1. Each demanded some payment that was overdue: twelve shillings for the furniture and oilcloth; one pound four and one penny for the General District and Special Rates; and one pound one and fivepence halfpenny for Poor Rate.
    三封信都是催债的，而且每项款都已经过了期。家具和油布十二先令；统税和特税一镑四先令一便士；济贫税一镑一先令五个半便士。

2. By the way,where can I get the best exchange rate for American dollars.
    对了, 我在哪里可以获得最好的美元汇率?

3. But it remains to be seen whether these measures will have enough impact to slow the rate of removing the forests.
    但是要知道这些措施是否会产生足够的影响来减缓砍伐森林的速度，尚须时日。

4. But most of all, you've learned what a "7.6 per cent unemployment rate" really means.
    

5. Whether or not this is true, the high success rate of arranged marriages in different cultures — 90 percent in Iran, 95 percent in India,
    不管这种说法是否正确，不同文化中包办婚姻的成功率之高，却不由得使人驻足沉思：伊朗90%，印度95%，

6. The tax increases have affected us all.
    加税已经影响了我们大家.

7. There is a definite congruity in the candidates´ approach to the tax problem.
    候选人在对待税收问题的态度上有着明确的共同之处。

8. The government decided to levy a tax on tobacco; it had been free from tax.
    政府决定征收烟草税，这向来是不征税的。

9. The rate of interest is 5 percent.
    利率是百分之五。

10. The retailers have to pay tax every month.
    这些零售商每月都得纳税。