大学英语四、六级作文写作素材
Writing Materials for College Students
1大学生活
1.1课程
●必修课
●选修课
●基础课
●专业课
●大学英语
●高等数学
●体育
●军事理论
●机械制图
●大学物理
●线性代数
●法律基础
●普通物理
●概率论
●金工实习
●电工实习
●微机原理
●CET-6
●CET-4
●软件技术基础
●通讯原理
●C 语言
●专业英语
●自动控制理论
●马克思主义原理
●运筹学
●食品工程
●电路理论
●电路测试技术
●毕业实习 Compulsory / Required Course Optional / Elective Course Basic Course specialized Course College English Advanced Mathematics Physical Education Military Theory Mechanical Graphing College Physics Linear Algebra Fundamental of Law General Physics Probability Theory Metalworking Practice Electrical Engineering Practice Principle of Microcomputer College English Test (Band 6) College English Test (Band 4) Basis of Software Technique Principle of Communication C language Specialty English Automatic Control Theory Principle of Marxism Operational Research Food Engineering Theory of Circuitry Circuit Measurement Technology Graduation Field Work
●毕业设计 Graduation Project
●to cultivate the ability to analyze and solve concrete problems independently
培养独立分析问题和解决问题的能力
●to help develop the ability of the students to think things out for themselves启发学生独立思考的能力 ●to foster the students’ ability to study on their own培养学生自学能力
●to give scope to the students’ initiative and creativeness发挥学生主动性和创造性
●cramming (forced-feeding) method of teaching填鸭式教学
●to educate the person as well as impart book knowledge教书育人
●College students take a wide range of courses.大学生要修很多门课程。
●The teacher’s lecture attracts (never fails to fascinate) me. I am absorbed in this course.这门课程十分吸引人。 ●I gain some insight into human nature through this course.这门课，使我们对人的本性有了更深的了解。
●The course satisfies my curiosity about myself.这门课，满足了了解自我的好奇心。
●Compulsory class attendance should not be required.不应该实行上课考勤制。
●Of these courses, psychology is my favorite.在这些课程当中，我最喜爱的是心理学。
1.2大学校园
●校舍
●纪念厅
●图书馆
●钟楼
●停车场
●体育馆
●宿舍
●自助餐厅
●大学本科学生
●研究生
●教授
●法学院
●文学院
●经济学院
●商学院
●社会学院
●教育学院
●理学院
●工学院
●农学院 school building memorial hall library clock tower parking lot gymnasium dormitory cafeteria undergraduate graduate student professor School of Law School of Literature School of Economics School of Business School of Sociology School of Education School of Science School of Engineering School of Agriculture
●医学院 School of Medicine
●药学院 School of Pharmacy
●艺术学院 School of Art
●to acquire a degree获得学位
●to raise the whole intellectual standard of our nation.提高全民素质
●It goes without saying that it’s never too old to learn.不言而喻学习永远都不晚。
●There is no doubt that knowledge is life’s most precious asset.毫无疑问知识是人一生中最宝贵的财富。 ●No diligence, no accomplishment.勤奋才能成功。
●One should not reach the rich storehouse of knowledge unless he studies carefully.
惟有认真学习，才能打开知识的宝库。
●Many things on campus are not the same as my imagination.
大学生活与我想象中的不一样。
●Because of the intense competition in the university, I spend most of my time studying.
大学里的竞争很激烈，我主要的时间用来学习。
●I am also interested in various societies in theuniversity and I have joined in the photography society.
我对大学里的社团活动也很感兴趣，参加了摄影协会。
1.3大学扩招
●Some significant changes took place in student enrollment in China.
中国学生注册人数发生了巨大变化。
●To build our country into a modernized one, a large number of professionals and intellectuals are needed. 要想把我国建设成为现代化的国家，需要大量的专业人员和知识分子。
●The government founded many colleges, which provided more opportunities for those young people interested in
advanced education.
政府建立了许多大学， 为那些想去接受更高层次教育的年轻人提供了更多的机会。
●The expansion of college enrollment meets people’s needs for higher education because high school leavers have more opportunities to attend college.
大学扩招可以满足人们接受高等教育的要求，有更多的高中毕业生能得到上大学的机会。
●The expansion of college enrollment stimulates consumption and enable people to invest more money in education.
大学扩招刺激了消费，让更多的人来投资教育。
●The expansion of college enrollment helps our country to have more well-educated citizens and professionals. 大学扩招提高了国家的人口素质，是国家拥有更多杰受过良好教育的专业人才。
●The quick expansion may bring about some problems such as the shortage of accommodation, classroom and faculties.
快速扩招会带来一些问题， 比如食宿，教室以及教师的短缺。
●The expansion of college enrollment may increase the financial burden both on schools and government. 扩招有可能给学校和政府增加经济上的负担。
1.4教育
●素质教育
●应试教育
●成人教育
●义务教育
●书本知识
●实践能力
●自学
●初等教育
●中等教育
●高等教育
●学年
●学季
●学期
●教学日
●假期
●奖学金
●奖学金获得者 quality-oriented education exam-oriented education adult education compulsory education book knowledge practical intelligence self-education primary education secondary education higher education school year term, trimester semester school day school holidays scholarship holder of a grant
●Education is the key to the strength of a country and only by means of education can we improve the national quality and enhance the overall national strength.
教育是强国之本，只有通过教育，才能提高全民素质，增强综合国力。
●Education is the panacea to the elimination of poverty and backwardness. Without a well-educated population, one nation could hardly develop the national economy effectively.
教育是消除贫穷与落后的灵丹妙药。如果国家没有受过良好教育的人民，它就无法有效地发展国民经济。 ●It is our long-range benefits for us to boost the development of science and technology through education. 通过教育来促进科学技术的发展能使我们长期收益。
●The quality-oriented education provides all the students with opportunities to share equal education.
素质教育给所有学生都提供了受教育的机会。
●The quality-oriented education makes students enjoy all-round development actively rather than passively. 素质教育可以使学生主动地而不是被动地得到全面的发展。
●Many teachers say the quality-oriented education is important, but in their real teaching practice they still adopt
the traditional teaching method.
尽管很多教师都认为素质教育非常重要，但是在真正的教学过程中他们采取的依然是传统的教学法。 ●Practical intelligence such as social awareness is more important than reading and writing since the main purpose of education is to help our students to survive society in the future.
教育的主要目的是为了帮助学生在将来能立足于社会，因此像社会意识这样的实践能力就要比书本知识重要得多。
●Self-education is a complement to formal education.自学是对正规教育的一种补充。
●Self-education is an indispensable part of one’s life and work.
自学在人的一生和工作中是必不可少的一部分。
●Without self-study a learner will someday find himself failing to communicate effectively in his field and society alike.
