1. The idea never appealed to me very much,
    一开始，他的这一想法没有引起我多大兴趣。

2. That was really unsettling, but I fended off the taunts and jibes of the family good-humouredly and soon everybody got used to the idea.
    这真叫人不好意思，但我心平气和地顶住全家人的嘲笑和奚落。不久，大家对我习以为常了，

3. Then she had an idea. She stamped out the letters ´SOS´ in the snow.
    后来她有了一个主意。她在雪地上踩出了"SOS"这3个字母。

4. That´s a good idea, Charlotte.
    这是个好主意，夏洛特。

5. That is my idea of friendship, and I am sure I am right.
    这就是我对友谊的看法，而且我相信我的看法是正确的。

6. The conversation soon turned to the plan for a general world organization, an idea which Roosevelt had cherished for quite some time.
    话题很快转到建立一个综合性的世界组织的计划上，这是罗斯福心爱的设想，脑子里已经琢磨很久了。

7. The Hopi, a native people of North America, used to have a very different idea about freedom.
    霍皮族-北美的一支土人-以前有着一种与其他民族很不相同的有关婚姻自由的观念。

8. The idea of linking England to the European mainland by tunneling beneath the channel goes back to 1802 when an engineer suggested it to Napoleon.
    用海峡隧道将英国和欧洲大陆连接起来的想法最早可以追溯到1802年，当时是一名工程师向拿破仑提出这一建议的。

9. The general public, however, likes the idea: 67% favored wider issuing of guns.
    但是普通老百姓赞成这一做法，他们中的67%赞成扩大配发枪支的范围。

10. There may be no less original idea than the notion that our hearts have authority over our heads.
    它与感情掌管头脑的说法一样并无创见。