1. Becoming more creative means paying attention to that endless flow of ideas you produce, and learning to capture and act upon the new that's within you.
    变得更有创造力意味着去留心你那些无穷无尽的想法，学会捕捉你脑子里的新东西并将之付诸行动。

2. But no one could have possibly guessed the truth — that the man with endless money and a friendly manner was not a lord at all but a government employee living out a fantasy that he was a Scottish noble and paying for it by stealing funds from Scotla
    可是谁也没有料到这个事实：这个财源滚滚、举止友好的人并非什么勋爵，而是一名政府公务员。他幻想自己是位苏格兰贵族，并从苏格兰场（即伦敦警察总署）盗用钱财来买这个贵族头衔。

3. Well, I´ve been paying that bit by bit all the summer.
    这帐，整个夏天我都在一点点地还。

4. We did owe nearly a pound, but I´ve been paying it off a little at a time."
    我们确实欠过近一镑的钱，可我一直在一点一点地还。”

5. Then the woman simply took the parcel and walked out of the shop without paying.
    然后，那妇女拿过包就走出了商场，根本没有付钱。

6. Then you were out three weeks, and, as we had nothing in hand I had to get what we wanted without paying for it."
    这以后你三个星期没有活干，另外，因为我们手头一点钱都没有，我只好先赊帐了。”

7. These ten years we have been paying for it.
    这十年来，我们一直在为购买这条项链而还债。

8. Are you paying in cash or by cheque?
    您付现款还是付支票?

9. And she was slicing so quickly, seemingly not paying attention to her sharp chopping knife, that I was afraid the tips of her fingers would become one of the ingredients of the purple vegetable and pork dish.
    她切得很快，好像一点也不注意她手中那把锋利的切菜刀，我真害怕她的手指尖也会成为紫色蔬菜烧猪肉这门菜肴中的佐料。

10. "That's just an act," said Sandy. "Bill has a really hard time paying attention.
    "装装而已，"桑迪说。"比尔真的很难集中精力。