目 录

主题 1. Struggle........................................................... 1

主题 2..Ideal............................................................. 2

主题 3..Success........................................................... 4

主题 4. Health............................................................ 6

主题 5..Education......................................................... 9

主题 6..Teaching.......................................................... 12

主题 7..Reading.......................................................... 13

主题 8..Innovation........................................................ 14

主题 9. Employment....................................................... 17

主题 10..Environment...................................................... 19

主题 11. 建议信........................................................... 21

主题 12. 申请信........................................................... 21

主题 13. 求职信........................................................... 22

主题 14. 邀请信........................................................... 23

主题 15. 祝贺信........................................................... 24

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书面表达可借鉴的高频主题素材句

主题 1. Struggle

1. A man can fail many times, but he isn’t a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.

一个人可以失败多次，但是只要他没有开始责怪旁人，他还不是一个失败者。

2. All that you do, do with your might; things done by halves are never done right.

做一切事都应尽力而为，半途而废永远不行。

3. Dare and the world always yields. If it beats you sometimes, dare it again and again and it will

succumb.

大胆挑战，世界总会让步。如果有时候你被它打败了，不断地挑战，它总会屈服的。

4. Genius only means hard-working all one’s life.

天才只意味着终身不懈地努力。

5. Great works are performed not by strength, but by perseverance.

完成伟大的事业不在于体力，而在于坚韧不拔的毅力。

6. If you have great talents, industry will improve them; if you have but moderate abilities,

industry will supply their deficiency.

如果你很有天赋，勤勉会使其更加完善；如果你能力一般，勤勉会补足其缺陷。

7. You never know what you can do till you try.

除非你亲自尝试一下，否则你永远不知道你能够做什么。

8. Man errs so long as he strives.

人只要奋斗就会犯错误。

9. Miracles sometimes occur, but one has to work terribly for them.

奇迹有时候是会发生的，但是你得为之拼命地努力。

10. Our destiny offers not the cup of despair, but the chalice of opportunity.

命运给予我们的不是失望之酒，而是机会之杯。

11. Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

忍耐是痛苦的，但它的果实是甜蜜的。

12. Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow.

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进步是今天的活动、明天的保证。

13. The world can be changed by man’s endeavor, and that this endeavor can lead to something

new and better. No man can sever the bonds that unite him to his society simply by averting his eyes.

He must ever be receptive and sensitive to the new; and have sufficient courage and skill to face novel

facts and to deal with them.

人经过努力改变世界，这种努力可以使人类达到新的、更美好的境界。没有人仅凭闭目、

不看社会现实就能割断自己与社会的联系。他必须敏感，随时准备接受新鲜事物；他必须有勇

气与能力去面对新的事实，解决新问题。

14. There is no royal road to science, and only those who do not dread the fatiguing climb of its

steep paths have a chance of gaining its luminous summits.

在科学上没有平坦的大道，只有不畏劳苦沿着其崎岖之路攀登的人，才有希望达到它光辉

的顶点。

15. The man who has made up his mind to win will never say “impossible”.

凡是决心取得胜利的人是从来不说 “ 不可能的 ”。

16. To strive, to seek, to find and not to yield.

要奋斗，要探索，要有所发现，而不要屈服。

17. We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.

我们不能总是为我们的青年造就美好未来，但我们能够为未来造就我们的青年一代。

18. When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

艰难之路，唯勇者行。

19. You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do.

你不能靠你将要去做的事情来建立声誉。

20. If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.

若你做不了伟大的事，就用伟大的方式做好每一件事。

21. I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my

destination.

我虽无法改变风向，却能调整航向，最终到达目的地。

主题 2. Ideal

1. A man is not old as long as he is seeking something. A man is not old until regrets take the

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place of dreams.

只要一个人还有所追求，他就没有老。直到后悔取代了梦想，一个人才算老。

2. Between the ideal and the reality, between the motion and the act, falls the shadow.

理想与现实之间，动机与行为之间，总有一道阴影。

3. Don’t part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to

live.

不要放弃你的幻想。当幻想没有了以后，你还可以生存，但是你虽生犹死。

4. Have an aim in life, or your energies will all be wasted.

人生应该树立目标，否则你的精力会白白浪费。

5. Ideals are like the stars—we never reach them, but like mariners, we chart our course by them.

理想犹如天上的星星，我们犹如水手，虽不能到达天上，但是我们的航程可凭它指引。

6. Ideal is the beacon. Without ideal, there is no secure direction; without direction, there is no

life.

理想是指路明灯。没有理想，就没有坚定的方向；没有方向，就没有生活。

7. If you doubt yourself, then indeed you stand on shaky ground.

如果你怀疑自己，那么你的立足点确实不稳固了。

8. If you would go up high, then use your own legs! Do not let yourselves carried aloft; do not

seat yourselves on other people’s backs and heads.

如果你想走到高处，就要使用自己的两条腿！不要让别人把你抬到高处；不要坐在别人的

背上和头上。

9. If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it. Every arrow that flies feels the

attraction of earth.

要想射中靶，必须瞄得比靶略微高些，因为脱弦之箭都受到地心引力的影响。

10. Imagination is not to be divorced from the facts: it is a way of illuminating the facts.

想象不能脱离实际，它是现实的一种映射。

11. It enables men to construct an intellectual vision of a new world, and it preserves the zest of

life by the suggestion of satisfying purpose.

