1. You learn to cultivate the callers who increase your average as they take you through long stories of crisis and loneliness.
    你得学会培养电话来访人，因为正是他们向你倾诉他们的危机和孤独时，那冗长的故事才能增加你的平均通话长度。

2. Plus, many health-conscious women increase their risk by rejecting red meat, which contains the most easily absorbed form of iron.
    此外，许多保健意识太强的女性也很危险，因为她们拒绝食用牛肉或羊肉，而这些肉中含有的铁质最易被吸收。

3. B.Your anger level rises every time you see an increase in price from the week before, but you buy anyway.
    b.每次看到价格比上周高了，你就怒气上升，但无论如何你还会去买。

4. Cloning would increase the chances for a tissue match from 25 percent to nearly 100 percent.
    克隆可以将组织适配率从25%提高到将近100%。

5. One of our major purposes is to increase productivity.
    我们的一个主要目的是要提高生产力。

6. Of course, the books and periodicals that are warning society about the removal of jobs, "the end of work", and wage decreases only serve to increase public anxiety — a slow-motion variation of shouting "Fire!" in a crowded theate
    当然, 那些因工作岗位的消失、"工作完蛋了"和工资减少而对社会发出警告的书籍和期刊杂志只不过是起到了增加公众焦虑的作用--只是在挤满了观众的戏院里有人大叫"着火啦"的那种景象的慢镜头的变种而已。

7. In spite of rapid population increase and industrial growth, some groups of people, often in remote areas, have been able to live in harmony with the planet.
    尽管人口在迅速增长，工业发展很快，还是有一些人类群体——常常是居住在偏远地区的人们——能与地球和睦共处。

8. It is difficult to resist the impression that bribery and other questionable payments are on the increase.
    很容易产生这样的印象：贿赂以及其他可疑开支正日渐增多。

9. For rose growers, those who distribute roses, and those who sell, this year's anticipated 7% increase in sales will be sweeter than a 5-pound box of chocolate candy.
    对于玫瑰花种植商、分销商及零售商来说，预计今年的销售量将增加7%，这个数字比一盒5磅重的巧克力糖还要甜蜜。"