1. He has been successful in life and was a rich man.
    他（在事业上）很成功，成了富翁。

2. His life is marked by vicissitude.
    他的一生充满了坎坷。

3. ----spawning a new generation of garage start-ups and giving the U.S. a jump on its foreign rivals in getting new products to market fast.
    --造就新一代从汽车间起家的技术人员，在把产品推向市场方面使美国把它的外国对手们打个措手不及。

4. He has deliberately chosen to lead the life he leads and is fully aware of the consequences.
    他是故意在选择过那种生活的，并完全清楚以这种方式生活的后果。

5. He was a shrewd and wealthy businessman, but most people in the town hardly knew anything about this side of his life.
    他是个精明能干、有钱的商人，但镇上大部分人对他生活中的这一个方面几乎一无所知。

6. He is now retiring from political life and has gone abroad.
    他现在退出了政界，到国外去了。

7. Her best book is The Story of My Life.
    她写得最好的作品是《我的一生》。

8. He was eating an apple, giving a long melodious whoop at intervals, followed by a deep-toned ding-dong-dong, ding-dong-dong, for he was personating a steamboat.
    他在吃苹果，不时发出长长的悦耳的呼叫声，紧接着是音色深厚的叮咚咚、叮咚咚声，他正在扮一艘轮船。

9. He was fond of saying, "A foreign language is a weapon in the struggle of life."
    他常喜欢说：“外国语是人生斗争的一种武器。”

10. He disliked their affluent way of life, with plenty of food and drink and all the work done for them by the Indians.
    他不喜欢他们富足的生活方式，他们有充足的食物和饮料，所有的活都由印第安人给他们完成。