1. "For me," says seventeen - year - old Gloria Marcato, "it's more important to learn to speak English and to live through this experience than it is to receive a certificate from the American government."
    "对我来说，" 17岁的格洛里亚·马卡托说: "学会讲英语及体验这种经历比从美国政府那里拿到一张证书更为重要。"

2. A friend of mine (a sales representative for a chemical company) was making twice the salary of college instructors during her first year on the job — even before she completed her two-year associate degree.
    我的一个朋友（一个化工公司的销售代理）在干这份工作的第一年所挣的钱就已是大学教师薪水的两倍了——这甚至还是在她修完2年制的准学士学位课程之前的事。

3. Around 15,000 families now teach their children at home, a rise of 50 per cent from last year, according to the latest figures.
    根据最新统计，目前约有1.5万个家庭让孩子在家就学，比去年增加了50%。

4. "Did you notice how much makeup our fifteen-year-old daughter was wearing this morning?
    "你注意到了吗，今天早晨我们那15岁的女儿都化了什么样的妆？

5. And there are others who say their suspicions were aroused over time, as the 55-year-old Mr. Williams, who appeared on weekends turned out in fine suits, bought up property after property, providing such a large injection of cash into the village tha
    还有一些人说，他们的怀疑是与日俱增的，因为55岁的威廉斯先生总是西装革履地在周末出现，他买下了一笔又一笔的地产，给小村投入大量现金，独自一人使这个小村庄起死回生。

6. About two weeks ago, a regretful Mr. Williams, who had worked for the London police since 1959 and had risen to a ￡65,000 a year position as deputy director of finance, was brought into court and sentenced to seven and a half years in prison.
    威廉斯先生自1959年起效力于伦敦警署，官至财务部副主管，年薪65,000英镑。大约两周前，后悔不已的他在法庭受审，被判监禁7年半。

7. "Then, still balancing on one leg, the 86-year-old gentleman stood back up, bent over again, and put his loafer back on.
    接着，仍用那条腿保持平衡，这位86岁的老先生直起身，再弯腰，又把那只平底便鞋穿上。

8. At Bath, 97% of the graduates attend four-year colleges.
    在巴思市，97%的海德中学毕业生都升入了本科。

9. Assume for a moment that your 90-year-old mother has recently suffered a stroke.
    假设一下你那90岁的母亲最近中了风。

10. Another newspaper reported a major security failure last year.
    另一家报纸报道了去年的一次重大安全事故。