two countries.

3. Tardiness in rising is punished by extra haste in eating breakfast or in walking to catch the train: in the long run, it may even mean the loss of a job or of advancement in business.

4. A man may usually be known by the books he reads as well as by the company he keeps for there is a companionship of books as well as of men, and one should always live in the best company, whether it be of books or of men.

5. I never worked out this puzzle until the later years of the war, when I began to read R. G. Collingwood -- a man who I consider, whatever his critics may say, will come to be regarded as one of the most brilliant and stimulating writers of our age.

6. The president said at a press conference dominated by questions on yesterday’s election results that he could not explain why the Republicans had suffered such a widespread defeat, which in the end would deprive the Republican Party of long-held superiority in the House.

B. 换序法

1. Establishing a distinct identity outside class seems to be the Princetonian solution to a classic problem for students at elite college: What do you do when you go from being the smartest kid in your school to a place where you’re nothing special?

2. It was an experience with a student, whom I shall call Alan, early in my teaching career that illustrated the truth of that legend to me.

3. My mother, Jane Lampton Clemens, died in her 88th year, a mighty age for one who at 40 was so delicate of body as to be accounted a confirmed invalid destined to pass soon away.

三、语篇翻译

A recent phenomenon in the choice of careers on the part of college graduates is the increasing trend towards big companies. Few are interested in research fields. This is an avoidable problem in a materialistic society, where tempting salaries and fringe benefits are offered by big companies to compete with each other to recruit students before they have completed their studies. On the other hand, as many big enterprises and even government departments tend to concentrate on immediate economic results and show comparatively little interest in long range research, there is a stead shift of scientists and researchers from the pure research to the applied field, where there

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are more jobs available with better salaries. All this has not only seriously influenced young people’s view on the choice of careers, but on education as well. Many college teachers deplore that fewer and fewer students these days acquire knowledge only for its own sake.

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