1. This realization now entered my life like a flow of water dividing previously dry and solid ground, creating two banks, one of which was my past — so familiar and predictable that even my unhappiness then made me happy now just to think of it;
    这种认识就象一股水流一样流进我的生活，把先前干涸坚实的土地一分为二，造成了河流的两岸。河岸的一边是我的过去——这对我来说是如此熟悉, 如此地可以预料，以至于我只要想到它，原先使我感到不快的东西也会使现在的我变得开心起来。

2. The realization hit me that I can expect this kind of personal contact with death to occur with greater and greater frequency.
    我顿时意识到我与死亡的接触会越来越频繁。

3. He had the full realization that he was guilty.
    他充分认识到他是有罪的.

4. I lost some money recently through bad judgment and suddenly had the realization that I would never be able to replace it.
    最近我由于判断失误而损失了一些钱，我突然意识到我可能再也无法重获那笔钱了。