1.For most people the sea was remote, and with the exception of early intercontinental travelers or others who earned a living from the sea, there was little reason to ask many questions about it, let alone to ask what lay beneath the surface.

　　2.There is another conversation, which from our point of view is equally important, and that has to do not with what is read but with how it is read.

　　3.Every winter, millions of fridges hum away continuously and at vast expense, busily maintaining an artificially-cooled space inside an artificially-hearted house-while outside, nature provides the desired temperature free of charge.

　　4.The fridge's effect upon the environment has been evident, while its contribution to human happiness has been insignificant.

　　5.But it will be the driver's responsibility to make sure that children under 14 do not ride in the front unless they are wearing a seat belt of some kind.

　　6.Obviously, there would be no point in investing in a computer if you had to check all his answers, but people should also rely on their own internal computers and check the machine when they have the feeling that something has gone wrong.

　　7.Normally a student must attend a certain number of courses in order to graduate, and each course, which he attends, gives him a credit, which he may count towards a degree.

　　8.It may have been a sharp criticism of the pupil's technical abilities in writing, but it was also a sad reflection on the teacher who had omitted to read the essay, which contained some beautiful expressions of the child's deep feelings.

　　9.A breakthrough in the provision of energy from the sun for the European Economic Community (EEC) could be brought forward by up to two decades, if a modest increase could be provided in the EEC's research effort in this field, according to the senior EEC scientists engaged in experiments in solar energy at EEC's scientific laboratories at Ispra, near Milan.

　　10.Mr.Gretz calculates that solar energy only provided three percent of the EEC's needs; this could still produce a saving of about a billion pounds in the present bill for imported energy each year.

　　句子解析

　　1.对大多数人来说，海洋是遥远的，除了早期飘洋过海旅行的人或靠海谋生的人之外，没有什么理由询问有关海洋的问题，更谈不上询问海洋有什么之类的问题。

　　2.依我们看，还有另一种对话同样重要，它与所读的内容无关，而与阅读的方式有关。

　　3.每年冬天，上百万台冰箱不断的嗡嗡作响，花费很大，在人工制热的房间里忙碌地维持着一个人工制冷的空间，而在室外，自然免费提供理想的温度。

　　4.冰箱对人类幸福贡献不多，但他对环境的影响到是不小。

　　5.但是，驾驶员有责任让座在前排的14岁以下的乘客系上某种安全带，否则不得坐在前排。

　　6.当然，如果计算机得出的全部答案均需复查一遍，花钱买计算机就毫无意义。不过人们也应该信赖自身内部的计算能力，一旦感觉到计算机得出的结果有不对之处，就必须进行复查。

　　7.大学生通常必须修满一定数量的课程才能毕业，每修完一门课就得到相应的学分，累计到一定量便能拿到学位。

　　8.这种评语可能是对该学生写作技巧的严厉批评，但同时也是对那个未曾仔细阅读学生作文的教师令人遗憾的做法的批评，因为作文中包含表达学生深刻感情的一些优美词句。

　　9.在米兰附近的伊斯普拉的欧共体科学试验室进行太阳能试验的欧洲经济共同体资深科学家认为，只要略微增加欧洲经济共同体在利用太阳能方面的研究经费，就能使这方面的研究提前20年取得突破。

　　10.格雷茨先生计算得出，即使太阳能只解决欧共体对能源需求的3%，每年也能为其节约价值约10亿英镑的进口能源所需的费用。