1. I retreat into sleep; I sleep through the day and the night, and my parents can't shake me out of it.
    我又蒙头睡觉,从早睡到晚，连父母都无法把我从睡梦中摇醒。

2. In general, the "21st Century Technology Resources and Commercial Leadership Act", which Sen. John McCain brought to the Senate in late 1999, is designed to keep the U.S. high-tech industry on top by filling the need for skilled technology
    总的说来，参议员约翰·麦凯恩在1999年下半年递交给参议院的"21世纪技术人才资源及商业领导人才法案"是为了填补美国对熟练技术人员的需求, 以保持美国在高科技工业中的领先地位而制订的。

3. I remember driving one night with my friend in her parents' automobile. We stopped at a red light at Carlton and Tulane where a black man was crossing the street in front of us.
    现在我走进了我家附近的一家加油站。一个黑人已经在排队等侯。他突然跳起来并转过身，在看见我以后才放松下来，对我说我吓着他了，因为这一带常出事。

4. In the late 1940s, engineer Percy L. Spencer of the Raytheon Company was experimenting with high-frequency (高频率) radio waves.
    20世纪40年代后期，雷神公司的工程师珀西·L·斯潘塞正在从事高频无线电波实验。

5. In three years of day and night effort, Bell figured out how to send sound over a changing electric current.
    经过三年夜以继日的努力，贝尔弄清了如何通过波动的电流传送声音。

6. I had given a talk on family change one night.
    有天晚上，我就家庭的变革发表了一番谈话。

7. It was late afternoon when the chairman of our Bangkok- based company gave me an assignment:
    已经是下午很晚了，我们驻曼谷公司的主席分配给我一个任务：

8. In my late fifties, and then my sixties, I heard, "I can't believe you're that old.
    先是在我五十八九岁时，后来在六十多岁时，人家对我说"真不相信你有那个年纪了。

9. Forgive me for coming so late.
    原谅我来得这么晚。

10. From time to time , during the night , there was a moan from the sick man.
    晚上，病人不时地长出呻吟声。