1. Now governments and businesses realise bad air and water pollution affect everyone, making it difficult for cities to survive and for businesses to make a profit.
    如今，政府和企业都认识到，受到污染的空气和水会危害每一个人，会使城市难以生存，公司无利可图。

2. Natural gas, an outstanding energy fuel, can be used to heat homes, make electricity, and power cars.
    天然气这种优良的能量燃料可以用于家庭取暖、发电和驱动汽车。

3. Neither families nor doctors like to make life-death decisions.
    不论是家属还是医生，他们都不愿做出生死攸关的决定。

4. His fortune´s beginning to ebb.
    他的财产开始减少。

5. He inherited a sizable fortune.
    他继承了相当一大笔财产。

6. He did not want to make a statement without trying to prove it.
    他不愿意不加证明就发表看法.

7. ----if you put all of your money into Periwigs International, you´re setting yourself up as a hostage to fortune.
    如果你把所有资金投入佩里威格斯国际公司，你就把自己当成了命运的人质。

8. His few material possessions make it possible for him to move from place to place with ease.
    他几乎没有什么财产，这使他能够轻松自如地在各地奔波。

9. Harry used to consider it a great joke to go into expensive cosmetic shops and make outrageous requests for goods that do not exist.
    哈里曾认为走进一家名贵化妆品商店，荒唐地提出要买一种根本不存在的商品是件开心的事儿。

10. He could make out three men in a basket under it and one of them was holding a pair of binoculars.
    他看清了气球下面有3个人呆在一只筐里，其中一个举着望远镜。