想象能使人理智地观察一个新世界，想象可以通过暗示令人满意的目标来使人保持对生活

的热情。

12. Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.

生活没有目标就像航海没有指南针。

13. The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to

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face life cheerfully have been kindness, beauty and truth.

有些理想曾为我指引道路，并不断给我新的勇气以欣然面对人生，那些理想就是真、善、美。

14. The important thing in life is to have a great aim, and the determination to attain it.

人生重要的事情是确定一个伟大的目标，并决心实现它。

15. The man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

具有新想法的人在其想法实现之前是个怪人。

16. The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.

实现明天理想的唯一障碍是今天的疑虑。

主题 3. Success

1. A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm.

无论何事，只要对它有无限的热情你就能取得成功。

2. Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering

can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

要使性格有所发展并非简单之事，只有通过艰难和困苦的磨练才能使心灵强化，视野开阔，

雄心振奋，从而达到成功的目的。

3. I might say that success is won by three things: first, effort; second, more effort; third, still

more effort.

可以说成功要靠三件事才能赢得：努力、努力、再努力。

4. I succeeded because I willed it; I never hesitated.

我成功是因为我有决心，从不踌躇。

5. If you wish to succeed, you should use persistence as your good friend, experience as your

reference, prudence as your brother and hope as your sentry.

如果你希望成功，当以恒心为良友、以经验为参谋、以谨慎为兄弟、以希望为哨兵。

6. Never be unduly elated by victory or depressed by defeat.

胜不矜，败不馁。

7. Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly ever acquire the skill to do

difficult things easily.

只有有耐心圆满地完成简单工作的人，才能够轻而易举地完成困难的事。

8. People often ask me if I know the secret of success, and if I could tell others how to make their

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dreams come true. My answer is, you do it by working.

人们时常问我是否晓得成功的诀窍，能否告诉别人怎样使他们的梦想成为现实。我的回答

是：身体力行。

9. Power invariably means both responsibility and danger.

实力永远意味着责任和危险。

10. Success covers a multitude of blunders.

成功由大量的失误铸就。

11. Success often depends upon knowing how long it will take to succeed.

成功常常取决于知道需要多久才能成功。

12. That sort of defeats are only stepping-stones.

那种失败只不过是前进的踏脚石。

13. The greater a man is, the more distasteful is praise and flattery to him.

一个人越伟大，对表扬和奉承就越反感。

14. The human being longs for a sense of being accomplished, of being able to do things, with his

hand, with his mind, with his will. Each of us wants to feel he or she has the ability to do something

that is meaningful and that serves a tribute to our inherent abilities.

人们渴求有一种成就感，渴望有能力用自己的手、用自己的脑、用自己的意志办事。我们

每个人都希望自己能够做出有意义，并能显示出自己天赋的事来。

15. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for circumstances

they want, and if they cannot find them, they make them.

在这个世界上，取得成功的人是那些努力寻找他们想要的机会的人，如果找不到机会，他

们就去创造机会。

16. The success is nothing more than doing well whatever you do without a thought of fame.

成功就是好好工作而不计较名利。

17. The world more frequently recommends the appearance of merit than merit itself.

世人往往推崇表面的功绩，而不是推崇真正的功绩。

18. There is only one success—to be able to spend your life in your own way.

成功只有一个 —— 即能以自己的方式去度过人生。

19. To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive, and the true success is to labor.

怀着希望去旅行比抵达目的地更愉快；而真正的成功在于工作。

20. Victory won’t come to me unless I go to it.

胜利是不会向我走来的，除非我自己走向胜利。

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21. Will, work and wait are the pyramidal cornerstones for success.

意志、工作和等待是成功的金字塔的基石。

22. You have to believe in yourself. That’s the secret of success.

人必须相信自己，这是成功的秘诀。

主题 4. Health

1. A healthy mind is in a healthy body.

健康的思想寓于健康的身体之中。

2. A man needs a purpose for real health.

有目标的人才能有真正的健康。

3. An irritable man is like a hedgehog rolled up the wrong way, tormenting himself with his own

prickles.

易怒的人像一只反过来蜷缩的刺猬，用自己的刺折磨自己。

4. Bitter pills may have blessed effects.

良药苦口利于病。

5. Cheerfulness is the promoter of health.

心情愉快是健康的增进剂。

6. Diseases of the soul are more dangerous than those of the body.

心灵上的疾病比身体上的疾病更危险。

7. Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

早睡早起会使人健康、富有和聪明。

8. Happiness lies, first of all, in health.

幸福首先在于健康。

9. Health is better than wealth.

健康胜过财富。

10. Health is certainly more valuable than money, because it is by health that money is procured.

健康当然比金钱更为重要，因为我们赖以获得金钱的途径就是健康。

11. Mischief comes by the pound and goes away by the ounce.

病来如山倒，病去如抽丝。

12. Without health no pleasure can be tasted by man.

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没有健康就没有乐趣。

13. At the core of a balanced diet are foods that are slow in unnecessary fats and sugars but high

in vitamins, minerals and other nutrients.

均衡饮食的核心是那些含有不必要脂肪和糖的食物，这些食物的脂肪和糖含量很低，但维

生素、矿物质和其他营养素含量很高。

14. When people need to lose weight, they usually choose to be on diet, which is actually not

very successful and difficult for people to maintain in the long term.

