according to a recent survey, four million people die each year from diseases linked to smoking.
依照最近的一項調查，每年有4，000，000人死於與吸菸有關的疾病。
2. the latest surveys show that quite a few children have unpleasant associations with homework.
最近的調查顯示相當多的孩子對家庭作業沒什麼好感。
3. no invention has received more praise and abuse than internet.
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沒有一項發明像網際網路一樣同時受到如此多的讚揚和批評。
4. people seem to fail to take into account the fact that education does not end with graduation.
人們似乎忽視了教育不應該隨著畢業而結束這一事實。
5. an increasing number of people are beginning to realize that education is not complete with graduation.
越來越多的人開始意識到教育不能隨著畢業而結束。
6. when it comes to education, the majority of people believe that education is a lifetime study.
說到教育，大部分人認為其是一個終生的學習。
7. many experts point out that physical exercise contributes directly to a person's physical fitness.
許多專家指出體育鍛鍊直接有助於身體健康。
8. proper measures must be taken to limit the number of foreign tourists and the great efforts should be made to protect local environment and history from the harmful effects of international tourism.
應該採取適當的措施限制外國旅遊者的數量，努力保護當地環境和歷史不受國際旅遊業的不利影響。
9. an increasing number of experts believe that migrants will exert positive effects on construction of city. however, this opinion is now being questioned by more and more city residents, who complain that the migrants have brought many serious problems like crime and prostitution.
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越來越多的專家相信移民對城市的建設起到積極作用。然而，越來越多的城市居民卻懷疑這種說法，他們抱怨民工給城市帶來了許多嚴重的問題，像犯罪和賣淫。
10. many city residents complain that it is so few buses in their city that they have to spend much more time waiting for a bus, which is usually crowded with a large number of passengers.
許多市民抱怨城市的公車太少，以至於他們要花很長時間等一輛公車，而車上可能已滿載乘客。
11. there is no denying the fact that air pollution is an extremely serious problem: the city authorities should take strong measures to deal with it.
無可否認，空氣污染是一個極其嚴重的問題：城市當局應該採取有力措施來解決它。
12. an investigation shows that female workers tend to have a favorable attitude toward retirement.
一項調查顯示婦女歡迎退休。
12a. a proper part-time job does not occupy students' too much time. in fact, it is unhealthy for them to spend all of time on their study. as an old saying goes: all work and no play makes jack a dull boy.