1. Another advance, a computer-controlled brain scanning device, has led to a second discovery by those seeking the biological component of mental abilities.
    另一进展，一台计算机控制的脑部扫描仪，使得寻找思维能力的生理因素的研究人员有了第二个发现。

2. Someday the animosity that led to the war will be replaced by amity.
    总有一天导致战争的仇恨会被友好关系所取代。

3. Six times Bruce led his brave little army against the enemy, and six times his men were beaten.
    布鲁斯带领着他那支勇敢但人数不多的军队六次抗击敌人，但六次都被打败了。

4. Predicting the coming of floods men made a calendar, and better calendars were made by observing the sun and the moon and the planets, and this led to the growth of astronomy.
    在预测洪水的过程中，人们编制了历法。通过对太阳、月亮和行星的观察，历法越编越好，天文学便应运而生。

5. My great-aunt led me through a rotting (朽烂的) doorway into a room with a furnace (炉子), table, and a rocking chair where an old woman wearing gloves sat facing the doorway, covered with a worn brown blanket.
    我姨婆领我穿过一条破旧的门道，走进了一个房间，里面有一个火炉、一张桌子和一张摇椅。

6. General Washington led the insurgent forces in the Revolutionary War.
    华盛顿将军在独立战争中领导反叛军。

7. One day two of his leopards escaped from their cage, but Hunter fearlessly went up to them and led them safely back again.
    一天，两只豹子从笼子里逃了出来，亨特毫不畏惧地走近它们，并平安无事地把它们领回。

8. It gets worse. The popularity of tennis shoes has led women's feet literally to get bigger — especially wider — but the sizing of shoes hasn't changed.
    情况正变得越来越糟。可网球鞋的普及确实使女人的脚变大了--特别是变得更宽了--但鞋子的尺寸却没有变。