1. Gradually the river grows wider, the banks recede, the waters flow more quietly, and in the end, without any visible break, they become merged in the sea, and painlessly lose their individual being.
    然后河面渐渐地变宽，两岸后撤，河水流得平缓起来，最后连绵不断地汇入大海，毫无痛苦地失去了自我的存在。

2. Cut the crusts off when you make sandwiches.
    做三明治时要把焦皮切掉.

3. Can you make the teapot, John?
    你会做茶壶吗, 约翰?

4. Can you make the tea, Sam?
    你会沏茶吗，萨姆？

5. Columbus made no answer; but after a while he took an egg from a dish and said to the guests, "Who among you, gentlemen, can make this egg stand on end?"
    哥伦布没有答话。过了一会儿，他从盘子里拿出个鸡蛋对宾客们说：“诸位，你们谁能把这只鸡蛋竖起来？”

6. Caesar then decreed that the year should consist of 365 days, but every fourth year an extra day should be inserted at the end of February to make up for the quarter days that were lost.
    恺撒然后颁布命令，规定一年由365天组成，但每隔四年必须在2月底加一天，以补偿每年失去的1/4天。

7. Children do not learn sounds correctly at once, but make countless mistakes.
    儿童不是立即就能学会正确发音的，而是会犯无数的错误。

8. B.You try to discuss irritating matters with a third person so that you can make your feelings known without an argument.
    b.你设法另找一人讨论让人恼怒的事情，这样无须（和配偶）争吵就可以让别人了解你的心情。

9. Cells die and the cell nucleus begins to break apart after death.
    而人死之后，细胞死亡，细胞核就开始分裂。

10. Equipped in a manner which would make a modern climber shudder at the thought,
    而他们装备之简陋足以使现代登山者一想起来就胆战心惊。