1. Ann, his mom, is due back from her hair appointment any minute.
    安，他的妈妈，随时可能从美发厅回来。

2. "If you have to use the survival equipment and it doesn't work, bring it back; we'll replace it."
    "如果你非用逃生设备不可，而它又不灵，那就把它带回来好了，我们负责换一个。"

3. "You call a taxi, and when the driver pulls over, you don't get in," an experienced traveler says.
    "你叫来一辆出租车，车来了后别急着上车，" 一位有经验的游客说，

4. "I'm just going back to the old country for a few years," he said.
    我打算回老家几年，"他说。

5. A curtain at the back of the stage opened. Six young girls appeared,
    舞台后部的帷幕打开了，走出六位年轻女孩子。

6. After taking a cab back to the inn, with my Chinese guest still with the others, the blind man patted my shoulder, then pulled me toward him and embraced me tightly.
    乘出租车回酒店后，我的中国客人仍然与别人在一起。盲人拍拍我的肩膀，把我拉向他，紧紧地拥抱着我。

7. And it isn't that easy to call or fax from the office: the waiting list for phone lines has from one to two million names on it.
    而且在泰国，从办公室往外打电话或发传真并不那么容易：待装电话的名单上有一、二百万个名字。

8. After all, here we are. It may not be where we expected to be, but for the time being we might as well call it home.
    毕竟，事已至此，这或许不是我们所期望的局面，但眼下我们不妨称之为家吧。

9. At present, it is believed that genes account for at least half of what researchers call "g" — the general thinking ability that IQ tests are supposed to measure — while environmental influences account for the other half.
    人们目前认为，对于研究人员称为"g"的能力 -- 即智力测验所要衡量的综合思维能力 -- 基因至少起了一半的作用，而环境影响则起到了另一半作用。

10. A full 80 percent comes from other factors, including what I call emotional intelligence.
    而其他因素占了整整80%，包括我所说的情感智能。