【答案解析】如今，人们崇尚更为平衡的饮食。在一些国家，粮食短缺已经不再是一个必须立即引起重视的问题。人们吃得变少，更多地开始关注食物的营养和健康。 [解析]
Today, people believe in a more balanced diet. In many countries where food shortage is no longer a problem for immediate attention, people start to eat less and attach importance to the nutrition and wholesomeness of the food.

【答案解析】使我最为苦恼的是父母永远不会说“不”，这使得孩子们可以自己决定做什么，什么时候做。而他们需要的来自父母的陪伴，这一点却越来越无法得到满足。 [解析]
What annoyed me most about parents is their inability to say "No". As a result children are allowed to decide for themselves what they want to do and when to do it. What they need is their parents" time, which seems to be in increasingly short supply.

【答案解析】中国人口是世界的1/4，政府稳定而富有进取精神，它的经济实力将会对世界的未来有深远的影响。 [解析]
With one quarter of the world"s population, a stable and increasingly enterprising government, China"s economic strength will profoundly affect the future of the world.

【答案解析】不管我们穿得多好，家里布置得多漂亮，我们都不能成为真正优雅的人，因为优雅总是与礼貌直接相关。 [解析]
The fact is that no matter how nicely we dress, or how beautifully we decorate our homes, we can"t be truly elegant without good manners because elegance and good manners always go hand in hand.

【答案解析】1994年洛杉矶的地震造成了60人死亡。科学家表示，如果地震不是发生在假期中的清晨，死亡人数和损失可能会更大。 [解析]
The earthquake that shook Los Angeles in 1994 claimed the death of more than 60 people. According to scientists, the damage and death toll could have been much worse if it wouldn"t occur in the early morning of a holiday.