1. If an earthquake happens in a large city, many of the telephone lines within the city are likely to be down.
    地震若发生在大城市，市里的许多电话线路很可能中断，

2. If you compare it to a mountain, however, the large tree seems small.
    可是将树和山相比，大树就显得小了。

3. In other words, things in nature are large or small, new or old, only in accordance with the measures and the comparisons involved.
    换言之，自然界的事物是大是小，是新是旧，仅仅是根据其所涉及的标准和参照而言的。

4. In this category, we may also include large payments made to ruling families or their close advisers in order to secure arms sales or major petroleum or construction contracts.
    这一大类也包括为得到武器销售或重大的石油、建筑等项目合同而向权势家族及其身边顾问所付出的大笔款项。

5. It offers video-imitated golf courses, a racetrack where customers can drive scale racecars, a movie theater where the seats roll and shake in accord with happenings on the screen.
    那儿有录像模仿的高尔夫球场，有赛车道供游客驾驶按比例缩小的赛车，还有一个电影院，里面的座椅可随着银幕上的场景而颠簸晃动。

6. For example, one U.S. corporation offered a large sum of money in support of a U.S. presidential candidate at a time when the company was under investigation for possible violations of U. S. business laws.
    比如，有一家美国企业曾因可能触犯美国商业法规而正受调查，此时它捐出一大笔款项支持一位总统候选人。