一个不进行自学的人迟早会发现在他的领域与类似的团体里无法同别人进行成功的交流。
1.5考试
●考试作弊
●实施严厉惩罚
●公平竞争 cheat in exams impose severe punishment on fair competition
●Examinations stimulate students to work hard.考试可以促使学生努力学习。
●Examinations are one of the best ways to evaluate learning and teaching performance.
考试是衡量学习与教学成果的最好方式之一。
●The most undesirable effect is that examinations encourage bad study habits.
最糟糕的是考试使学生养成了不良学习习惯。
●Examinations do not motivate a student to seek more knowledge, but to restrict his reading.
考试没能使学生去寻求更多的知识，反而限制了他们的阅读。
2业余活动
2.1旅游
●Tourism contributes to the better understanding between people and nations.
旅游可以进一步加深人与人，国与国之间的了解。
●Tourist industry creates job opportunities and helps solve unemployment problems.
旅游业创造了就业机会，有助于解决失业问题。
●Tourism helps people learn about different cultures of the world.
旅游有助于人们了解世界各地不同文化。
●Tourist industry gives people chances to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the world and the wonders of mankind. 旅游可以使人们欣赏到世界各地的美丽景色以及人类创造的奇迹。
●The prosperity of tourism gives rise to the price fluctuation which may be beyond the local people’s reach. 旅游业的繁荣会导致物价的上涨，这是地方政府无法控制的。
●Tourism sometimes leaves the local people psychologically unbalanced because the wealth of some tourists may make the hosts more aware of their own poverty.
旅游有时会给当地居民带来心理上的不平衡，看到游客的富裕会使他们进一步意识到自己的贫穷。 ●The exploitation of tourism is bound to destroy some natural resources and scenic areas.
旅游业的开发必然会破坏自然资源以及一些风景区。
2.2社会交往
●10% of one man’s success can be attributed to his own efforts and aptitudes, while 90% to public relationship. 一个人成功的10%归功于他的努力和能力，而90%则要看其人际关系。
●Today’s world is an open world. Public relationship is becoming more and more important. No one can seclude
himself from the outside, or he could not survive.
当今世界是一个开放的世界，人际关系变得越来越重要。没有人可以封闭自己，否则他就无法生存下去。 ●Social intercourse can ameliorate public relationship and initiate a harmony environment for your study, work and life.
社交还可以改善人际关系，为你的学习，工作和生活创造一个和谐的环境。
●Social intercourse can also extend your mind, adapt your emotion, and broaden your breast.
社交可以拓宽眼界，调整情绪以及开阔心胸。
●Social intercourse can get you more friends, polish your spea-king skill, and develop / cultivate your communication ability.
社交可以使你拥有更多的朋友，锻炼你的讲话技巧，提高或者发展你的交际能力。
2.3体育
●足球
●橄榄球
●篮球
●排球
●网球
●垒球
●游泳
●混合泳
●爬泳
●蛙式
●仰式
●自由式
●蝶泳
●滑冰
●花样滑冰
●滑旱冰
●雪橇
●拳击
●双杠
●单杠
●跳高
●跳远 football rugby basketball volleyball tennis baseball swimming medley relay crawl breaststroke backstroke freestyle butterfly (stroke) ice skating figure skating roller skating bobsleigh, bobsled boxing parallel bars horizontal bar high jump long jump
●Physical exercise administers the circulation of blood.锻炼身体有利于血液循环。
●Keep our muscle strong and supple.保持肌肉强健发达。
●Maintain a radiant, healthy, happy and meaningful life.保持一种精神的、健康的、快乐的、有意义的生活状态。 ●Prolong our life span. A vigorous activity is associated with a beneficial effect on mortality.
延长人的寿命。一项充满活力的活动总是有益于身体。
●Protect us from illness.防止生病。
●Contribute to character building. Make us considerate and cooperative. Improve one’s disposition and outlook on life.
有益于性格的培养。人们变得体贴而合作，改善人的性情，提高人生观。
●With good health, a person may achieve and realize whatever he strives for.
拥有健康的身体，人们可以成功并实现所要追求的一切。
●A healthy population is vital to national interests. Lessen the burden of medicare on the government. More revenues can be allocated in other aspects of life instead of medical insurance and medicare.
健康的国民对国家的利益是十分重要的，可以减轻政府的医疗负担。国家可以把更多的收入投入到其他方面，而不是医疗保险和医疗护理。
●When people are healthy in their physical conditions, they will be high in the spiritual state. That will make them more effective in working and thus push the development of the society.
当人们身体健康的时候，精神状态也会很好，这将会使他们工作更有效率，从而推动社会的发展。
●Develop sportsmanship, that is, courage, enthusiasm, endurance, discipline and team spirit, which are of great significance to our future career.
培养运动员精神，即勇敢，热情，忍耐，纪律性和团队精神，对于我们未来的事业有着巨大的意义。 ●Develop teamwork spirit, which is important not only to a sports team but a nation. Helps increase the cohesion within the country.
发扬团队精神，这不仅对一支运动队，同样对于一个国家来说都是非常重要的，有助于增进国家内部的凝聚力。
2.3友谊
●A life without a friend is a life without the sun.没有朋友的生活就好象生活中没有阳光。
●Shared joy is double joy and shared sorrow is half sorrow.有人分享，快乐多一倍；有人分担，悲伤少一半。 ●One foe is too many; and a hundred friends too few.一个敌人太多，一百个朋友太少。
●Everything is good when new, but friends when old.凡事都是新的好，只有朋友是老的好。
●Friendships multiply joys and divide grieves.可以同朋友分享快乐，分担忧愁。
●We cannot go through life without friendship.没有友谊，人们无法度过一生。
●Knowing how valuable friendship is, we should be very careful in our choice of friends.
知道了友谊的珍贵，我们就应慎重择友。
●A true friend can always be trusted, loved and respected.真正的朋友总是应该被信任、被爱护和被尊重。 ●It’s easy for similar friends to understand each other and achieve mutual understanding.
性格接近的朋友容易理解对方，达到相互谅解。
●They feel at ease in company with those who have a lot in common in character, temperament, outlook and interest.
和自己性格、脾气、看法和兴趣有很多共同点的人在一起会非常放松。
●Different friends will open up a new world to each other.性格不同的朋友会给彼此打开一个全新的世界。 ●Different interests and thoughts will certainly broaden one’s view and lead one to different experiences. 不同的爱好与思想可以拓展一个人的眼界，了解彼此不的经历。
●From friends of different type, one may find out his own shortcomings and learn from his friends.
从与自己性格不同的朋友那里可以发现自己的缺点，并向朋友学习。
2.4幽默
●A person without humor is just like a spring without flowers, a dish without seasoning.
一个没有幽默感的人就像是没有鲜花的春天，没有调料的菜肴。
●Humor helps us bear our burdens, lessen our tension, overcome our frustration, relax our body muscles and dissolve countless trifles and irritations.
