1. As a contrast, we may consider a famous story: the discovery by Henri Poincare, the great French mathematician, of a new mathematical method called the Fuchsian functions.
    与之相对的是另一件众人皆知的事情：那就是法国伟大的数学家亨利·庞加莱发现被称为富克斯函数的数学新方法的故事。

2. "The movements are very slow and careful and involve a great deal of body movement and standing on a single limb.
    它的动作缓慢、细腻，动则牵引全身，立则依附单腿。

3. At the least, it explains the greater job stability in Japan, in contrast to the great job mobility in America.
    至少，它说明了美国的工作流动性大和相比而言日本的工作稳定性极高的原因。

4. "Great," she said. "You can start immediately."
    很好，" 她说，"你可以马上开始工作了。"

5. After my grandfather died, my grandmother lived, more than ever, through her children.
    外公死后，外婆比以往更加依赖她的孩子们。

6. Although scientists still cannot predict earthquakes, they are learning a great deal about how the large plates in the earth's crust move, the stresses between plates, how earthquakes work, and the general probability that a given place will have an
    尽管科学家们仍无法预测地震，但对地壳中的大板块如何移动，板块间的压力如何，地震如何发生，某地区发生地震的一般概率为多少，他们正了解得越来越多。

7. A billion years later, the planet had cooled, and the continents and the great bodies of water had formed.
    10亿年后，这个星球冷却下来，于是形成了大陆和大片大片的水域。

8. About 3.5 billion years ago, another great change occurred.
    大约35亿年前，又发生了一次巨变。

9. "It's because divorce has such great economic consequences, and successive marriages have become so common," said a family law lawyer.
    "这是因为离婚会带来巨大的经济后果，而再婚又如此常见，"一位家庭法律师说。

10. Another situation that calls for premarital agreements occurs when a potential spouse has, or is in line for, great inherited wealth or a family business, especially if the future partner has little or nothing at all.
    另一种要求签立婚前协议的情形是，未来的丈夫或妻子已经或即将继承巨额遗产或家庭产业，尤其是在未来伴侣家资不多或一贫如洗的情况下。