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First, I hope the people of all circles in Hong Kong will do still a better job in adapting themselves to the new Hong Kong after 1997 and become better masters of Hong Kong, and of our great motherland too. Second, I hope the executive, legislative and judicial bodies of the Hong Kong SAR will constantly improve their job performance so as to provide better services to the public and society.CThird, I hope the SAR Government and the Hong Kong people in general will strengthen their confidence and work persistently towards a new economic landscape in Hong Kong.

Ever since Hong Kong"s return to the motherland, I have always felt intense warmth every time I visited Hong Kong or met with personages from Hong Kong. Hong Kong is forever a shinning pearl of our motherland.Let me wish her an even better future, and all the residents here a happier and more successful life!

难点重点,一目了然!

长难句解析Sentence Structures

AThanks to two decades of reforms, opening-up and modernization drive, China"s overall national strength has increased substantially and the Chinese people on the whole have enjoyed a comfortable living standard.

经过二十多年的改革开放和现代化建设,我们国家的综合国力大幅度增强,人民生活总体上达到小康水平。

on the whole总的来说。例如:On the whole, I"m in favor of the proposal.总的来说,我赞成这个建议。

BWe must firmly grasp the strategic opportunity at the early 21st century, keep abreast with the times and press ahead with continued reform, opening-up and modernization.

我们要紧紧抓住新世纪初的战略机遇期,与时俱进,开拓创新,继续不断推进改革开放和现代化建设。

keep abreast with跟上。例如:You should read the newspapers to keep abreast of current affairs.你应该看报以便跟得上形势。

CThird, I hope the SAR Government and the Hong Kong people in general will strengthen their confidence and work persistently towards a new economic landscape in Hong Kong.

第三,希望香港特别行政区政府和社会各界人士坚定信心,自强不息,努力开创香港经济发展的新局面。

in general通常表示大体上,这里应该表示各行业、各界。

16.Loss of Space Shuttle Columbia哥伦比亚航天飞机失事

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一叶孤舟,在汹涌的大气海洋中剧烈地颤抖、燃烧。2003年2月1日,“哥伦比亚”号航天飞机返航途中爆炸,机组人员全部遇难。他们的无畏精神值得我们学习,让我们永远记住他们吧。

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My fellow Americans, this day has brought terrible news and great sadness to our country.AAt 9:00 a.m.this morning, Mission Control in Houston lost contact with our Space Shuttle Columbia.A short time later, debris was seen falling from the skies above Texas.The Columbia is lost;there are no survivors.

On board was a crew of seven:Colonel Rick Husband;Lt. Colonel Michael Anderson;Commander Laurel Clark;Captain David Brown;Commander William McCool;Dr.Kalpana Chawla;and llan Ramon, a Colonel in the lsraeli Air Force.These men and women assumed great risk in the service to all humanity.

In an age when space flight has come to seem almost routine, it is easy to overlook the dangers of travel by rocket, and the difficulties of navigating the fierce outer atmosphere of the Earth. BThese astronauts knew the dangers, and they faced them willingly, knowing they had a high and noble purpose in life.Because of their courage and daring and idealism, we will miss them all the more.

All Americans today are thinking, as well, of the families of these men and women who have been given this sudden shock and grief. You"re not alone.Our entire nation grieves with you.And those you loved will always have the respect and gratitude of this country.The cause in which they died will continue.Mankind is led into the darkness beyond our world by the inspiration of discovery and the longing to understand.

Our journey into space will go on.

In the skies today we saw destruction and tragedy. Yet farther than we can see there is comfort and hope.In the words of the prophet lsaiah,“Lift your eyes and look to the heavens.Who created all these?

CHe who brings out the starry hosts one by one and calls them each by name. Because of His great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.”

The same Creator who names the stars also knows the names of the seven souls we mourn today. The crew of the shuttle Columbia did not return safely to Earth;yet we can pray that all are safely home.

May God bless the grieving families, and may God continue to bless America.

难点重点,一目了然!

长难句解析Sentence Structures

AAt 9:00 a. m.this morning, Mission Control in Houston lost contact with our Space Shuttle Columbia.

今早9点钟,位于休斯敦的航天地面指挥中心同我们的“哥伦比亚”号航天飞机失去了联系。

Iost contact with与……失去了联系,同lost touch with……。

BThese astronauts knew the dangers, and they faced them willingly, knowing they had a high and noble purpose in life.

这些宇航员知道这些危险,但他们甘愿面对,因为他们知道自己拥有远大而崇高的人生目标。

句中knowing做伴随状语。

CHe who brings out the starry hosts one by one and calls them each by name.

是造物主创造了点点繁星,并将其逐个命名。

bring out使事物出现。

17.The Prize for All Americans诺贝尔******属于全体美国人

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美国总统******在获得诺贝尔******后对全世界人呼吁“我们每个人都应该维护世界的和平,一同迎接21世纪的挑战”。

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Good morning, well, this is not how I expected to wake up this morning.After I received the news, Malia walked in, and said,“Daddy, you won the Nobel Peace Prize, and it is Bo"s birthday.”And then Sasha added,“Plus we have a three-day weekend coming up.”ASo it"s good to have kids to keep things in perspective.BI am both surprised and deeply humbled by the decision of the Nobel committee, let me be clear, I do not view it as recognition of my own accomplishments, but rather as an affirmation of American leadership on behalf of aspirations held by people in all nations.