1. Wearing a seat belt can save lives, reducing the chance of death or injury. 本句重点：安全带的作用和重要性
2. The responsibility for children's seat belt usage falls on the driver and they cannot ride in the front without a seat belt. 本句重点：司机对儿童乘车安全负责
3. There are some exceptions where seat belts are not required. 本句重点：安全带使用的例外情况
4. Failure to wear a seat belt may result in fines and court appearances if a valid excuse is not provided. 本句重点：未佩戴安全带的法律后果
5. Professor Taiju Matsuzawa investigated the decline in thinking and reasoning abilities among healthy farmers in Japan, and how ageing could be slowed down. 本句重点：老化与认知能力之间的关系
6. Matsuzawa and his team measured the brain volumes of a thousand people of varying occupations. 本句重点：研究对象及方法
7. Computer technology enabled the researchers to obtain precise measurements of the brain regions related to intellect and emotion. 本句重点：研究技术
8. Some subjects showed brain contraction as cells died off in their thirties, while others did not until their sixties and seventies. 本句重点：智力退化过程的年龄差异
9. The brain contraction process begins earlier in people living in rural areas compared to those living in towns. 本句重点：城市与农村人群智力退化速度的比较
10. White-collar workers doing routine work are equally susceptible to brain shrinkage as manual laborers. 本句重点：工作类型对智力退化的影响
11. The writer acknowledges the recipient's favorable view of education taught in colleges but explains their own differing perspective. 本句重点：写信人的态度和文化差异
12. The writer politely declines an offer of education for their sons and offers to educate them themselves. 本句重点：拒绝礼物并回赠
13. The writer expresses gratitude for the offer while explaining their refusal and offering an alternative solution. 本句重点：礼尚往来
14. Computers have taken over many routine tasks, but people still need to rely on their intuition and check the computer when necessary. 本句重点：计算机与人类关系的变化
15. As computers relieve more routine tasks, people face new challenges. 本句重点：计算机带来的问题
16. People should rely on both their own intuition and the computer and check when they feel something is wrong. 本句重点：人机交互的平衡
17. Newton studied sea-related theories but did not go to sea for research. 本句重点：牛顿研究领域
18. Most people did not question the sea unless it affected their livelihoods or they were early travelers. 本句重点：人们对海洋的认知
19. The laying of a telegraph cable from Europe to America led to the first questions about the bottom of the ocean. 本句重点：电缆敷设与海底研究
20. Early attempts to lay the telegraph cable failed due to living growths on the cable, contrary to contemporary scientific opinion. 本句重点：科学观点的更新
1. Seat belt: 安全带
2. Driver's responsibility: 驾驶员的责任
3. Exceptions: 例外情况
4. Fines and court appearances: 罚款和出庭
5. Taiju Matsuzawa: 松泽太洁
6. Brain volumes: 脑容积
7. Computer technology: 计算机技术
8. Brain contraction: 脑萎缩
9. Country vs. town: 农村和城市的比较
10. White-collar workers: 白领工人
11. Different perspectives: 不同的看法
12. Polite refusal: 礼貌拒绝
13. Grateful response: 感激的回应
14. Computers and humans: 计算机和人类
15. New challenges: 新的挑战
16. Human-computer interaction: 人机交互
17. Newton: 牛顿
18. People's knowledge of the sea: 人们对海洋的了解
19. Telecommunication technology: 电信技术
20. Life in the sea: 海洋生物