1. The struggle to succeed in one of the world's most competitive societies is starting earlier and earlier, and is most evident in the growing popularity of special schools that train students during evenings and weekends to pass the examinations requi
    日本是当今世界竞争最为激烈的社会之一，在这里，成功之搏开始得越来越早，最明显的证据是一些特殊学校的生源剧增。这些学校在晚上和周末上课，训练学生通过进入私立中学和大学的入学考试。

2. To lick this problem, Russia is starting to install optical fiber and has a strategic plan to pump $40 billion into various communications projects.
    为了解决这一问题，俄国已经开始铺设光纤电缆，并制定了投入400亿美元建设多种通信工程的战略计划。

3. The same map, in combination with ancient human bones, confirms that Africa was the birthplace of humanity and thus the starting point of the original human movements.
    结合对远古人骨的研究，这一图谱证实了非洲是人类的诞生地，因而也是人类迁移的始发地。

4. And even so, some starting data has to be guessed, since ground stations and satellites cannot see everywhere.
    既使是这样，有些开始时的资料也不得不依靠推测，因为地面工作站和卫星不可能看到地球上的每一个地方。

5. And so, seeing the sun, I got up and put on a dress, a gay dress made out of bright-colored cloth — the same sort of dress that I would wear if I were at home and starting out for a day in the country.
    所以看到了太阳，我就起床，穿上衣裙，那是一套用色彩鲜艳的布料做的华丽服饰——假如我在老家并在准备出发去乡下玩一天的时候，我也会穿同样的衣服。

6. "I'll get you some juice," she offered, starting to get up.
    "我来给你拿点水果汁," 她主动说道，边说边站了起来。

7. As a replacement for lost rose sales, the Johnsons and other growers also are starting to sell other types of flowers.
    作为对失去的玫瑰销售份额的弥补，约翰逊家族和其他种植商也在开始销售其他花卉。

8. Using imagery. This is what you see Olympic ski racers doing before entering the starting gate.
    利用意象。这就是奥林匹克滑雪赛手在进入起跑门之前所做的。

9. Then up into the wave, then forward with it and then----as the wave leaves the particles behind----back to its starting point again.
    然后推上波浪，随着波浪移动，然后 -- 当波浪把微粒留在身后时 -- 又回到出发点。

10. It is no use starting late in life to say: ´I will take an interest in this or that.´
    到了晚年才开始说："我会对这些人或那个人发生兴趣"，