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People live in groups, which we call societies. Societies and social relations are the subjects ( 1) in the social sciences. Men depend on other men and on the world around ( 2). The sun brings them warmth (暖和，热烈) and light, day and night, summer and winter. Plants grow ( 3) there is air and sunshine, earth and water; animals depend on plants; ( 4) depend on water, air, sunshine, and the plants and animals around them.
Wherever people live and ( 5) they look like, many of their requirements are the ( 6). They need food and places to live ( 7), warmth and sleep. They need ( 8) social existence (存在，生存), they need friendship and relationship (关系) which will ( 9) to marriage and family life. The members of a society depend on one ( 10). In different societies we find different ways of finding ( 11) and different methods of preparing it. Societies have ( 12) habits and customs. They teach their children, care for ( 13) people, look after old people in various ways. They have different ( 14) in life, death and the world ( 15) which they were born.
Most men ( 16) to live in peace. The members of every social group accept certain rules and customs ( 17) expect other members to know them. Children are taught to ( 18) these rules, and what they do in ( 19) life depends partly on the habits they ( 20) when they were young.
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2.it them us everyone
3.that where whether for
4.men lives societies relations
5.however which how whatever
6.like similar one same
7.on in with by
8.of for a that
9.go move lead come
10.other another each thing
11.food meal crops minerals
12.old modern various limited
13.educated healthy sick middle-aged
14.talks positions beliefs attitudes
15.from over into beyond
16.want think have believe
17.and or but so
18.get use follow form
19.latter (后面的，后者)
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