大学体验英语(三)

The person who lives a most meaningful life is not necessarily the person who lives the longest, but one that feels most about life. Generally speaking, when a hard life becomes a habit, the feeling of happiness about it will develop, whereas endless troubles will result from a comfortable life.

Life isn't so beautiful as some have expected, and it isn't so ugly as others have thought, either. Life is a torch, rather than a short candle, which we happen to hold now. We have to keep it burning brilliantly and splendidly, and then pass it to the next generation.

Humor is an ability and a strength. It is not only a joke. Its meaning is deeper than that of a joke and is more effective than a joke. It expresses people's sincerity and kindness in a pleasant way, and it is like a bridge to pull people together.

Meng Ke in the story is a country girl, knowing nothing about the city. With the help of her urban relatives, she manages to get a small part in a film in one of the big studios. The big shots at the studio who hire her treat her like an object. Therefore she sees filth and cunning of various forms.

With the advance in communications, it is now possible to do computer networking at high speed through standard telephone wires. This new technology, called ADSL, enables the same phone lines to be used for networking as well as telephone conversations. However, since the technology is new, the networking equipment required is expensive.

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These days Americans are more and more concerned with their weight. Perhaps as many as 70 million Americans are on weight-reducing diets. Weight control has become a business of multibillion-dollar interests. American supermarkets sell a variety of diet foods.

On paper, both the state and federal government support education. Parents force their children to go to school every day. Teachers try hard to help students in school. Yet all these efforts seem ineffective.

Today the competition on regular tours is furious, but there is an extensive potential market for the exploring tour in China. The management of the tour business should pay more attention to the development of this kind of route for all levels of tourists.

An organization named "World Observing Institute" gave a report recently which said, "The economic growth had been 4% or more in the last three years." It also reported that people are richer now, but the environment today is worse than any time before.