六级I found that this ability to instantly shift my attention was often a good thing, like when passing time on public transportation.

我发现这种瞬间转移注意力的能力通常是一件好事，比如在公共交通工具上打发时间。

2017年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

四级Furthermore, students will be able to purchase sections of the text instead of buying the whole thing, with individual chapters costing as little as $

此外，学生将能够购买课文的各个部分，而不是购买整个内容，每个章节的成本仅为$

2013年6月阅读原文

六级It's a rare thing for anybody to be able to change who they really are.

对于任何人来说，能够改变自己的真实面目是一件非常罕见的事情。

2015年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section A

考研But as adults we also have the luxury of being able to control our own diaries and it's important that we schedule in time to enjoy the thing we love.

但作为成年人，我们也有能力控制自己的日记的奢侈，重要的是我们要及时安排时间来享受我们喜欢的东西。

2016年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

高考But the only thing that wasn't very fun about it was that he could catch many fish while I couldn't catch anything.

但唯一不好玩的是，他能钓到很多鱼，而我什么也钓不到。

2015年高考英语广东卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

四级Another thing Katherine loved about Facebook was that she didn’t have to think about time zones when updating family.

Katherine喜欢Facebook的另一件事是，她在更新家庭信息时不必考虑时区。

2017年6月听力原文

四级may be better at solving puzzlescan memorize things with more easemay have greater facility in abstract reasoningcan put what they have learnt into more effective usefind ways to slow down our mental declinefind ways to boost our memoriesunderstand the complex process of mental functioningunderstand the relation between physical and mental healthThe most important thing in the news last week was the rising discussion in Nashville about the educational needs of children.

能更好地解决难题能更容易地记忆事物能更容易地进行抽象推理能更有效地利用他们所学的知识找到减缓我们心理衰退的方法找到提高记忆力的方法理解心理功能的复杂过程理解生理和心理之间的关系上周新闻中最重要的一件事是纳什维尔关于儿童教育需求的讨论日益增多。

2016年6月阅读原文

四级The nice thing about ancient philosophy as offered by the Greeks is that they tended to see life clear and whole, in a way that we tend not to see life today.

希腊人提出的古代哲学的好处在于，他们倾向于以一种我们往往看不到今天生活的方式，把生活看得清晰而完整。

2016年6月阅读原文

四级As a person who writes about food and drink for a living, I couldn't tell you the first thing about Bill Perry or whether the beers he sells are that great.

作为一个以写饮食为生的人，我不能告诉你比尔·佩里的第一件事，也不能告诉你他卖的啤酒是否那么好。

2016年12月阅读原文

考研But, the wonderful thing about failure is that it's entirely up to us to decide how to look at it.

但是，失败的奇妙之处在于，如何看待它完全取决于我们自己。

2020年考研真题（英语二）翻译 Section Ⅲ

高考One thing is for certain—Larry went above and beyond the call of duty by getting so close to the burning vehicle! His efforts most likely saved the woman's life.

有一件事是肯定的，拉里如此接近燃烧的汽车，超出了职责范围！他的努力很可能救了那个女人的命。

2016年高考英语全国卷1 完形填空 原文

高考Common sense suggests it was a good thing for parents to get involved because "children with good academic success do have involved parents", admitted Robinson.

罗宾逊承认，常识表明，父母参与其中是件好事，因为“学业成绩好的孩子确实有父母参与”。

2015年高考英语陕西卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

六级Professor Stephen Hawking has warned that the creation of powerful artificial intelligence A will be "either the best, or the worst thing, ever to happen to humanity", and praised the creation of an academic institute dedicated to researching the future o

斯蒂芬·霍金教授警告说，强大的人工智能A的创造将是“人类有史以来最好的事情，也可能是最坏的事情”，并赞扬成立了一个专门研究人类未来的学术机构

2019年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

四级It is a thing of no great difficulty, according to Plutarch, to raise objections against another man's speech, it is a very easy matter; but to produce a better in its place is a work extremely troublesome.

根据普鲁塔克的说法，对另一个人的言论提出异议并不困难，这是一件非常容易的事情；但生产更好的替代品是一项极其麻烦的工作。

2015年12月阅读原文

六级Facing water shortages and escalating fertilizer costs, farmers in developing countries are using raw sewage ( ' , 下 水道污水) to irrigate and fertilize nearly 49 million acres of cropland, according to a new report—and it may not be a bad thing.

