1. I am sure that, without modern weapons, I would make a very poor show of disputing the ownership of a cave with a bear,
    我断定，如果没有现代化的武器，要我和一只熊去争洞穴，我会出洋相的；

2. In the same way, a Russian might fail to see anything amusing in a joke which would make an Englishman laugh to tears.
    同样的道理，一则可以令英国人笑出泪来的笑话，俄国人听了可能觉得没有什么可笑之处。

3. In his twenties Frank used to make spare parts for aeroplanes.
    20多岁的时候，弗兰克曾生产飞机零配件。

4. I tried to make conversation.
    我试图找个话题和她聊聊。

5. I don´t want to make another film for a long time.
    我早就不想再拍片子了。

6. I can´t make up my mind.
    我还拿不定主意。

7. It is not just blind men who make such silly mistakes.
    犯这种愚蠢错误的，不仅仅是盲人。

8. I have learned to say to ring a bell, but to beat a gong; to attend a meeting but to join in a conversation; to take a walk but to make a trip or to go on a journey.
    我学会了用英语说“打铃”和“打锣”，“参加会议”和“参加谈话”，“散步”和“旅行”时要用不同的动词。

9. I had been stranded on this little island for quite some time when one day I put myself upon thinking whether it was not possible to make myself a boat.
    我已经困在这座小岛上有相当一段时间了。一天，我琢磨着，是不是可以为自己造一条船。

10. I had in mind a canoe, such as the natives of those regions make of the trunk of a great tree.
    我心里所想的是一叶独木小舟，就像当地土著人用大树的树干做的那种小舟一样。