036 Choose one of the following transportation vehicles and explain why you think it has changed people's lives.
◆Automobiles◆Bicycles◆AirplanesUse specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
選擇汽車、自行車和飛機中的任一交通工具，解釋為什麼你認為它改變了人們的生活。
1 汽車的重要意義
段落大意：汽車對人們來說有很重要的象征意義和實際作用。
One of the most important steps in becoming an adult is by having your first car. When you have a car, you don't need to rely on other people for rides to where you want to go. The automobile has become a very important part of today's society. It is a necessity to own or to have access to a car in order to keep up with all of the competition of the business world, and also one's social demands.
2 汽車對社會的影響
段落大意：汽車影響著人們的生活、文化和經濟發展。汽車工業對社會有著巨大的影響。
The automobile has changed the lives, culture, and economy of the people and nations that manufacture and demand them. Ever since the late 1800s when the first “modern”car was invented by Benz and Daimler in Germany, the industry has grown into a billion dollar industry affecting so many aspects of our lives. There are more than 400 million passenger cars alone on the roads today.
3 飛機的發明
段落大意：Orville Wright 和Wilbur Wright發明了曆史上第一架飛機。
Orville Wright（1871-1948）and Wilbur Wright （1867-1912）requested a patent application for a“flying machine”nine months before their successful flight in December 1903, as Orville Wright recorded in his diary. As part of the Wright Brothers' systematic practice of photographing every prototype and test of their various flying machines, they had persuaded an attendant from a nearby lifesaving station to snap Orville Wright in full flight. The craft soared to an altitude of 10 feet, traveled 120 feet, and landed 12 seconds after takeoff. After making two longer flights that day, Orville and Wilbur Wright sent this telegram to their father, instructing him to “inform the press”.
4 飛機的優點
段落大意：飛機給人們的出行帶來極大的便利和好處。飛機還為國防和科研提供便利。
Generally speaking, the whole world has enjoyed the benefits of the aircraft, which has increased the overall efficiency of the human race and made travelling possible and affordable for nearly all people. Aircrafts have shrunk the size of our Earth by providing the safest mode of transportation of passengers and cargo in the least possible time between two points. Aircrafts have also provided us means of defending our countries and hitting back at people who attack us. Lastly, it has been put to numerous other uses —from scientific study of the natural world to warfare.
039 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? With the help of technology, students nowadays can learn more information and learn it more quickly. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
有了技術的支持，現在的學生得以更快、更多地獲得信息。你是否同意這種觀點？
1 電腦和互聯網改變了教育模式
段落大意：電腦和互聯網給學生學習提供了便利。大部分學生可以接觸到大量信息，和專家交流。
Computers and the Internet have changed the world of education in innumerable ways. Most students now have access to countless sources of information. They can also talk to experts in multitudes of professions. Many students now learn to type before they learn to write in cursive.
2 互聯網革新現代教育方式
段落大意：互聯網可以實現教育資源的共享、遠程教育以及圖書館資源的共享。
Some sites contain valuable tools and accessories to aid in the learning process. As well as notes and multimedia displays, they may include things like hypertext chapters. In the future, there may not even be a need for paper textbooks. The Internet has also enabled teachers to teach a class from thousands of miles away. With video conferencing, a professor in Guam can teach a class in Michigan in close to real-time. Virtually all libraries are now connected over the Internet. At Lake Superior State University you can check the catalogs of almost any library and even check out books from nearby libraries.
3 網絡和電腦改變教學方式
段落大意：網絡和電腦已經被帶入中小學和大學的課堂之中，對教師和學生都有幫助。
Due to the expansion of the Internet in recent years, schools and universities around the world have been incorporating more technology into their classrooms. Computers are present on college campuses, and many teachers are including them for class activities on a daily basis. With email, a teacher can be in contact with his or her students outside the classroom to discuss class work. Computers in the classroom are extremely beneficial for students, more importantly; the use of the Internet allows students get access to abundant information easily.
4 網絡信息繁榮背後的弊端
段落大意：網絡上信息的繁榮帶來信息真實性缺少保障的負麵效應。
With so much information available, one can never be sure as to what credentials are of the sources from which the information is coming from. Free space for WebPages is available at places like Tripod and Geocities. This allows anyone to put up any kind of information that they would like to know, but makes it difficult to discern fact from fiction. Any twelve-year-old can create a page filled with conspiracy theories about the UFOs and unsuspecting people might take them as facts.