幽默可以帮助我们忍受负担，减少紧张情绪，克服挫败感，放松身体，化解无数的琐事和烦扰。
●Humor helps us live in harmony with others because it can, as a “pacifier”, inject a light note into the touchy situation to ease the problems quicker than angry words or quarrels.
幽默可以使我们同他人和谐相处，它就像一个“橡皮球”，可以缓和紧张的气氛，要比生气与争吵更能解决问题。
2.5环境保护
2.5.1经济发展和和环境保
●Without a good environment, it would be hard to develop our economy quickly since an unfavorable environment would hinder the further development of our economy.
没有好的环境，经济就无法快速发展，因为不利的环境会阻碍经济的进一步发展。
●With the rapid development of our economy, there would be enough funds to improve the environment. 随着经济的快速发展，我们会有更多的资金投入到环保中。
●Economic development and environmental protection are interdependent to each other.
经济发展和环境保护是相互依赖的。
●We should make people aware of the importance of environmental protection. While we are developing our economy, we should attach great importance to our environment.
我们应当使人们充分意识到环境保护的重要性。在发展经济的同时，也要注重对环境的保护。
●Great efforts should be made to improve our environment such as planting more trees, controlling the exploration of underground water and so on.
我们应采取更有力的措施来保护环境，比如多种树，控制地下水的开采等。
●Laws must be laid down to protect our environment and to punish those who break the law.
制定相关法律来保护环境，惩治那些违法人员。
2.5.2噪音污染
Harmfulness
●It can injure our hearing and result in hearing defect.噪音会破坏我们的听力，并导致听觉缺陷。
●It can also increase the rate of heart-beating and make us feel uncomfortable.
噪音还会加快心律，使人感到不适。
●If a person is exposed to great noise for a long time, he will most probably suffer from some mental diseases. 如果一个人长时间的受到噪音的侵扰，极有可能导致精神疾病。
Solution
●People should realize the danger of noise pollution.人们应当认识到噪音污染的危害。
●We should assemble various noise-suppressers to machines and use sound-proof materials to build houses. 我们应当在机器上安装各种噪音抑制器，在建造房屋时使用隔音材料。
●Laws must be passed to limit the source of noise-makers.我们应制定相关法律限制噪音的来源。
2.5.3绿化
Advantages
●Planting trees and flowers purifies air we breathe.
净化空气。
●It beatifies our cities we live in.
美化城市。
●It improves our environment.
改善环境。
How to make our city greener
●We should make people aware of the importance of the green city.
要让人们意识到城市绿化的重要性。
●Great efforts should be made to plant more trees and flowers.
要努力多植树种花。
●We should carefully look after the planted trees and flowers and no one is allowed to destroy them.
精心照料现有的花草树木，禁止毁坏。
2.6社会热点
2.6.1私家车
Advantages
●Private cars meet the needs of people for a better life.私家车满足了人们对美好生活的追求。
●They do good to the quick development of our car industry. 促进了我国汽车工业的发展。
●They contribute to the sustainable development of our economy. 有助于我国经济的可持续发展。
Disadvantages
●They make the roads more crowded and cause more traffic accidents.马路更加拥挤，交通事故上升。 ●They worsen the traffic problems such as traffic jams and bus delays.
加重了已经存在的各种交通问题，如交通阻塞，公交车误时。
●They cause air pollution.造成空气污染。
2.6.2刺激中国的购买力
Present situation
●30 out of 109 medium and large shopping centers in Beijing announce losses.
在北京，109家大中型购物中心中有30家宣布亏损。
●Private bank deposits have risen to 3,300 billion yuan.
银行私人存款总额已经达到三万三千亿人民币。
●People would rather save up money than spend it in the market.
人们宁愿存钱而不愿意到市场去消费。
Reasons
●People’s budget expectations during next 10 years have seen a drastic increase.
在未来十年，人们的预算支出会显著增加。
●Housing, medical insurance, retirement pension and educ ation are areas in which people’s expenses will rise dramatically.
人们在住房、医疗保险、退休金以及教育方面的投资将会大大增加。
●people’s traditional idea “no-debt philosophy”.人们传统的“无债哲学”思想。
Solution
●increase people’s income.提高人民收入。
●lower bank rates.降低银行利率。
●offer bank credits.提供银行贷款。
●change people’s traditional idea and encourage them to use tomorrow’s money.
改变传统观念，鼓励人们超前消费。
2.6.3如何解决失业问题
●implement job-oriented training开展就业培训
●develop tertiary industry发展第三产业
●change people’s traditional idea and encourage them to work in private enterprises or run their own business. 改变传统观念，鼓励人们到私营企业就业或者自己开办公司。
●increase government investment增加政府投资
●introduce more foreign capital进一步引进外资
●export labor force劳动力出口
2.6.4假货
Causes
●Some individuals and organizations are to seek high profits at low costs.
有些个人或组织想要以低成本谋求高利润。
●Some markets are poorly managed by some irresponsible officials. 有些市场官员不负责任，对市场管理不善。 ●There is a market for these fake goods because of their low price.由于价格低廉，假货拥有一定的市场。 Harmfulness
●Fake commodities infringe of consumers since what they have bought is not the commodity they really want. 假货侵犯了消费者的权益，因为消费者买到的并非是自己想要的东西。
●Fake commodities affect the manufacturers who produce the real products. 假货影响了真货的生产厂家利益。 ●The rampancy of fake commodities cause the decline of social moral standards.
假货的猖獗降低了社会道德标准。
How to wipe out fake commodities
●Laws should be passed to severely punish those who make or sell fake goods.制定法律严惩造假及贩假的人员。 ●New techniques can be used to prevent the real commodities from being imitated.
使用防伪技术来防止仿冒。
●People should be educated not to buy these goods.教育人们不要购买假货。
2.6.5住房改革
●Housing reform is necessary because, in the past, though the government has spent a large sum of money on housing, the investment has produced little financial return and a housing shortage still persists.
住房改革势在必行，在过去，尽管政府投入了大量的资金建造住房，但是投资回报率很低，同时住房短缺现象依然存在。
●Commercialization of housing would stop some officials from abusing their positions to obtain extra or larger houses.
住房的商品化可以防止有些官员滥用职权来获得更大的或者特殊的住房。
●Housing reform is necessary, for it will stop the “backdoorism” in the previous system of housing assignment. 住房改革是必要的，可以防止过去的分房制度中的“走后门现象”。
●With construction costs shared by local governments, house-buyers and certain enterprises, it is possible for people to buy houses with the help of bank credits.
由于房屋的建设成本由地方政府、房屋购买者以及相关企业共同负担，人们可以通过银行贷款购买房屋。
2.7科学技术
●Science has not only changed our life style but also transformed our way of thinking.
