1. Do you know how many billion(十亿) people speak the UN’s official languages as their native (本地的)or second language?
2. I think the system (系统)the man referred (提到)to at the meeting was very modern. What is your attitude (态度)towards it?
3. Despite (尽管)many ups and downs (兴衰), Chinese ancient civilization has continued all the way through into modern times.
4. The book follows four characters(人物), loosely based (以……为基础)on my uncles.
5. He carved (雕刻)a sunflower on the stone, which was regarded as a symbol (象征)of strength.
6. As we all know, in the Shang Dynasty, there were manyvarieties (多样化)of dialects (方言)and characters.
7. At university he majored (主修)in English. Then he became an English teacher, and found teaching was by no means (方法)an easy thing.
8. He was the most popular writer at the time and his works are still regarded (把……视为)as classics (经典作品)now .
9. He believes it is an important factor(因素), which leads to global (全球的)warming.
10. He gave us a few specific(具体的)examples to appreciate(领会), and asked us to follow them dealing with the affair(事件).
