111. In any profession—business, politics, education, government—those in power should step down after five years.
在任何领域，商业、、教育、政府，掌权者都应该在5年任期后下台。
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112. Requiring university students to take a variety of courses outside their major fields of study is the best way to ensure that students become truly educated.
大学要求每位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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113. Claim: The surest indicator of a great nation is not the achievements of its rulers, artists, or scientists.
命题：一个伟大国家最真实的体现不是它的统治者、艺术家或者科学家的成就。
Reason: The surest indicator of a great nation is actually the welfare of all its people.
理由：一个伟大国家最真实的体现是所有老百姓的幸福度。
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114. Any leader who is quickly and easily influenced by shifts in popular opinion will accomplish little.
任何领导者，如果他很容易受到流行观点的影响，那他将一事无成。
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115. Government officials should rely on their own judgment rather than unquestioningly carry out the will of the people whom they serve.
政府官员应该依靠自己的判断而不是毫不犹豫的遵从人民的意愿。
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116. A nation should require all of its students to study the same national curriculum until they enter college.
国家应该要求所有学生在上大学之前都学习全国统一的课程。
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117. It is primarily in cities that a nation's cultural traditions are generated and preserved.
民族文化传统主要在城市里得以保存和传承。
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118. We can learn much more from people whose views we share than from people whose views contradict our own.
我们从与我们意见相同的人身上学到的要比从那些与我们意见相悖的人身上学的东西要多得多。
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119. When old buildings stand on ground that modern planners feel could be better used for modern purposes, modern development should be given precedence over the preservation of historic buildings.
当现代设计师认为旧建筑为了现代用途可以更好的被利用的时候，现代化建设相对于保护历史建筑而言可以优先考虑。
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120. Claim: The surest indicator of a great nation must be the achievements of its rulers, artists, or scientists.
命题：一个伟大国家最真实的体现是它的统治者、艺术家或者科学家的成就。
Reason: Great achievements by a nation's rulers, artists, or scientists will ensure a good life for the majority of that nation's people.
理由：一个国家的统治者、艺术家或科学家取得的重大成就是这个国家大多数人民高品质生活的保证。
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