1. The wall will act as defence against flooding.
    墙能起防洪的作用。

2. The taxcollectors can make mistakes or act over-zealously.
    税收人员可能犯错误或者把事情做过头。

3. This kind of act is in violation of the stipulations.
    这种行为是违反条款的。

4. The curtain went up on the final act of the play and revealed the aristocrat sitting alone behind bars in his dark cell.
    大幕拉开，最后一幕戏开演，贵族独自一人坐在铁窗后阴暗的牢房里。

5. The Swedes were the first to recognize that public officials like civil servants, police officers, health inspectors or tax-collectors can make mistakes or act over-zealously in the belief that they are serving the public.
    是瑞典人首先认识到政府工作人员如文职人员、警官、卫生稽查员、税务人员等等也会犯错误或者自以为在为公众服务而把事情做过了头。

6. This was established by Act of Parliament in 1752, but many people thought that they were losing 11 days out of their lives.
    这已经在1752年的国会法令中通过，但是很多人认为他们的生命中失去了11天。

7. This occurs when you start to act as if you are younger than you actually are; you act like a child.
    当你的行为举止开始显得比你实际年龄要小的时侯，你是在用这第二种办法。这时, 你的行为举止像一个小孩。

8. To capture it, you must be ready. Creative people are always ready to act — possibly the only difference between us and them.
    所以，要抓到它就必须有所准备。有创造力的人总是随时准备采取行动——这也许是我们与爱迪生等人之间的惟一差别。

9. There needs to be a lawyer who can act as a champion for the rights of welfare clients, because the system so easily lends itself to abuse by the welfare givers as well as by the clients.
    真需要有一位律师来捍卫福利救济对象的权利，因为这一福利体制不仅容易使救济对象滥用权力，也很容易使福利提供者滥用权力。

10. Home computers will enable you to answer interactive questions about your health and show the alternative results should you act in a certain way.
    家用电脑可以让你通过交互方式回答有关你的健康状况的问题，还会告诉你你的不同行为方式会带来哪些不同的结果。