1. And found our then prevailing primitive state completely uninteresting to their own advanced knowledge.
    并且发现我们地球汉时普遍存在着的原始状态同他们的先进的知识相比是索然无味的。

2. Despite such alarming numbers, the federal and state governments have been slow in implementing programs to stop the spread of AIDS.
    尽管数量大得惊人，但各州和联邦政府在实施防止艾滋病蔓延的计划方面行动迟缓。

3. Dr. Robert Plomin of Penn State University(宾夕法尼亚州立大学), hopes to announce within the next few months that he has tracked down one of the genes that plays a part in determining intelligence.
    宾夕法尼亚州立大学的罗伯特·普罗明博士已经找到了影响智力的一种基因的踪迹，他希望能在几个月内公布结果。

4. A recent article in a weekly newspaper, for instance, was headed with a striking illustration of a lady in a state of considerable distress,
    例如，最近一家周报刊登了一篇文章，文章上方有一幅引人注目的插图，是一位表情沮丧的女子。

5. A parliamentary committee representing all political parties appoints a person who is suitably qualified to investigate private grievances against the State.
    议会内有一个代表各政党利益的委员会，由它委派一位称职的人选专门调查个人对国家的意见。

6. As Mr. Ross said at the time: "If the patient has no other future short of this transplant, we think we are morally justified, in the present state of our knowledge, in doing it."
    正如罗斯先生当时所说：“如果除了做移植手术之外，病人别无出路，那么我们认为，在现有的医学条件下，施行这种手术在道义上是无可非议的。”

7. "In older people, an exercise program appears important for brain maintenance," says Daniel M. Landers, professor of exercise science at Arizona State University,
    亚利桑那州立大学的运动学教授丹尼尔·M. 兰德斯说，"对老年人来说，锻炼计划对维持大脑功能似乎非常重要。"

8. "The DMV is a one-stop shop for state agencies that want to reach out and affect our lives," he writes.
    他写道："对想要影响我们、管得过宽的政府机构来说，DMV正是它们获得所需信息的一站式供应处。

9. "The state of Oregon (俄勒冈州) has 109 different offenses that can result in the temporary loss of a driver's license; 50 of them have nothing at all to do with driving," writes Garfinkel.
    加芬克尔写道："俄勒冈州有109种不同的违规行为可导致暂时吊销驾驶执照，而其中50种与开车毫无关系。"

10. Soon they departed, in a borrowed car. With money loaned by the groom's brother, they could afford a honeymoon at a state-park lodge.
    没过多久，新娘新郎坐上借来的汽车离开了家。拿着从新郎的哥哥那里借来的钱，他们可以在国家公园的小旅馆里度蜜月了。