"It is better to give than to receive

We listened dumb-struck, full of______, to the shocking details of the corruption of the president of the company.

世界与宇宙的本质是什么?这是中国哲学的基本问题。春秋时期的思想家老子是第一个尝试进行阐释的中国哲学家，老子认为“道”乃宇宙及世界之源。道无始终，“道”即“天”

She is______to sprain her ankle because it is weak from three previous pains.

She asked that she ______ allowed to see her son in police custody.

The building collapsed because its foundation was not strong enough to ______ the weight of the building.

The appeal for funds did not______much of respond.

At all ages and at all stages of life

I should be able to finish the task on time,______you provide me with the necessary guidance.

Before I noticed a small difference

The Shakespearean scholar G. B

It didn't happen overnight

There are several landladies approved by the universities who take in ______.

He has little trouble ______ the tires of his car.

American suffers from an overdose of work 1 who they are or what they do. They spend 2 time at work than at any time since World War Ⅱ. In 1950, the U. S. had fewer working hours than any other 3 country. Today, it 4 every country but Japan, where industrial employees log 2,155 hours a year compared 5 1,951 in the U.S. and 1,603 6 West employees. Between 1969 and 1989, employed American 7 an average of 138 hours to their yearly work schedules. The work-week 8 at about 40 hours, but people are working more weeks each year. 9 , paid time off-holidays, vacations, sick leave— 10 15 percent in the 1990s. As corporations have 11 stiffer competition and slower growth in productivity, they 12 employees to work longer. Cost-cutting layoffs in the 1980s 13 the professional and managerial ranks, leaving fewer people to get the job done. In lower-paid occupations. 14 wages have been reduced, workers have added hours 15 overtime or extra jobs to 16 their living standard. The Government estimates that more than seven million people hold a second job. For the first time, large 17 of people say they want to cut 18 on working hours, even if it means earning less money. But most employers are 19 to let them do so. The government, which has stepped back from its traditional 20 as a regulator of work time, should take steps to make shorter hours possible.

It's none of your business; you have no right to ______.

If negotiations for the new trade agreements take ______ critical food shortages will develop in several countries.

As individuals

No longer are contributions to computer technology confined to any one country; ______ is this more true than in Europe.

That Pacific island attracts shoals of tourists with its rich ______ of folk arts.