1. It is hard for us to realize nowadays how difficult it was for the pioneers.
    我们今天很难想像昔日的登山先驱们是多么艰苦。

2. It is no use offering the manual labourer, tired out with a hard week´s sweat and effort, the chance of playing a game of football or baseball on Saturday afternoon.
    对于流汗出力干了一周苦活的体力劳动者来说，让他们在星期六下午再踢足球或打垒球是不合适的；

3. It seemed certain that she would be the first ship home, but during the race she had a lot of bad luck.
    看来，它首先返抵英国是确信无疑的了，但它却在比赛中连遭厄运。

4. Which a predecessor of ours at the farm built in the meadow hard by the deepest pool for swimming and diving.
    那船坞是农场一位前辈在一块草地上盖的，草地紧挨着一个专供游泳、跳水的深水池。

5. It is hard for energetic, quick-minded people to waste time,
    精力充沛、头脑敏捷的人极不愿意浪费时间，

6. It is said that if anyone touches the tree, he will have bad luck; if he picks a leaf, he will die.
    据说，谁要是触摸了这棵树，谁就会交上恶运；如果谁摘了一片树叶，谁就会死去。

7. I suddenly pressed the brake pedal hard and we were both thrown forward.
    我突然用力踩紧刹车踏板，结果我俩的身体都向前冲去。

8. I like gardens too, but I do not like hard work.
    我也喜欢花园，但我却不愿意辛勤劳动。

9. If there had not been a hard layer of rock beneath the soil, they would have completed the job in a few hours.
    如果不是因为土壤下面有一层坚硬的岩石，他们的营救工作仅用几个小时就可以完成了。

10. If they knew how difficult it was to drill through the hard rock, they would lose heart.
    如果他们知道了钻透那坚硬的岩石有多么困难，他们会丧失信心的。