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. But the general is the dearest old man!
    不过那位将军倒是个好老头儿！

3. But when I went into his room, a carton of cigarettes in my hand, I discovered the "head waiter" in the uniform of a Major General.
    但是当我手里拿着一盒香烟走进他房间时，我发现那位“侍者领班”穿上了少将的制服。

4. We have a general cleaning every Saturday.
    每星期六下午我们大扫除。

5. Women in Kenya make up 60 percent of the people who vote, but only 3 percent of the National Assembly.
    肯尼亚妇女占选民人数的60%，但在国民大会中的席位仅3%。

6. When the 100 women, including a member of the National Assembly, refused to go, officers tore down their banners and beat them with clubs and fists, witnesses reported.
    目击者报告说，当时有100名妇女，包括一名国民大会委员。她们拒绝离开，于是警官扯下她们的旗帜，并对她们棒打拳击。

7. Widespread access to information technologies, for example, promises to condense the time required to change from labor- intensive assembly work to industries that involve engineering, marketing, and design.
    例如，信息技术的广泛应用有望缩短从劳动密集型的组装工业转向涉及工程、营销、设计等产业所需的时间。

8. The proposal found general acceptance.
    这个建议得到普遍的赞同。

9. The general arts course at the university encompasses a wide range of subjects.
    大学文科包括的科目范围很广.

10. The general is hesitant to court-martial the man.
    将军对是否将这人交军法审判还犹豫不决。