Sentence translation
1People often use the excuse I am too old to study, but I’d like to say that it is never too late to expand your mind,make new friends and challenge yourself to achieve something worthwhile.
1A 97-year-old Australian man will set another world record for being the oldest university graduate in the world. The man graduates with a master degree in clinic medicine from Sydney University according to the local reports.
2According to the statistics recently released, the population of the post-80th in this country is over 200 million. The media usually refers to them as slaves to property, credit cards, children and marriage.
3Handshake grip should be no harder than the strength that you would use to hold a door or a handle. In addition, you should match the grip to the person you are shaking hands with. Elderly people require a looser grip.
4Text messaging has become one of the most convenient forms of communication today. Similar to email, it allows a person to quickly transmit and receive information by a cell phone. For many, text service is as common as the voice service in itself.
Passage translation
1Britain’s younger workers have been hit especially hard by the financial crisis. The economy crisis has taken its toll on Britain’s youth. One million plus are now unemployed. More than 22% are those aged 16-24. It might be worse in London if it is not for the upcoming summer Olympics. Some of the Olympics money has gone to help London disadvantaged youth to get job training. The major upcoming event is offering some opportunities. With the Olympic Games approaching, the whole London is changing. A new opportunity is developing. But by the autumn, the Olympics will be over and many temporary jobs will go. So the worry is what could we do after the Olympics ?
2Recently, many people are complaining why so many teenagers do nasty things. And the question is constantly crossing my mind. How could we prevent juvenile crime? Well, first , I think the media exacerbate the problem and so does the school system .where I live, we have thousands of security guards in the schools and metal detectors too. And the kids get searched as they go into the school. Now all of that presents the wrong message. The kids don’t feeling like they are going to school, they feel like they are going to jail. And so they are more liked to be lashed out and become violent. I think it is a cause-and-effect relationship. The students get violent because the system made them like that
