1. To understand the state of business, they may look at the number of building permits for new houses.
    为了了解该行业的状况，他们可能会调查新房建造许可证的发放数量。

2. The difference is this: in "I to you", both sides present their arguments openly from their own point of view — they state what they want and what they expect to get.
    差别在于：在"我对你"的方式中，双方都坦率地从自己的观点出发提出主张——他们说出自己想要什么，希望得到什么。

3. Then the medical worker alerted the main welfare office at the state capital.
    接着医务人员就通知州府的福利总部，

4. The caller was a state senator, which scared Suzanne a little.
    是一位州议员打来的，这使她慌了一下。

5. He looked pale and his clothes were in a frightful state.
    他看上去脸色苍白，浑身衣服脏乱不堪。

6. He was in a state of profound shock.
    他深受震惊。

7. He is in a state of virtual slavery.
    他实际上处于一种被奴役的状态。

8. He looked pale and his clothes were in a frightful state.
    他面色苍白，衣服也搞得不成样子。

9. However, that state didn't last long.
    然而这种情况没持续多久。

10. His mother died of cancer when he was 4, and Mr. Torres's father, who was often ill, had to give him up to the care of the state when he was 11.
    他4岁时，母亲死于癌症；多里斯的父亲时常患病，不得不在他11岁时将他送给政府照顾。