18) Electronic commence will turn the world into one giant shopping mall for products,services,and investments.
电子商务将会把世界变成一个集提供产品，服务与投资与一体的大型购物中心。
19) By 2005,more than half of the average employees' working hours in advanced countries(like the United States and the United Kingdom)will be spent at home.
到2005年，发达国家雇员的平均工作时间将有一半以上在家中度过。
20) Employees will be,figuratively speaking,in the driver's seat.
打个比方来说，雇员将会坐在驾驶座上，即取得主动权。
21) My friend's daughter,Sarah,stood by me waiting her turn.
我朋友的女儿莎拉站在我身边，等着轮到他。
22) I was the only adult present who prompted "What do you say?"When the clown handed Sarah her balloon.The clown beamed at us,grateful he had actually been acknowledged.
当小丑把球递给莎拉时,我提醒她说:"你该说什么?"我是在场大人中唯一一个这么做的人.小丑微笑着看着我们,很感激有人对他表示谢意.
23) And what they are seeing is a society focused solely on acquisition---be it another drink in a restaurant or a space on a crowded freeway---without ever stopping to thank the source.
他们所看到的社会是一个完全专注于索取的社会——不管是饭馆还提供的一杯饮料还是高速公路上的一块空地——没有人停下来说声谢谢。
24) Most people today feel proud to have built a society that treats the races,sexes,and economic class more equally than ever before.And,yes,we have made real stride in these areas.
今天大部分人都建立了一个比过去任何时候都更平等地对待种族，性别，和经济阶层的社会而感到骄傲。是的，我们在这些领域确实取得了进步。
25) Are we really so pressured that we cannot stop to observe simple courtesy?
难道我们真的忙得不能停下来注意以下简单的礼节吗？
26) Since it is often used simultaneously by both family members as well as guests,the chicken requires not only a glamorous look but a practical one.
由于家庭成员和客人常常会同时使用厨房，所以厨房不仅要美观而且要实用。
27) This concern includes recycling of household materials, as well as energy efficient appliances and purity of both water and air.
家庭用具的再循环问题,厨房设备的节能问题以及水和空气的净化问题都受到重视.