1. This may be illustrated by comparing the position of a nation with that of a private business enterprise.
    把国家的状况同私人企业的状况加以比较，就可以看清这个问题。

2. This attitude results in a nation of people committed to researching, experimenting and exploring.
    这种态度造就了一个决心投身于研究、实验和探索的民族。

3. The British think a sick animal will drag itself through the tunnel and introduce the island nation to new diseases.
    而英国人却认为一只病兽将会拖着病躯穿过海峡，给他们的岛国带来新的疾病。

4. Tokyo Roof is one of hundreds of amusement parks, sports centers, and resorts opening all over Japan as this hard-working nation brings its characteristic efficiency and intensity to the newly serious business of play.
    几百家游乐园、体育中心、度假地在日本各地相继开张，"东京屋顶"就是其中之一。日本这个勤劳的民族近来把游乐作为一件认真的事来做，体现了其典型的高效和激情。

5. That done, we are "biologically wired" with what one of the nation's leading brain researchers calls our own "world view".
    完成了这一变化，正如国内一位重要的大脑研究人员所说，我们"对外界的看法"就"在生理上定型了"。

6. His unbounded courage and compassion made him an excellent leader of the nation.
    他那无穷的勇气和怜悯心，使他成为国家的优秀领导者。

7. A virile bourgeoisie contributes to nation´s prosperity.
    强而有力的中产阶级促进国家的繁荣。

8. A disunited nation therefore has to incur unduly high costs of government.
    因此，一个处于分裂的国家必须要支付过高的行政管理费用。

9. And why bother rebuilding the nation when the only goal is to abandon it?
    还有，既然人们的惟一目标是抛弃这个国家，为何还要费心去重建它呢?

10. Such administrative overhead in a business is analogous to the cost of government in a nation.
    一家企业的行政管理性费用与一个国家政府的开销是类似的。