【推荐1】他正试图说服他的朋友放弃抽烟。(persuade sb. to do ) （汉译英）

【推荐2】老年人应该戒烟保持健康。

【推荐3】我不赞成在公共场合吸烟。（approve of）（汉译英）

【推荐3】Directions: Complete the composition by translating the following Chinese into English.

I am Li Ming，a high school student. As far as I am concerned, our attempt to restrict the use of plastic bags isn’t very successful,    1    (导致了环境的不断恶化). Consequently,    2    (解决这个难题，在我看来已经刻不容缓了).

Firstly, it’s for our government to charge higher taxes on plastic bags. On top of that,    3    (我们应该发展循环经济), featuring the use of renewable materials. In addition, all the citizens should    4    (提高环保意识) and contribute voluntarily and jointly to the reduction of “white pollution” in our city.

    5    (我希望我的建议有用). Only with collective efforts can we protect our common home.

【推荐3】补全句子
1. What we all know is that Tu Youyou __________________________the Nobel Medicine Prize.
众所周知，屠呦呦是第一个获诺贝尔医学奖的中国科学家。
2. ___________________________________________，I find his work impressive.
虽然我不怎么喜欢艺术，但我发现他的作品令人印象深刻。
3. ____________________________________，I would not have done like that.
如果他早点告诉我的话，我就不会那样做了。
4. He went to Ms Brown’s office __________________________ telling her what had happened.
他去了布朗小姐的办公室，目的是告诉她所发生的事情。

【推荐2】Ellis Island has become one of America’s most popular tourist destinations. (英译汉)