科学不仅改变了我们的生活方式，还改变了我们的思维方式。
●The development of science and technology has provided great convenience and comfort.
科学技术的发展为人类提供了许多便利和舒适之处。
●There is a beneficial cycle： inventions lead to open-mindedness, which in turn results in more novel ideas and inventions.
科学的良性循环是：发明导致开放，而开放又会带来更多新的想法与发明。
●The power of science lies in its ability to make us better at thinking and acting?
科学的力量在于它可以使我们更好地进行思考与行动。
2.7.1互联网的优缺点
Advantages
●Easy and quick access to the latest information worldwide.
方便快捷地获得全球最新的信息。
●A convenient and cheap source of entertainment and information.
是娱乐与信息的廉价而又方便的来源。
●Worldwide personal communication both more convenient and swifter / cheaper.
使世界各地之间的个人交往变得更为方便而迅速，价格低廉。
Disadvantages
●With activities conducted from the home, we would become hermit-like, leading to either increased familial conflicts or social isolation, or personal and emotional isolation.
由于可以在家里操作一切活动，我们越来越像隐士，这会导致更多的家庭矛盾和社交孤立，并导致身体与精神的双重孤立。
●Over-indulgence in the Internet will do harm to one’s health： myopia / near-sightedness. Lead a sedentary life. 过分沉迷于互联网会有害于健康，比如近视，并使人过着久坐不动的生活。
2.7.2计算机
Uses
●to control the working processes in the factory.控制工厂里的生产流程。
●to design new products.设计新的产品。
●to help manage hotels, schools, hospitals, banks, and so on有助于管理酒店、学校、医院、银行等等 ●to gather and store information.收集并储存信息。
●to communicate by E-mails使用电子邮件进行联系
●to provide us with entertainment供人娱乐
Dark sides
●unemployment problem失业问题
●the violation of privacy侵犯隐私
●computer crimes计算机犯罪
●hacker 黑客
●porn 色情
●lack of social intercourse缺乏社交活动
●virus 病毒
2.7.3 电子词典
Advantages
●Electronic dictionaries are convenient to consult the words you are unfamiliar with.
方便查阅不认识的单词。
●Electronic dictionaries are easy to carry and ready to use.
便于携带和使用。
●Electronic dictionaries not only tell the meaning of the words to you but also speak to you.
电子词典不仅可以为你讲解词义，还可以发音。
Disadvantages
●Electronic dictionaries do not contain as much information as a qualified dictionary compiled by authorities of the field.
同专家精心编辑的词典相比较，电子词典无法提供如此大量的信息。
●Some explanations in electronic dictionaries are so simple that they can certainly cause misunderstanding. 电子词典中的有些解释过于简单会引发误解。
●A lazy attitude towards language learning is always most inefficient in the long run.
从长远来看，这种懒惰的态度是无益于语言学习的。
2.7.4电话
Advantages
●One can order goods or the tickets he needs by telephone.
可以通过电话订购需要的商品或门票。
●When one meets something urgent, such as a fire and an acute disease, he can call the fire brigade or the ambulance immediately.
在遇到像火灾或者急病这样的紧急情况时，可以立即报火警或者叫救护车。
●By telephone one can also inquire the time, the weather condition, etc.
还可以通过电话问询时间，天气等。
Disadvantages
●It is expensive to install a telephone.电话的安装费用较高。
●One who has a telephone is often disturbed by wrong numbers.经常会受到打错电话的骚扰。
●By telephone some criminals can know whether the inhabitant is at home or not so that they can break into the house to steal the property.
在入室盗窃以前，罪犯可以先通过电话知道主人是否在家。
2.7.5自动提款机的优缺点
Advantages
●The ATM is convenient. Depositors can draw money from an ATM without filling in a drawing form.
方便。储户无需填表就可以从自动提款机中提款。
●The ATM is safe. No one else can draw money from an ATM except the depositor himself because the drawer has to put in the secret code to draw money.
安全。由于提款时需要密码，所以除了储户本人以外，其他人无法提款。
●When depositors need money at night, they can draw money from a round-the-clock ATM.
如果储户在夜里急需用钱，可以到24小时营业的自动取款机中提款。
Disadvantages
●In case a depositor forgets his secret code, he can not draw money from the ATM.
如果储户忘记密码，将无法提款。
●If a depositor does not operate the ATM properly, his card will be withheld by the ATM.
如果储户操作不当，其卡会被自动提款机吞掉。
●The ATM in some banks often malfunction and depositors can not draw money from them.
有些银行的提款机经常发生故障，使储户无法提款。
2.7.6 现代技术
●Modern transport means make it very convenient for people to travel far or near, thus saving a lot of time and energy. By plane, people can cover a distance of one thousand miles within hours.
现代交通工具使得人们无论是长途还是短途旅行都变得非常便利，从而节省了大量的时间和精力。乘坐飞机，人们在几小时内就可以穿越一千英里。
●Modern science and technology free man from the bondage of Nature and enable the human society to enjoy an unprecedented rate of development in all aspect.
现代科学技术把人们从大自然的束缚中解脱出来，人类在各个方面都取得了前所未有的发展速度。
●Modern science and technology promote the productivity, freeing people from tiring and vexing manual and mechanical labor.
现代科学技术提高了生产力，把人们从繁重的体力和机械化劳动中解脱了出来。
●Modern science and technology are emotionally beneficial. A phone call, an e-mail or a fax bring people closer and make the world smaller.
现代科学技术有利于情感的交流。一个电话，一份电子邮件或者是一个传真就可以使人与人之间的距离拉近，世界也因此变得更小。
2.7.7计算机翻译
Advantages
●There is such a possibility that computer can translate all kinds of foreign languages.
计算机有可能会翻译各种外语。
●It releases children from great strain on language study so that they can spend more to learn what they like and develop their own interests.
可以把儿童从语言学习的巨大负担中解脱出来，让他们花更多的时间学习自己喜欢的东西，发展自己的兴趣。
●We can get to know more friends all over the world because there is no longer any language barrier at all. 由于不再存在任何的语言障碍，我们可以认识世界各地更多的朋友。
Disadvantages
●Language is a very sophisticated thing, which is mysteriously knit with the national characteristics, the culture and the customs and it is almost impossible for a computer to do this task.
语言是一种非常复杂的东西，它同一个国家的特点、文化与风俗习惯交织在一起，神秘莫测。计算机是不可能完成翻译这项任务的。
●Mechanical translation is far-fetched and sometimes it is hardly understandable without human revision.
机械化的翻译是十分牵强的，如果没有经过人的改动，有时很难理解其译文含义。
●Computers can be of great help to human beings but they can never replace human or surpass human intelligence. After all, it is a man-made machine.
