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The development of China has been a fast paced phenomenon that is rapidly changing the society. This has led to what many are calling the development gap, where some are able to share in the new lifestyles and others are not. This is especially true of the countryside, where living conditions are in many ways carried out in the same circumstances as they were in their fathers’ time. People still use old agricultural techniques as scientific agriculture is costly and even unknown. Although the government has taken steps to fix this problem, it remains a difficulty as country dwellers are the majority of the population in China. This only heightens the differences between urban and country dwellers. Reinforcement is added when those in the city view the habits of their country counterparts. The education gap is noticeable as is the hygiene difference which urban dwellers are quick to point out. Because of the income differential, workers are coming to the cities in ever increasing numbers. There, they have few skills and little education so many end up in city construction jobs or doing the non-ideal jobs for others in business. Reeducation and training are needed in both the country and the city so that those who have been left behind might catch up.

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中国发展的快速步伐正迅猛地改变着中国社会。这导致了许多人所说的发展差异。一些人能够适应新的生活方式，另一些人却不能。这种现象在中国农村尤为明显，当地人的生活状况在很多方面都与他们的父辈如出一辙。人们还在使用原始的农耕技术，因为高科技农业的成本高昂，甚至不被人所知。尽管政府已经采取措施解决这一问题，但因为农村居民占中国人口总数的绝大部分，所以这仍然是个难题。这只会加大城乡居民生活的差距。当那些城市居民看到农村居民的生活习性时，这种差距便更加被加强了。教育差距也很显著，同样显著的还有卫生差距。这一点城市居民很快就能指出。由于收入的差距，涌入城市的工人数量不断增加。他们没有什么技术，接受的教育也很少，因此很多人最后只能在城市里作建筑工人，或给其它做生意的人做不太理想的工作。农村和城市都需要再教育和培训，这样那些已经落后的人才有可能赶上来。

Grammar 语法小结

现在完成时

现在完成时和一般过去时的区别在于以下几点：

1.现在完成时和一般过去时谈的都是已发生的事，区别就在于现在完成时表示的动作与现在有关系，或是对现在有影响;而一般过去时单纯谈过去的事情，与现在没有关联。一般情况下，只要有明确的过去时间状语，就可用一般过去时

She has written some short stories. 她写了一些短篇小说。

She wrote some short stories yesterday. 她昨天写了一些短篇小说。

I’ve learnt a lot from you, so thank you very much.

我向你学到了很多东西，因此很感谢你。

I learnt a lot there. 我在那里学到很多东西。

2.现在完成时的基本构成是have/has +过去分词，而一般过去时的谓语动词用过去式

I have seen that film. 我看过那部电影了。

I saw that film last night. 我昨天晚上看了那部电影。

3.现在完成时常与just, already, ever, never等副词和these days, this week, since…, for…等表示一段时间的时间状语连用，而一般过去时通常与表示过去的时间状语连用，如yesterday, last week, two years ago, just now等

I haven’t seen him these days. 我这些天没见到他。

I didn’t see him yesterday. 我昨天没见到他。

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找出下面句子中的语法错误并改正。

1. I have watched the movie last night.

2. He has gone there yesterday.

3. Until now, he stayed here for 3 days.

4. I was busy these days.

5. He has bought the TV set for two years.

1. 去掉have

2. has gone- went

3. stayed- has been

4. was- have been

5. has bought- has had