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1. With the growing popularity of Internet surfing (computers / cars / mobile phones/ pagers / PDP television / ...) in China, the quality of our

lives is improving for the better.

2. With the (rapid) development of science and technology (market economy / electronic industry / information industry / higher education / ...) an increasing

number of people come to realize that (knowledge is power / a weak nation has no international prestige / education is of vital importance / …)

3. Currently, there is a widespread concern over drug abuse (high unemployment rate / wildlife extinction / environmental pollution / desertification / organized

crime / widespread corruption / energy crisis / water shortages / traffic jams / increasing traffic accidents / ...).

4. As the public awareness of the market economy (population control / socialism and communism / wildlife preservation / environmental protection / higher

education / human rights / anti-monopoly / creativity / competition / laws and regulations / ...) heightens, the gap between China and the developed countries will gradually vanish (many social

problems will be solved gradually).

5. There are three major values of owning a car (a computer / an apartment / a mobile phone / a beeper /…). To begin with,... Next, ... Last, … There are, on the

other hand, more reasons against it. First(ly), ... Second(ly), ... Finally, … .

6. Now an increasing number of people come to realize that time is money (knowledge is power / science and technology energize economic growth / we must

learn to live in harmony with wildlife / weak nation has no international prestige / cheating never pays / science and technology constitute the primary productive

force/ …).

7. Faced with..., quite a few people argue that.., but other people conceive differently.

8. Different people have different attitudes towards the biding of the 29th Olympic Games (access to WTO / private cars / high unemployment rate / Internet

surfing /private schools / state monopoly of telecommunication / urbanization / stock...) Some are in favor of... while others are against...

9. When it comes to the access to WTO (Internet surfing / private schools / brain-drain I e-business / high rate of unemployment / China’s football / recycling / widespread corruption /...), most people believe that... but other people argue that...

10. As far as recycling (family planning / environment protection / adult education) is concerned, there is still much room for improvement.