1. Often, we project name-based stereotypes on people, as one woman friend discovered while taking charge of a nursery-school's group of four-year olds.
    正如我的一位女性朋友在照看一批托儿所里的四岁儿童时所发现的那样, 我们常常把由名字引起的固定想法加到他人身上。

2. One of the best answers he's ever received came from an 86-year-old man who learned the ancient Chinese exercise form of tai chi as part of Wolf's study of how exercise can help seniors prevent falls.
    他得到的最佳答案之一来自一位86岁的老人。沃尔夫研究的是运动如何帮助老年人防止摔跤，而作为该研究的一部分，这位老人修习一种古老的中国健身法——太极。

3. One of the most prestigious jukus for 2 and 3-year-olds sends most of its pre-kindergarten graduates to prestigious elementary schools.
    一所最著名的、招收2至3岁孩子的课外学校将其大部分学龄前幼儿毕业生送进了著名的小学。

4. Leap year recurs every four years, and in that year February has 29 days .
    每四年闰年一次，而那一年中，二月有29天。

5. Last year in another play, she had to wear short socks and a bright, orange-coloured dress.
    去年，在另一出戏里，她穿着短袜和显眼的桔黄色的长裙。

6. Last year a journalist had been instructed by a well-known magazine to write an article on the president´s palace in a new African republic.
    去年，一位记者受一家有名的杂志的委托写一篇关于非洲某个新成立共和国总统府的文章。

7. Last year in another play, she had to wear short socks and a bright, orange-coloured dress.
    去年在演另一个剧时，她不得不穿短袜和一件鲜艳的橘红色的衣服。

8. Last year, however, it came into use.
    然而去年机场开始使用了。

9. Last year, we were travelling across the Channel and Jane put a piece of paper with her name and address on it into a bottle.
    去年，当我们横渡英吉利海峡时，简把写有她姓名和住址的一张纸条装进了一只瓶子，

10. Last week, my four-year-old daughter, Sally, was invited to a children´s party.
    上周，我4岁的女儿萨莉被邀请去参加一个儿童聚会。