[简答题]
Directions: Write your translations in your answer
sheet.
Section ATranslate the underlined sentences into good
Chinese.
Americans find it difficult to think about old age until they
are propelled into the midst of it by their own aging and that of relatives and
friends. Aging is the neglected stepchild of the human life cycle. Though we
have begun to examine the socially taboo subjects of dying and death, we have
leaped over that long period of time preceding death known as old age. In truth,
it is easier to manage the problem of death than the problem of living as an old
person. Death is a dramatic, one-time crisis while old age is a day-by-day
and year-by-year confrontation with powerful external and internal forces, a
bittersweet coming to terms with one’s own personality and one’s life.
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We base our feelings on primitive fears, prejudice and
stereotypes rather than on knowledge and insight. In reality, t
[多项选择]Write in your ANSWER SHEET ONE a note of about 50-60 words to a friend of yours based on the following given situation: You’ ve read on the notice board that the university library is looking for a part-time library assistant who can work at weekends. You think that your classmate, George, is a suitable person for this vacancy. Write him a note, telling him what you know about the vacancy and trying to persuade him to go for an interview. Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriacy.
