英语作文四、六级考试万能作文 22Band4Junuary1994

 

[00:00.00]The World Is Getting Smaller and Smalle

[00:03.87]With the rapid development of technology,modern means¹ of transportation² is more and more advance

[00:11.44]For instance,in 6000 BC,the fastest transportation available to man over long distances was the camel caravan,averaging eight miles per hou

[00:25.55]With the passage of time,there appeared ships,cars,trains,even planes,whose speed can surpass³ that of soun

[00:34.93]And it can carry peole anywhere they want to go within quite a short tim

[00:42.08]It is amazing that"The world is getting smaller and smaller

[00:48.59]Have you noticed that great changes have taken place in our daily lif

[00:53.94]We can buy commodities⁴ produced in the U.S.without going abroad;we are meeting with more and more foreigners on the stree

[01:03.16]we can talk with friends through the Internet in another continen

[01:08.52]Indeed,the contact among distant people is more and more frequen

[01:14.92]To draw a conclusion,the size of the world is what it used to be,but deep in people's hearts,it seems to be getting smaller and smaller.

1 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。

2 transportation   

n.运输，运输系统，运输工具

参考例句：

• The transportation of goods by air costs a lot.航空运输货物花费很高。
• He finally solved the difficulty of transportation.他终于解决了运输的困难。

3 surpass   

vt.超过，超越，胜过

参考例句：

• Young people surpass old men in strength.年轻人在气力上赛过老年人。
• The latecomers surpass the early starters.后来居上。

4 commodities   

商品( commodity的名词复数 )； 农产品； 有价值的物品； 有用的东西

参考例句：

• rice, flour and other basic commodities 稻米、面粉和其他基本商品
• The manufacturers in some countries dumped their surplus commodities abroad. 一些国家的制造商向国外倾销过剩产品。