1. In his recent book Earth Politics, Ernst Ulrich von Weizsacker wrote that "perhaps 90 percent of the destruction of animal and plant species, soil erosion, forest destruction and creation of deserts is taking place in developing countries."
    在其新作《地球政治学》一书中，厄恩斯特·乌尔里克·冯·魏茨泽克写道："动植物物种灭绝，土壤受侵蚀，森林被毁，沙漠产生，在这些破坏中，也许有90%正发生在发展中国家。"

2. I thought of all the pilots who'd give a month's pay to take my place.
    我想起了所有那些愿意用一个月的薪水来换取我现在的位置的驾驶员。

3. For this reason also the writer, like any other artist, has no resting place, no crowd or movement in which he may take comfort, no judgment from outside which can replace the judgment from within.
    也是由于这个原因，作家同任何艺术家一样，找不到可休息的场所，找不到伙伴和活动使自己得到安逸。任何局外人的判断也比不上他内心的正确判断。

4. Facing it across the square stands another new building, the one that takes pride of place in the hearts of all Beijing — the Great Hall of the People.
    广场西侧与历史博物馆相对，耸立着另一座新建筑物，这就是在北京所有居民的心目中占有最重要位置的人民大会堂。