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　　1.When a consumer finds that an item she or he bought is faulty or in some other way does not live up to the manufacturer's claim for it, the first step is to present the warranty (保单), or any other records which might help, at the store of purchase. (CET-4 1993.6, Passage 3, Paragraph 1)

　　当顾客发现他们购买的商品有问题或者跟厂家的宣传不一样时，首先要做的就是向商店出示保证书或者其他记录。

　　2.It may have been a sharp criticism of the pupil's technical abilities in writing, but it was also a sad reflection on the teacher who had omitted to read the essay, which contained some beautiful eXPressions of the child's deep feelings. (CET-4 1991.6, Passage 1, Paragraph 3)

　　这是对孩子写作能力的尖刻批判，但是它也反映了老师没有仔细阅读作文的内容，而这作文中包含了一些美丽的句子，表达了孩子们内心深刻的情感。

　　3.In the past our own blocks of flats have been associated with the lower-income groups and they have lacked the obvious provisions, such as central heating, constant hot water supply, electrically operated lifts from top to bottom, and so on, as well as such details important notwithstanding (然而), as easy facilities for disposal of dust and rubbish and storage places for baby carriages on the ground floor, playgrounds for children on the top of the buildings, and drying grounds for washing. (CET-4, 1995.6, Passage 3, Paragraph 1)

　　在过去，高层公寓一直和低收入人群联系在一起，并且这些公寓缺少最起码的生活设施，比如集中供暖系统、24小时热水、直达电梯等等，以及其它尽管微不足道但是很重要的生活设施，诸如能方便处理垃圾的设施、一楼存放婴儿车的空间、楼顶的儿童游戏场地以及晾晒衣服的空地等。

　　4.　However, children and teens with a cold or flu should not take aspirin for pain relief because of the risk of Reye syndrome(综合症), a rare but serious condition of the liver and central nervous system. (CET-4 2005.1, Passage 1, Paragraph 7)

　　不过，患感冒和流感的小孩和青年不要为了减轻病痛而服用阿司匹林，他们有得Reye综合症的危险， Reye综合症是一种极为少见却很严重的肝和中枢神经系统疾病。

　　5.Believe it or not, optical illusion can cut highway crashes. (CET-4 2000.1, Passage 2, Paragraph 1)

　　不论你相信与否，视觉上的错觉能被用来减少高速公路上的车祸。

　　6.　What is remarkable about the history of toys is not so much how they changed over the centuries but how much they have remained the same.(CET-4 1999.6, Passage 4, Paragraph 3)

　　研究玩具的历史，我们会发现引人注目的不是它们随时间的变化而变化，而是它们随时间的变化而保持不变。(What is remarkable about sth is not so much A, but B这个句型对于写社会问题类作文是个极好的句型，请背诵仿写这句话50遍以上。)

　　7.But the careful use of small monetary rewards sparks creativity in grade-school children, suggesting that properly presented inducements (刺激) indeed aid inventiveness, according to a study in the June Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. (CET-4 1997.1, Passage 4, Paragraph 2)

　　但是慎重地使用少量的金钱奖励能激发小学生的创造力，这一点证明合理的刺激确实对创造力有帮助，这是《个性与社会心理学》杂志六月刊的研究结果。

　　8.“Résumés (简历) arrive with stains. Some candidates don't bother to spell the company’s name correctly. Once I see a mistake, I eliminate the candidate,” Crossley concludes. (CET-4 1995.6, Passage 2, Paragraph 2)

　　Crossley总结说，“有的简历上有墨水污迹，有的申请人把公司的名字都写错了，一旦发现这样的错误，我立刻取消申请人的资格。”

　　9.But in actual practice this system breaks down in many ways, because the organism and the environment are constantly interacting so that the environment is modified by the organism and vice versa(反之亦然). (CET-4 1996.1 Passage 3, paragraph 1)

　　但是，在实际操作中，这种体系说法就不太容易行得通了，因为，环境和有机体通常是互动的，环境被有机体影响，而反过来有机体也是被环境所影响的。

　　10.or every social situation, there is a permissible time that you can hold a person's gaze without being intimate, rude, or aggressive. (CET-4 1996.6, Passage 1, Paragraph 1)

　　对各种社交场合来说,在一段允许的时间内你可以与人对视,而不显得亲密、粗鲁或咄咄逼人

　　11.here is no such a thing as teaching someone how to use a computer. One can only teach peple to use this or that program and generally that is easily accomplished. (CET-4 1998.6 Passage 2, paragraph 4)

　　我们不能说教人学会使用计算机，我们只能说学会使用这一套或是那一套软件，这点是很容易的。

　　12.The fine points of etiquette (礼节) that children might once have learned at the table by observation or instruction from parents and grandparents (“Chew with your mouth closed.” “Keep your elbows off the table.”) must be picked up elsewhere.(CET-4, 2003.12 Passage 3, paragraph 6)

　　本来孩子们可以在餐桌上通过观察或者由父母，祖父母指导而学会的礼节中的细节(“要闭上嘴巴咀嚼食物”，“肘部不要碰到餐桌”等)必须在其他场合去学习了。

　　13.More important, perhaps, education teaches us to see the connections between things, as well as to see beyond our immediate needs. (CET-4 20