1. The idea that modern art can only be seen in museums is mistaken.
    那种认为现代艺术只能在博物馆里才能看到的观点是错误的。

2. The fantastic modern buildings have been designed by Kurt Gunter.
    这些巨大的现代化建筑是由库尔特.冈特设计的。

3. To the west you can see the Libyan Desert, and to the east you can see the green Nile Valley and the modern city of Cairo.
    向西，你可以看到利比亚沙漠，向东，可以看到绿色的尼罗河流域和开罗这座现代化城市。

4. The first development in modern transportation was the steamship.
    现代交通工具的首次飞跃是轮船。

5. This boy came to be called the founder of modern scientific surgery.
    这个男孩后来被称为现代外科医学的奠基者。

6. The "bad air" over the marshes was believed to be its cause, and this belief gives the disease its modern name, for the Italian words for "bad" and "air" are mala and aria.
    沼泽地带上面的“坏空气”被认为是导致疟疾发生的原因，这种观点赋予了这种疾病现在这个名字，因为“坏”和“空气”的意大利语分别是mala和aria。

7. The modern nuclear family was rooted in the desire to live happily in a more equal marriage,
    现代核心家庭原本基于对更为平等的婚姻关系中幸福生活的渴望。

8. The model is Karl Friedrich Gauss, supposedly born into a family of manual workers, who grew up to become the father of modern mathematics.
    卡尔·弗里德里克·高斯就是一个典型，据说他出身在一个体力劳动者家庭，后来却成了现代数学之父。

9. Now the Danube confronts a modern adversary---pollution.
    如今多瑙河面临着一个现代敌人---污染。

10. Nowadays he can also be taught to speak because we have modern methods and equipment, but we did not have these when Helen Keller was born.
    今天，我们可以通过现代化的方法与仪器设备帮助他学会讲话。但海伦·凯勒出生时这些条件都不具备。