5. There are about 300，000 home-schoolers (home school er s/在家接受教育的人) in the United States.
2. Translate the following underlined words into Chinese.
1. A red traffic light means "stop" and a green light means "go". (灯)
2. I have had the stove lighted.(点燃)
3. We lit the candle and the candle lit the room. (点燃；照亮)
4. Lets have some light music. (柔和的)
5. The conversation is light and gay.(轻松愉快的)
6. He wants the light blue hat.(浅色的)
7. Many hand make light work. (轻易的，容易做到的)
8. The thesis is about three hundred pages long.(长)
9. You can see him again before long.(不久)
10. The child is longing for home.(渴望)
11. There is no smoke without fire. (火)
12. The house is on fire.(着火)
13. The enemy fired on the town. (开炮)
14. At the end of a month he was fired for incompetence. (解雇)
3.Translate the following passage into Chinese (翻译)(来自2002年版职称英语练习资料，C级)
你了解大海吗?我们知道，当太阳的光辉洒在海面上时，大海看起来非常美丽。我们也知道，当起大风的时候，大海也会变得狂暴。除此之外，我们还知道什么呢?
首先要记住的事情是大海很大。你查看世界地图就会知道海洋比陆地的面积大。海洋覆盖了地球的四分之三。
在某些地方，海洋也很深，但不是所有的地方都深。有些地方的海洋非常浅，但有些地方海洋深的可怕。在日本附近的一个地方，还差不多有11公里深，而世界上最高的山不过才9公里高。如果那山被放进这最深的海中，将会有两公里深的水覆盖在它的上面。多深的海洋啊！