1. Every awkward attempt meets with sympathy and encouragement, and the most difficult step on the path of language becomes the merriest game.
    每一次尴尬的尝试都会受到同情和鼓励，这样在语言学习道路上最困难的一步变成了最愉快的游戏。

2. Each meeting focused on one step.
    每次会晤都着重讨论一个步骤。

3. By the time I was sixteen, my daughter's age, his breath was a wheeze, embarrassing to hear; he could not climb stairs without resting every third or fourth step.
    到我16岁, 也就是我女儿现在这般年龄时，他一呼吸就呼哧呼哧的，让人感到不安；他上楼时每走三、四级楼梯就得停下来休息一会儿。

4. Be the first to extend your hand in greeting. Couple this with a friendly 'Hello', a nice smile, and your name and you have made the first step to open the lines of communication between you and another person.
    在问候别人时先伸出你的手，并伴着友善的“你好”和让人愉悦的微笑，再报上自己的名字，这样，你就在与另一个人开始交流的道路上走出了第一步。

5. We should enrich our knowledge step by step.
    我们应当逐步地丰富自已的知识。

6. We endeavour to avoid the old, romantic idea of a gusher, which wastes oil and gas.
    我们力图避免那种有关喷油井的陈旧的, 不切实际的计划, 这种计划浪费油和天然气.

7. We endeavour to avoid the old, romantic idea of a gusher, which wastes oil and gas.
    我们尽量避免使用陈旧天真的喷井方法，那样会浪费石油和天然气。

8. While natural gas use increases, use of coal as fuel is decreasing.
    随着天然气利用量的增长，煤炭作为燃料的使用量正在减少。

9. Would I sit on the governor's committee and try to do something about the thousands of welfare clients who, like me, could earn part or all of their own livings if they were allowed to do so, one step at a time?
    数以千计像我这样的福利救济对象，如果允许的话，可以慢慢地负担自己的一部分甚至全部生活费用，对此，我会不会在州政府的委员会里尝试做点儿什么呢？

10. The exhaustion of gas from a bus polluted the air.
    从公共汽车排出的气体会污染环境。