1. Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen.
    读书如择友，宜少且宜精。

2. The seeds must be carefully chosen if the vivifying fruits are to be at hand when needed.
    要想在需要的时候能够得到充满生机的果实，那就必须精选种子，植入沃土和进行勤勉的护理。

3. The seeds must be carefully chosen; they must fall on good ground; they must be sedulously tended, if the vivifying fruits are to be at hand when needed.
    要想在需要的时候可随手摘取充满生机的果实，那就必然从选良种做起，然后将其植入肥沃的土地，还需要勤勉地护理。

4. This hobby educates one not only in the chosen subject, but also in general matters which have some bearing on it.
    这种爱好不仅能使人从选择的专题中受到教育，而且也能从与之有关的一般事物中获得长进。

5. The site chosen was an island at the entrance of New York Harbour.
    场地选在了纽约港入口处的一个岛上。

6. He has deliberately chosen to lead the life he leads and is fully aware of the consequences.
    他是故意在选择过那种生活的，并完全清楚以这种方式生活的后果。

7. He wants you to know that anyone who chooses the path he has chosen is sure to have periodic holidays in jail.
    他想让你知道，任何人如果选择了他自己选择的道路，都必然定期要在监狱里度过一段假期的。

8. And if this something else is rightly chosen,
    如果选得合适，

9. "I want to be a conductor, and I've already chosen the best American music school," specifies Sandro Rodrigo de Barros.
    桑德罗·罗德里戈·德·巴洛斯明确表示: "我想做一名音乐指挥家，而且我已经选择好了美国最好的音乐学院。"

10. "I was only thirteen when four of my team members and I were chosen by my swim coach to train with the Chinese National Team.
    "当我们队里的其他4个队员和我被游泳教练挑去和中国国家队一起训练时，我只有13岁。