1. Before the Hanshin earthquake in Japan, there were reports of large schools of fish swimming near the surface of the water.
    日本的阪神地震发生之前，有报告说大批鱼群游到了水面。

2. Balanced at the edge of a narrow white platform, I am about to jump head first into a hot new phase of Japan's leisure boom: indoor sky diving, without a parachute.
    我在一块窄窄的白色跳板前端站稳，准备头朝下跳出去。这一跳将跳进日本休闲热中的一个崭新的热门项目：室内蹦极跳，不带降落伞的。

3. We made a present of a giant panda to Japan.
    我们把一只大熊猫送给日本作为礼物。

4. The component parts of this machine are imported from Japan.
    这台机器的零件是从日本进口的。

5. The "you to you" approach practiced in Japan is based on each side — automatically and often unconsciously — trying to understand the other person's point of view.
    日本人所采用的"你对你"的方式则建立在各方——自然而然地并常常是下意识地——力图理解对方观点的基础之上。

6. The difference is that Western style decision-making proceeds mostly from top management and often does not consult middle management or the worker while in Japan, ideas can be created at the lowest levels, travel upward through an organization and h
    差别在于，西方式的决策多半源自高层管理人员，通常不征求中层管理人员或员工的意见；而在日本，最底层的人员也能提出想法，然后通过组织上传，对最后的决策产生影响。

7. There is also a characteristic style of communication in Japan that is different from the Western way.
    日本特有的交流方式也与西方的不同。

8. The "examination hell （地狱）" imposed on children is widely criticized in Japan.
    压在孩子们身上的"考试地狱"在日本受到了广泛的谴责。

9. Tokyo Roof is one of hundreds of amusement parks, sports centers, and resorts opening all over Japan as this hard-working nation brings its characteristic efficiency and intensity to the newly serious business of play.
    几百家游乐园、体育中心、度假地在日本各地相继开张，"东京屋顶"就是其中之一。日本这个勤劳的民族近来把游乐作为一件认真的事来做，体现了其典型的高效和激情。

10. There is a leisure boom in Japan, and like many national trends here it is largely a government-led phenomenon.
    日本掀起了休闲热，就像这里的很多全国性潮流一样，这也是在政府倡导下出现的。