1. “In Africa, an eighteen-year-old woman might need a job because she had a baby before marriage and has only a casual relationship with the father, or she might have a husband who goes on to another marriage and supports the children of that union.”
    "在非洲，18岁的女子就可能需要一份工作，因为她还未结婚就生了孩子，而她与孩子的父亲只有一种若即若离的关系，或者她的丈夫可能另外结婚，需要负担婚内生的孩子。"

2. But they do underline the general principle that the relationship between elephant and mahout is the key to successful training.
    但强调了一项基本原则，象和驯象员之间的关系是驯象成功与否的关健。

3. Our racial and cultural differences enhanced our relationship and taught us a great deal about tolerance, compromise, and being open with each other.
    我们之间的种族及文化差异不但增强了我们的关系，还教会了我们彼此间要宽容、谅解和开诚布公。

4. If marriage exists only as a romantic relationship that can be ended at will, and family exists only by virtue of bonds of affection, both marriage and family come second to the search for love.
    如果婚姻仅是一种可随意终止的浪漫关系，如果家庭仅由感情来维系，那么婚姻和家庭与追求爱情相比就只能退居其次了。

5. In a love relationship there are times when I am bored, times when I may feel like giving up, times of real strain, and times I feel I can't move forward.
    爱人之间也会有时感到厌烦，有时想放弃，有时感到压力，有时感到羁绊。

6. I am convinced that our successful relationship has to do with two words: tolerance and trust.
    我确信我们成功的关系与两个词有关：容忍（tolerance）和信任（trust）。

7. Fingering her beautiful but finely-lined features, she explained that, although she knew that her discovery had more to do with the shock resulting from the sudden end of a six-year relationship than early ageing, she just had to do something about i
    她一边用手指抚摸着漂亮的，但有些细小纹路的面部，一边解释说，尽管她知道这一发现主要是因为那段历时六年的感情关系突然结束给她带来了打击，而不是由于早衰，但她还是得采取些措施。