1. But the most important argument for a broad education is that in studying the accumulated wisdom of the ages, we improve our moral sense.
    但是赞成宽泛教育的最重要的理由是, 在学习世世代代积累起来的知识的同时，我们也提高了自己的道德感。

2. But where the American is pressing for a specific decision, the Japanese is trying to devise a rather broad direction.
    但美国人总是急于做出具体决策，而日本人却试着制定一个大方向。

3. Balanced at the edge of a narrow white platform, I am about to jump head first into a hot new phase of Japan's leisure boom: indoor sky diving, without a parachute.
    我在一块窄窄的白色跳板前端站稳，准备头朝下跳出去。这一跳将跳进日本休闲热中的一个崭新的热门项目：室内蹦极跳，不带降落伞的。

4. Well, I measured the distance of ground, and calculated how deep it was to be dug, how broad, and how the earth to be thrown out.
    接着，我测量了一下距离，计算了一下该挖多深、多宽，以及怎样把土运走。

5. The river was very broad , and it took the boat a long time to cross.
    河很宽，船走了很久才到对岸。

6. The human cloning situations that experts consider most frequently fall into two broad categories:
    专家们考虑得最多的关于克隆人类的情形可以分为两大类：

7. Using his wicked little cane to trip it up, or aiming the heel of his boot for a well-placed kick at its broad rear.
    他以顽皮的小拐杖使绊子，或把皮靴后跟对准权势者宽大的臀部一踢。

8. He felt an irresistible impulse to jump.
    他突然有个无法抗拒的冲动, 想跳下去.

9. ----spawning a new generation of garage start-ups and giving the U.S. a jump on its foreign rivals in getting new products to market fast.
    --造就新一代从汽车间起家的技术人员，在把产品推向市场方面使美国把它的外国对手们打个措手不及。

10. How high can I jump?
    我能跳多高？