计算机虽然对人类有着巨大的帮助，但是永远不可能代替人脑，也绝不可能超越人的智慧。毕竟，这只是人造的机器。
大学英语四、六级作文写作素材
Writing Materials for College Students
1大学生活
1.1课程
●必修课
●选修课
●基础课
●专业课
●大学英语
●高等数学
●体育
●军事理论
●机械制图
●大学物理
●线性代数
●法律基础
●普通物理
●概率论
●金工实习
●电工实习
●微机原理
●CET-6
●CET-4
●软件技术基础
●通讯原理
●C 语言
●专业英语
●自动控制理论
●马克思主义原理
●运筹学
●食品工程
●电路理论
●电路测试技术
●毕业实习 Compulsory / Required Course Optional / Elective Course Basic Course specialized Course College English Advanced Mathematics Physical Education Military Theory Mechanical Graphing College Physics Linear Algebra Fundamental of Law General Physics Probability Theory Metalworking Practice Electrical Engineering Practice Principle of Microcomputer College English Test (Band 6) College English Test (Band 4) Basis of Software Technique Principle of Communication C language Specialty English Automatic Control Theory Principle of Marxism Operational Research Food Engineering Theory of Circuitry Circuit Measurement Technology Graduation Field Work
●毕业设计 Graduation Project
●to cultivate the ability to analyze and solve concrete problems independently
培养独立分析问题和解决问题的能力
●to help develop the ability of the students to think things out for themselves启发学生独立思考的能力 ●to foster the students’ ability to study on their own培养学生自学能力
●to give scope to the students’ initiative and creativeness发挥学生主动性和创造性
●cramming (forced-feeding) method of teaching填鸭式教学
●to educate the person as well as impart book knowledge教书育人
●College students take a wide range of courses.大学生要修很多门课程。
●The teacher’s lecture attracts (never fails to fascinate) me. I am absorbed in this course.这门课程十分吸引人。 ●I gain some insight into human nature through this course.这门课，使我们对人的本性有了更深的了解。
●The course satisfies my curiosity about myself.这门课，满足了了解自我的好奇心。
●Compulsory class attendance should not be required.不应该实行上课考勤制。
●Of these courses, psychology is my favorite.在这些课程当中，我最喜爱的是心理学。
1.2大学校园
●校舍
●纪念厅
●图书馆
●钟楼
●停车场
●体育馆
●宿舍
●自助餐厅
●大学本科学生
●研究生
●教授
●法学院
●文学院
●经济学院
●商学院
●社会学院
●教育学院
●理学院
●工学院
●农学院 school building memorial hall library clock tower parking lot gymnasium dormitory cafeteria undergraduate graduate student professor School of Law School of Literature School of Economics School of Business School of Sociology School of Education School of Science School of Engineering School of Agriculture
●医学院 School of Medicine
●药学院 School of Pharmacy
●艺术学院 School of Art
●to acquire a degree获得学位
●to raise the whole intellectual standard of our nation.提高全民素质
●It goes without saying that it’s never too old to learn.不言而喻学习永远都不晚。
●There is no doubt that knowledge is life’s most precious asset.毫无疑问知识是人一生中最宝贵的财富。 ●No diligence, no accomplishment.勤奋才能成功。
●One should not reach the rich storehouse of knowledge unless he studies carefully.
惟有认真学习，才能打开知识的宝库。
●Many things on campus are not the same as my imagination.
大学生活与我想象中的不一样。
●Because of the intense competition in the university, I spend most of my time studying.
大学里的竞争很激烈，我主要的时间用来学习。
●I am also interested in various societies in theuniversity and I have joined in the photography society.
我对大学里的社团活动也很感兴趣，参加了摄影协会。
1.3大学扩招
●Some significant changes took place in student enrollment in China.
中国学生注册人数发生了巨大变化。
●To build our country into a modernized one, a large number of professionals and intellectuals are needed. 要想把我国建设成为现代化的国家，需要大量的专业人员和知识分子。
●The government founded many colleges, which provided more opportunities for those young people interested in
advanced education.
政府建立了许多大学， 为那些想去接受更高层次教育的年轻人提供了更多的机会。
●The expansion of college enrollment meets people’s needs for higher education because high school leavers have more opportunities to attend college.
大学扩招可以满足人们接受高等教育的要求，有更多的高中毕业生能得到上大学的机会。
●The expansion of college enrollment stimulates consumption and enable people to invest more money in education.
大学扩招刺激了消费，让更多的人来投资教育。
●The expansion of college enrollment helps our country to have more well-educated citizens and professionals. 大学扩招提高了国家的人口素质，是国家拥有更多杰受过良好教育的专业人才。
●The quick expansion may bring about some problems such as the shortage of accommodation, classroom and faculties.
快速扩招会带来一些问题， 比如食宿，教室以及教师的短缺。
●The expansion of college enrollment may increase the financial burden both on schools and government. 扩招有可能给学校和政府增加经济上的负担。
1.4教育
●素质教育
●应试教育
●成人教育
●义务教育
●书本知识
●实践能力
●自学
●初等教育
●中等教育
●高等教育
●学年
●学季
●学期
●教学日
●假期
●奖学金
●奖学金获得者 quality-oriented education exam-oriented education adult education compulsory education book knowledge practical intelligence self-education primary education secondary education higher education school year term, trimester semester school day school holidays scholarship holder of a grant
●Education is the key to the strength of a country and only by means of education can we improve the national quality and enhance the overall national strength.
教育是强国之本，只有通过教育，才能提高全民素质，增强综合国力。
●Education is the panacea to the elimination of poverty and backwardness. Without a well-educated population, one nation could hardly develop the national economy effectively.
教育是消除贫穷与落后的灵丹妙药。如果国家没有受过良好教育的人民，它就无法有效地发展国民经济。 ●It is our long-range benefits for us to boost the development of science and technology through education. 通过教育来促进科学技术的发展能使我们长期收益。
●The quality-oriented education provides all the students with opportunities to share equal education.
素质教育给所有学生都提供了受教育的机会。
●The quality-oriented education makes students enjoy all-round development actively rather than passively. 素质教育可以使学生主动地而不是被动地得到全面的发展。
●Many teachers say the quality-oriented education is important, but in their real teaching practice they still adopt
the traditional teaching method.
尽管很多教师都认为素质教育非常重要，但是在真正的教学过程中他们采取的依然是传统的教学法。 ●Practical intelligence such as social awareness is more important than reading and writing since the main purpose of education is to help our students to survive society in the future.
教育的主要目的是为了帮助学生在将来能立足于社会，因此像社会意识这样的实践能力就要比书本知识重要得多。
●Self-education is a complement to formal education.自学是对正规教育的一种补充。
●Self-education is an indispensable part of one’s life and work.
自学在人的一生和工作中是必不可少的一部分。
●Without self-study a learner will someday find himself failing to communicate effectively in his field and society alike.
