151.Thereisundoubtedlyanelementoftruthinassertionsthatcapitalpunishmentisnecessary,butproponentsseemtoignorethefactthatthepracticehasfailedtodeterheinouscrimes.
毫无疑问,主张极刑的必要性有正确的成分,但是,支持者似乎忽略了这种做法不能阻止令人发指的罪行这一事实。
152.Manypeopleassumethattheextinctionofaplantoranimalspeciesisoflittleconsequence.Carefulexamination,however,revealsthattheextinctionofanyonespeciesdisruptsthefoodchain,andthelossofaplantspeciesleadstothedisappearanceofakeyingredientwhichmightyieldacureforcancer.
许多人想当然地认为一种植物或动物的灭绝产生的后果很小。然而,仔细的考察揭示出任何一个物种的灭绝会破坏食物链,一种植物的消失造成有可能生成治疗癌症的药物的关键成分的缺失。
153.Atfirstglance,thecharacteristicsofBugsBUnnyseemcomical.However,acloserexaminationrevealsthecartooncharacternevercreatesaproblem,andinsteadsimplyhopesforquietandpeacefullife.Thissuggeststhatcartoonsmostoftenteachchildrenthedifferencebetweengoodandevil.
乍一看,流氓兔的性格似乎滑稽。然而,仔细观察发现这个卡通人物从不制造麻烦,相反,它只希望过安静平和的生活。这说明卡通在大多数情况下教授给儿童好与坏之间的区别。
154.Logically,callsforaNewWorldOrdersoundvalid,andIwhole-heartedlyagreewithsomepoints,buttheabsurdityariseswhenconsideringthattheworld's200-oddnationshavediverseagendaswhenitcomestodevelopmentanddiplomacy.
从逻辑而言,要求形成新的世界秩序听似正确,而且我真心实意地同意一些观点,但是,考虑到世界上二百余个国家在发展和外交上有不同的议事日程,这种要求就显得荒谬了。
155.Inspiteofclaimstothecontrary,itiscommonknowledgethatcorporalpunishmentmostoftenhastheexactoppositeaffectintended.
尽管有相反的主张,但是大家都知道体法在多数情况下产生适得其反的效果。