当大家需要减肥的时候，通常会选择节食，这其实不是很成功，也很难让人长期保持。

15. To keep healthy, people ought to eat whole foods, which provide a balance of healthy

carbohydrates, proteins, fats, and other nutrients, instead of processed foods, which often contain

added sugar or salt.

为了保持健康，人们应该吃能够提供健康碳水化合物、蛋白质、脂肪和其他营养物质平衡

的全食品，而不是通常含有糖或盐的加工食品。

16. To have regular medical checkup is something that each and every person owes themselves

and the family that they love.

定期体检是每个人对自己和他们所爱的家庭的责任。

17. Replacing bad health habits with good ones can help improve our immune system that

protects us from diseases, bacteria, germs and so on.

用好的健康习惯代替坏的健康习惯，可以帮助我们改善免疫系统，保护我们免受疾病、细

菌、细菌等的侵害。

18. It is necessary for modern citizens to get rid of sedentary lifestyle by ditching their cards or

getting off public transportation a few stops early and walking the rest of the way.

现代市民有必要抛弃久坐不动的生活方式，他们可以提前几站下车，走完剩下的路。

19. Having regular physical exercise in moderation is one of the key factors for people to

maintain good health.

有规律的适度体育锻炼是人们保持健康的关键因素之一。

20. Adults should aim for between 7 and 9 hours of sleep per night and those who skimp the sleep

tend to weigh more.

成年人每晚的睡眠时间应该在 7 至 9 小时之间，而那些睡眠不足的人往往体重更重。

21. Emotional wellness grants people the power to express feelings without any constrains and

then to form supportive and interdependent relationships with others.

情感健康赋予人们表达情感的能力，而不受任何约束，然后与他人形成支持和相互依存的

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关系。

22. As high levels of stress lead to serious health problems over time, people need to practice a

range of stress management techniques before stress has a negative impact on health.

随着时间的推移，高压力会导致严重的健康问题，人们需要在压力对健康产生负面影响之

前练习一系列的压力管理技巧。

23. At the end of a semester, many students have to burn the midnight oil, in order to prepare the

exam and finish assignments before deadline.

学期结束时，许多学生不得不熬夜，以便在截止日期前准备考试和完成作业。

24. No one knows the precise cause of eating disorders, but they seem to coexist with

psychological and medical issues such as low self-esteem, depression, anxiety, trouble coping with

emotions, and substance abuse.

没有人知道饮食失调的确切原因，但他们似乎与心理和医学问题共存，例如低自尊、抑郁、

焦虑、情绪应对困难和药物滥用。

25. In modern society, high blood pressure, which is also called silent killer as it has no obvious

symptom, has become a common disease casing huge damage to circulatory system and contributing

much to heart attack, stroke and other health threats if left untreated.

在现代社会，高血压已成为一种常见病，又称为沉默杀手。如果不及时治疗，会对循环系

统造成巨大损害，并导致心脏病、中风等其他健康威胁。

26. For the average person though, they would be addicted to smoking as part of their daily life,

before they’d feel what should reasonably be called addiction if they decided they wanted to stop.

不过，对于普通人来说，他们在决定戒烟之前会对吸烟上瘾，这是他们日常生活的一部分。

27. Many modern citizens may have “sitting disease”, a catchy phrase for a sedentary lifestyle

that might be putting health at risk.

许多现代公民可能患上了 “ 坐姿病 ”，这是一个很流行的说法，表示久坐的生活方式可能

会危及健康。

28. The exam weeks usually make a large number of students shattered, especially those who

waste much time on entertainment and refuse to work hard before.

考试周通常会让大量的学生崩溃，尤其是那些在娱乐上浪费了很多时间、以前拒绝努力学

习的学生。

29. Thanks to unhealthy lifestyle and heavy pressure of work, an increasing number of people are

in sub-optimal health status, an intermediate stage between health and disease.

由于不健康的生活方式和沉重的工作压力，越来越多的人处于亚健康状态，处于健康和疾

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病之间的中间阶段。

30. Obesity is medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it

many have negative effect on health.

肥胖症是一种身体脂肪过多而对健康产生负面影响的疾病。

31. Measures should be taken to tackle childhood obesity. Making sure school meals are

nutritious is an effective way of ensuring children have at least one good meal per day. Banning junk-

food advertising would make an impact by reducing the appeal that certain junk-food brands have.

需要采取一些措施来应对儿童肥胖问题。确保学生餐营养丰富是一个保证儿童每天至少能

吃上一顿好饭的有效手段。禁止垃圾食品广告也能起到作用，它可以减少某些垃圾食品的品牌

吸引力。

32. College students should try to exercise regularly and maintain a healthy lifestyle. Using the

campus fitness center and jogging are a few simple and effective ways to vent negative emotions.

大学生应该尽量做到定时运动并且保持一个健康的生活方式。利用校园里的健身中心以及

慢跑都是宣泄负面情绪的几个简单而有效的方法。

主题 5. Education

1. Education does not mean teaching people to know what they do not know; it means teaching

them to behave as they do not behave.

教育不在于使人知其所未知，而在于按其所未行而行。

2. Education is a progressive discovery of our ignorance.

教育是一个逐步发现自己无知的过程。

3. Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing

worth knowing can be taught.

教育是令人羡慕的东西，但是要不时地记住：凡是值得知道的，没有一个是能够教会的。

4. Education has for its object the formation of character.

教育是以造就人的品质为其目标。

5. Education has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth

reading.