一个不进行自学的人迟早会发现在他的领域与类似的团体里无法同别人进行成功的交流。
1.5考试
●考试作弊
●实施严厉惩罚
●公平竞争 cheat in exams impose severe punishment on fair competition
●Examinations stimulate students to work hard.考试可以促使学生努力学习。
●Examinations are one of the best ways to evaluate learning and teaching performance.
考试是衡量学习与教学成果的最好方式之一。
●The most undesirable effect is that examinations encourage bad study habits.
最糟糕的是考试使学生养成了不良学习习惯。
●Examinations do not motivate a student to seek more knowledge, but to restrict his reading.
考试没能使学生去寻求更多的知识，反而限制了他们的阅读。
2业余活动
2.1旅游
●Tourism contributes to the better understanding between people and nations.
旅游可以进一步加深人与人，国与国之间的了解。
●Tourist industry creates job opportunities and helps solve unemployment problems.
旅游业创造了就业机会，有助于解决失业问题。
●Tourism helps people learn about different cultures of the world.
旅游有助于人们了解世界各地不同文化。
●Tourist industry gives people chances to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the world and the wonders of mankind. 旅游可以使人们欣赏到世界各地的美丽景色以及人类创造的奇迹。
●The prosperity of tourism gives rise to the price fluctuation which may be beyond the local people’s reach. 旅游业的繁荣会导致物价的上涨，这是地方政府无法控制的。
●Tourism sometimes leaves the local people psychologically unbalanced because the wealth of some tourists may make the hosts more aware of their own poverty.
旅游有时会给当地居民带来心理上的不平衡，看到游客的富裕会使他们进一步意识到自己的贫穷。 ●The exploitation of tourism is bound to destroy some natural resources and scenic areas.
旅游业的开发必然会破坏自然资源以及一些风景区。
2.2社会交往
●10% of one man’s success can be attributed to his own efforts and aptitudes, while 90% to public relationship. 一个人成功的10%归功于他的努力和能力，而90%则要看其人际关系。
●Today’s world is an open world. Public relationship is becoming more and more important. No one can seclude
himself from the outside, or he could not survive.
当今世界是一个开放的世界，人际关系变得越来越重要。没有人可以封闭自己，否则他就无法生存下去。 ●Social intercourse can ameliorate public relationship and initiate a harmony environment for your study, work and life.
社交还可以改善人际关系，为你的学习，工作和生活创造一个和谐的环境。
●Social intercourse can also extend your mind, adapt your emotion, and broaden your breast.
社交可以拓宽眼界，调整情绪以及开阔心胸。
●Social intercourse can get you more friends, polish your spea-king skill, and develop / cultivate your communication ability.
社交可以使你拥有更多的朋友，锻炼你的讲话技巧，提高或者发展你的交际能力。
2.3体育
●足球
●橄榄球
●篮球
●排球
●网球
●垒球
●游泳
●混合泳
●爬泳
●蛙式
●仰式
●自由式
●蝶泳
●滑冰
●花样滑冰
●滑旱冰
●雪橇
●拳击
●双杠
●单杠
●跳高
●跳远 football rugby basketball volleyball tennis baseball swimming medley relay crawl breaststroke backstroke freestyle butterfly (stroke) ice skating figure skating roller skating bobsleigh, bobsled boxing parallel bars horizontal bar high jump long jump
●Physical exercise administers the circulation of blood.锻炼身体有利于血液循环。
●Keep our muscle strong and supple.保持肌肉强健发达。
●Maintain a radiant, healthy, happy and meaningful life.保持一种精神的、健康的、快乐的、有意义的生活状态。 ●Prolong our life span. A vigorous activity is associated with a beneficial effect on mortality.
延长人的寿命。一项充满活力的活动总是有益于身体。
●Protect us from illness.防止生病。
●Contribute to character building. Make us considerate and cooperative. Improve one’s disposition and outlook on life.
有益于性格的培养。人们变得体贴而合作，改善人的性情，提高人生观。
●With good health, a person may achieve and realize whatever he strives for.
拥有健康的身体，人们可以成功并实现所要追求的一切。
●A healthy population is vital to national interests. Lessen the burden of medicare on the government. More revenues can be allocated in other aspects of life instead of medical insurance and medicare.
健康的国民对国家的利益是十分重要的，可以减轻政府的医疗负担。国家可以把更多的收入投入到其他方面，而不是医疗保险和医疗护理。
●When people are healthy in their physical conditions, they will be high in the spiritual state. That will make them more effective in working and thus push the development of the society.
当人们身体健康的时候，精神状态也会很好，这将会使他们工作更有效率，从而推动社会的发展。
●Develop sportsmanship, that is, courage, enthusiasm, endurance, discipline and team spirit, which are of great significance to our future career.
培养运动员精神，即勇敢，热情，忍耐，纪律性和团队精神，对于我们未来的事业有着巨大的意义。 ●Develop teamwork spirit, which is important not only to a sports team but a nation. Helps increase the cohesion within the country.
发扬团队精神，这不仅对一支运动队，同样对于一个国家来说都是非常重要的，有助于增进国家内部的凝聚力。
2.3友谊
●A life without a friend is a life without the sun.没有朋友的生活就好象生活中没有阳光。
●Shared joy is double joy and shared sorrow is half sorrow.有人分享，快乐多一倍；有人分担，悲伤少一半。 ●One foe is too many; and a hundred friends too few.一个敌人太多，一百个朋友太少。
●Everything is good when new, but friends when old.凡事都是新的好，只有朋友是老的好。
●Friendships multiply joys and divide grieves.可以同朋友分享快乐，分担忧愁。
●We cannot go through life without friendship.没有友谊，人们无法度过一生。
●Knowing how valuable friendship is, we should be very careful in our choice of friends.
知道了友谊的珍贵，我们就应慎重择友。
●A true friend can always be trusted, loved and respected.真正的朋友总是应该被信任、被爱护和被尊重。 ●It’s easy for similar friends to understand each other and achieve mutual understanding.
性格接近的朋友容易理解对方，达到相互谅解。
●They feel at ease in company with those who have a lot in common in character, temperament, outlook and interest.
和自己性格、脾气、看法和兴趣有很多共同点的人在一起会非常放松。
●Different friends will open up a new world to each other.性格不同的朋友会给彼此打开一个全新的世界。 ●Different interests and thoughts will certainly broaden one’s view and lead one to different experiences. 不同的爱好与思想可以拓展一个人的眼界，了解彼此不的经历。
●From friends of different type, one may find out his own shortcomings and learn from his friends.
从与自己性格不同的朋友那里可以发现自己的缺点，并向朋友学习。
2.4幽默
●A person without humor is just like a spring without flowers, a dish without seasoning.
一个没有幽默感的人就像是没有鲜花的春天，没有调料的菜肴。
●Humor helps us bear our burdens, lessen our tension, overcome our frustration, relax our body muscles and dissolve countless trifles and irritations.
