1. Mostly to make my mother happy, I told myself (certain patterns being hard to break).
    主要是为了让妈妈开心，我对自己说（有些规矩是很难打破的）。

2. “You know, it is very hard for me to remember American names without seeing them spelled out.”
    “你知道，如果我没有看到美国人名字的写法，我就很难记住它们。”

3. “Liu,” I said in haste, “Just call me Liu. My last, no, my first name is too hard to pronounce.”
    “刘，”我赶紧说，”“叫我刘就可以了。我的姓，不，我的名字很难念。”

4. “It's hard to understand how a clever person like him could mislead people like that. It's sad.
    很难理解一个像他这样聪明的人会那样误导别人。真是糟糕。

5. Children belonged to all members of the community, and all the adults worked hard to support themselves and shared everything they had.
    孩子们属于这个社区中的全体成员，所有成人都努力工作以维持生活，并分享他们所拥有的全部东西。

6. Consequently, we work hard at the task of saving time.
    因而我们千方百计地节约时间。

7. Conscience and hard work are valued.
    良知和苦干受到推崇。

8. "I never spend a farthing on myself, but you don´t seem to understand how hard it is."
    “也没在我自己身上花过一分钱。可是你好象不知道当家有多难。”

9. "Yes, I have had days hard enough since I saw you, all because of you."
    “是的，自从我上次见到你以后，我的生活就变得很艰苦，而这一切都是因为你的缘故。”

10. Under pressure from the United States and other trading partners, who complain about the labor force working too much, Japan is working hard at the notion of working less hard.
    美国以及日本其它的贸易伙伴抱怨日本劳工过分辛苦，在他们的压力下，日本正努力推出干活不要那么拼命的观念。