1. Time and tide waits for no man.
    岁月不等人。

2. The modern city consists of monstrous edifices and of dark, narrow streets full of petrol fumes and toxic gases, torn by the noise of the taxicabs, lorries and buses, and thronged ceaselessly by great crowds.
    大得吓人的高楼和阴暗狭窄的街道组成了今日现代化的城市。街道上充斥着汽油味和有毒气体，出租汽车、卡车、公共汽车的噪音刺耳难忍，络绎不绝的人群挤来挤去。

3. This is what the sculptor must do. He must strive continually to think of, and use, form in its full spatial completeness.
    而雕塑家就必须做到这一点。他必须勤于想像并且利用形体在空间中的完整性。

4. There is none of the hurry which, in our society, often hampers the full development of a growing personality.
    那里没有我们今天社会中的匆忙生活，而匆忙的生活常常妨碍个性的全面发展。

5. This decline in vigour with the passing of time is called ageing.
    生命力随着时间的流失而衰退叫做衰老。

6. The captive elephant, still roped to a tree, plunges and screams every time a man approaches,
    捕来拴在树上的大象，每当有人走近它时，就会向前猛冲并发出尖叫，

7. The Holy Office knew this full well when it caused heretics to be burned in days gone by.
    宗教法庭对此是非常清楚的，因此从前它总是把异教徒烧死。

8. To get a full appreciation of what this means we must turn first to some recent human inventions.
    要透彻理解这句话的意义，我们应先回顾一下人类最近的几项发明。

9. The further off this solid obstruction, the longer time will elapse for the return of the echo.
    固体障碍物越远。回声返回所用时间就越长。

10. They hope to finish in time for a trade summit between America and the EU on May 28th.
    他们希望尽早达成协议，为5月28日举行的美国和欧洲贸易的最高通级会议作准备。