1. As a great many people will be visiting the country, the government will be building new hotels, an immense stadium, and a new Olympic-standard swimming pool.
    由于将有大批的人到我们国家来，所以政府准备建造一些新的饭店、一个大型体育场和一个新的奥运会标准游泳池。

2. A lot of cars entered for this race last year and there was a great deal of excitement just before it began.
    去年有很多汽车参加了这项比赛。比赛开始之前，人们异常激动。

3. After a great many loud explosions, the race began.
    在好一阵喧闹的爆炸声之后，比赛开始了。

4. A short time before, great trees had covered the countryside for miles around.
    就在不久之前，参天大树还覆盖着方圆数英里的土地。

5. Although Campbell reached a speed of over 304 miles per hour, he had great difficulty in controlling the car because a tyre burst during the first run.
    尽管坎贝尔达到了每小时超过304英里的速度，但他很难把汽车控制住，因为在开始的行程中爆了一只轮胎。

6. A great many goods were sent to the exhibition from various parts of the world.
    大量的商品从世界各地运送到了博览会，

7. A great many former pupils will be attending a farewell dinner in his honour next Thursday.
    很多老同学都准备参加下星期四为他举行的告别宴会。

8. A great deal will arrange itself in the brain without the learning of too many special rules or the aid of elaborate explanations.
    许多东西被吸收到脑子里面以后，自然会整理得有条不紊，倒不一定依靠学会许多特殊的规则，或是借助于十分周详的解释。

9. A standard criticism of sociological research is that it goes to great lengths to prove what most people with common sense already know.
    社会学研究的标准评论往往会不遗余力地去证明那些大多数有常识的人已经知道了的东西。

10. And so I went to China and met my great-grandmother.
    这样我就去了中国，并见到了我的外曾祖母。