1. I can´t imagine the immensity of space. 我想象不出太空的浩瀚无际。
2. Imagine a pen attached to the weight in such a way that its point rests upon a piece of paper on the floor. Imagine an earthquake shock shaking the floor, the paper, you and your hand. 假定把一支笔拴在重物上,笔尖落在地板上的一张纸上,假定地震发生了,地板、纸、你和你的手都会动,重物和笔都却不运动。
3. Imagine the effect on a reasonably advanced technological society, one that still does not possess the bomb, 对一个沿未拥有核弹、但科技相当发达的社会,
4. Imagine a star up to twenty times larger, brighter and hotter than our own sun. 设想一下,一颗恒星比我们的太阳还要大,还要亮,还要热20倍,
5. Imagine their dismay when they found a beautifully-cooked wallet and notes turned to ash! 可以想像他们发现一只煮得很好看的钱包,钞票已化成灰时的沮丧心情。
6. Imagine their surprise and delight when they broke open the packing cases and found that the fourth engine was sweet as honey----still in perfect condition. 想一想他们所感受到的惊奇和兴奋 -- 当他们拆开包装箱时,他们发现第4台发动机就像蜂蜜一样甜 -- 发动机完好无损。
7. Imagine Japanese soldiers firing at passers-by in the streets of Beijing and Tianjin — and Kuomintang agents breaking into college dormitories at midnight to arrest anyone whose name was on the black list! 想象一下日本士兵在北京和天津的大街上向过路人开火——国民党密探深更半夜闯入大学的学生宿舍逮捕黑名单上的人!
8. I would imagine myself entering and leaving them, and just that — entering and leaving over and over again — would see me through a bad feeling I did not have a name for. 我会想象自己在这些地方进进出出——反反复复地进出这些地方——就是这种想象帮助我克服了我无以名状的坏心情。
9. Imagine a few people sitting in a waiting room: one is tapping his fingers on his briefcase, another keeps rubbing his hands together, another is biting his fingernails, still another grabs the arms of his chair tightly and one keeps running his fing 想象一下几个坐在一间等候室里的人:一个在用手指轻轻敲打公文包,一个在不停地揉搓双手,另一个在咬自己的手指甲,还有一个用手紧抓着椅子的扶手,又一个在不断地用手指梳理着头发。
10. I imagine standing in a gas station on Claiborne and Jackson waiting to pay the cashier when a black man walks up behind me. 于是我转过身,既愤怒又恐惧,还未及细想就开了枪。我也许只是因为五十或一百美元就杀了一个人。