they had become lessmaterialistic and more financially product;they were more aware of thestruggles of others.In limited respects, perhaps the recession will leavesociety better off.At the very least, it has awoken us from our nationalfever dream of easy riches and bigger houses, and put a necessary end toan era of reckless personal spending.But for the most part, these benefits seem thin, uncertain, and faroff.In The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth, the economic historianBenjamin Friedman argues that both inside and outside the U.S., lengthyperiods of economic stagnation or decline have almost always left societymore mean-spirited and less inclusive, and have usually stopped orreversed the advanced of rights and freedoms.Anti-immigrant sentimenttypically increases, as does conflict between races and classes.Income inequality usually falls during a recession, but it has notshrunk in this one,.Indeed, this period of economic weakness mayreinforce class divides, and decrease opportunities to cross them---especially for young people.The research of Till Von Wachter, theeconomist in Columbia University, suggests that not all people graduatinginto a recession see their life chance

2002Directions：Translate the following passage into Chinese and put your translation on the ANSWER SHEET．Since 1981，farmers in Holland have been encouraged to adopt“green”farming techniques that were thought to benefit plant and bird life．Farmers who have voluntarily adopted these measures are compensated by the European Union．The goal ofthe program is to work against the negative effects of modem fanning，such as declines in species diversity and the disturbance of local nesting grounds．The“green”methods of farming cost the European Union about 1.7 billion Euros annually．This is about 4 percent of the budget for“Common Agricultural Policy,”andthe compensation is expected to rise to 10 percent within the next few years．Various forms of“green farming”employed around the world have proved successful, and all new methods thought to be environmentally sensitive should be subjectto sound scientific evaluation to determine whether they are actually meeting the intended goals．Part V Writing(30 minutes，15 points)Directions：You are to write in no less than 120 words about the title“What I Consider Important in Life”．Your composition should be bas

Many people talked of the 288,000 new jobs the LaborDepartment reporled for Jure, along with the drop in theunemployment take to 6 J percent.at good news.And theywere right.For now it appears the economy is creating jobs ata decent pace.We still have a long way to go to get back to fullemployment, but at least we are now finally moving forward ata faster pace.However there is another important part of the jobs picturethat was targely ovedookcd.There was a big jump in thenumber of people who report voluntarily working part-time.This figure is now 830,000(4,4 percent)above its year agolevel.Before explaining the connection to the Obamacare, it isworth making an important distinction.Many people who workpart-time jobs actually want full-time jobs.They take part-timework because this is all they can get.An increase ininvoluntary part-time work is evidence of weakness in the labormarket and it means that many people will be having a veryhard time making ends meet.There was an increase in involuntary part-time in June,but the general direction has been down.Involuntary part-timeemployment is still far higher than before the recession, but itis down by 640,000(7.9 percent)from its year ag

The outbreak of swine flu that was first detected in Mexico was declared a global epidemic on June 11, 2009.It is the first worldwide epidemic_1_ by the World Health Organization in 41 years.时间2021.03.10 创作：欧阳治The heightened alert _2_an emergency meeting with flu experts in Geneva that convened after a sharp rise in cases in Australia, and rising_3_in Britain, Japan, Chile and elsewhere.But the epidemic is "_4_" in severity, according to Margaret Chan, the organization's director general, _5_ the overwhelming majority of patients experiencing only mild symptoms and a full recovery, often in the _6_ of any medical treatment. The outbreak came to global_7_in late April 2009, when Mexican authorities noticed an unusually large number of hospitalizations and deaths_8_healthy adults.As much of Mexico City shut down at the height of a panic, cases began to _9_in New York City, the southwestern United States and around the world.