1. Gertie (格尔蒂), the first girl who ever made a jacket into a curtain;
    格尔蒂，第一个将短上衣改成窗帘的女孩；

2. Coins are made of metal.
    硬币是金属做的。

3. But fearing that she would never see Rastus again----the letter had made that quite clear----she changed her mind.
    但又害怕再也见不到拉斯特斯--这点，信上说得十分明白--于是便改变了主意。

4. Columbus made no answer; but after a while he took an egg from a dish and said to the guests, "Who among you, gentlemen, can make this egg stand on end?"
    哥伦布没有答话。过了一会儿，他从盘子里拿出个鸡蛋对宾客们说：“诸位，你们谁能把这只鸡蛋竖起来？”

5. Cutting up dead animals to find out how they are made was thought a disgusting thing to do, and to cut up a dead human body was thought wicked.
    当时，解剖死动物了解体内结构被看作令人厌恶之事，而解剖死人的尸体则被认为是邪恶。

6. Controlling this precision machine and its many weapons is like playing a million-dollar video game that has dozens of buttons.
    控制这架精密的机器和它所携带的众多武器，就像玩一个备有几十个按钮、价值百万的电子游戏。

7. Compared with salesmen who passed the aptitude test but scored high in pessimism, this group made 21 percent more sales in their first year and 57 percent more in their second.
    与另一些通过了能力测试但具有悲观心态的推销员相比，这些人第一年的销售就超出了21%，而第二年更超出了57%。

8. "But — madame — I do not know you. You must have made a mistake."
    “可是——夫人——我不认识你。你一定是认错人了。”

9. Unlike sulfa drugs, penicillin is made up of plant material that the body can absorb.
    与磺胺药不同，盘尼西林是由人体可吸收的植物材料制成的，

10. Under a hastily made arrangement, the police will sell the properties, but at a substantial financial loss.
    匆忙安排之后，警方将卖出这些房产，但却要蒙受巨大的经济损失。