1. He is forever talking about the friendly people, the clean atmosphere, the closeness to nature and the gentle pace of living.
    他滔滔不绝地大谈友好的农民，洁净的空气，贴近大自然的环境和悠闲的生活节奏。

2. He smiled at everyone and rushed in and out the sorry little homes with grace, making sympathetic remarks at the disrepair that was pointed out to him.
    他向每个人报以微笑，很有风度地出入于那些又小又破的住房。有人向他指出失修之处，他都要讲几句同情的话。

3. He sold the idea, now called a vacuum cleaner（真空吸尘器）, to a man named William H. Hoover. The company is still making Hoover vacuums and we're a little bit cleaner for it.
    他把这项现在叫做真空吸尘器的发明卖给了一个叫威廉·H·胡佛的男子。他的公司至今仍在制造胡佛牌真空吸尘器，我们的环境也因此而变得干净些了。

4. Here you are," he went on, "taking poor Gouvernail seriously and making a fuss about him, the last thing he would desire or expect."
    瞧你对古韦内尔顶真的样子，对他那么大惊小怪，这可是他最不希望的。"

5. He had been up since 3 A.M., feeding his new dog, making coffee, getting ready.
    他早晨3点就起来了，喂好他新养的狗，煮好咖啡，准备好一切。

6. And after making sure that we are the right people, the arrivals from the other side of the world, they embrace us;
    在确认我们正是他们要找的、从世界的另一边来的人后，他们拥抱了我们。

7. A pilot noticed a balloon which seemed to be making for a Royal Air Force Station nearby.
    一位飞行员注意到有一个气球似乎朝着附近的皇家空军基地飞去。

8. A miser gives undue importance to making and saving money.
    守财奴过度看重赚钱和存钱。

9. As the time and cost of making a chip drop to a few days and a few hundred dollars,
    由于制造一块芯片的时间已缩短至几天，费用也只有几百美元，

10. After making a short test flight at 4,15 a.m., Bleriot set off half an hour later.
    布莱里奥凌晨4点15分作了一次短距离试飞，半小时后便正式出发了。