1. Much of the advertising of this year's return to heels as high as 6 inches focuses on the shoes and the short skirts that go with them as a statement by women of their sexiness and female charm.
    许多为今年重新流行高达6英寸的高跟鞋所作的广告把重点放在显示女人的性感和女性魅力的鞋子、以及与之相配的短裙上面。

2. My great-grandmother passed away last year at the age of 100.
    去年我外曾祖母在她100岁时去世了。

3. Ms. Barson's own children, Luis, age 12, and 7-year-old Lilly, have never attended school.
    巴森女士的孩子，12岁的路易斯和7岁的利利从未上过学。

4. Mr. Abdy, a 27-year-old businessman, acquired the bulk of the properties for about half a million pounds, obtaining bank loans and striking deals with various people to pay only a part of what they are owed by Mr. Williams.
    27岁的商人阿布迪先生，通过获取银行贷款和与各种人做交易，只支付威廉斯先生所欠他们的一部分，最后以大约50万英镑的价格，买下了绝大部分房产。

5. More than a million roses will be sold during this festival for lovers, the biggest day of the year for the nation's rose industry.
    今年的情人节——全国玫瑰行业一年中销量最大的一天，将售出100多万支玫瑰。

6. Mr. Torres makes $20,000 a year.
    多里斯先生每年可挣20, 000美元。

7. January is the first month of a year.
    一月是一年中的第一个月。

8. Johnson won't release exact numbers, but he says the company sells "several million roses" a year.
    虽然约翰逊不愿透露具体数目，但他说公司每年售出"几百万支玫瑰"。

9. “In Africa, an eighteen-year-old woman might need a job because she had a baby before marriage and has only a casual relationship with the father, or she might have a husband who goes on to another marriage and supports the children of that union.”
    "在非洲，18岁的女子就可能需要一份工作，因为她还未结婚就生了孩子，而她与孩子的父亲只有一种若即若离的关系，或者她的丈夫可能另外结婚，需要负担婚内生的孩子。"

10. “In Asia,” she added, “the husband may have migrated for better economic opportunities and stopped sending money after a year or two.
    "在亚洲，"她接着说，"丈夫可能会为寻找更好的赚钱机会迁移他处，一两年后就不再给家里寄钱了。