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. When a local baseball team found itself without a manager, he kept it going.
    当地一个棒球队缺少一个经理时，是他使球队正常运转。

6. What you communicate through your kind of dress definitely influences others to accept the picture of yourself you are projecting: in the business world, the person who dresses like a successful manager is most likely to be promoted into a managing p
    你通过自己的服装所传达的信息肯定会影响到其他人，使他们认可你正在传递的自己的形象：在商界，一个穿着就像个成功经理的人是很有可能被提升到经理职位上来的。

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

8. The new manager was delegated to reorganize the department.
    派这位新经理重新组织该部门.

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 manager is a little gnome of a man.
    经理是个身材矮小的男子。