1. "That's just an act," said Sandy. "Bill has a really hard time paying attention.
    "装装而已，"桑迪说。"比尔真的很难集中精力。

2. "I'm Aunt Esther Gubbins," she said. "I'm here to tell you you are going to live a good life and be happy. You will work hard and love each other."
    “我是埃丝特·格宾斯阿姨，”她说，“我来这里是想告诉你们，你们的生活会美满、幸福，只要你们勤劳、相爱。”

3. At age 23, he started a meatpacking business and earned a reputation for being honest and hard working.
    23岁时，他开始从事肉类加工业，并因为人诚实、工作勤奋而赢得声誉。

4. "It's hard to operate a business on someone else's disaster," Johnson says.
    约翰逊说："要靠别人的灾难来做生意是件难事。"

5. You´re working hard, George.
    你干得真辛苦，乔治。

6. You wonder if eating a dozen chocolate-chip (碎片) cookies, wearing a house coat until 4, combing your hair at 5, cleaning behind the stove (twice) and crying in a job-agency parking lot qualify as symptoms of stress or maybe loss of self-worth.
    你不知道这些情况是否可以归类于因紧张、或许还有失去自身价值所引起的症状：一连吃下十几块巧克力曲奇、下午4点钟还穿着居家便服、5点钟才梳头发、在炉子后面东扫西抹 (两遍），以及在职业介绍所的停车场上哭泣。

7. She was wearing a string of green beads.
    她戴着一串绿色的珠链。

8. She came to fame through hard work.
    她因刻苦工作而成名。

9. She found it hard to decide.
    她感到难以决定.

10. She was wearing a pair of tight blue jeans.
    她穿著蓝色紧身牛仔裤.