2. Lasers shooting light through glass fiber can transmit 250,000 times as much data as a standard telephone wire, or tens of thousands of paragraphs such as this one every second. 射过玻璃纤维的激光可以传送高达标准电话线25万倍的数据,或者说,每秒可传送几万段像这样的文字。
3. Insuring public or private property is a standard practice in most countries in the world. 承办公共财产或私人财产保险是世界上大部分国家的正常业务。
4. In my family, success is weighed by a single standard: the ability to be first. 在我家里,成功与否只由一种标准来衡量,这就是争取第一的能力。
5. In the state of Kentucky (肯塔基州), students who drop out of school, have nine or more absences without being excused, or whose grades are below a given standard, lose their driving privileges "unless they can prove family hardship". 在肯塔基州,退学的学生,无故旷课达9次以上的学生,或分数达不到某一标准的学生,都会失去驾驶执照,"除非他们能证明其家庭有困难"。