幽默可以帮助我们忍受负担，减少紧张情绪，克服挫败感，放松身体，化解无数的琐事和烦扰。
●Humor helps us live in harmony with others because it can, as a “pacifier”, inject a light note into the touchy situation to ease the problems quicker than angry words or quarrels.
幽默可以使我们同他人和谐相处，它就像一个“橡皮球”，可以缓和紧张的气氛，要比生气与争吵更能解决问题。
2.5环境保护
2.5.1经济发展和和环境保
●Without a good environment, it would be hard to develop our economy quickly since an unfavorable environment would hinder the further development of our economy.
没有好的环境，经济就无法快速发展，因为不利的环境会阻碍经济的进一步发展。
●With the rapid development of our economy, there would be enough funds to improve the environment. 随着经济的快速发展，我们会有更多的资金投入到环保中。
●Economic development and environmental protection are interdependent to each other.
经济发展和环境保护是相互依赖的。
●We should make people aware of the importance of environmental protection. While we are developing our economy, we should attach great importance to our environment.
我们应当使人们充分意识到环境保护的重要性。在发展经济的同时，也要注重对环境的保护。
●Great efforts should be made to improve our environment such as planting more trees, controlling the exploration of underground water and so on.
我们应采取更有力的措施来保护环境，比如多种树，控制地下水的开采等。
●Laws must be laid down to protect our environment and to punish those who break the law.
制定相关法律来保护环境，惩治那些违法人员。
2.5.2噪音污染
Harmfulness
●It can injure our hearing and result in hearing defect.噪音会破坏我们的听力，并导致听觉缺陷。
●It can also increase the rate of heart-beating and make us feel uncomfortable.
噪音还会加快心律，使人感到不适。
●If a person is exposed to great noise for a long time, he will most probably suffer from some mental diseases. 如果一个人长时间的受到噪音的侵扰，极有可能导致精神疾病。
Solution
●People should realize the danger of noise pollution.人们应当认识到噪音污染的危害。
●We should assemble various noise-suppressers to machines and use sound-proof materials to build houses. 我们应当在机器上安装各种噪音抑制器，在建造房屋时使用隔音材料。
●Laws must be passed to limit the source of noise-makers.我们应制定相关法律限制噪音的来源。
2.5.3绿化
Advantages
●Planting trees and flowers purifies air we breathe.
净化空气。
●It beatifies our cities we live in.
美化城市。
●It improves our environment.
改善环境。
How to make our city greener
●We should make people aware of the importance of the green city.
要让人们意识到城市绿化的重要性。
●Great efforts should be made to plant more trees and flowers.
要努力多植树种花。
●We should carefully look after the planted trees and flowers and no one is allowed to destroy them.
精心照料现有的花草树木，禁止毁坏。
2.6社会热点
2.6.1私家车
Advantages
●Private cars meet the needs of people for a better life.私家车满足了人们对美好生活的追求。
●They do good to the quick development of our car industry. 促进了我国汽车工业的发展。
●They contribute to the sustainable development of our economy. 有助于我国经济的可持续发展。
Disadvantages
●They make the roads more crowded and cause more traffic accidents.马路更加拥挤，交通事故上升。 ●They worsen the traffic problems such as traffic jams and bus delays.
加重了已经存在的各种交通问题，如交通阻塞，公交车误时。
●They cause air pollution.造成空气污染。
2.6.2刺激中国的购买力
Present situation
●30 out of 109 medium and large shopping centers in Beijing announce losses.
在北京，109家大中型购物中心中有30家宣布亏损。
●Private bank deposits have risen to 3,300 billion yuan.
银行私人存款总额已经达到三万三千亿人民币。
●People would rather save up money than spend it in the market.
人们宁愿存钱而不愿意到市场去消费。
Reasons
●People’s budget expectations during next 10 years have seen a drastic increase.
在未来十年，人们的预算支出会显著增加。
●Housing, medical insurance, retirement pension and educ ation are areas in which people’s expenses will rise dramatically.
人们在住房、医疗保险、退休金以及教育方面的投资将会大大增加。
●people’s traditional idea “no-debt philosophy”.人们传统的“无债哲学”思想。
Solution
●increase people’s income.提高人民收入。
●lower bank rates.降低银行利率。
●offer bank credits.提供银行贷款。
●change people’s traditional idea and encourage them to use tomorrow’s money.
改变传统观念，鼓励人们超前消费。
2.6.3如何解决失业问题
●implement job-oriented training开展就业培训
●develop tertiary industry发展第三产业
●change people’s traditional idea and encourage them to work in private enterprises or run their own business. 改变传统观念，鼓励人们到私营企业就业或者自己开办公司。
●increase government investment增加政府投资
●introduce more foreign capital进一步引进外资
●export labor force劳动力出口
2.6.4假货
Causes
●Some individuals and organizations are to seek high profits at low costs.
有些个人或组织想要以低成本谋求高利润。
●Some markets are poorly managed by some irresponsible officials. 有些市场官员不负责任，对市场管理不善。 ●There is a market for these fake goods because of their low price.由于价格低廉，假货拥有一定的市场。 Harmfulness
●Fake commodities infringe of consumers since what they have bought is not the commodity they really want. 假货侵犯了消费者的权益，因为消费者买到的并非是自己想要的东西。
●Fake commodities affect the manufacturers who produce the real products. 假货影响了真货的生产厂家利益。 ●The rampancy of fake commodities cause the decline of social moral standards.
假货的猖獗降低了社会道德标准。
How to wipe out fake commodities
●Laws should be passed to severely punish those who make or sell fake goods.制定法律严惩造假及贩假的人员。 ●New techniques can be used to prevent the real commodities from being imitated.
使用防伪技术来防止仿冒。
●People should be educated not to buy these goods.教育人们不要购买假货。
2.6.5住房改革
●Housing reform is necessary because, in the past, though the government has spent a large sum of money on housing, the investment has produced little financial return and a housing shortage still persists.
住房改革势在必行，在过去，尽管政府投入了大量的资金建造住房，但是投资回报率很低，同时住房短缺现象依然存在。
●Commercialization of housing would stop some officials from abusing their positions to obtain extra or larger houses.
住房的商品化可以防止有些官员滥用职权来获得更大的或者特殊的住房。
●Housing reform is necessary, for it will stop the “backdoorism” in the previous system of housing assignment. 住房改革是必要的，可以防止过去的分房制度中的“走后门现象”。
●With construction costs shared by local governments, house-buyers and certain enterprises, it is possible for people to buy houses with the help of bank credits.
由于房屋的建设成本由地方政府、房屋购买者以及相关企业共同负担，人们可以通过银行贷款购买房屋。
2.7科学技术
●Science has not only changed our life style but also transformed our way of thinking.
