1. A lot of cars entered for this race last year and there was a great deal of excitement just before it began.
    去年有很多汽车参加了这项比赛。比赛开始之前，人们异常激动。

2. As the man tried to swing the speedboat round, the steering wheel came away in his hands.
    当那人试图让快艇转弯时，方向盘脱手了。

3. A Festival for the Dead is held once a year in Japan.
    日本每年过一次"亡灵节"。

4. A year ago, although I was interested in the language, I wasn´t clear about its usefulness.
    一年前，我对英语产生了兴趣，但并不明白它的价值。

5. A year´s study has taught me that we cannot learn English well without watching out for idiomatic ways of saying things.
    通过一年的学习，我认识到，要想学好英语就得注意习惯表达法。

6. As the earth travels round, first one pole and then the other is tilted towards the sun.
    地球公转时，两极交替着斜向太阳。

7. And what month of the year?
    现在是几月？

8. And days do not fit evenly into years, since the actual journey of the earth round the sun takes 365 days, 5 hours, 49 minutes and 46 seconds.
    而且天数也无法平均地分配到年中，因为地球绕太阳转一圈的实际航程需要花费365天5小时49分46秒。

9. And months do not fit evenly into years either, since the moon travels round the earth between 12 and 13 times in a year.
    月份也无法平均分配到年中，因为月亮一年中要围绕地球转12次到13次。

10. Again, even if it can be divided by 100, it remains a leap year if it can be divided by 400.
    但即使它能被100除，如果还能被400除尽那么仍然是闰年。