1. A film star filed a lawsuit against our firm.
    一位电影明星对我们公司提起诉讼。

2. Apparently what happened was that water collected on these tar pits, and the bigger animals like the elephants ventured out on to the apparently firm surface to drink, and were promptly bogged in the tar.
    显然，事情的经过是这样：沥青坑里积存了水，大象那样的大动物冒险到似乎坚固的水面上去饮水，立即掉进了沥青坑。

3. A few weeks with one firm, a few days with another, then out of a job, then on again for a month perhaps, and so on.
    在这家公司干几个星期，在另一家干上几天，然后没有活干，接着也许又能找到工作干上个把月，一个夏天就这样，一会儿有活干，一会儿没活干。

4. A lawyer in a London law firm that often handles divorces for British-American couples noted that in Britain, prenuptial agreements were "just about ignored" by the courts because English law says that circumstances of a marriage aren't sta
    伦敦一家法律公司的一名律师经常为分处英美两国的夫妇处理离婚事宜。他注意到，在英国，法院"几乎忽视"婚前协议，因为英国的法律认为婚姻状况不是静态的，因此应由法官来决定资产怎样分配。

5. She worked as a typist in a law firm.
    她在一家律师事务所当打字员。

6. I sometimes think my secretary runs the firm.
    我有时认为是我的秘书经管著公司.

7. In nearly every situation, a warm and firm handshake is a safe and positive way of showing an open and friendly attitude toward the people you meet.
    几乎在所有的场合中，热情而有力的握手都是一种安全而积极的做法，向你所遇到的人表明你开放、友好的态度。

8. In fact, more than half of all roses are sold in groups of fewer than a dozen, says the Floral Index, a private firm that researches the flower industry.
    据一家名为"花卉指数"的研究花卉业的私人公司指出，事实上，一半以上的玫瑰都不是成打出售的。

9. I learned that he had an MBA (工商管理硕士学位) from an American university and had worked on Wall Street before joining a financial consulting firm.
    我得知他从美国一所大学取得了工商管理硕士学位（MBA）并在华尔街工作过，后来到了一家金融顾问公司。

10. It stands as the most extensive survey to date on how humans vary at the level of their genes. The book's firm conclusion:
    它对人类在基因层面上的差异作了迄今为止最为广泛的调查，得出了明确的结论：