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　　4. Balanced Diet
　　A healthy balanced diet is essential for good health, whether you’re an excellent athlete or starting your first fitness program. How can our diet help us to avoid fatigue and dehydration? Whatever your exercise schedule, you can improve your training by selecting the right food. It doesn’t matter what you are training for, the principles are the same.
　　难词讲解
　　1. fitness program：健身计划
　　2. fatigue and dehydration 疲劳和脱水
　　参考译文
　　不论你是个优秀的运动员还是刚开始首次健身计划，健康﹑均衡的食物对好身体都是必不可少的。怎样让我们吃的东西帮助我们避免疲劳和脱水呢？不论你的锻炼计划怎样，你都可以通过选择适当的食物来改善锻炼效果。不管你锻炼的目的是什么，原则都相同。
　　5. Change of Interests on Campus
　　There has been a change of interests on campus in recent years. Many excellent students used to show a great interest in liberal arts. To become a writer was their life-long dream. Now, top students go in for computer science, business studies and other subjects concerning finance. Obviously, they believe if they master such subjects they are more likely to got well-paid jobs in the future.
　　难词讲解
　　1. liberal arts：文科
　　science：理科
　　? engineering：工科
　　2. business studies：商科
　　3. well-paid job：高薪的工作
　　参考译文
　　最近几年，大学校园里学生们的兴趣发生了变化。以往，许多优秀的学生十分热衷于文科学习，他们一生的梦想是成为一名作家，而如今顶尖的学生们把兴趣投向计算机科学﹑商业以及其他有关财经的学科。显然，他们认为掌握这些课程更有助于他们将来得到高薪的工作。
　　6. The Role of Education
　　As society becomes more and more advanced and complicated, education plays a more and more important role in the life of individual members of society and in the development of society itself. First of all, one needs to have a good educational background in order to be successful in one’s career or just to survive.
　　难词讲解
　　1. individual members of society：社会成员
　　2. educational background：教育背景
　　参考译文
　　由于社会变得越来越先进和复杂，教育对每个社会成员的生活及社会本身的发展起着越来越重要的作用。首先，一个人需要有一个良好的教育背景，这样才能在他的工作生涯中获得成功或求得生存。