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专项练习 ? ? Dictation?1? Old?Age? Many?people?mistakenly?believe?that?old?age?is?a?time?of?increased?illness?and?loneliness.?In?fact,? people?do?not?suddenly?change?/when?they?reach?the?age?of?60?or?65.? /Consequently,?we?should ?not?expect?more?mental?illness/?among?the?60to?70?age?group?than?among?the50?to?60.?/ Furthermore,?although?more?parents?and?their?married?children?live?in?separate?households?than?ever?before,/?this?is?usually?by?choice.?It?is?not?because?children?now?tend?to?neglect?their?parents?/when?they?become?old.?/It is?also?wrong?to?believe?that?old?age?seriously?affects?a?person’s?mental?abilities.?/There?is?clear? proof?that?people?who?were?eager?to?learn?and?who?welcomed?new?experiences?in?their?middle?age,/?continue?to?do?so?in?old?age.?/It?is?true?that?older?people?tend?to?take?longer?to?learn?something? new?than?young?people.?/Nevertheless,?if?they?are?given?sufficient?time,?/they?learn?as?well?as?young?people?do.? ? ? ? Dictation?2? Gardening? ? Gardening?is?one?of?the?oldest?of?the?arts.?/The?Chinese?with?their?deep?sensitiveness?to?beauty?/ laid?the?foundation?for?a?form?of?garden?art?/which?was?later?to?have?great?influences?upon?other?lands.?/The?Greeks?gave?to?the?world?a?new?concept?of?gardening.?/Their?homes?were?decorated?with? flowers/but?it?was?in?their?civic?design?that?they?most?skillfully?applied?their?garden?art.?/Their?temples?were?surrounded?by?rows?oftrees,?/and?trees?lined?the?important?streets?and?market?places?in?their?principal?cities.?/TheRomans?acquired?much?of?the?knowledge?and?skill?in?garden?craft?from?Greeks.?/In?the?second?century?AD?the?Romans?began?to?build?gardens?of?great?scale,?/inspired?by?the?vast?palace?gardens?they?had?conquered./?They?bought?water?from?great?distances?to?supply?the?ornamental?foundations?which?decorated?their?villa?gardens./ these great?villas?were?later to?inspire?the?Italian?garden?architects?to?follow?the?Roman?style.? ? ? ? Dictation?3? ? Being?Unemployed? ? ?Most?people?are?mu