1. In terms of the evolution of life on Earth, human beings have just arrived.
    就地球上生命的进化而言，人类是姗姗来迟者。

2. I expected the ride of my life, and with good reason.
    我期待着我的生命之旅，而且理由很充分：

3. It's a relief to know that life eventually gave Charlie Chaplin the stable happiness it had earlier denied him.
    令人宽慰的是，生活最终把他先前没能获得的稳定的幸福给了卓别林。

4. I have opted to live a life of complete honesty. So instead, I go out and drum up some business and draw cartoons.
    我选择了过一种完全诚实的生活，因此我不会那样做，而是四处找活，揽些画漫画的活。

5. If today I use a singular personal pronoun to refer to myself, next week I will use the plural form.
    如果今天我提到自己时使用的是单数人称代词，那么下星期我就会使用复数形式。

6. Indeed, they seem to have become a fact of commercial life.
    的确，这似乎已成为商界的一个事实。

7. Food is a requirement of life.
    食物是一项生活必需品。

8. For a time it assumes a miraculous individuality that, in the end, is reabsorbed into the great ocean of life.
    一度它获得非凡的个性，但最终又被重新融进生命的大洋。

9. For them discipline in one form or another is the most hopeful path.
    但这是徒劳的。对他们来说，用某种形式的纪律约束他们一下才能有希望使他们走上正道。

10. Finding planets is proving hard enough, but finding life on them will prove infinitely more difficult.
    寻找行星证明相当困难，但是要在行星上发现生命会变得无比艰难。