1. 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。

2. 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。

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

4. "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。

5. 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。

6. As the story goes, Great-Grandpa took the trunk, learned how to make pastrami, and began selling big pieces of pastrami over the counter.
    据说，曾祖父收下了皮箱，学会了制作五香烟熏牛肉，并开始在柜台上出售大块的五香烟熏牛肉。

7. About a week after our trip, the chairman told me the Chinese executive had called to express great satisfaction with the trip.
    此行之后的一周，主席告诉我，那位中国经理来电话说他对旅程非常满意。

8. "In every case, when you look into the backgrounds of great people, there is this pattern of very early stimulation by a parent or teacher figure," the professor says.
    "在每一个例子里，仔细研究一下天才的成长背景，都可以发现父母或教师给予早期激励这样一种模式，"这位教授说。

9. You look great tonight, honey!
    亲爱的, 你今晚真漂亮!

10. You are in great peril.
    你的处境极其危险。