1. Each demanded some payment that was overdue: twelve shillings for the furniture and oilcloth; one pound four and one penny for the General District and Special Rates; and one pound one and fivepence halfpenny for Poor Rate.
    三封信都是催债的，而且每项款都已经过了期。家具和油布十二先令；统税和特税一镑四先令一便士；济贫税一镑一先令五个半便士。

2. Even his opponents were compelled to admit that he was a man of profound learning: and this not merely in his special field of economics, but also in history, philosophy, and the literature of all countries.
    即使是他的对手们也不得不承认他是一个学识渊博的人：这不仅是指他的经济学专业领域，而且还包括历史、哲学以及各国的文学。

3. Everyone should agree on a meeting point outside of the area — perhaps in a town several miles away.
    大家应该商定一个地震区外的会合点——可能是在几英里外的某个市镇。

4. Every summer about a dozen journalists gather at a former army training camp north of London to spend the day watching the training of London's special armed police unit.
    每年夏天，总有大约十几名记者聚集在伦敦北部的一个旧军训营，用一整天来观看伦敦特警部队的训练。

5. But if no one can be trusted to act in a loyal and responsible manner towards his job, then the business will require armies of administrators, checkers, and foremen, and administrative overheads will rise correspondingly.
    但是，如果企业中谁也不可信赖会对工作尽忠守职，那么企业就会需要大批的管理人员、检查人员和带班人员，管理费用就会相应地增加。

6. Clearly not the styles worn by most visitors to the area.
    很明显，大多数到这个地区来的游客都不会穿这种式样的衣服的。

7. But it is the real bottom line in every area of society and a discipline we must demand of ourselves.
    但它却是社会各领域的真正基础，也是我们必须要求自己遵循的一条原则。

8. But most of all, he sunk his dishonest gains into this village that captured his heart with its fine stone cottages, its central area of green grass, green rows of hedges, and its fantastic view of rolling fields and pine forests disappearing into th
    但是最主要的，是他将不法收入投进了这座山村。精致的石屋农舍，茵茵的村中绿地，一排排青青的树篱，以及绵延起伏的原野与松林，像古代行进的士兵渐渐消失于远方的地平线上——这一派奇异的景色深深地吸引了他。

9. We made a contribution to the disaster area.
    我们捐助灾区。

10. We make good use of special plastics in place of alloy.
    我们充分利用特种塑料来代替合金。