面对水资源短缺和化肥成本不断上升，发展中国家的农民正在使用未经处理的污水（“，下 水道污水) 根据一份新的报告，灌溉和施肥近4900万英亩的农田，这可能不是一件坏事。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级For one thing, stereotypes are often accurate.

一方面，刻板印象通常是准确的。

2017年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

六级"The dangerous thing about lying is people don't understand how the act changes us," says Dan Ariely, behavioural psychologist at Duke University.

杜克大学的行为心理学家丹·艾瑞利说：“撒谎的危险之处在于人们不明白这种行为是如何改变我们的。”。

2019年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

高考One thing is clear for these larger animals, staying transparent is an active process.

对这些大型动物来说，有一点是清楚的，保持透明是一个积极的过程。

2015年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

高考The most obvious thing is that there is much more activity in the streets than in a typical US city.

最明显的是，街道上的活动比典型的美国城市多得多。

2017年高考英语浙江卷（11月） 听力 原文

高考The thing is, a number of them have admitted that despite their success, they aren't happy.

问题是，他们中的一些人承认，尽管他们取得了成功，但他们并不快乐。

2015年高考英语浙江卷 完形填空 原文

六级Ultimately, that's the thing universities don't want to admit.

最终，这是大学不愿意承认的事情。

2018年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

四级The thing that sets children apart from adults is not their ignorance, nor their lack of skills.

使儿童与成人区别开来的不是他们的无知，也不是他们缺乏技能。

2015年12月阅读原文

六级When I re-entered the full-time workforce a few years ago after a decade of solitary self-employment, there was one thing I was looking forward to the most: the opportunity to have work friends once again.

几年前，在经历了十年的单独自营职业后，当我重新进入全职工作岗位时，有一件事是我最期待的：有机会再次结交工作上的朋友。

2019年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

考研It's not necessarily a bad thing, but depending on the school, it can be costly to make up credits after switching too late in the game.

这不一定是一件坏事，但根据学校的不同，在游戏切换太晚后补学分可能会很昂贵。

2017年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

四级"It is a thing of no great difficulty," according to Plutarch," to raise objections against another man's speech, it is a very easy matter; but to produce a better in its place is a work extremely troublesome."

普鲁塔克说：“对别人的言论提出异议并不难，这是一件很容易的事；但是，要产生一个更好的替代品是一项极其麻烦的工作。”

2015年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

高考Anytime you find the world waving a chair in your face, remember this: all you need to do is focus on one thing?

每当你发现这个世界在你面前挥舞着一把椅子，记住这一点：你所需要做的就是专注于一件事？

2014年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

高考But one thing is certain, all people encounter mountains in their life.

但有一件事是肯定的，所有的人在他们的生活中都会遇到高山。

2018年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读表达 原文

四级The important thing is for all of us to keep in mind the real goal and the longer, bigger picture.

重要的是，我们所有人都要牢记真正的目标和更长远、更广阔的前景。

2016年6月阅读原文

考研But the headlong push into bachelor's degrees for all—and the subtle devaluing of anything less—misses an important point: That's not the only thing the American economy needs.

但是，一头扎进所有人的学士学位，再加上对其他学位的微妙贬值，忽略了一个重要的问题：这不是美国经济所需要的唯一东西。

2018年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级The ROWE participants were allowed to freely determine when, where and how they worked – the only thing that mattered was that they got the job done.

ROWE参与者可以自由决定他们在何时、何地以及如何工作——唯一重要的是他们完成了工作。

2016年12月阅读原文

高考Another nice thing is that you learn both new words and their use unconsciously, meaning that you will tend to use the words learned/learnt this way in conversations almost automatically.

另一件好事是，你会无意识地学习生词和它们的用法，这意味着你会倾向于在对话中几乎自动地使用这种方式学习到的单词。

2017年高考英语浙江卷（11月） 语法填空 原文

六级A surprising thing for the man who runs one of the world's most powerful economies to say? Perhaps; though in the run-up to the five-year review of the Millennium ( ' , 千年的) Goals, he is far from alone.

