1. These children did work long hours, but their alertness and happiness during study time was far below that of children in more balanced family environments.
    这些孩子确实能长时间努力，但他们在学习过程中的敏捷程度和快乐感大大低于生活在能兼顾激励和支持的家庭环境中的孩子。

2. The case is an illustration of some of the delicate cultural issues the company faces as it gets ready to open its theme park 20 miles (32 kilometers) east of Paris in five months' time.
    迪斯尼公司正准备五个月后在巴黎以东20英里（32公里）的地方修建一个主题公园，而这一案子正说明了公司面临的一些文化方面的棘手问题。

3. The basic significance of the emotional intelligence that Time called "EQ" was suggested by management expert Karen Boylston:
    《时代周刊》称之为"情商"的情感智能的根本意义，在企业管理专家凯伦·波尔斯顿的话中可见一斑：

4. The next time someone interprets something differently from you — say, a controversial political event — pause to reflect on the role of life experience and consider it a gift of perception.
    下次如果有人对某件事与你有不同的看法，比如某个有争议的政治事件，停下来想想这其实是生活阅历使然，应把它看作一种感知能力的馈赠。

5. Or a steady diet of pesticides every time you think you´re eating fresh salads and vegetables, or just having an innocent glass of water!
    或是当你认为在享用新鲜色拉和新鲜蔬菜或饮用一杯无害的水的时候，实际上每次都不断吃进杀虫剂。

6. Over time, people starve themselves of both food and air, effectively weakening and hooking their children, eventually killing themselves.
    久而久之，人们不但缺少食物，而且还缺少空气，这样不但大大地削弱了孩子们的体质，还使他们染上了烟瘾，最终还会致他们于死地。

7. Queen Elizabeth and French President Francois Mitterrand will ride a train downward into the $15 billion Channel Tunnel today, crossing the English Channel by land for the first time since it was a marsh 8,000 years ago.
    今天，伊丽莎白女王和法国总统弗朗索瓦·密特朗将乘火车进入造价达150亿美元的海峡隧道，首次由陆地穿越8,000年前曾是一片沼泽地的英吉利海峡。

8. Nonetheless, I´ve got clients in America who are expecting to have their umbrellas shipped in time.
    可是，我在美国有客户正等着他们的伞准时运到.

9. Regard any investigation of this question as a waste of time;
    他们认为对这个问题进行调查中浪费时间，

10. Not realizing who she was, the assistant was eager to serve her this time.
    那个售货员没有认出她是谁，这一回接待她的态度非常殷勤。