1. The worst thing about the do-it-yourself game is that sometimes even men live under the delusion that they can do anything, even when they have repeatedly been proved wrong.
    自己动手的例子中最糟糕的是，有时甚至是男人尽管接连失败却还误以为自己什么都行，

2. The Sawyers live at 87 King Street.
    索耶一家住在国王街87号。

3. They had only a small flat to live in, but they were happy.
    他们只有一套小小的住房，但是生活很幸福。

4. Today, many wealthy people who could live anywhere in the world cannot tear themselves away from those cities, even though they continue to have many problems.
    今天，虽然那里依然存在许多问题，但很多可以住在世界上任何其它地方的有钱的人们仍选择这两个城市居住。

5. The Hopi allowed boys to leave their parents' home at age thirteen to live in a kiva, a special home for young males.
    霍皮族人允许男孩在13岁时离开父母的家，住到一幢叫做会堂的、专住年青小伙子的房子里去。

6. The costly result is a growing greenness in the cities and a healthier environment for all the civilians who live there.
    虽然代价高昂，却换来了城市里不断增多的绿地和居民们更为健康的生活环境。

7. They live in England, and then decide to get divorced.
    可他们住在英国，后来他们决定离婚。

8. The modern nuclear family was rooted in the desire to live happily in a more equal marriage,
    现代核心家庭原本基于对更为平等的婚姻关系中幸福生活的渴望。

9. Only one of them has ever gone to live in the country and he was back in town within six months.
    但其中只有一个人真去农村住过，而且不足6个月就回来了。

10. Obstinately pretend that they would prefer to live in the country.
    却偏要执拗地装出他们喜欢住在乡村的样子，这对我来说一直是个谜。