1. To die was to sleep. Then why was he not ready to die?
    死了就是睡着了。那为什么他不愿死呢？

2. 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。

3. This same company, it was revealed, was ready to finance secret U.S. efforts to throw out the government of Chile.
    后来发现，正是这家公司打算资助美国推翻智利政府的秘密行动。

4. The case is an illustration of some of the delicate cultural issues the company faces as it gets ready to open its theme park 20 miles (32 kilometers) east of Paris in five months' time.
    迪斯尼公司正准备五个月后在巴黎以东20英里（32公里）的地方修建一个主题公园，而这一案子正说明了公司面临的一些文化方面的棘手问题。

5. Now, would you please hurry up and turn it off? Get ready for school or you'll be late!"
    好了，请快点，把它关了。准备上学，不然就迟到了。"

6. Now we all die, sooner or later; maybe by 2084, we won't die until we are good and ready. And that would be a new freedom indeed.
    现在，我们都会死，只是早晚的事；也许到了2084年，只有当我们准备好了，我们才死。这着实将是一种新的自由。

7. He gave me an assurance that it would be ready by Friday.
    他向我保证星期五一定准备好.

8. He was tired and sad, and ready to give up all hope.
    他疲倦而忧郁，简直不抱什么希望了。

9. Her dress was ready, however.
    然而，她的礼服已经准备好了。

10. He fell. The wolf came close to him, but the man was ready. He got on top of the wolf and held its mouth closed and bit it with his last strength.
    他倒下了。狼缓缓靠近他，但他却准备好了。他跳到狼身上，紧紧卡住狼的嘴，然后用仅剩下的一点力气咬住它。