1. Byrd now knew that he would be able to reach the South Pole which was 300 miles away, for there were no more mountains in sight.
    伯德这时知道他能够顺利飞抵300英里以外的南极了，因为前面再没有山了。

2. But the stars are so far away that their light still takes years to reach us.
    但是由于星星离我们太远，以至于它们的光到达我们这里需要好些年时间。

3. By the time we reach the Rockies, my parents try to make me look at the spectacular landscapes we're passing by.
    当我们驶近落基山脉时，我父母想叫我看看我们外面的壮丽景色。

4. 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。

5. Before I reach the door, I think I hear a voice say, money. Before I open the door I hear a voice and turn to see the man with a gun.
    我同样也很生气，因为那是一个我从未见过、也从未伤害过的人在用枪指着我。

6. By the time the children reach high school, something remarkable has happened.
    到这些孩子上高中时，引人注目的事发生了。

7. Within the first six months of life the human brain doubles in capacity; it doubles again by age four and then grows rapidly until we reach sexual maturity.
    人脑的容量在生命开始的最初六周增长了一倍，到四岁时又增长一倍，其后大脑的容量迅速发展直到性成熟为止。

8. The children compete against each other to reach the other end of the pool.
    孩子们竞相向池的另一头驶去。

9. The swimmer strained to reach the shore.
    那游泳者竭尽全力游到岸边。

10. The Americans would happily reach one accord on standards for medical devices and then hammer out different pacts covering, say, electronic goods and drug manufacturing.
    美国人很愿意就医疗器械的标准达成一个协议，然后推敲出不同的合同，用以涵盖 -- 比如说 -- 电子产品和药品的生产。