经济委员会简短但准确地阐述了国民生产总值稳定快速增长，因此，公众相信政府正在发出疲软的经济已经复苏的信号。

120.The senior official leaked that as a close partner, they committed themselves to taking concrete measures such as absorbing more labour force and eliminating some out-of-date products for the purpose of proceeding to exploit the potential market.

高级官员透露：作为亲密合伙人，他们承诺将采取具体措施例如吸收劳动力，淘汰一些过时的产品，为的是进一步挖掘潜在市场。

121.The embarrassed computer talent felt guilty of sending a threatening mail to the security department simply for fun as the police were appointed to search every vacant seat in the airport and plenty of flights were canceled.

由于警方受命在机场搜索每个空位，很多航班被取消，哪个尴尬的电脑天才十分内疚，自己仅仅为了好玩寄了一封恐吓信给保安部。

122.In principle, the installed software is assumed to make the accounting system more efficient but the reality is that all of us are discouraged from learning by heart so much complicated operating procedure. 理论上，所安装的软件是希望用来让系统更有效率，但事实是我们所有的人都十分受挫，因为要背熟那么多复杂的操作流程。

123.Nowadays, now that the private cars are the symbol of success, ideal life and social position, many businessmen with the driving license hold the belief that owning a luxurious car is closely linked with pursuing a high-quality life.

当今，由于私家车是成功、理想生活和社会地位的标志，许多有驾照的商人都认为拥有一辆豪华车和追求高品质生活是紧密相连的。

124.Before the lecture, the man of great wisdom put forward such an abstract concept that every one kept silent digesting the meaning but it might take a long time for them to truly master it.

在讲座前，那个充满智慧的人提出了一个很抽象的概念以至于每个人都安静地思考消化其含义，但是可能要很久他们才能真正掌握。

125.The deaf twins looked alike and yet unlike the elder brother who had a good command of repairing the vehicles, the younger brother liked painting the pictures, which looked like photos.那对聋哑双胞胎看起来很像，然而，不像哥哥擅长修汽车，弟弟喜欢画画，画出来的画像照片。

126.In some children who go blind, certain parts of the brain that normally control vision appear to switch jobs and focus instead on sound, a new study has found.

新的研究已经发现，盲童的大脑里，一些本应该控制视觉的部分似乎转而控制声音。

127.At the moment, the bright child from an ill-respected school can show certificates to prove he or she is suitable for a job, while the lack of certificate indicates the unsuitability of a dull child attending a well-respected school.

到那个时候，非名校毕业的聪明孩子用各类证书证明他或她适合某个工作，而没有证书就意味着不聪明的孩子不适合读名校。

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128.This defense of excellence and opportunity would disappear if examinations were taken away, and the bright child from a poor family would be a prisoner of his or her school’s reputation, unable to compete for employment with the child from the favored school.

如果考试被取消，对优秀和机遇的保护就会消失，来自于贫困家庭的孩子将会因为学校的声誉而受累，不能与名校的孩子竞争就业机会。

129.To be frank, even though the central government collapsed, these civilians would preserve in fighting to the end because they couldn’t endure being oppressed and motherland’s being conquered.

坦率地说，即使中央政府垮台了，这些平民也会抗争到底，因为他们不能忍受被压迫、祖国被占领。

130.A confusing circumstance called “shifting of responsibility” is defined as the fact that the more people there are, the less likely help is to be given because each individual excuses himself by thinking someone else will help.

一个令人困惑的现象叫做“责任转移”，定义为围观人越多，可能给予的帮助越少，因为每个人都为自己开脱，觉得别人会帮助。

131.Poisonous liquid can cause the symptom such as flu and muscle ache so it is essential to put unique identification label on them according to the directions.

有毒液体能引起诸如流感、肌肉酸痛的症状，因此，有必要按照说明给它们贴上独特的识别标签。

132.The earnest customs officer took it for granted that he possessed the right to have a routine check of everyone’s luggage but he had no idea he had offended the leader.

那个认真的海关官员理所应当地认为：按常规，他有权例行检查所有人的行李，但是他不知道已经冒犯了领导。

133.Some manufacturers, thirsty for more illegal profits, offer the fake goods, which in turn will spoil their most precious wealth——the trust for the brand and leave themselves stranded in trouble.

一些企图获取更多非法利润的制造商供应假货，结果会毁了他们最珍贵的财富——品牌信誉，让自己陷入困境。

134.Once the consequence of the negotiation conducted by the diplomats is disappointing, on most occasions, it seems inevitable for the governments to adopt the most extreme and frightening measure——war at all costs.

一旦外交官协商的结果令人失望，在大多数情况下，政府似乎不可避免地会采取最极端恐怖的手段——不惜一切地发动战争。

135.Although some parts of the surface were illegible, the elaborate masterpiece in the exhibition absolutely illustrated a magnificent vivid scene in which our ancestors went hunting and resisted the wild beast.

尽管部分表面已变得不能辨认，展会上，这幅精美绝伦的绘画杰作展示了一幅栩栩如生的祖先打猎、与野兽抵抗的场景。

136.During the Spring Festival, he designed a flexible schedule where he combined the study with

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entertainment so that he could accomplish the academic task as well as enjoy a series of annual concerts. 春节期间，他设计一个灵活的时间表，把学习和娱乐结合起来，那么他既能完成学术任务，也能享受一系列每年一次的音乐会。

137.To celebrate the 60th anniversary of motherland, enthusiastic people gathered at the square, applauding and cheering, and sent sincere wish to motherland that China would reach a new level in every aspect after they appreciated the magnificent military parade.

