1. We produce a steady flow of labor-saving devices; we communicate rapidly through faxes, phone calls or emails rather than through personal contacts, 我们发明了一系列节省劳力的装置;我们通过发传真、打电话或发电子邮件与他人迅速地进行交流, 而不是通过直接接触。
2. These precautions can make a great difference in saving lives and preventing the loss of homes. 在挽救生命和防止家庭损失方面,这些预防措施会发挥很大的作用。
3. The F-16 can fly straight up. It can spin, dive, turn, climb, roll, and make loops with the grace of an eagle. F-16可以垂直向上飞,能旋转、俯冲、转弯、爬升、翻滚,能像鹰一样优雅地翻筋斗。
4. He turned a little pale, for he had been saving just that sum to buy a gun and treat himself to a little hunting trip the following summer. 他的脸有些发白。这个数目恰好是他积存已久,准备买一支猎枪的钱。有了枪,他就可以在来年的夏天外出打猎,享受一番。
5. He smiled at everyone and rushed in and out the sorry little homes with grace, making sympathetic remarks at the disrepair that was pointed out to him. 他向每个人报以微笑,很有风度地出入于那些又小又破的住房。有人向他指出失修之处,他都要讲几句同情的话。
6. Health care is better than ever. Medical research breakthroughs include finding tumors early, and saving lives through CAT scans and surgery. 卫生保健工作不断改善。医学研究领域产生突破,包括利用CAT扫描(即计算机化X射线轴向分层造影扫描)和外科手术来及早发现肿瘤并挽救生命。
7. And find some grace and pleasure in our condition, not like a self-centered British poet but like a patient princess sealed up in a tower, waiting for the happy ending to our fairy tale. 要在我们自身的条件下发现一些优雅和乐趣,不要做一个以自我为中心的英国诗人,而要像一个被关在塔楼里的公主,耐心地等待着我们的童话故事进入快乐的结局。
8. A miser gives undue importance to making and saving money. 守财奴过度看重赚钱和存钱。
9. She dances with a lot of grace. 她跳舞跳得很优美。
10. Saving the environment is really about saving our environment — making it safe for ourselves, our children and the world as we know it. 拯救环境其实就是拯救我们自己的环境——是为了保障我们自己、我们的子孙以及我们周围世界的安全。