1. But we were afraid that the strength of the current would prevent its landing anywhere before it became exhausted.
    但我们担心，洪水力量将使它上岸之前就筋疲力尽了。

2. It has yet to reach its full size and strength, and its owner his or her full intelligence;
    虽然这个时期人的身材、体力和智力还有待发展和完善，

3. I found myself suspended in the middle of the air — held up by a 130-kilometer-an-hour blast of wind coming from an industrial-strength fan in the bottom of the tower.
    我发现自己悬在了空中--高塔底部一架工业用强力风扇吹出时速达130公里的风柱将我拖起。

4. For what, I sometimes wonder; so that she can struggle to breathe through most of her life feeling half her strength, and then die of self-poisoning, as her grandfather did?
    有时我纳闷：自己这样做到底是为了什么? 难道是为了她今后大半辈子有气无力地挣扎着呼吸，然后再像她外公那样自己把自己毒死？