对于一个管理着世界上最强大的经济体之一的人来说，这是一件令人惊讶的事情？也许；虽然在千年发展目标五年期审查之前（“，千年的) 他远非孤军奋战。

2016年6月阅读原文

高考It also asked mothers about the challenges they face, with 80 percent making emotional demand as the hardest thing about motherhood.

调查还询问了母亲们面临的挑战，80%的母亲认为情感需求是做母亲最困难的事情。

2015年高考英语四川卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

四级Also, remember a successful ending is not the only thing worthy of a celebration.

此外，记住，成功的结局不是唯一值得庆祝的事情。

2019年12月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section B

高考Jane's grandmother had wanted to write a children's book for many years, but one thing or another always got in the way.

简的祖母多年来一直想写一本儿童读物，但总有这样或那样的事情妨碍了她。

2015年高考英语浙江卷 单项填空 原文

四级I must say that's one thing that's always struck me about being a pub owner.

我必须说，作为一个酒吧老板，这是我一直感到震惊的一件事。

2015年12月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section B

考研This is why researchers generally regard so-called moral guilt, in the right amount, to be a good thing.

这就是为什么研究人员通常认为所谓的道德负罪感是一件好事。

2019年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级Less-educated parents, and poorer and black and Latino parents are more likely to believe that there is no such thing as too much involvement in a child's education.

受教育程度较低的父母，以及贫穷的黑人和拉丁美洲父母更可能相信，孩子的教育没有太多的参与。

2017年6月阅读原文

四级The most annoying thing though, is the way employees watched my friends and me.

不过，最让人恼火的是员工们看着我和朋友的方式。

2010年12月听力原文

高考Another thing to do for safety is cleaning up.

为安全起见，另一件事是清理。

2017年高考英语全国卷2 听力 原文

高考It could be anything―gardening, cooking, music, sports—but whatever it is, make sure it's a relief from daily stress rather than another thing to worry about.

它可以是任何东西——园艺、烹饪、音乐、运动，但不管它是什么，确保它是日常压力的缓解，而不是另一件需要担心的事情。

2016年高考英语全国卷2 语法填空 原文

高考Listening to music at home is one thing, going to hear it being performed live is quite another.

在家听音乐是一回事，去现场听音乐表演是另一回事。

2015年高考英语浙江卷 单项填空 原文

四级Obviously there are cultural differences, but if you were talking to another person and they came up close in your personal space, you wouldn't think that's the kind of thing a properly brought-up person would do.

很明显，文化差异是存在的，但是如果你和另一个人交谈时，他们在你的私人空间里走得很近，你不会认为一个正常成长的人会这样做。

2016年6月阅读原文

四级"Too many of us may be paying for one thing, and getting another," the Attorney General said.

司法部长说：“我们中有太多人可能为一件事付钱，却得到另一件事。”。

2017年6月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section A

四级Another thing Katherine loved about Facebook was that she didn't have to think about time zones when updating family.

Katherine喜欢Facebook的另一件事是，她在更新家庭信息时不必考虑时区。

2017年6月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

四级Getting around a city is one thing — and then there's the matter of getting from one city to another.

环游一个城市是一回事，然后是从一个城市到另一个城市的问题。

2019年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

六级But it is another thing to have a supply of trained talent that could let you carry out this promise.

但拥有一批训练有素的人才是另一回事，他们可以让你实现这一承诺。

2015年12月阅读原文

六级The very first thing that scientists discovered with the mission to another planet was that Venus was not at all the earthly paradise that fiction had portrayed.

科学家们在另一个星球的任务中发现的第一件事是，金星根本不是小说中描绘的人间天堂。

2019年6月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

六级We believe that at least part of the problem lies in places other than the interaction between scientists and members of the media, and exists because for one thing we underestimate how difficult it is for scientists to communicate effectively with a dive

我们认为，至少部分问题存在于科学家和媒体成员之间的互动之外的地方，这是因为一方面我们低估了科学家通过潜水进行有效沟通的难度

2018年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

六级The other thing is that a lot of these supplements aren’t necessarily what they claim to be, and you really have to be wary when you take any of them.

