Americans have come to expect a lot of their presidents, more perhaps than any can deliver. We say that the president runs the country, but in practice, presidents have trouble running large parts of the government. We hold the president responsible for the economy, even though he has few economic levers at his command. We expect the commander in chief to lead us to victory in war, and then we complain when we think he is micromanaging the military. And we tend to think of the president as the personification of the nation he leads. Few other democracies combine the position of head of government and head of state. We do, and some of the bitterness of our politics spring from the conviction of many Americans that this of that president does not really represent their country. Yet as we look back at our presidents, we see them less as partisan politicians than as national leaders, who in different ways have helped develop the strengths and virtues of our nation.
听力原文:We have been involved with joint ventures of this nature in European countries and our experience has always been favorable. I would recommend that we sign an agreement based on our discussions and agree a date for our next meeting.
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From his findings, Hay has established some flexible guidelines for parents of identical twins. One suggestion is for parents to __ so that contact with other children will __ accelerate language development.
What is the final conclusion about the investigation?
The lecture which lasted about three hours was so tedious that the audience ____ (忍不住打哈欠).
SECTION A CHINESE TO ENGLISH
Directions: Translate the following text into English.
母亲从乡下来,住了十天。临走前,她老人家想为我们添置一件东西,留个纪念。
母亲说:“你们什么都有,又好像什么都没有。电视机是你们的,里面走来走去都是些陌生的人,有时候,杀人犯、贼、贪官、小偷也在里面出出进进;收录机是你们的,可尽是人家在唱歌;书架上的书是你们的,可那都是别人写的字;电冰箱是你们的,一年四季都装一箱不知从哪里落下的霜。方便是方便,可就是没有一样是你们自己的。”