1. Although mankind has undergone no general improvement in intelligence or morality,
    虽然人类有智力和道德上没有得到普遍提高，

2. And so was the old general.
    将军也很过意不去。

3. After hours of experimenting they felt a weakness in the muscles, a pain in the knees and a general sickness that lasted until the following day.
    经过了几个小时的实验，他们感觉到肌肉的虚弱和膝盖上的疼痛，一种遍体的不适一直持续到了第二天。

4. After a few days, the general complaint is about the food.
    几天以后，普遍的抱怨就是食物了。

5. Although scientists still cannot predict earthquakes, they are learning a great deal about how the large plates in the earth's crust move, the stresses between plates, how earthquakes work, and the general probability that a given place will have an
    尽管科学家们仍无法预测地震，但对地壳中的大板块如何移动，板块间的压力如何，地震如何发生，某地区发生地震的一般概率为多少，他们正了解得越来越多。

6. "If we can make someone's day brighter for $35 instead of $65, then they'll have enough money left over for candy and dinner," says the general manager of Roses Only's New York stores.
    "惟一玫瑰"纽约分店的总经理说，"如果我们能用35美元，而不是65美元，就使别人的一天充满光彩，那他们就可以省下足够的钱去买糖果和吃晚餐了。"

7. A general knowledge of a city's taxi-taking customs can also make you more comfortable during your travels.
    大致了解一个城市乘坐出租车的习惯也可以使你的旅程更加愉快。

8. At present, it is believed that genes account for at least half of what researchers call "g" — the general thinking ability that IQ tests are supposed to measure — while environmental influences account for the other half.
    人们目前认为，对于研究人员称为"g"的能力 -- 即智力测验所要衡量的综合思维能力 -- 基因至少起了一半的作用，而环境影响则起到了另一半作用。

9. Some of the bigger firms are engaged in researches which are of such general and fundamental nature that it is a positive advantage to them not to keep them secret.
    某些大公司进行的研究属于一般和基础的研究，因此不保密对他们才有利。

10. So was born the echo-sounding apparatus, now in general use in ships.
    这样就产生了目前各种船舶上普遍应用的回声探测仪。