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杨浦新王牌 翻译17 1. 很难说服汤姆放弃自己的想法。（persuade）春天到了，公园里游人如织。（with）考虑到运动员们的特殊要求，早餐一直供应到十点。（serve）长时间的努力工作后，和三五好友聚一聚，放松一下是很有必要的。（It）异常的气候表明我们的生存环境正日益恶化，这提醒我们要行动起来，保护我们赖以生存的地球。（which） 1. 他意识到自己犯了一个严重的错误。(aware)2. 环境污染问题不是一朝一夕就能解决的。（possible）3. 美国学生Kate说当一名上海世博会的志愿者是她非常珍贵的人生经历。（volenteer）百思买（Best Buy）突然关闭在中国的所有门店，让人非常吃惊。(close). 学习语法规则是需要的，但是对学生来说更重要的是提高用英语进行交际的能力。(Though)Research has shown that two-thirds of human conversation 1.__________(take) up not with discussion of the cultural or political problems of the day, not 2.____________(heat) debates about films weve just watched or books we 3.________________(just finish) reading, but plain and simple gossip. Language is our greatest treasure as 4._____________ species, and what do we habitually do with it? We gossip. About others behaviour and private lives, such as whos doing what with whom, whos in and whos out-and why; how to deal with difficult social situations 5._____________(involve) children, lovers, and colleagues. So why are we keen on gossiping? Are we just natural wasters, of both time and words? Or do we talk a lot about nothing in particular simply to avoid 6.___________(face) up to the really important issues of life? Its not the case according to Professor Robin Dunbar. In fact, in his latest book, Grooming, Gossip and the Evolution of Language, the psychologist says gossip is 7.___________ of these really vital issues. Dunbar rejects the traditional view 8.___________ language was developed by the men at the early stage of social development in order to organize their manly hunting activities 9._____________ (effectively), or even to promote the exchange of poetic stories about their origins and the supernatural. Instead he suggests that language evolved among women. We dont spend two-thirds of our time 10._____________(gossip) just because we can talk, argues Dunbar—11._________ the contrary, he goes on to say, language evolved specifically to allow us to gossip. Dunbar arrived at his cheery theory by studyi