1. Back in the good old days of stable economic expansion — the 1950s and 1960s — a person could choose to do something new, exciting, and creative in life but could also choose to say, "That's not for me:
    回顾过去经济平稳发展的好时光--20世纪的50年代和60年代--人们可能会选择生活中某种既新鲜刺激，又有创意的事干，但是也可能会说：

2. But why is he a black man? Why is he a Negro male with a worn T-shirt and shining eyes? Why is he not a white man?
    我又想象另一种可能性。当我听见那个声音时，我正带着枪在街上走。那人一定没看见我的枪。

3. But most of all, he sunk his dishonest gains into this village that captured his heart with its fine stone cottages, its central area of green grass, green rows of hedges, and its fantastic view of rolling fields and pine forests disappearing into th
    但是最主要的，是他将不法收入投进了这座山村。精致的石屋农舍，茵茵的村中绿地，一排排青青的树篱，以及绵延起伏的原野与松林，像古代行进的士兵渐渐消失于远方的地平线上——这一派奇异的景色深深地吸引了他。

4. Before being allowed to leave the police for medical reasons, they lost between them 12,000 days on sick leave: the equivalent of 50 police officers off the street for a full year.
    在因健康原因而获准退休前，他们共请病假12,000日，相当于50名警员休假一年。

5. Balanced at the edge of a narrow white platform, I am about to jump head first into a hot new phase of Japan's leisure boom: indoor sky diving, without a parachute.
    我在一块窄窄的白色跳板前端站稳，准备头朝下跳出去。这一跳将跳进日本休闲热中的一个崭新的热门项目：室内蹦极跳，不带降落伞的。

6. When he smiled he exposed a set of perfect white teeth.
    他笑时露出了一口漂亮的白牙.

7. Where alternative sources of power are available there are some marked contrasts in handling.
    凡是能源有选择余地的地方, 在处理方面有些显著的差别.

8. Wood and stone are building materials.
    木材和石头是建筑材料。

9. We could use pulleys to move the huge stone.
    我们可以用滑轮来搬动这块大石头。

10. Why did you throw that stone at me? Did you intend to kill me?
    你为什么把那石头丢向我, 你想杀我吗?