1. She´s absolutely determined to succeed (in life).
    她决心要实现自己的（人生）目的.

2. She felt she was doing something important for the people, for the new life.
    她感觉自己是在为人民、为新的生活做一些很重要的事。

3. She suffered endlessly, feeling herself born for all the refinements and luxuries of life.
    她的苦难是无尽头的，总感到自己生来就应该享受人间的富贵荣华。

4. Smoking is a form of self-battering that also batters those who must sit by, occasionally joke or complain, and helplessly watch.
    抽烟是一种自我毁灭，而且也毁灭着那些不得不坐在你身边的人。那些人偶尔也会取笑或抱怨抽烟，可常常只能无可奈何地坐在一边看。

5. Social scientists say that what you're called can affect your life.
    社会科学家认为你叫什么名字会影响你的生活。

6. So says Dr. Robert S. Eliot, author of a new book titled From Stress to Strength: How to Lighten Your Load and Save Your Life. He's a clinical professor of medicine at the University of Nebraska.
    内布拉斯加大学的临床医学教授、新书《从压力到力量：怎样减轻你的负担并拯救你的生命》的作者罗伯特·S·埃利奥特博士就是这样说的。

7. Seek challenges. Try inviting friends and business associates from different areas of your life to a party.
    寻找挑战。试一试邀请你生活中不同领域的朋友和商业伙伴来参加晚会。

8. Space travelers will walk on the planets. These factors of life were science fiction images a few decades ago.
    宇航员将在行星上漫步。这些原本只是几十年前科幻小说中的人类形象。

9. So be yourself. Don’t engage in a personal cover-up of areas that are unpleasing in your life.
    因此，要表现出真正的自我。别去设法掩盖生活中那些不尽人意的方面。

10. She adds, "As the world gets more complicated, it's nice to have old-fashioned stuff around to help people cope with the demands of modern life.
    她补充说："世界变得越来越复杂，身边有点传统的东西能帮人们应付现代生活的挑战，这不失为一件好事。