2. Social progress is normally a matter of struggles and conflicts.

　　社會進步通常是斗爭和沖突的結果。

　　3. The advances in communications altered the nature of information processing.

　　通訊技術的進步使信息處理發生了質的改變。

　　4. Saying she's improved comes over as a backhanded compliment.

　　說她進步了聽起來倒像是一種諷刺。

　　5. Parents will be able to discuss their child's progress with their teacher.

　　家長將可以和老師交流談論子女的進步情況。

　　6. We've made extraordinary progress as a society in that regard.

　　在那個方面，我們的社會已經取得了巨大的進步。

　　7. His progress at school had been unspectacular compared to his brother.

　　和弟弟相比，他在學校里的進步很不起眼。

　　8. It was a time of political stability and progress.

　　這是一段政治穩定和進步的時期。

　　9. Is his promotion evidence of the minorities' advance, or mere tokenism?

　　他的晉升是證明了少數族裔的進步，還是僅僅為了裝點門面?

　　10. Their progress at work was mirrored by their children's educational advance.

　　子女在學業上有所進步，他們在工作上也就會有所起色。

　　11. The majority have a built-in Luddite mentality; they are resistant to change.

　　大部分人天生有種反對技術進步的心理。他們抗拒變革。

　　12. This is a clear demonstration of how technology has changed.

　　這清楚地表明了技術已有了怎樣的進步。

　　13. Through science we've got the idea of associating progress with the future.

　　通過科學我們知道了應該把進步和未來聯系起來。

　　14. Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.--James Allen

　　人們總是渴望改善周遭環境，但是卻不愿意改善自己，因此總停留在原地，無法進步。

　　15. Tech-nology has advanced at a breathless pace.

　　技術進步速度驚人，日新月異。