1. Here is how Billion City might work: 我们来看看未来的十亿人口城市可能是什么样子:
2. He started training as a cabinet-maker because he was good with his hands; but when he was 20 he went up to London to work under his brother, William, a skilled medical teacher. 由于手巧,他开始学做桌椅。但20岁那年,他到伦敦,在富有经验的医学教师——哥哥威廉的手下做事。
3. He hasn´t sent a bill yet, but you can work it out: we have two pennyworth every day." 他还没有把帐单给我们,可是你也能算出来,因为我们每天喝二便士的奶。”
4. He also asked him to work out a better rule for leap years to prevent the piling up of error in future. 他还叫他为闰年制定出一个更好的规则,以防止将来误差的累积。
5. He took up his brush and went calmly to work. 他拿起刷子,又平静地投入了工作。
6. Having drunk a cup of black coffee and read through his newspapers, he would go to his study and work there till two or three next morning — breaking off only for meals, and when the weather allowed, for a walk on Hampstead Heath. 喝完一杯浓咖啡,再浏览一下报纸,然后他会到他的书房,在那儿一直工作到第二天早上两三点钟——只在吃饭时或是天气允许的情况下到汉普特斯希斯去散步时才会中断工作。
7. He disliked their affluent way of life, with plenty of food and drink and all the work done for them by the Indians. 他不喜欢他们富足的生活方式,他们有充足的食物和饮料,所有的活都由印第安人给他们完成。
8. He thinks children must spend time with peers to learn the rules of work in a democratic(民主的) society and to learn how to deal with relations with more people than just their parents. 他认为孩子们必须有时间和同龄人相处,以了解民主社会的工作规则,学会如何与更多人打交道,而不仅仅是与父母相处。
9. He went to work sick, and despite nasty weather. He almost never missed a day, and would make it to the office even if others could not. A matter of pride. 他生病或气候恶劣时也坚持上班,几乎从不缺勤。他总是准点到办公室,尽管别人做不到。这是可以引以为荣的事。
10. Here we see the conscious mind, in a person of highest ability, actually watching the unconscious at work. 我们看到,在这位天才人物身上,意识活动事实上一直注视着潜意识所起的作用。