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汉译英短文练习 自从1939年以来，人们做了大量的科学研究确定了烟草对人体健康危害极大。急需立法来禁止各种烟草产品的广告宣传。因为这种广告总是劝人们吸更多的烟，因而在很大程度应对那些健康状况恶化或由肺癌致死的人们负责。 Numerous scientific studies conducted since 1939 have indicated that smoking is very harmful to health. Legislation is badly needed to ban all advertising of tobacco products as it persuades people to smoke more and so is in a large part responsible for people with deteriorating health or those who died of lung cancer. 虽然有些经济学家进行了悲观的预测，但事实上中国加入世界贸易组织不会给国营企业带来剧烈的冲击。国际金融新闻报的一篇评论认为，中国加入世贸组织的消极影响会是有限的，而其为国营企业带来的实质性好处是显而易见的，比如说它能够更多地引进外国技术。 China’s entry into World Trade Organization (WTO. will not have a radical impact on the State enterprises despite the distressing predictions of some economists. The International Financial News said in a commentary the negative effects of entering WTO would be limited while there would be substantial benefits for the state enterprises, such as the introduction of more foreign technology. 过去50年其实并不是发明创新的黄金时期。从1900年到1950年，改变人类生活的发明有汽车、飞机、电话、收音机、电视机——当然还有核武器和计算机。而近50年来，只有为数不多的发明。难道发明的源泉已经枯竭了吗？答案并非如此。事实上，发明的新时代刚刚开始。 Actually the last fifty years was not the golden age of invention and innovation. From 1900 to 1950, human life was transformed by such invention as cars, aeroplanes, telephones, radios and television sets, not to mention nuclear weapons and the computer of course. In the recent 50 years since only a few inventions have been made, was the wellspring of invention drying up? Not likely. Indeed, a new age of invention is just beginning. 4. 在现代世界中信息灵通是非常重要的。许多领域的成功取决于获取最新信息。同时，决策的失误往往是因为缺少必要的信息。因此，我们称这个时代为信息时代。随着社会的发展，人们可以预见，在未来社会中信息的作用更为重要，没有信息，我们就如同盲人，寸步难行。 It is of great importance to be well-informed in the modern world. Success in many fields depends on getting the latest information. At the same time, failure in policy-making often results from the lack of necessary information. Therefore, we call the current era “the information will play an increasingly important part in future society. Without inf