1. She ignored her teachers' advice to become an English teacher and didn't bother with going on to a university because "I was ready to plunge into my life as an artist."
    她没有听从老师的建议做一名英语老师，也不想费心思读大学，因为"我已准备好投身于艺术家的生活。"

2. Similarly, I can give you fluids through a needle in your arm, which will keep you fed as your appetite slips away; the fluids might add a week or two to your life.
    同样，我也可以在你手臂上插上针管，通过它给你输液，这可以让你保持进食，因为你的食欲会渐渐消退；输液可能让你的生命延长一至二周。

3. Sometimes I kiss and hold Laurie so much she starts crying — which is, in effect, what my grandmother was doing to my mother, all her life.
    有时候，我又亲又抱劳里，把她都要弄哭了。实际上，外婆一生都是这样对待妈妈的。

4. She faced ridiculous questions about her personal life.
    她要回答许多关于她个人生活的荒唐问题。

5. Sometimes I think my life is too comfortable. Why should I mother an invention if all my needs are met?
    有时候我觉得生活已经太舒服了，所有的需求都满足了，干吗还要去做一项发明？

6. Slowly other experiences began to accumulate, reminding me of a real change in my life status.
    渐渐地愈来愈多的其他经历都在提示我：我的生命状态已真的出现变化了。

7. Periodic rotation of tyres will result in longer tyre life.
    轮胎定期换位能延长其使用寿命。

8. People have all along been seeking to prolong life.
    人们一直在寻求长寿之道。

9. Protein is the base of life.
    蛋白质是生命的基础。

10. People of different social life have different hobbies.
    不同社会阶层的人有不同的嗜好.