Planning is a very important activity in our lives. It can give pleasure, even excitement, and it can cause quite severe headaches. __1
The most significant the task ahead, the more careful the planning __2
required. Getting to school or to work on time is a task requiring few __3
or no planning, it is almost routine. A month’s touring holiday abroad,or better still, getting married, is a different matter altogether. If the matter involve a church wedding, a reception, a honeymoon in Venice, __4
and returning a new home, this requires even more planning to make __5
sure that it is successful. Planning is our way of trying to ensure success and of avoiding costly failures we can not suffer. It is equally essential __6
to individual nations and families; the scale may be vary, but the degree __7
of importance does not. In the essence, a nation planning its resources __8
and needs do not differ from the familiar weekly shopping or monthly __9
household budget. Both are designed to ensure an adequate supply of essentials, and if improperly carried out, will avoid shortages, wastage __10
and over-expenditure.
1 將and 改為 or
or表示“或者”，因為前後是兩種截然不同的可能性，所以應該用or。
2 將most改為 more
3 將few改為little
4 將involve 改為 involves
因為主語 the matter 為單數，例如：Although planning involves material investment, even moreimportant is the investment in man.雖然作機會應該包括物資投資，但最重要的是對人的投資。
5 在returning後加介詞to
6 將suffer改為afford
7 去掉be
vary是動詞，可與助動詞或者情態動詞構成謂語，也可以獨立構成謂語，例如：The weather varies fromhour to hour in some mountain districts.
8 去掉the
in essence 是固定習語，意為“本質上，實質的”
9 將do改為 does
主語是動名詞複合結構 a nation planning its resources and needs, 應視為單數，例如：Looking afterchildren requires patience.
10 將improperly改為 properly
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