1. In the place I had just come from, I always lived in a house, and my house did not have a refrigerator in it.
    在我原先住的地方，我总是住在一幢房子里，但是我那幢房子里没有冰箱。

2. It creates many short circuits, and that causes crazy heart rhythms.
    它会造成许多短路，而且这种短路会引起心律不齐。

3. In a time of increasing specialization, a time when 90 percent of all the scientists who have ever lived are currently alive, more than ever, we need to know what is truly important in life.
    在一个日益专业化的时代，在一个本时代所有科学家的90%现在都还健在的时代里，我们比过去任何时候更需了解什么是生活中真正重要的东西。

4. In short, they want to do all the things that men have always done.
    总之，她们喜欢做所有一直由男人们在做的事情。

5. I have lived this long because I wanted to see my son before I died."
    我之所以能活到这么大年纪，是因为我想在我死之前再见我的儿子一面。"

6. I had been spared, but by what? Mercy? A short attention span? Hunger?
    他们没有杀我，但他们为什么这么做呢？是仁慈？是因为时间太紧而顾不上来？还是因为饥饿？

7. It is a sign, in short, of emotional intelligence. And it doesn't show up on an IQ test.
    简言之，这是情感智能的体现，而这是在智力测试里表现不出来的。

8. Four short words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals above the crowd: a little bit more.
    成功的秘诀就是四个简单的字：多一点点。

9. Finally, they divided the room in two and gave up on oral communication, communicating primarily through short notes.
    最后她们将房间一分为二，彼此不再讲话，主要通过写便条进行交流。

10. For a short time, both men looked out over the river towards the great bridge.
    有一小会儿，两人都望着河上的大桥。