【正文】 ur dog barks, it warns us of cat keeps down the mice and rats in men depended on hunting for food they found huntingdogs extremely also used a type of bird to aid them in their search for is a nonutilitarian reason for keeping people are living by themselves they feel lonely, and having a pet relieves this loneliness to some like to have some panion with us even if this panion is not feel the need to have another living being to shareour daily a panion, even if it is only an animal, gives us a feeling of warmth and an interest in something else beyond people even prefer pets to other are not as demanding as people sometimes particular,pets do not demand of us that we should talk when we wish to remain people do talk to pets as if they were human beings, but they have the satisfaction of knowing that thepets cannot answer back and engage them in seem content with so very 從遠(yuǎn)古時(shí)期，人們就開(kāi)始飼養(yǎng)寵物。埃及金字塔里的種種發(fā)現(xiàn)，歐洲城堡華麗穹頂上的繪畫(huà)都充分說(shuō)明：我們的祖先和我們今天一樣喜歡寵物。養(yǎng)寵物的其中一個(gè)原因就是它們的實(shí)用性。狗吠叫警告我們小心盜賊，貓消滅田鼠和家中的老鼠。在依靠打獵獲取食物的年代，人們意識(shí)到獵狗舉足輕重的作用。那時(shí)，人們還同時(shí)使用一種小鳥(niǎo)來(lái)幫助他們尋找食物。養(yǎng)寵物的另一個(gè)非實(shí)用的原因就是要它們和自己做伴。獨(dú)自生活常常會(huì)感到孤單。養(yǎng)寵物可以從某種程度上緩解這種孤獨(dú)感。我們喜歡有伴兒陪著，即使這個(gè)伴兒并不是人類(lèi)。我們感覺(jué)需要另一個(gè)生命分享自己每日的生活。同伴，即使只是個(gè)動(dòng)物，也可以給我們一種溫暖的感覺(jué)，讓我們對(duì)除自己以外的其他事物感興趣。一些人愛(ài)寵物勝過(guò)愛(ài)其他人。寵物不像人那樣有時(shí)會(huì)有各種各樣的要求。特別是當(dāng)我們不想說(shuō)話時(shí)，寵物不會(huì)逼我們開(kāi)口。不過(guò)一些人會(huì)把寵物當(dāng)作人一樣和它們交談，他們很高興這些動(dòng)物不能回答他們的問(wèn)題，不會(huì)和他們爭(zhēng)論。只需一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)，寵物們就很容易知足了。How to Solve the Housing Problem in Big Cities四種可能解決住房問(wèn)題的方案：1．多造高層建筑2．向地下發(fā)展3．建造衛(wèi)星城市4．疏散城市人口The shortage of housing is one of the most serious problems facing many big cities in the government has spent a large sum of money on housing,the investment has not been very resultful and a housing shortage still generations sharing one room and newlymarried couples finding it difficult to have a house of their own are still mon shortage is a problem that requires an immediate 39。s attitudes towards the solution to the housing problem are suggest building more tall apartment buildings。others believe that we should develop underground housing am in favour of the former one thing, it is cheaper to build upward than another, living underground for a long time will do harm to people39。s all,people are unwilling to live underground with artificial lighting and they prefer to live normally on the ground to enjoy the there may be some other ways to solve the housing shortage problem, I believe to build more apartment buildings is one of the feasible solutions to the housing There are two important kinds of music in the world one is written down and the other is people earn their living by writing write songs for popstars and music for films and TV usually write exact instructions how the music is to be music has been passed down from one generation to first it was never written pie learnt the songs from their families, relatives, neighbours and friends in the same songs were about country life, the seasons, animals and plants, and about love and sadness in people39。s performers of music were popular and used to learn hundreds of songs by festivals they used to act and sing in praise of heroes who lived long was at a time when there was no radio, TV or of the country people could neither read nor this way stories were passed on from one person to continues in some countries even some parts of the world nowadays, you often see musiclans performing in the streets to passers put a cap on the ground in front of them, so that people who like the music can drop coins into it.[點(diǎn)評(píng)]文章對(duì)音樂(lè)的種類(lèi)以及流傳方式作了描述。后兩段實(shí)際上主要講述音樂(lè)人的情況，似乎多少有些不切主題——音樂(lè)本身。此文可作為參考資料。[參考譯文]音樂(lè)世界上的音樂(lè)有兩大類(lèi)——一類(lèi)是寫(xiě)下來(lái)的，另一類(lèi)是沒(méi)有寫(xiě)下來(lái)的。許多人靠寫(xiě)詞作曲來(lái)謀生。他們給通俗歌星創(chuàng)作歌曲，為電影和電視節(jié)目作曲。他們通常還要為如何演奏他們的音樂(lè)寫(xiě)出精確的說(shuō)明。民間音樂(lè)是一代一代地流傳下來(lái)的。起初從來(lái)沒(méi)有人把它寫(xiě)下來(lái)過(guò)。人們是從家人、親戚、村里的鄰居或朋友那里學(xué)會(huì)唱這些歌的。歌詞內(nèi)容是有關(guān)鄉(xiāng)村生活、季節(jié)、動(dòng)植物以及人的生活中的愛(ài)情與憂傷。早期的音樂(lè)演奏家們是深受人們歡迎和愛(ài)戴的。他們牢記幾百首歌曲。在節(jié)日里他們表演并歌頌很久以前的英雄。這是廣播、電視或電影出現(xiàn)以前的情形。當(dāng)時(shí)許多鄉(xiāng)里人不識(shí)字，也不會(huì)寫(xiě)字。故事就是用這種方式流傳下來(lái)的。即使今天，有些國(guó)家里還存在這種情況?，F(xiàn)在世界上有些地區(qū)，你還可以經(jīng)?？吹揭魳?lè)家在街頭為行人演奏。他們把帽子放在身前的地上，以便喜歡這種音樂(lè)的人能把硬幣投到帽子里。When I was a child, I was fascinated by the melody of piano on the that time, I dreamed of being a pianist and having my own the age of five, my father bought me a beautiful piano as my birthday present with the money they had saved for a long the same time, my father found a piano teacher for me and every day I would practise it again and again as my father long, my interest in piano was transferred to other began to escape the practice as much as I father found out my encouraged me and was stricter with me than ever his help,I underwent the hardest time and devoted myself to the , in my spare time after a long time of study and hard work, I always play the piano and enjoy the beautiful ，我總被電視上鋼琴的優(yōu)美旋律所吸引。那時(shí)，我就夢(mèng)想有一架自己的鋼琴，成為一名鋼琴師。6歲的時(shí)候，爸爸用他積攢了很久的錢(qián)為我買(mǎi)了一架很漂亮的鋼琴，作為我的生日禮物。為此，爸爸還為我請(qǐng)了鋼琴老師。每天，我都按爸爸的要求不停地練習(xí)。沒(méi)過(guò)多久，我對(duì)鋼琴的興趣就越來(lái)越淡了，我開(kāi)始盡可能逃避練琴。爸爸發(fā)現(xiàn)了我的厭琴情緒，鼓勵(lì)我堅(jiān)持下去，對(duì)我的要求也比以前更嚴(yán)了。在爸爸的幫助下，我度過(guò)了最難熬的一段日子，并全身心投入到練琴中。今天，學(xué)習(xí)和工作之余，我就彈起鋼琴來(lái)，享受那美妙的音樂(lè)。