1. English is widely used in international intercourse.
    英语在当今国际交往中用得很广。

2. Every four years, millions of people all over the world enjoy the international sports competition called the Olympics.
    每四年，世界上千百万人就会欣赏一次被称为奥林匹克的世界性大赛。

3. Even so, one prominent magazine consistently refused to print "Joe" in my by-line, using my first initials, J.S., instead.
    即使如此，一家著名杂志一直拒绝把"乔"作为我的文章的作者署名，而是用我名字的首字母 J.S. 来代替它。

4. Enclosed in this outfit, I waited in line for an hour with other adventurers, mostly office workers in their 20's.
    我包裹在这一身装束里，与其他的历险者一起排了一小时队。他们大多是20多岁的办公室职员。

5. Bruce almost forgot his own troubles as he watched her swing herself out upon the slender line.
    布鲁斯凝视着蜘蛛的身子，它挂在纤细的丝上摆向对面的墙，他几乎忘却了自己的烦恼。

6. But they are hardly aware of it, until they get to the checkout line.
    但这要等到他们走到交款处时才能意识到。

7. By 1989, almost every nation on earth had established a program educating its people about AIDS, according to Jonathan Mann, director of the World Health Organization's (WHO) International Program on AIDS.
    据世界卫生组织国际艾滋病项目主任乔纳森·曼说，到1989年几乎每个国家都制订了对公民进行艾滋病教育的计划。

8. But it is the real bottom line in every area of society and a discipline we must demand of ourselves.
    但它却是社会各领域的真正基础，也是我们必须要求自己遵循的一条原则。

9. But even Ian Wilmut draws the line at cloning humans.
    但是，就连伊恩·威尔莫特也在克隆人类问题上划了一条界线。

10. What is the date today?
    今天是几号？