1. "Very close to us is an elderly Japanese woman," I said.
    "离我们很近的是一位日本老妇人，"我说。

2. Another close friend died last month after a year of struggling with cancer.
    另一个好朋友在与癌症搏斗了一年之后也于上个月去世。

3. Gunners using science to shatter men´s bodies while, close at hand, surgeons use it to restore them?
    炮手们用科学来毁坏人体, 而外科医生就在近旁用科学使其恢复健康.

4. She was an intelligent woman, without any close relatives, and a couple of days after the operation I sat down with her and explained the situation.
    她是个聪明女人，没有任何直系亲属。手术后几天，我坐在她身边给她解释了当时的情形。

5. Please close the upper window.
    请关上上面的那个窗户。

6. Pushing off the diving board with my legs, I lifted my arms and shoulders back, and knew immediately I would be close to the board and might hit my hands. I tried to correct myself as I turned, spreading my hands wide apart.
    我用脚蹬跳板，臂膀向后举起，但马上意识到身体下落时可能会靠近跳板，碰伤手。转动身体时，我努力纠正动作，尽量把胳膊张开。

7. She has a close boyfriend.
    她有一个要好的男朋友.

8. My fellow team members must have wondered how two people separated by three generations could be so close.
    我的队友肯定对此感到惊讶：两个相隔三代的人怎么会如此亲密。

9. Japanese taxis have automatic controls to open and close the doors.
    日本的出租车都有自动开门关门的设备。

10. Could any spectacle, for instance, be more grimly whimsical than that of gunners using science to shatter men´s bodies while, close at hand, surgeons use it to restore them?
    例如：炮兵利用科学毁坏人的身体、而外科医生就在附近用科学抢救被炮兵毁坏的人体，还有什么情景比这更可怕、更怪诞的吗？