为了庆祝祖国60周年，热情的人们聚集在广场欣赏完壮观的阅兵礼后，鼓掌欢呼，送出最真挚的祝福，愿中国在每个方面都创新高。

138.Under the influence of the science fiction, the hardworking technician was stimulated to acquire more knowledge to invent a portable air conditioner containing electrical fans, which weighed only 2.5 kilograms.

在科幻小说的影响下，那个努力工作的技师受到刺激学习更多的知识以发明一种带风扇的便携式空调，重量只有2.5千克。

139.Anyone with the common sense will react angrily to the fact that the aggressive one who once hijacked 2 hostages was assigned to aid in a charity fair as an assistant.

任何有常识的人对这个事实的反应都是气愤，那个极具攻击性的人曾经挟持了2名人质,居然以助手的身份被派去一个慈善义卖会帮忙。

140.To accuse the government of overlooking their criticism, the natives, marching along the street, held a campaign to protest against throwing away the toxic waste on the island at the sacrifice of the natural environment.

为指控政府忽视他们的指责，当地民众沿街游行，对在岛上乱扔有毒废料，牺牲自然环境进行抗议活动。

141.If you are arriving at an international airport and are not transferring another flight, you must pass through Passport Control and Customs immediately after leaving your plane.

如果你到达一个国际机场，而且不转机，下机后你必须立刻通过入境检验和海关。

142.The man elected favourite teacher treats teaching as his lifelong career: although he is strict with students, he answers students’ questions patiently, expands students’ horizon, seldom scolds students, and never pretends to know what he doesn’t know.

那个荣获最喜爱教师头衔的男人把教书当成终身事业，尽管对学生严格,他总是耐心回答学生的问题,拓展学生视野，很少责骂他们,从不会不懂装懂。

143.To prove they themselves were not timid, the participants dared to sail across the Pacific, even though they had predicted they had to strive against different troubles, excluding storms and injury.

为了证明自己不是胆小鬼,参赛者敢于横渡太平洋，就算他们已经预计到除了风暴和受伤，他们还不得不和各种各样的麻烦抗争。

144.Due to people’s anxiety about hunger issues and shrinking farmland, more fund and technology tend to be invested in the awkward problems associated with starvation and nutrition.由于担心饥荒和耕地面积

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越来越小，人们趋向于将更多的钱和技术投入令人头痛的饥饿和营养问题。

145.His departure apparently meant that he refused to undertake the career his parents had paved the way for, because he planned to create a special law agency featuring serving justice for the people in need to realize his personal value.

他的离去很明显意味着，他拒绝走父母为他铺好的路而接受那个工作，因为他计划创造一个特殊的法律中介,特色是为有需要的人伸张正义，以此来实现自己的人生价值。

146.All of us should be grateful to what nature offers us, obey the natural laws, maintain the balance of nature and ban burning any harmful l substance and giving off carbon dioxide through the chimneys.

我们应当用感激的心回报答自然的恩赐,遵守大自然的规律,维护生态平衡，禁止燃烧任何有害物质，严禁烟囱里释放二氧化碳。

147.As a mature professional manager, he will accomplish an urgent task in time, even though he is required to solve it in the period of his vacation, which means squeezing his leisure time and pausing his holiday.

作为一名成熟的职业经理人，即使要求他在休假期间处理紧急任务，他都会及时完成，就算这意味着休闲时间被压缩，意味着休假被暂停。

148.The upset mother can’t stand receiving so many nasty bills that belong to her son because she has been disturbed by them since the son altered his address without sending a notice to the bank. 那个忧心忡忡的母亲不能忍受收到他儿子这么多账单，因为自从她儿子换成了地址却没有通知银行，她一直被这些账单骚扰。

149.While the leader in business or industry or the college professor occupies a higher social position and commands greater respect in the community than the common labourer or even the skilled factory worker, he may take pains to point out that his father started life in America as a farmer or labourer of some sort. 企业的领导或是大学教授拥有较高的社会地位，在社区，他们比普通工人，甚至是工厂技工更受人尊敬，但是，要说出自己的父亲在美国是农民或苦力出身会让他难堪。

150.While parents, particularly mothers, have always been attached to their infants, social conditions frequently made this attachment difficult to maintain.

尽管家长，尤其是母亲总是和自己的婴儿联系在一起，但社会环境常常使这种联系难以维系。

151.In the professor’s view, it is totally nonsense that a man having a clear conscience dares to walk across the cemetery in view of a simple reason: having a clear conscience is irrelevant to having the courage to cross the cemetery.

在这位教授看来，一个问心无愧的人敢于走过坟地的说法完全是乱说一通；因为一个很简单的理由：问心无愧与有胆量走过坟地是毫无关系的。

152.All the paper that you write with is made from trees which are cut down after spending years growing, so if the value of your writing doesn’t overtake that of the trees, then you’d better stop writing.

所有供你写作的纸张都是由那些生长了好几年然后被砍倒的树木制成的，所以如果你的写作价值还不如这些树木的价值，那你最好还是放弃写作吧。

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