教育造就了一大批人，他们会读书，但是不会区别什么书值得读。

6. Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire.

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教育不是注满一桶水，而且点燃一把火。

7. Education is the transmission of civilization.

教育传播文明。

8. Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern but impossible to

slave.

教育使一个民族容易领导，但是难于驱使；容易管理，却不可能奴役。

9. Every person has two education, one which he receives from others, and one, more important,

which he gives himself.

每个人都受两种教育，一种来自别人，另一种更重要的是来自自己。

10. Example is always more efficacious than precept.

身教胜于言教。

11. Let early education be a sort of amusement; you will then be better able to find out the natural

bent.

初期教育应是一种娱乐，这样才更容易发现一个人天生的爱好。

12. Only the educated are free.

只有受过教育的人才是自由的。

13. Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth.

吾爱吾师，吾更爱真理。

14. The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one.

教育的目的在于让空虚的灵魂变成开阔的心灵。

15. The education of a man never completed until he dies.

对一个人的教育，至死方休。

16. The primary purpose of education is not to teach you to earn your bread, but to make every

mouthful sweeter.

教育最主要的目的，不是教你挣得面包，而是使每一口面包都香甜。

17. What sculpture is to a block of marble; education is to the soul.

教育之于心灵，犹如雕刻之于大理石。

18. You can lead a man up to the university, but you can’t make him think.

你可以把一个人领进大学，但你却无法使他思考。

19. The function of education is to teach one to think critically. Intelligence plus character— that

is the goal of true education.

教育的目的在于教人批判性地思考，智力和品格才是教育的真正目的。

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20. The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing

it.

万事在于耐心，想要鸡就要先孵蛋，而不是把蛋砸开。

21. A teacher who is passionate and loves his subject will always have successful students.

一个充满激情并热爱他专业的老师总会培养出优秀的学生。

22. The task of the excellent teacher is to stimulate “apparently ordinary” people to unusual

effort. The tough problem is not in identifying winners: it is in making winners out of ordinary people.

优秀老师的职责是激发 “ 看起来普通的 ” 学生，让他们付出超常的努力。难的不是找出成

功者，而是把普通学生激励为成功者。

23. The best teachers teach from the heart, not from the book.

最优秀的老师是从心里教书，而不是照本宣科。

24. Liberal arts education can enrich students’ life and provide them with different perspectives

on the way society works.

人文教育可以丰富学生的生活，为他们提供看待社会运转方式的不同视角。

25. Good parenting not only helps children develop intelligence, but also helps them develop

some good personal qualities such as self-control and diligence.

好的家庭教养不仅能帮助儿童开发智力，而且有助于帮助他们建立一些个人良好品质，比

如自控力、勤奋。

26. Online learning can suit the needs of different students, conforming to the idea that students

should be taught in accordance with their aptitudes.

在线学习可以满足不同学生的需要，符合 “ 因材施教 ” 的教育理念。

27. In contrast to distance learning, traditional teaching methods cement the link between teachers

and students because there are more interactions.

和远程学习相比，传统教学方法能够加强师生间的关系，因为传统教学方法有更多的互动。

28. Teachers should not only impart knowledge to their students and develop their academic

skills, but also help them shape a healthy outlook on life.

老师不仅要向学生传授知识和发展他们的学术技能，还要培养他们形成健康的人生观。

29. University degrees are no longer a stepping stone to a decent job — lifelong learning skills

and interpersonal skills are also required.

大学文凭不再是好工作的敲门砖 —— 终身学习技能和人际交往技巧也是必备条件。

30. Educational standards vary widely from one region to another, and students from backward

areas might struggle to catch up with their peers in the city.

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各地区的教学水准差异很大，来自落后地区的学生可能很难跟上他们在城市的同龄人。

31. Exams and assignments offer one means for teachers to gauge students’ learning. These

methods of evaluation may be valuable, as they reflect students’ understanding of course materials,

independent research, and overall progress to date.

考试和作业是老师衡量学生学习情况的一种手段。这些评估方法可能意义很大，因为它们

反映了学生对课程内容的理解、独立的研究和到目前为止的总体进展情况。

32. University students are subject to academic pressure. If left unchecked, this pressure has the

potential to adversely affect their psychological and physical health.

大学生很容易遭受学业压力的影响。如果不加以控制，这种压力有可能影响学生的身心健

康。

33. College students today already have a surplus of electronic devices to keep them occupied,

including computers, cell phones and handheld gaming devices.

如今大学生所拥有的数量过多的电子设备已经占据了他们很多精力，包括电脑、手机和掌

上游戏机。

34. Students must be careful to maintain a balance between work and play.

学生需要注意保持工作与娱乐之间的平衡。

35. Allowing children to grow up at their own pace free from undue worry is the best way to

ensure they grow into well-rounded, happy adults.

让孩子自由自在地成长，免于过度忧虑是确保孩子全面、快乐成长的最好方式。

主题 6. Teaching

1. For a teacher to be popular among students, he needs to be responsible, knowledgeable and

professional.

一个教师要在学生中受欢迎，就必须要负责任，知识渊博且有专业精神。

2. It requires a teacher to possess both strong academic strength and adept teaching skills to be

competent in the position.

