1. This view is now being questioned by more and more people.

這一觀點(diǎn)正受到越來越多人的質(zhì)疑。

2. Although many people claim that, along with the rapidly economic development, the number of people who use bicycle are decreasing and bicycle is bound to die out. The information I’ve collected over the recent years leads me to believe that bicycle will continue to play extremely important roles in modern society.

盡管許多人認(rèn)為隨著經(jīng)濟(jì)的高速發(fā)展，用自行車的人數(shù)會減少，自行車可能會消亡， 然而，這幾年我收集的一些信息讓我相信自行車仍然會繼續(xù)在現(xiàn)代社會發(fā)揮極其重要的作用。

3. Environmental experts point out that increasing pollution not only causes serious problems such as global warming but also could threaten to end human life on our planet.

環(huán)境學(xué)家指出：持續(xù)增加的污染不僅會導(dǎo)致像全球變暖這樣嚴(yán)重的問題，而且還將威脅到人類在這個(gè)星球的生存。

4. In view of such serious situation, environmental tools of transportation like bicycle are more important than any time before.

考慮到這些嚴(yán)重的狀況，我們比以往任何時(shí)候更需要像自行車這樣的環(huán)保型交通工具。

5. Using bicycle contributes greatly to people’s physical fitness as well as easing traffic jams.

使用自行車有助于人們的身體健康，并極大地緩解了交通阻塞。

6. Despite many obvious advantages of bicycle, it is not without its problem.

盡管自行車有許多明顯的優(yōu)點(diǎn)，但是它也存在它的問題。

7. Bicycle can’t be compared with other means of transportation like car and train for speed and comfort.

在速度和舒適度方面，自行車是無法和汽車、火車這樣的交通工具相比的。

8. From what has been discussed above, we may safely draw the conclusion that advantages of bicycle far outweigh its disadvantages and it will still play essential roles in modern society.

通過以上討論，我們可以得出結(jié)論：自行車的優(yōu)點(diǎn)遠(yuǎn)大于缺點(diǎn)，并且在現(xiàn)代社會它仍將發(fā)揮重要作用。

9. There is a general discussion these days over education in many colleges and institutes. One of the questions under debate is whether education is a lifetime study.

當(dāng)前在高校和研究機(jī)構(gòu)對教育存在著大量爭論，其中一個(gè)問題就是教育是否是個(gè)終身學(xué)習(xí)的過程。

10. This issue has caused wide public concern.

這個(gè)問題已經(jīng)引起了廣泛關(guān)注。

11. It is commonly thought that our society had dramatically changed by modern science and technology, and human had made extraordinary progress in knowledge and technology over the recent decades.

人們普遍認(rèn)為我們的現(xiàn)代科技使我們的社會發(fā)生了巨大的變化，近幾十年人類在科技方面取得了驚人的進(jìn)步。

12 Now people in growing numbers are beginning to believe that learning new skills and knowledge contributes directly to enhancing their job opportunities or promotion opportunities.

現(xiàn)在越來越多的人開始相信學(xué)習(xí)新的技術(shù)和知識能直接幫助他們獲得工作就會或提升的機(jī)會。

13. An investigation shows that many older people express a strong desire to continue studying in university or college.

一項(xiàng)調(diào)查顯示許多老人都有到大學(xué)繼續(xù)學(xué)習(xí)的愿望。

14. For the majority of people, reading or learning a new skill has become the focus of their lives and the source of their happiness and contentment after their retirement.

對大多數(shù)人來講，退休以后，閱讀或?qū)W習(xí)一項(xiàng)新技術(shù)已成為他們生活的中心和快樂的來源。

15. For people who want to adopt a healthy and meaningful life style, it is important to find time to learn certain new knowledge. Just as an old saying goes: it is never too late to learn.

對于那些想過上健康而有意義的生活的人們來說，找時(shí)間學(xué)習(xí)一些新知識是很重要的，正如那句老話：活到老，學(xué)到老。