1. English is widely used in international intercourse.
    英语在当今国际交往中用得很广。

2. Because Australia's native people and black Africans share such superficial characteristics as skin color and body shape, they were widely assumed to be closely related.
    因为澳洲土著和非洲黑人之间有一些共同的外表特征，如肤色、体型等，所以普遍认为他们有较近的亲缘关系。

3. The brothers differ widely in their tastes.
    他们弟兄的爱好大相径庭.

4. The IBM Personal Computer was widely copied.
    IBM的个人电脑被大规模地模仿。

5. Two widely separated strings hang from a ceiling. Even though you can't reach both at once, is it possible to tie their ends together, using only a pair of pliers?
    两根相距甚远的绳子分别从天花板上垂下来。尽管你无法同时够到两根绳子，但有没有可能只用一把钳子就把两根绳子系到一起呢？

6. The "examination hell （地狱）" imposed on children is widely criticized in Japan.
    压在孩子们身上的"考试地狱"在日本受到了广泛的谴责。

7. You will hear them often, but it is still widely considered to be improper to use them.
    你会常听到它们,但人们还是普遍认为用它们不妥当;

8. Clearly, costs have been geared to a revenue level that has not been achieved, and the company is beginning to drop hotel prices that have been widely described as excessive.
    很明显，当初定成本曾依据的收益水平并未达到，公司开始下调曾被普遍认为过高的宾馆房价。

9. Over that time, it is widely believed, 99 percent of all species have come and gone, while the planet has remained.
    这期间，99%的物种生生死死，唯独地球依然存在，这一点已成共识。