科学不仅改变了我们的生活方式，还改变了我们的思维方式。
●The development of science and technology has provided great convenience and comfort.
科学技术的发展为人类提供了许多便利和舒适之处。
●There is a beneficial cycle： inventions lead to open-mindedness, which in turn results in more novel ideas and inventions.
科学的良性循环是：发明导致开放，而开放又会带来更多新的想法与发明。
●The power of science lies in its ability to make us better at thinking and acting?
科学的力量在于它可以使我们更好地进行思考与行动。
2.7.1互联网的优缺点
Advantages
●Easy and quick access to the latest information worldwide.
方便快捷地获得全球最新的信息。
●A convenient and cheap source of entertainment and information.
是娱乐与信息的廉价而又方便的来源。
●Worldwide personal communication both more convenient and swifter / cheaper.
使世界各地之间的个人交往变得更为方便而迅速，价格低廉。
Disadvantages
●With activities conducted from the home, we would become hermit-like, leading to either increased familial conflicts or social isolation, or personal and emotional isolation.
由于可以在家里操作一切活动，我们越来越像隐士，这会导致更多的家庭矛盾和社交孤立，并导致身体与精神的双重孤立。
●Over-indulgence in the Internet will do harm to one’s health： myopia / near-sightedness. Lead a sedentary life. 过分沉迷于互联网会有害于健康，比如近视，并使人过着久坐不动的生活。
2.7.2计算机
Uses
●to control the working processes in the factory.控制工厂里的生产流程。
●to design new products.设计新的产品。
●to help manage hotels, schools, hospitals, banks, and so on有助于管理酒店、学校、医院、银行等等 ●to gather and store information.收集并储存信息。
●to communicate by E-mails使用电子邮件进行联系
●to provide us with entertainment供人娱乐
Dark sides
●unemployment problem失业问题
●the violation of privacy侵犯隐私
●computer crimes计算机犯罪
●hacker 黑客
●porn 色情
●lack of social intercourse缺乏社交活动
●virus 病毒
2.7.3 电子词典
Advantages
●Electronic dictionaries are convenient to consult the words you are unfamiliar with.
方便查阅不认识的单词。
●Electronic dictionaries are easy to carry and ready to use.
便于携带和使用。
●Electronic dictionaries not only tell the meaning of the words to you but also speak to you.
电子词典不仅可以为你讲解词义，还可以发音。
Disadvantages
●Electronic dictionaries do not contain as much information as a qualified dictionary compiled by authorities of the field.
同专家精心编辑的词典相比较，电子词典无法提供如此大量的信息。
●Some explanations in electronic dictionaries are so simple that they can certainly cause misunderstanding. 电子词典中的有些解释过于简单会引发误解。
●A lazy attitude towards language learning is always most inefficient in the long run.
从长远来看，这种懒惰的态度是无益于语言学习的。
2.7.4电话
Advantages
●One can order goods or the tickets he needs by telephone.
可以通过电话订购需要的商品或门票。
●When one meets something urgent, such as a fire and an acute disease, he can call the fire brigade or the ambulance immediately.
在遇到像火灾或者急病这样的紧急情况时，可以立即报火警或者叫救护车。
●By telephone one can also inquire the time, the weather condition, etc.
还可以通过电话问询时间，天气等。
Disadvantages
●It is expensive to install a telephone.电话的安装费用较高。
●One who has a telephone is often disturbed by wrong numbers.经常会受到打错电话的骚扰。
●By telephone some criminals can know whether the inhabitant is at home or not so that they can break into the house to steal the property.
在入室盗窃以前，罪犯可以先通过电话知道主人是否在家。
2.7.5自动提款机的优缺点
Advantages
●The ATM is convenient. Depositors can draw money from an ATM without filling in a drawing form.
方便。储户无需填表就可以从自动提款机中提款。
●The ATM is safe. No one else can draw money from an ATM except the depositor himself because the drawer has to put in the secret code to draw money.
安全。由于提款时需要密码，所以除了储户本人以外，其他人无法提款。
●When depositors need money at night, they can draw money from a round-the-clock ATM.
如果储户在夜里急需用钱，可以到24小时营业的自动取款机中提款。
Disadvantages
●In case a depositor forgets his secret code, he can not draw money from the ATM.
如果储户忘记密码，将无法提款。
●If a depositor does not operate the ATM properly, his card will be withheld by the ATM.
如果储户操作不当，其卡会被自动提款机吞掉。
●The ATM in some banks often malfunction and depositors can not draw money from them.
有些银行的提款机经常发生故障，使储户无法提款。
2.7.6 现代技术
●Modern transport means make it very convenient for people to travel far or near, thus saving a lot of time and energy. By plane, people can cover a distance of one thousand miles within hours.
现代交通工具使得人们无论是长途还是短途旅行都变得非常便利，从而节省了大量的时间和精力。乘坐飞机，人们在几小时内就可以穿越一千英里。
●Modern science and technology free man from the bondage of Nature and enable the human society to enjoy an unprecedented rate of development in all aspect.
现代科学技术把人们从大自然的束缚中解脱出来，人类在各个方面都取得了前所未有的发展速度。
●Modern science and technology promote the productivity, freeing people from tiring and vexing manual and mechanical labor.
现代科学技术提高了生产力，把人们从繁重的体力和机械化劳动中解脱了出来。
●Modern science and technology are emotionally beneficial. A phone call, an e-mail or a fax bring people closer and make the world smaller.
现代科学技术有利于情感的交流。一个电话，一份电子邮件或者是一个传真就可以使人与人之间的距离拉近，世界也因此变得更小。
2.7.7计算机翻译
Advantages
●There is such a possibility that computer can translate all kinds of foreign languages.
计算机有可能会翻译各种外语。
●It releases children from great strain on language study so that they can spend more to learn what they like and develop their own interests.
可以把儿童从语言学习的巨大负担中解脱出来，让他们花更多的时间学习自己喜欢的东西，发展自己的兴趣。
●We can get to know more friends all over the world because there is no longer any language barrier at all. 由于不再存在任何的语言障碍，我们可以认识世界各地更多的朋友。
Disadvantages
●Language is a very sophisticated thing, which is mysteriously knit with the national characteristics, the culture and the customs and it is almost impossible for a computer to do this task.
语言是一种非常复杂的东西，它同一个国家的特点、文化与风俗习惯交织在一起，神秘莫测。计算机是不可能完成翻译这项任务的。
●Mechanical translation is far-fetched and sometimes it is hardly understandable without human revision.
机械化的翻译是十分牵强的，如果没有经过人的改动，有时很难理解其译文含义。
●Computers can be of great help to human beings but they can never replace human or surpass human intelligence. After all, it is a man-made machine.
计算机虽然对人类有着巨大的帮助，但是永远不可能代替人脑，也绝不可能超越人的智慧。毕竟，这只是人造的机器。