这就要求教师既要有较强的学术能力，又要有娴熟的教学技能，才能胜任这一职位。

3. A well-prepared course that students expect should be informative, interesting and inspiring.

学生们期待的一门好课应该是信息丰富、有趣且具有启发性的。

4. An effective method for teachers to provoke students to think is to lead group discussion.

引导小组讨论是教师激发学生思考的有效方法。

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5. Teachers should encourage students to explore the topic from different perspectives and have

in-depth analysis.

教师应该鼓励学生从不同的角度探究这个话题，并进行深入的分析。

6. To help students review the course and evaluate whether students have grasped the knowledge,

a teacher needs to assign appropriate homework and give feedback on time.

为了帮助学生复习课程，评估学生是否掌握了知识，教师需要布置适当的家庭作业，并及

时给予反馈。

7. An important part of a teacher’s work is to help students point out mistakes and provide

effective solutions.

教师工作的一个重要部分是帮助学生指出错误并提供有效的解决方案。

8. During exam weeks, many teachers in my school voluntarily extend their office hours and

answer students’ questions patiently.

在考试期间，我们学校的许多老师自愿延长办公时间，耐心地回答学生的问题。

9. Facing students with different personalities and potentials, responsible teachers ought to offer

tailed education, in order to help them explore educational potential.

面对不同个性、不同潜能的学生，责任型教师应提供有针对性的教育，帮助他们发掘教育

潜能。

10. It is necessary for teachers to regularly take vocational training and seminars that help them

update knowledge and improve teaching ability.

教师必须定期参加职业培训和研讨会，来更新知识，提高教学能力。

主题 7. Reading

1. At the very beginning of the year, we need a detailed and feasible new year resolution that

motivates us to make dreams come true step by step.

在新年伊始，我们需要一份详细可行的新年决心，激励我们一步步实现梦想。

2. To read extensively is a good habit for people to keep an open mind, update knowledge

instantly, and even live a happy life.

博览群书是人们保持开放心态、即时更新知识、甚至过上幸福生活的好习惯。

3. There are numerous skills of taking notes that people need to grasp, in order to read efficiently.

为了高效阅读，人们需要掌握很多记笔记的技巧。

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4. By reading between the lines, people are able to better understand the intention of the author.

通过字里行间的阅读，人们能够更好地理解作者的意图。

5. Here is the way people get vocabulary expansion: the more one reads, the more words he gains

exposure to, and words will inevitably make their way into his everyday vocabulary.

这是人们扩大词汇量的方法：一个人读得越多，接触到的单词就越多，单词不可避免地会

进入他的日常词汇表。

6. Like muscles, our brain also requires exercise to keep active and engaged. Reading is one of

the best ways of mental stimulation that slow the process of Dementia.

和肌肉一样，我们的大脑也需要运动来保持活跃和投入。阅读是减缓痴呆症进程的最佳精

神刺激方式之一。

7. As we read an amazing mystery novel and try to solve the mystery before finishing the book,

we are able to put critical thinking to work and have stronger analytical thinking skills.

当我们读了一本令人惊奇的神秘小说，并试图在读完这本书之前解开谜团时，我们能够将

批判性思维付诸实践，并拥有更强的分析性思维能力。

8. Reading enables people to put all their attention to the story, and the rest of the world just falls

away as we immerse in every fine detail. The improved focus and concentration helps people have

higher work efficiency.

阅读使人们能够把所有注意力都放在故事上，当我们沉浸在每一个细微的细节中时，世界

其他地方就会消失。注意力和集中度的提高有助于提高工作效率。

9. In addition to the relaxation that accompanies reading a good book, it’s possible that the

subject we read about can bring about immense inner peace and tranquility.

除了阅读一本好书所带来的放松之外，我们所读到的主题也有可能带来内心巨大的平和与

宁静。

10. Reading helps people improve memory, as readers have to remember an assortment of

characters, their backgrounds, ambitions, history and nuances, as well as the various sub plots that

weave their way through every story.

阅读有助于人们提高记忆力，因为读者必须记住各种各样的人物、他们的背景、抱负、历

史和细微差别，以及贯穿每个故事的各种情节。

主题 8. Innovation

1. To invest in technical innovation is an essential strategy for a company to survive in the market

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in the long term.

投资技术创新是企业长期生存的基本战略。

2. Teachers today not only need to effectively convey knowledge, but also need to help students

develop creative thinking.

今天的教师不仅要有效地传递知识，还要帮助学生培养创造性思维。

3. We can never underestimate the significance of a company’s research and development

department that helps the company invent new products.

我们永远不能低估公司研发部门帮助公司发明新产品的重要性。

4. It takes much courage for a government to initiate such a groundbreaking undertaking to

protect environment and close down so many factories.

政府要启动这样一项开创性的事业来保护环境并关闭工厂，需要很大的勇气。

5. Though theoretical research costs lots of money and has no immediate benefits, it lays

foundation for future researches.

虽然理论研究花费了大量的金钱，没有直接的收益，但它为以后的研究奠定了基础。

6. The constant efforts made for innovation will finally allow a company to make a breakthrough

that enables it to secure the leading position in the market.

为创新而锲而不舍做的努力最终将使公司取得突破，从而确保其在市场上的领先地位。

7. Employees who have an inventive mind are usually appreciated by the manager and stand

more chances to be promoted.

有创造力的员工通常会受到经理的赏识，并有更多的晋升机会。

8. In front of challenges and risks, an effective leader needs courage and wisdom to promote

reform.

