1. People should undertake risky action only after they have carefully considered its consequences.
人们应该在认真考虑过后果之后再采取冒险行动。
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2. Leaders are created by the demands that are placed on them.
使命造就领导者。
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3. There is little justification for society to make extraordinary efforts—especially at a great cost in money and jobs—to save endangered animal or plant species.
社会很少有理由做出特别的努力来挽救濒危动植物物种，尤其是在要花费大量的人力物力的情况下。
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4. The human mind will always be superior to machines because machines are only tools of human minds.
人的智力将永远比机器高级，因为机器只是人脑设计出的工具。
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5. Every individual in a society has a responsibility to obey just laws and to disobey and resist unjust laws.
社会中的每一个人都有义务遵守公平的法律，抵制不公平的法律。
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6. People who are the most deeply committed to an idea or policy are also the most critical of it.
对于一种想法或者政策最忠实的人往往又对其最批判。
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7. Some people believe that society should try to save every plant and animal species, despite the expense to humans in effort, time, and financial well-being. Others believe that society need not make extraordinary efforts, especially at a great cost in money and jobs, to save endangered species.
有人认为社会应设法挽救每一个动植物物种，不管花费多少人力、时间和财力。另一些人认为社会没必要不遗余力的挽救濒危物种，尤其是在要花费大量财力和人力的情况下。
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8. Some people believe that the purpose of education is to free the mind and the spirit. Others believe that formal education tends to restrain our minds and spirits rather than set them free.
有人认为教育的目的就是要放飞思想和心灵。另一些人认为正规教育倾向于限制我们的思想和心灵。
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9. Some people believe it is often necessary, even desirable, for political leaders to withhold information from the public. Others believe that the public has a right to be fully informed.
，在公众面前保留信息是必要的，甚至是值得的。另外一些人认为公众有完全知情权。
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10. Claim: Universities should require every student to take a variety of courses outside the student's major field of study.
命题：大学应该要求每位学生修本专业外的多种课程。
Reason: Acquiring knowledge of various academic disciplines is the best way to become truly educated.
理由：学生修本专业外的多种课程是让学生真正受教育的最好途径。
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