另一件事是，这些补充剂中的很多并不一定是他们声称的那样，而且当你服用任何一种补充剂时，你真的需要警惕。

2016年6月听力原文

六级What happens to the centralized electric grid, which took decades and billions of dollars to build, as more and more people become prosumers, who produce and consume their own energy on-site?No one knows which – if any – battery technology will ultimately dominate, but one thing remains clear: The future of energy is in how we store it.

随着越来越多的人成为现场生产和消费自己能源的消费者，花了几十年和数十亿美元建成的集中式电网会发生什么？没有人知道哪种（如果有的话）电池技术将最终占据主导地位，但有一点仍然很清楚：能源的未来在于我们如何储存能源。

2016年12月阅读原文

六级At any volume, there's still such a thing as too much information.

在任何一卷书中，仍然存在着信息太多的问题。

2017年6月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section A

六级The first thing every bank will do is study how much money I have and how much debt I have before they decide whether or not to lend me any more money.

每家银行要做的第一件事就是研究我有多少钱，我有多少债务，然后再决定是否再借给我钱。

2019年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section A

六级The other thing is that a lot of these supplements aren't necessarily what they claim to be, and you really have to be wary when you take any of them.

另一件事是，这些补充剂中的很多并不一定是他们声称的那样，当你服用它们时，你真的必须小心。

2016年6月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section B

六级They have to give so much thought and attention to the low-level mechanics of handling the ball, or fingering the keys or reading the music, that they are unable to give any thought to the thing that matters—the game, or the music, respectively.

他们必须对低水平的控球、指法或阅读音乐的技巧给予如此多的思考和关注，以致于他们无法分别考虑对比赛或音乐至关重要的事情。

2019年6月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

六级Barely anyone notices and no one says a thing.

几乎没有人注意到，也没有人说话。

2017年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

六级Skin may seem like a superficial human attribute, but it's the first thing we notice about anyone we meet.

皮肤似乎是一种肤浅的人类属性，但它是我们遇到的任何人的第一件事。

2019年6月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

高考When this happens, the important thing is to try not to let a calm discussion turn into a heated argument.

发生这种情况时，重要的是不要让平静的讨论变成激烈的争论。

2015年高考英语福建卷 短文填词 原文

四级Clearly, there is no such thing as a perfect memory – their extraordinary minds are still using the same flawed tools that the rest of us rely on.

显然，完美的记忆是不存在的——他们非凡的头脑仍然在使用我们其他人所依赖的有缺陷的工具。

2017年6月阅读原文

四级Stan Glantz, a professor of medicine in San Francisco,explains why: And you know, one thing that I wanted to ask you.

旧金山医学教授Stan Glantz解释了原因：你知道，有一件事我想问你。

2016年6月听力原文

考研Second, it is surely a good thing that the money and attention come to science rather than go elsewhere.

第二，资金和注意力转向科学，而不是转向其他领域，这无疑是一件好事。

2014年考研阅读原文

六级The most interesting thing we found was that if the relationship managed to continue for just 10 weeks, we could see an improvement in racial attitudes.

我们发现，最有趣的是，如果这种关系能持续10周，我们就能看到种族态度的改善。

2012年6月听力原文

考研"The first thing needed for innovation is a fascination with wonder," says Dawna Markova, author of "The Open mind".

《开放思想》一书的作者Dawna Markova说：“创新首先需要的是对奇迹的迷恋。”。

2009年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

四级Oh, yes, but I wish I could have stayed awake long enough to see the whole thing.

哦，是的，但我希望我能保持清醒足够长的时间，看到整个事情。

2011年12月听力原文

考研Unhappy parents rarely are provoked to wonder if they shouldn’t have had kids, but unhappy childless folks are bothered with the message that children are the single most important thing in the world: obviously their misery must be a direct result of the gaping baby-size holes in their lives.

不幸的父母很少会被激怒去怀疑他们是否应该生孩子，但不幸的无子女的人们却被这样一个信息所困扰：孩子是世界上最重要的东西：显然，他们的痛苦一定是他们生活中婴儿大小的巨大洞的直接结果。

2011年考研阅读原文

高考No, they will tell you the same thing, in a worse way.

不，他们会用更糟糕的方式告诉你同样的事情。

2016年高考英语浙江卷（10月） 听力 原文

高考On the street or in the park, she had only one thing on her mind: squirrels! She was so joyous that even on the worst days, she could make me smile.

