I first heard this tale in India

1. I first heard this tale in India, where it is told as if true – though any naturalist would know

it couldn’t be.

我最初听到这个故事是在印度，那儿的人们今天讲起它来仍好像确有其事似的——尽管任何一位博物学家都知道这不可能是真的。

2. Thomas Jefferson , the third President of the United States , may be less famous than

George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, but most people remember at least one fact about him :he wrote the Declaration of Independence.

美国第三任总统托马斯 . 杰雯逊也许不像乔治 . 华盛顿和亚伯拉罕. 林肯那样著名，但大多数人至少记得有关他的一件事实：是他写的《独立宣言》。

3. While I was waiting to enter university, I saw advertised in a local news paper a teaching

post at a school in a suburb of London about ten miles from where I lived.

在我等着进大学期间，我在一份当地报纸上看到一则广告，说是在离我住处大约十公里的伦敦某郊区，有所学校要招聘一名教师。

4. My father was a close friend of Albert Einstein. As a shy young visitor to Einstein’s home, I

was made to feel at ease when Einstein said,” I have something to show you.”

我父亲是阿尔伯特 . 爱因斯坦的密友。小时候有一次我去爱因斯坦家拜访时很腼腆，他说“我有样东西给你看。”于是我便感到无拘无束了。

5. The villain in the atmosphere is carbon dioxide.

大气层中恶棍乃是二氧化碳。

6. How does a doctor recognize the point in time when he is finally a “surgeon”? As my year

as thief resident drew to a close I asked myself this question on more than one occasion. 一位医生怎样辨认自己终于成了一名“外科医生”的那一时刻呢？在我任住院主任医师的那一年快要结束的时候，我曾不止一次地问过自己这个问题。

7. Ethel Armstead liked the gray row house right off.

埃塞尔 . 阿姆斯特德一下子就喜欢上了那栋灰色的联房。

8. According to a recent poll, 61 percent of American high school students have admitted to

cheating on exams at least once.

根据最近的民意测验，61% 的美国学生承认曾在考试中至少作过一次弊。

9. What is intelligence, anyway? When I was in the army I received a kind of aptitude test

that all soldiers took and ,against a normal of 100, scored 160.

智力到底是什么？当我在部队服役时，我曾接受过一种所有士兵都参加的智能测验，在标准得分为100的情况下，我得了160分。

10. It was the end of my exhausting first day as waitress in a busy New York restaurant.

我在纽约一家生意繁忙的餐馆做女待的第一天，令人精疲力竭的第一天，就要结束了。

1. 她砰地关上门，一声不吭地走了，他们之间那场争执就此结束。

Their argument ended when she slammed the door and left without a word.

2. 会上有人建议任命一个十一人委员会来制定新章程。

It was suggested at the meeting that a committee of eleven be appointed to make a new constitution.

3. 她在当地一家银行找到一份当出纳员的工作，但不久便因不称职而被解雇了。

She got a post as a cashier at a local bank, but she was soon fired because she proved incompetent.

4. 那小女孩跑得太快，身体一下失去平衡，跌倒了。

The little girl ran so fast that she was thrown off balance and fell over/down.

5. 如果富有的畳多花些钱搞绿色工业，而不是去建立军事机器和制造核武器，当今许多广

泛存在的污染问题将会逐渐消失。

If the rich countries spent more money on green industries, instead of on building up military machines and nuclear weapon, many of today’s widespread pollution problems would gradually disappear.

6. 只要你不断努力，你尽早会解决这个难题的。

If/As long as you keep (on) trying, you will be able to resolve this difficult problem sooner or later.

在当地政府的领导下，村民们奋起应付由水灾造成的严重粮食危机。

Under the leadership of the local government, the villagers rose to the serious food crisis caused by the floods.

7. 巨额投资使这一地区的经济得以迅速发展。

Vast amounts of investment have enabled the economy of the area to grow rapidly.

8. 一切都表明他的计划出了毛病。

Everything points to the fact / indicates that something has gone wrong with his project / plan.

9. 作者想通过这篇文章向读者传达她对赞扬和批评的看法。

Through the article the author wants to convey to the readers her views on praise and criticism.