HowDoWeDealwiththeDrugProblem精选.ppt

At the meeting, both the advocates and opponents gave strong argument, but most participants favored having further reforms placed on the agenda immediately. Grammar Ex. 3 1. This is a complex sentence. Main clause: it might be good for our citizens to recall Qualifier: along with exhortation and warning ( an adverbial modifying the main clause) Subordinate clauses: Object clause: that the United States was the creation of men (the direct object of “recall”) Relative clause: who believe that each man has the right to do what he wants with his own life (modifying “men”). Adverbial clause of condition: as long as he does not interfere with his neighbor’s pursuit of happiness (modifying “to do”). 2. This is a compound complex sentence. 3 coordinate clauses: each beginning with “it” as the subject 3 relative clauses: 1) (that) drugs now pump into the criminal underworld (modifying “the immense profits”) 2) (that) drugs have for young people (modifying “the forbidden-fruit attraction”). 3) that prevents many addicts from seeking help (modifying “the criminal stigma”.) Ex. 4 Page 158 Translate the selection to English. More Choices... More Happiness? 选择越多……越幸福吗？ It seems a simple matter of logic that increased choice improves well-being. 选择越多，人们越幸福，这看似符合逻辑， But in fact, the opposite is true. 而实际情况却相反。 Respected social scientists such as psychologist David G. Myers and political scientist Robert E. Lane tell us that increased choice and increased affluence（?[?fl??ns] n. 富裕；丰富；流入；汇聚 ） have, in fact, been accompanied by decreased well-being. 。 一些受人尊重的社会学家，如心理学家大卫·G. 迈尔斯以及政治科学家罗伯特·E. 莱恩告诫我们说，伴随着选择的增多和财富的增加，人们的幸福感反而会下降。 The American “ happiness quotient （[kw???(?)nt] n. [数] 商；系数；份额 ） ” has been going gently but consistently downhill ([da?nh?l]?adv. 下坡；向下；每况愈下 ) for more than a generation. 一代人的时间里，美国人的 “康乐感”一直在持续缓慢下降， In the last 30 years — a time of great prosperity — the proportion of the population describing itself as “very happy” has declined. The decline w