在街上或公园里，她只想到一件事：松鼠！她是如此快乐，即使在最糟糕的日子里，她也能让我微笑。

2015年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

四级That may be a bad thing, particularly at work.

这可能是一件坏事，尤其是在工作中。

2015年12月阅读原文

六级On the other hand, he says, it may just encourage people to talk more honestly about their feelings regarding race issues, which may not be such a bad thing.

另一方面，他说，这可能只是鼓励人们更诚实地谈论他们对种族问题的感受，这可能不是一件坏事。

2010年6月阅读原文

六级Facing water shortages and escalating fertilizer costs, farmers in developing countries are using raw sewage to irrigate and fertilize nearly 49 million acres of cropland, according to a new report—and it may not be a bad thing.

根据一份新的报告，面对水资源短缺和化肥成本上升，发展中国家的农民正在使用未经处理的污水灌溉和施肥近4900万英亩的农田，这可能不是一件坏事。

2016年6月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

四级Meeting people was the thing, and you went to coffee bars where you met friends and spent the evening.

你去了咖啡馆，在那里你认识了朋友，度过了一个晚上。

2017年6月听力原文

高考Material thing from me and left me torn bare, an empty page at the end of a partly written book.

从我身上拿走了一件重要的东西，留下我撕破的光秃秃的，在一本半写半写的书的末尾有一页空白。

2018年高考英语江苏卷 完形填空 原文

四级It was fortunate that the family didn't try to dig up the fossil because that could destroy the specimen; they did the right thing by calling someone who would know what to do.

幸运的是，这家人没有试图挖掘化石，因为那样会破坏标本；他们打电话给一个知道该怎么做的人，做了正确的事情。

2019年12月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

四级Saving money is becoming a thing of the past.

存钱已成为过去。

2015年12月阅读原文

六级find digital devices simply indispensablecommunicate primarily by mobile phonelight their homes with stored solar energydistribute power with wires and wooden polesbenefit their business transmit power faster promote innovationencourage competitionIt might become a thing of the past.

发现数字设备是必不可少的主要通过移动电话进行通信用储存的太阳能照亮他们的家用电线和木杆分配电力有利于他们的业务更快地传输电力促进创新勇气竞争这可能会成为过去。

2016年12月阅读原文

考研When you remember such thing you can automatically become investor in their wellbeing.

当你记住这些事情时，你会自动成为他们福祉的投资者。

2018年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

高考The first thing I would say is that the way you begin the conversation is very important.

我想说的第一件事是，你开始谈话的方式非常重要。

2015年高考英语福建卷 短文填词 原文

六级And Brandston knows a thing or two about lighting, being the man who illuminated the Statue of liberty.

布兰斯顿对照明有一两点了解，他是照亮自由女神像的人。

2015年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

六级I thought one interesting thing in the video was the idea of passion being so important and that people who really love what they do.

我认为视频中有一件有趣的事情，那就是激情如此重要，那些真正热爱自己工作的人。

2016年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section A

四级Research or common sense tells us that the best thing to do is keep your hands, utensils and other surfaces clean.

研究或常识告诉我们，最好的办法是保持手、餐具和其他表面清洁。

2018年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

六级Meanwhile, emerging technologies – the drones, 3D printers and smart-home devices of the world – now seem a bit too old to be called the next big thing.

与此同时，新兴技术——世界上的无人机、3D打印机和智能家居设备——现在似乎太老了，不能称之为下一件大事。

2016年12月阅读原文

六级Perhaps a new phrase is needed, one that can bring everyone one big step closer to realizing Du Bois's original, idealistic hope: It's not the name—it's the Thing that counts..

也许需要一个新的短语，一个能让每个人离实现杜博伊斯最初的理想主义希望又近了一大步的短语：重要的不是名字，而是事情。。

2015年12月阅读原文

六级Perhaps a new phrase is needed, one that can bring everyone one big step closer to realizing Du Bois' original, idealistic hope: "It's not the name — It's the Thing that counts. "

也许需要一个新的短语，一个能让每个人离实现杜博伊斯最初的理想主义希望又近了一大步的短语：“重要的不是名字，而是事情本身。”

2015年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

四级Chefs such as Delia Smith, Nigel Slater, Jamie Oliver and Gordon Ramsay made the public realise that cooking - and eating - didn't have to be a boring thing.

