computer can store the information of an ordinary library.

5、 那家建筑公司没有资格操作这个项目。他们没有任何法律文件

能证明具备必要的专门技术。我们必须找一个专门建造歌剧院的公司。

That construction company has no business working (is not qualified to handle) this project. They don’t have any legal documents to certify. They have to find a company which is specialized in building operas/theatres.

6、 这些智囊团不做决策。他们力图提出一些对决策者十分有用的

新主意和深刻的分析。

This thinking tank doesn’t make decisions, they are out to raise/ put forward new ideas and penetrating analyses which are of vital importance to the decision makers.

7、 国内生产总值不是一切。如果人民的生活质量没有真正改善的

话，我们国家就不能说已经现代化了。

GDP (Gross Domestic Product) isn’t everything. If people’s living standard isn’t really improved, then it cannot to be said that we have reached/achieved /realized modernization.

8、 虽然那时候我们在很多方面都很困难，但作为孩子我们仍然很

幸福，因为有干净的空气和水，江河湖泊里有很多鱼，螃蟹，黄鳝，田野里有花有树有草。

Poor as we were in many ways at that time. We still felt happy