1. When it comes to education, the majority of people believe that education is a lifetime study.

说到教育，大部分人认为其是一个终生的学习。

2. Any government, which is blind to this point, may pay a heavy price.

任何政府忽视这一点都将付出巨大的代价。

3. realize one's dream/ make one's dream come true 实现梦想

4.We still have a long way to go. 我们还有很长的路要走

5. Although this view is wildly held, this is little evidence that ……

尽管这一观点被广泛接受，很少有证据表明……

6. The information I've collected over last few years leads me to believe that this knowledge may be less useful than most people think.

从这几年我搜集的信息来看，这些知识并没有人们想象的那么有用。

7. Even the best possible graduate needs to continue learning before she or he becomes an educated person.

即使最优秀的毕业生，要想成为一个博学的人也要不断地学习。

8. In fact, we have to admit the fact that the quality of life is as important as life itself.

事实上，我们必须承认生命的质量和生命本身一样重要。

9. People believe that computer skills will enhance their job opportunities or promotion opportunities.

人们相信拥有计算机技术可以获得更多工作或提升的机会。

10. It is commonly thought that our society had dramatically changed by modern science and technology, and human had made extraordinary(意想不到的) progress in knowledge and technology over the recent decades.

人们普遍认为现代科技使我们的社会发生了巨大的变化，近几十年人类在科技方面取得了惊人的进步。

11. By taking a majorrelated partjob, students can not only improve their academic studies, but gain much experience, they will never be able to get from the textbooks.

通过做一份和专业相关的工作，学生不仅能够提高他们的专业能力，而且能获得从课本上得不到的经验。

12 Children are undergoing fast physical development; lack of physical exercise may produce disastrous influence on their later life.

孩子们正处于身体快速发育时期，缺乏体育锻炼可能会对他们未来的生活造成严重的影响。

13. In addition to the obvious problem-loneliness, another major obstacle, in my opinion, is the alien environment of campus.

除了孤独这一明显的问题之外，我认为另一个困难是对校园环境的不熟悉。

14.from another perspective 从另一个角度

15.make joint efforts 做出共同努力

16.short-term interest 眼前利益