1. Studies of Olympic athletes, world-class musicians and chess masters show that their common trait is the ability to motivate themselves to pursue harsh training routines.
    对奥运选手、世界级的音乐家和国际象棋大师的研究表明，他们的共同特点就是具有促使自己坚持艰苦的日常训练的能力。

2. People in Beijing must be thinking I was enjoying myself here in the richest country in the world.
    北京的亲友们肯定认为我在这个世界上最富裕的国家里过得很开心。

3. Pushing off the diving board with my legs, I lifted my arms and shoulders back, and knew immediately I would be close to the board and might hit my hands. I tried to correct myself as I turned, spreading my hands wide apart.
    我用脚蹬跳板，臂膀向后举起，但马上意识到身体下落时可能会靠近跳板，碰伤手。转动身体时，我努力纠正动作，尽量把胳膊张开。

4. Mattel says the average American girl owns ten Barbie dolls, and two are sold somewhere in the world every second.
    马特尔公司说，一般的美国女孩拥有10个芭比娃娃，全球每秒钟就有两个芭比娃娃售出。

5. Most experts agree that it would be psychologically harmful if a child sensed he had been brought into the world simply as an organ donor.
    多数专家都认为，如果一个孩子感到自己来到这个世界只是作为一个器官捐赠者，那他的心理可能受到伤害。

6. Meanwhile, Hungary also hopes to jump into the modern world.
    与此同时，匈牙利也希望跃入互联网世界。

7. John Hunter was the world´s first modern surgeon.
    约翰·亨特是世界上第一位现代外科医生。

8. “Parents all over the world have an increasing awareness of the importance of learning, and that their children will need to be able to read and write and use numbers,” Ms.Bruce said.
    "全世界的父母都越来越意识到学习的重要性，意识到自己的孩子需要能读会写，会计算，" 布鲁斯女士说，

9. God created the world.
    上帝创造世界.

10. Grandfather is a veteran of the First and Second World Wars.
    祖父是第一、二次世界大战的老兵。