面对挑战和风险，一个有效力的领导者需要勇气和智慧来推动改革。

9. In modern society, it is important to respect Intellectual Property Right and fight against all

infringement acts, so as to maintain an environment encouraging innovation.

在现代社会，必须尊重知识产权，打击一切侵权行为，保持鼓励创新的环境。

10. A successful leader needs to keep an open mind and listen to others who can bring forth new

ideas.

一个成功的领导者需要保持开放的心态，倾听能够提出新想法的人的意见。

11. In modern society, a company need employees with strong intellectual creativity.

在现代社会，一个公司需要有很强的脑力创造力的员工。

12. Electronic companies usually have strong appetite for novelty, because they need to

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constantly upgrade products and bring consumers new experience.

电子公司通常对新奇事物有强烈的欲望，因为他们需要不断地更新产品，给消费者带来新

的体验。

13. The government each year allocates huge funds to environment protection and expects to

unleash the power of innovation to cope with current air pollution in major cities.

政府每年都会拨出巨额资金用于环境保护，并期望释放出创新的力量，以应对目前主要城

市的空气污染。

14. One of the important functions of arts and music courses is to help students exercise

imagination and learn how to express themselves.

艺术与音乐课程的重要功能之一是帮助学生发挥想象力，学会如何表达自己。

15. Leaders of technical companies need pioneering spirits to encourage innovation and even

promote reform in their industry.

技术型企业的领导者需要具有开拓精神，鼓励创新，甚至推动行业改革。

16. Most universities today have zero tolerance to the behavior of plagiarism, and students who

have been caught cheating in their assignments will face serious punishment, like flunking out.

如今大多数大学对剽窃行为零容忍，被发现在作业中作弊的学生将面临严重的惩罚，比如

被退学。

17. Businessmen who stick to convention and refuse to change will soon find themselves weeded

out.

坚持传统、拒绝改变的商人很快就会被淘汰。

18. A company that rests on its laurels and fails to keep up with the change can hardly achieve

long-term development.

一个靠自己的功劳而不能跟上变化的公司很难实现长期发展。

19. Unavoidably, people will meet strong resistance, to change when they try to bring new ideas,

but it is of great importance for them to keep carrying on.

当人们试图提出新的想法时，不可避免地会遇到强烈的抵制、改变，但对他们来说，坚持

下去是非常重要的。

20. Old people holding obsolete ideas usually disagree with young people’s opinions and feel

anger at their behavior.

持有过时观念的老年人通常不同意年轻人的意见，对他们的行为感到愤怒。

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主题 9. Employment

1. Employees who spend most of the time a year on business trip can hardly have enough time to

take care of family members.

每年大部分时间都在出差的员工几乎没有足够的时间照顾家人。

2. It is necessary for university students to acquire general knowledge of wealth management

before they start to work and earn money.

大学生在开始工作和挣钱之前，必须掌握一般的财富管理知识。

3. A better solution for governments to reduce unemployment rates is to provide vocational

training which equips people with necessary knowledge and skills to make a living by themselves.

政府要降低失业率，更好的解决办法是提供职业培训，使人们掌握必要的知识和技能，靠

自己谋生。

4. With a promising career prospect, young people are more willing to make efforts to realize

career advancement.

年轻人有着广阔的职业前景，更愿意为实现职业发展而努力。

5. Without a clear path, people usually feel lost on their career path.

如果没有一条清晰的道路，人们通常会在职业道路上迷失方向。

6. Owing to the heavy workload, many employees have developed chronic disease.

由于工作量大，许多员工患上了慢性病。

7. To save time, people today prefer to have teleconference instead of travelling hours to meet

face-to-face.

为了节省时间，今天的人更喜欢开电话会议，而不是乘车数小时去面对面交流。

8. At the very beginning of one’s career, people need a clear-cut goal to guide and motivate them

to achieve success.

在职业生涯的开始，人们需要一个明确的目标来引导和激励他们取得成功。

9. While people complain their busy schedule of work, they fail to realize it is their low work

efficiency that wastes much time.

当人们抱怨工作繁忙时，却没有意识到工作效率低下浪费了很多时间。

10. No matter which industry one works in, it is vital for him or her to comply with professional

ethics, in order to have a long-term career development.

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无论从事哪个行业，都必须遵守职业道德，才能获得长期的职业发展。

11. Many ambitious young graduates who choose to start their own business aim at making a

fortune as soon as possible by attracting investment, but they underestimate the potential risks and

obstacles.

许多雄心勃勃的年轻毕业生选择创业，目的是通过招商引资尽快发财，但他们低估了潜在

的风险和障碍。

12. It is irresponsible for an employee to ask for leave too frequently, which will unavoidably

have negative influence on his or her work.

员工请假过于频繁是不负责任的，这不可避免地会对其工作产生负面影响。

13. A good position allows an employee to fulfill his potential and make due contribution to the

company.

一个好的职位可以让员工发挥自己的潜能，为公司做出应有的贡献。

14. The reason why governments actively advertise entrepreneurship among cities is that they

expect to reduce unemployment rates by encouraging more people to start their own business.

政府之所以在城市中积极宣传创业精神，是因为他们希望通过鼓励更多人创业来降低失业

率。

15. To get through the hard time of economic crisis, many companies have no choice but to

downsize.

