1. Everything I was experiencing — the ride in the elevator, being in an apartment, eating day-old food that had been stored in a refrigerator — was such a good idea that I could imagine I would grow used to it and like it very much.
    我现在所经历的每一样东西——乘电梯、住套房、吃那在冰箱里存放了一天的食物——都是我能想象得到的美妙东西, 以至于我认为我会慢慢地习惯，而且还会非常喜欢它们的。

2. Even though friends and family support the idea of going, it is difficult to say good-bye at this moment.
    即使朋友们及家人支持他们出国留学, 但在此时此刻说声再见却是很困难的。

3. Edwin Land, one of America's most productive inventors, claimed the idea leading to his invention of the Polaroid camera came from his three-year-old daughter.
    美国最具创造力的发明家之一埃德温·兰德说，使他产生发明宝丽来相机这一想法的是他三岁的女儿。

4. Bagrit dismissed the idea that computers would learn to ´think´ for themselves and would ´rule the world´,
    巴格瑞特根本不接受计算机可以学会自己去"思考"和计算可以"统治世界"这种想法，

5. But with such a large population base, the country must still convert millions more to the idea of birth control if it is to reach its population targets.
    但是因为该国的人口基数十分大，要想达到政府的人口目标，印尼还必须再转变几百万人的思想，让他们接受节制生育的观念。

6. We endeavour to avoid the old, romantic idea of a gusher, which wastes oil and gas.
    我们力图避免那种有关喷油井的陈旧的, 不切实际的计划, 这种计划浪费油和天然气.

7. We endeavour to avoid the old, romantic idea of a gusher, which wastes oil and gas.
    我们尽量避免使用陈旧天真的喷井方法，那样会浪费石油和天然气。

8. Why does the idea of progress loom so large in the modern world?
    为什么进步这个概念在现代世界显得如此突出？

9. We could see that the path continued on the other side, but we had no idea how we could get across the stream.
    我们可以看到小路在深溪对岸继续向前伸展，但却不知如何越过这道深溪。

10. Wagner had been occupied with the idea of the "Ring" for several years, and for many months had been struggling to begin composing.
    有关"钟声"的创意瓦格纳已经思考了几年时间，而他竭尽全力着手进行作曲也已经数月。