听一分钟英文：Society-社会

Is society going uphill or downhill¹? It certainly is an interesting thing. We are all part of society and we all have to deal with its problems. Also, we all have a duty to do our part for society. All societies are different. I suppose everyone thinks their society is best. There are good and bad things about all societies. Japanese society, Saudi Arabian society and Australia’s Aboriginal² society are all unique³. So are all the other societies in the world. One day, there might be only one society – a world society. As the world gets smaller and smaller, we might all become the same. We might even look the same. I wonder what that would be like. One language, all the same colour, the same laws, the same education. Interesting.

1 downhill   

adj.下坡的，倾斜的；adv.往下，每况愈下

参考例句：

• Is Western society going downhill?西方社会是在走下坡路吗？
• This restaurant has definitely gone downhill since I last came here.从我上次来过之后，这家餐馆越来越糟。

2 aboriginal   

adj.（指动植物）土生的，原产地的，土著的

参考例句：

• They managed to wipe out the entire aboriginal population.他们终于把那些土著人全部消灭了。
• The lndians are the aboriginal Americans.印第安人是美国的土著人。

3 unique   

adj.独一无二的，独特的；罕见的

参考例句：

• The paths must be unique.路径必须是唯一的。
• This stamp is unique;there are no others like it.这张邮票是独一无二的，再也没有象这样的了。