【正文】 V》: Ex. IX, p. 991. Petrol now is twice as expensive as it was a few years ago 2. Theirs is about three times as big as ours 3. Latin American customers talk two to four times as long on the phone as people in North America4. the fee for cell phones is typically twice as much as for calls made over fixed lines 5. can transmit 250,000 times as much data as a standard telephone wire 《讀寫(xiě)教程 IV》: Ex. X, p. 991. By installing the latest wireless transmission systems, a parade of urban centers and industrial zones from Beijing to Budapest are stepping directly into the Information Age. 2. Widespread access to information technology promises to condense the time required to change from laborintensive assembly work to industries that involve engineering, marketing and design. 3. Modern munications will give countries like China and Vietnam a huge advantage over countries stuck with old technologies. 4. There is little dispute that munications will be a key factor separating the winners from the losers. 5. The economy of the country is stuck in recession and it barely has the money to scratch the surface of the problem. 6. Businesses eager for reliable service are willing to pay a significantly high price tag for a wireless call. 7. Having an operation there is like having an endless pile of money at your disposal. 8. For countries that have lagged behind for so long, the temptation to move ahead in one jump is hard to resist. 《讀寫(xiě)教程 IV》: Ex. XI, p. 1001. 一個(gè)將會(huì)大大提高發(fā)展中國(guó)家生活水準(zhǔn)的轉(zhuǎn)變正方興未艾。6. 然而即使是這種以沉重代價(jià)換來(lái)的自知之明也在他的喜劇創(chuàng)作中得到了表現(xiàn)。2. 加斯頓拉了拉妻子的衣袖，雙手摟著她的腰，快樂(lè)地望著她那充滿(mǎn)困惑的眼睛。 3. 但假如他在早期那些短小喜劇電影中能操一口受過(guò)教育的人的口音，則他是否會(huì)聞名世界就值得懷疑了，而英國(guó)人也肯定會(huì)覺(jué)得這很“古怪”。我是一個(gè)工作很積極的人，又不是植物人。re going to visit them We might / may as well walk home We might / may as well find an easier one to read 《讀寫(xiě)教程 IV》: Ex. X, p. 128 Poets and philosophers all speak highly of themselves for seeking out solitude, from which they can draw inspiration. A humble person tends to suffer from solitude, feeling himself inadequate pany, longing for others to be around. The widowed old lady was so lonely that she would talk at length to the strangers in the supermarket about her pets. The condition of loneliness rises and falls, but our need to talk goes on forever the need of telling someone the daily succession of small observations and opinions. To a person living alone, it39。ll be late. It is interesting to see different cultures and ways of life. It is really astonishing that she refuses to talk to you. It is important that she es straight to me when she arrives. 《讀寫(xiě)教程 IV》: Ex. IX, p. 157 Suppose you object to carrying out a particular management order and you are afraid of the manager, what would you do Suppose you have just got married and you are employed for three years to work abroad, how would you explain it to your newly married wife Suppose someone couldn39。 4. 通信工程也是上海實(shí)現(xiàn)其成為一流金融中心這一夢(mèng)想的關(guān)鍵。8. 但是人們不禁會(huì)感到，卓別林一定會(huì)把這一奇怪的事情看作是對(duì)他的十分恰當(dāng)?shù)募o(jì)念。5. 那晚，巴羅達(dá)太太很想把自己的一時(shí)荒唐告訴丈夫—也是她的朋友，但還是忍住了。 most figures he created were not of a gentlemanlike British style. 3. His dress and behavior were not English. 4. It was the first movie in which Chaplin used voice for the characters. 5. Using his physical senses to invent his art as he went along without prepared script. 6. We can find that from the characters he created, such as the flower girl and the French wife killer. 7. She brought stable happiness to him and became the center of rest in his life. 8. Comic 《讀寫(xiě)教程 IV》: Ex. III, p. 371. coarse2. corresponded3. doubtful 4. roused/sparked5. execute6. relief7. applause8. immense 《讀寫(xiě)教程 IV》: Ex. IV, p. 381. for2. against3. up4. with5. up6. to7. down8. between 《讀寫(xiě)教程 IV》: Ex. V, p. 381. temptation2. change3. urge4. policies5. pressures6. arrest7. demand8. attempts 《讀寫(xiě)教程 IV》: Ex. VI, p. 391. artist2. terrorist3. novelist4. activists5. biologist6. idealist7. capitalists8. tourist 《讀寫(xiě)教程 IV》: Ex. VII, p. 391. Terrorism2. industrialism3. ageism4. idealism5. criticism6. heroism7. racism8. Modernism 《讀寫(xiě)教程 IV》: Ex. VIII, p. 401. If I had known that you were ing, I would have met you at the airport. 2. If he had tried to leave the country, he would have been stopped at the frontier. 3. If we had found him earlier, we could have saved his life. 4. If I had caught that plane, I would have been killed in the air crash. 5. If he had been in better health, he could have written more books. 《讀寫(xiě)教程 IV》: Ex. IX, p. 401. With so much going on at the office, it is a wonder to find that Mr. Lawrence has much time left for anything else. 2. It is a surprise to us to find that television enjoys its greatest petitive advantage on information. 3. It is a possibility for us to expect that the students will get the new facts in the lecture confused with their existing knowledge. 4. It is a fact to know that we have run out of water and food. 5. It is a relief to learn that the driver controlled the car during the stormy weather. 《讀寫(xiě)教程 IV》: Ex. X, p. 411. Other writers might have written stories about London. But only he could have created the character David, who gave his creator permanent fame. 2. China has provided more applause, more honor and, of course, more profit where this scientist is concerned than any other countries. 3. He had an urge to execute this sk