迪莉娅·史密斯、奈杰尔·斯莱特、杰米·奥利弗和戈登·拉姆齐等厨师让公众意识到烹饪和饮食不一定是一件无聊的事情。

2011年6月阅读原文

四级But whether it's an English-cooked breakfast or a coffee and a sandwich, one thing has remained the same: the prices.

但无论是英式早餐，还是咖啡和三明治，有一样东西是不变的：价格。

2016年6月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

六级For example, a little girl who puts on her mother's makeup may be told that she is cute, but her brother who does the same thing will be scolded.

例如，一个小女孩给她妈妈化妆后，可能会被告知她很可爱，但她的弟弟也会被责骂。

2013年6月阅读原文

六级"The thing you are searching for is reputation," says titus Brown, a genomics (基因组学) researcher at the University of California,Davis.

基因组学专家提图斯·布朗说：“你要寻找的是声誉。”(基因组学) 加利福尼亚大学研究者戴维斯。

2017年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

六级For decades, researchers and law enforcement agencies have tried to build a machine that will do the same thing.

几十年来，研究人员和执法机构一直试图制造一台能做同样事情的机器。

2018年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

考研It’s a really hard thing to do and it’s a tremendous luxury that BuzzFeed doesn’t have a legacy business,” Peretti remarked.

这真的是一件很难做到的事情，BuzzFeed没有遗留业务是一种极大的奢侈，”Peretti说。

2016年考研阅读原文

考研"It's a really hard thing to do and it's a tremendous luxury that BuzzFeed doesn't have a legacy business," Peretti remarked.

“这真的很难做到，BuzzFeed没有遗留业务是一种极大的奢侈，”Peretti说。

2016年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

四级It would seem silly to call such a thing a "disease".

把这样的事情称为“疾病”似乎是愚蠢的。

2017年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

四级In fact, the camera could be the thing that proves that they didn't steal the $20 dollars, or knock the vase off the table.

事实上，照相机可以证明他们没有偷那20美元，也没有把花瓶从桌子上摔下来。

2018年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

四级While such vigilant（警觉的）tracking of cancer is a good thing in general, researchers are increasingly questioning whether all of this testing is necessary for the elderly

尽管如此警惕(警觉的）一般来说，追踪癌症是一件好事，研究人员越来越质疑所有这些检测是否对老年人都是必要的

2012年12月阅读原文

四级I can promise you one thing: whatever you choose to do for a career, if you work hard at it, eventually, special things will happen.

我可以向你保证一件事：无论你选择做什么职业，如果你努力工作，最终，特殊的事情会发生。

2019年6月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

四级The implication, in each case, is that curiosity is a good thing, and a lack of curiosity is a problem.

这意味着，在每一种情况下，好奇心是一件好事，而缺乏好奇心则是一个问题。

2017年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

高考Not knowing how much longer he could last, Nicholas did the only thing he could — he huddled in his cave and slept.

尼古拉斯不知道自己还能活多久，他做了他唯一能做的事——蜷缩在洞穴里睡觉。

2015年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

高考One thing is certain: the truth about love is not yet set in stone.

有一件事是肯定的：关于爱情的真相还没有一成不变。

2015年高考英语上海卷 完形填空 原文

考研For one thing, it is very slow compared to the pace of change within the digital economy.

一方面，与数字经济中的变化速度相比，这是非常缓慢的。

2018年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

四级Furthermore, students will be able to purchase sections of the text instead of buying the whole thing, with individual chapters costing as little as $200.

此外，学生们将能够购买课文的各个部分，而不是购买整个内容，每个章节的成本仅为200美元。

2013年6月阅读原文

六级Twitter's huge success is rooted in the simple but profound insight that in a medium with infinite space for self-expression, the most interesting thing we can do is restrict ourselves to 140 characters.

推特的巨大成功植根于一种简单而深刻的洞察力，即在一个拥有无限自我表达空间的媒体中，我们能做的最有趣的事情就是将自己限制在140个字符以内。

2013年12月阅读原文