1.One of the pressing problema facing our nation (China) today is overcoming disparities in urban and rural income levels. 
　　我們國家（中國）如今面臨的緊迫問題之一是克服城鄉(xiāng)收入水平之間的差距。
　　2.One of the most serious problems many people talk about centers on the lack of adequate housing space.
　　許多人談?wù)摰囊粋�比較嚴(yán)重的問題集中在缺乏足夠的居住空間。
　　3.Perhaps the most dangerous phenomenon gripping the nation today is official corruption, which is pervasive in all levels of government.
　　也許當(dāng)今困擾國家的比較危險的現(xiàn)象是遍布各級政府的官員腐敗。
　　4.Inflation is yet another new and bitter truth we must learn to face.
　　通貨膨脹又是一個我們必須學(xué)會面對的痛苦的新情況。
　　5.The rapid expansion of urban areas has in many cases encroached on valuable cultivatable land, and led to a general recognition that development must not be carried at the cost of agriculture. The government has attached greater importance to the problem and an increasing number of redundant projects are being terminated.
　　城區(qū)的迅速擴(kuò)大在很多情況下侵占了寶貴的可耕地，使人們普遍認(rèn)識到發(fā)展不能以犧牲農(nóng)業(yè)為代價。政府更加重視這個問題，越來越多的不必要的工程被終止。
　　6.There is a growing worldwide awareness of the need for strengthened environmental protection.
　　世界上越來越多的人認(rèn)識到加強(qiáng)環(huán)境保護(hù)的必要性。
　　7.There has been a dramatic increase in the spread of HIV/AIDS in recent years, with a new study projecting that the dreaded disease will affect over 30 million people worldwide by the year 2005.
　　近年來，艾滋病蔓延的幅度進(jìn)一步擴(kuò)大，一項新的研究預(yù)測，到2005年，世界上有超過三千萬人將感染這一可怕的疾病。
　　8.Working with the disabled cannot help but leave one impressed with their indefatigable desire.
　　與殘疾人一起工作使一個人不得不對他們堅持不懈的渴望印象深刻。
　　9.Perhaps no issues are more controversial than euthanasia and abortion, both of which involve taking the life of a human being.
　　也許沒有問題比安樂死和人工流產(chǎn)更有爭議性，它們都涉及結(jié)束一個人的生命。
　　10.Never before in history has the issue of overpopulation been more evident than now.
　　歷史上，人口過剩的問題從來沒有比現(xiàn)在更加突出�！　