为了度过经济危机的艰难时期，许多公司别无选择，只能缩减规模。

16. Although it costs much for a company to lay off employees during economic downturn, there

is no other option for it to survive.

尽管在经济衰退期间，公司裁员的成本很高，但要想生存下去也别无选择。

17. Unavoidably, the formal notice of layoff will seriously discourage staff morale.

不可避免的是，正式的裁员通知会严重挫伤员工的士气。

18. Driven by strong desire to succeed, many young workaholics in the company usually work

overtime and compete for challenging tasks.

在强烈的成功欲望驱使下，公司里许多年轻的工作狂通常会加班加点，竞争具有挑战性的

任务。

19. Under the pressure of fierce competition, people try hard to secure their positions and usually

have to work overtime.

在激烈竞争的压力下，人们努力保住自己的职位，通常不得不加班。

20. As breadwinners of a family, people can’t afford to lose their jobs.

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作为家庭的养家糊口者，人们不能失去工作。

21. Owning to fierce competition in job market, it is difficult for students with limited work

experience to find a satisfying job.

由于就业市场竞争激烈，工作经验有限的学生很难找到一份满意的工作。

22. There are many methods for a company to improve employee commitment, such as

promotion, increase of salaries and on-the-job training.

公司提高员工奉献度的方法有很多，如晋升、加薪和在职培训。

23. To help graduates find a satisfying job, the job center of the university offers courses to teach

them how to polish resumes.

为了帮助毕业生找到一份满意的工作，这所大学的就业中心提供课程，教他们如何润色简

历。

主题 10. Environment

1. Particular emphasis should be put on the preservation of natural resources.

我们必须重视保护自然资源。

2. Any change will affect our life and our environment.

任何变化都会影响我们的生活和环境。

3. A series of environment protection rules and regulations need to be laid down.

必须制定一系列的环境保护条例。

4. More regulations should be made and carried out by authorities concerned to punish

environmental damage. In addition, individuals must work in joint efforts to create sustainable

surroundings.

有关部门需要制定更多的法规，并将其贯彻实施，以惩罚破坏环境的行为。另外，人们应

该共同努力，来创建一个可持续的环境。

5. It is of vital importance for people to realize that they are an integral part of nature, the

destruction of which means the perishing of themselves.

人类必须认识到自己是自然的一部分，自然的毁灭也意味着人类自身的灭亡。

6. There is a growing worldwide awareness of the need for strengthened environmental

protection.

世界上越来越多的人认识到加强环境保护的必要性。

7. There is still a long way to go for environmental conservation, since it needs time to sink in

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life before all the people autonomously have the awareness of protecting environment and apply it into

routine life.

环保的路仍然很长，因为在所有的人自主地具有环保意识并在日常生活中去实践以前，环

保还需要时间去渗透于生活之中。

8. Environmental protection should be effectively strengthened. We will make our skies blue

again.

加大生态环境保护治理力度，坚决打好蓝天保卫战。

9. However, natural resources are not inexhaustible. Some reserves are ready on the brink of

exhaustion.

然而自然资源并不是无穷无尽的，一些储量已经到了穷尽的边缘。

10. If we do something with no thought for the future, the later generation would be in danger.

如果我们不为将来考虑，后代就会受到威胁。

11. The most basic way in which a government can address the energy shortage is to better

educate the public, particularly the younger generation, about the importance of conserving energy.

This will ensure that the children of today are aware of the gravity of the situation and grow up to be

environmentally-conscious adults.

政府应对能源短缺最基本的方法就是更好地教育公众，特别是年轻一代，关于节能的重要

性。这样可以确保现在的孩子知道形势的严峻性，长大后成为具有环保意识的成年人。

12. The government can ensure that the media plays an active role in encouraging the use of

energy-efficient practices. This might include television campaigns to promote the use of bicycles

instead of cars.

政府要确保媒体在鼓励节能措施上发挥积极作用。这可能包括鼓励人们使用自行车而不是

汽车的电视宣传活动。

13. By sorting and processing recyclables into raw materials and manufacturing raw materials

into new products, recycling can greatly decrease the amount of solid wastes in landfills.

通过对可回收物的分类和处理，将它们变成原材料，再将原材料制造成新的产品，回收利

用能够极大降低垃圾填埋场中固体废物的数量。

14. High waste levels contribute to energy depletion and environmental degradation. We should

do our part to respond to the environmental challenges facing our planet.

高浪费会导致能源损耗以及环境恶化。我们要尽我们的职责来应对地球面临的环境挑战。

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主题 11：建议信

1. You have asked me for some advice on how to improve your oral English. I will try to give

some useful suggestions.

你已向我请教如何提高你的英语口语。我将试着提出一些有用的建议。

2. You asked for advice concerning how to improve oral English and I will try to make some

suggestions.

你就如何提高英语口语征求我的意见，我将尽力提出一些建议。

3. I am writing to you to present what I think on the further improvement of your oral English.

我写信给你，是想谈谈我对进一步提高你英语口语的看法。

4. I am writing to express my views about how to improve your oral English.

我写信是想表达我对如何提高你英语口语的看法。

5. I hope that my suggestions are helpful for your decision-making anyway.

我希望我的建议对你的决策有帮助。

6. I would be more than happy to see improvement in this regard.

我非常高兴看到这方面的改善。

7. I believe that you will take my suggestions into serious account.

我相信你会认真考虑我的建议。

8. Please take good consideration of my advice. Thank you.

请好好考虑我的建议。谢谢您。

9. I hope you find these suggestions/proposals practical.

我希望你觉得这些建议切实可行。

10. I would be ready to discuss about this matter with you to further details.

我愿意和你讨论这件事，以便进一步了解详情。

主题 12：申请信

1. I’d like to apply for admission to your college.

我想申请在贵校入学。

2. I hope to pursue my Master’s degree in your university.

我希望在贵校攻读硕士学位。

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3. I’d like to further my studies in Language Teaching department of your university.

