1. It was not the sort of bright yellow sun making everything lift up at the edges, almost in fear, that I was used to, but a pale yellow sun, as if the sun had grown weak from trying too hard to shine; but still it was sunny.
    这不是那种我所习惯的、使每一样东西的边缘几乎是颤巍巍地向上翘的那种金黄色的太阳，而是那种淡黄的、好象是一个因过分卖力地想发出灿烂的光芒而变得软弱无力的太阳，但它毕竟也是灿烂的。

2. I can make this decision because I've gone down this road with patients many times.
    我之所以能做出这样的决定，是因为我多次碰到过这样的病人。

3. In 95 percent of the cases a sympathetic, reasonable decision can be made after appropriate discussion.
    有95%的病例，在恰当磋商之后，都能做出人道而合理的决定。

4. In 5 percent of cases where such a judgment cannot immediately be reached, the proper decision will become apparent after a few days or weeks of basic treatment, observing the patient's progress.
    另外的5%不能立即达成这样的决议。遇上这种病例，做上几天或数周的基本治疗，观察病人的进展之后，正确的决定就一目了然了。

5. It's impossible to jump off welfare and suddenly be making two thousand dollars a month.
    要脱离福利救济，一下子做到每月能挣2, 000美元是不可能的。

6. If the evolutionary pressures of the marketplace are making EQ, not IQ, the hot ticket for business success, it seems likely that individuals will want to know how to cultivate it.
    如果说市场的进化发展所造成的压力使得情商，而不是智商，成为企业走向成功的通行证，那么，人们似乎很可能希望懂得如何培养情商。

7. Finally, in 1850, when she was 30, her parents accepted her decision.
    1850年她三十岁的时候，她父母终于接受了她的抉择。

8. Forty-two had died on the crossing, which was about average for slavers making the trans-Atlantic trip in those days.
    越过大西洋，死了42人。这个数字不高也不低，那时渡洋运奴的船，走一趟差不多都要死这么多人。

9. For the majority, the decision to study abroad is taken only after a period of at least six months of careful planning.
    对大多数学生来说，至少要经过6个月的精心筹划才能作出到国外学习的决定。