Although people's lives have been dramatically changed over the last decades,it must be admitted that,shortage of funds is still the one of the biggest questions that students nowadays have to face because that tuition fees and prices of books are soaring by the day.
近几十年，尽管人们的生活有了惊人的改变，但必须承认，由于学费和书费日益飞涨，资金短缺仍然是学生们面临的最大问题之一。

Although there are many companies which made huge profits investing in the Internet market, they tend to be small companies, like Yahoo, which has been basking in the limelight for quite some time.
尽管在投资网络市场中赚大钱的公司已经很多，但往往还是一些小公司。如出足风头的雅虎(Yahoo)就是一例。

As a result of what is now know in physics and chemistry,scientists have been able to make important discoveries in biology and medicine.
物理学和化学的一个成果是使得科学家们能在生物学和医学上获得重大发现。

Because of its irritating effect on humans,the use of phenol as a general antiseptic has been largely discontinued.
由于苯酚对人体带有刺激性作用，它基本上已不再被当作常用的防腐剂了。

From what has been discussed above,I am fully convinced that the leisure life-style is undergoing a decline with the progress of modern society,it is not necessary a bad thing.
通过以上讨论，我完全相信，随着现代社会的进步，幽闲的生活方式正在消失并不是件坏事。