我想在贵校语言教学系继续深造。

4. Thanks for your consideration.

谢谢你的考虑。

5. I look forward to your reply.

我期待你的答复。

6. Enclosed are my score reports on all subjects and two recommendations.

随函附上我所有科目的成绩报告和两封推荐信。

7. I would greatly appreciate receiving copies of the required application forms and any

instructions you may be so kind to give me regarding my possible admission.

如能收到所需的申请表及任何关于我可能入学的指示，我将不胜感激。

8. I hope you will kindly send me an application form.

我希望你能寄给我一份申请表。

9. If my application could be taken into favorable consideration, I would be most grateful.

如果我的申请能得到更好的考虑，我将不胜感激。

10. I feel the need to study further in order to develop my potential in this field.

我觉得有必要进一步研究，以便开发我在这一领域的潜力。

主题 13：求职信

1. I am writing in response to your advertisement in local newspaper.

我写这封信是为了回应你在当地报纸上登的广告。

2. I am writing this letter to apply for the position that you have advertised in local newspaper.

我写这封信是为了申请你在当地报纸上登广告的职位。

3. I would like to apply for the vacancy of general manager assistant advertised in local

newspaper.

我想申请在当地报纸上登广告招聘总经理助理的职位。

4. Thank you for considering my application.

谢谢你考虑我的申请。

5. I look forward to meeting you in the near future.

我期待在不久的将来见到你。

6. Your prompt response will be much appreciated.

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如能及时回复，将不胜感激。

7. I should be pleased to attend for an interview at your convenience, when I could give you

further details concerning myself.

我很高兴在你方便的时候参加面试，届时我可以向你提供更多关于我自己的细节。

8. I am available for a personal interview at your convenience. Please contact me at Lucky@

email.

我可以在你方便的时候接受面试。请通过 Lucky@email 联系我。

主题 14：邀请信

1. On behalf of my family, I have the honor to invite you to dine with us at the Beijing Hotel on

Sunday, October 10th, at eight o’clock.

我谨代表我的家人，邀请您于 10 月 10 日星期日 8 点在北京饭店与我们共进晚餐。

2. It is with the great pleasure that I write to cordially invite you to dine with us at the Beijing

Hotel on Sunday, October 10th, at eight o’clock.

我很高兴写信诚邀您于 10 月 10 日星期日上午 8 点在北京饭店与我们共进晚餐。

3. It gives me the greatest pleasure to invite you to dine with us at the Beijing Hotel on Sunday,

October 10th, at eight o’clock.

我非常高兴邀请您 10 月 10 日星期日 8 点在北京饭店与我们共进晚餐。

4. We should be very grateful if you could dine with us at the Beijing Hotel on Sunday, October

10th, at eight o’clock.

如果您能在 10 月 10 日星期日 8 点在北京饭店与我们共进晚餐，我们将不胜感激。

5. Will you and Mrs. Smith give the pleasure of dining with us at the Beijing Hotel on Sunday,

October 10th, at eight o’clock?

10 月 10 日星期日 8 点，您和史密斯太太能和我们一起在北京饭店吃饭吗？

6. There will be a dinner party to be held at the Beijing Hotel on Sunday, October 10th, at eight

o’clock. Will you and Mrs. Smith come and join us?

10 月 10 日星期日 8 点，北京饭店将举行一个晚宴。您和史密斯太太能来和我们一起吗？

7. I hope that you have no previous engagement and can join us for the English Evening at 7:00

p.m. on February 1st.

我希望您之前没有安排，可以和我们一起参加 2 月 1 日晚上 7 点的英语晚会。

8. We are looking forward to seeing you.

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我们期待着见到您。

9. I do hope that you will be able to come.

我真希望您能来。

主题 15：祝贺信

1. I was very happy to learn that you had been admitted to Peking University.

我很高兴得知你被北京大学录取了。

2. I was very delighted to hear the news that you had been admitted to Peking University.

听到你被北京大学录取的消息我很高兴。

3. It is with great pleasure that I hear of your success.

听说你成功了，我非常高兴。

4. Please accept my warmest/heartiest congratulations.

请接受我最热烈的祝贺。

5. Allow me to convey my congratulations on your promotion to Marketing Manager.

请允许我祝贺你晋升为市场经理。

6. How time flies! Here you are graduating from high school and planning to attend the Peking

university.

时间过得真快！你就要高中毕业然后上北京大学了。

7. Congratulations on a job well done, and good luck to you during the next four years of

university.

恭喜你干得好，祝你在大学四年里好运。

8. Wish you good luck!

祝你好运！

9. I wish you success and fulfillment in the years ahead.

祝你在今后的岁月里取得成功和成就。

10. Happy New Year to you and may each succeeding year bring you greater happiness and

prosperity.

新年快乐，愿你以后的每一年都更幸福、更繁荣。