1. 3 p.m. Movers still haven't arrived. I call Max, who's more enraged than before. "This is unheard-of," he says. "I'm taking another $10 off the hourly charge."
    下午三点。搬运工还没到。我又给马克斯打电话。他比先前更生气。"真是闻所未闻，"他说，"我从每小时的工钱中再减去十美元。"

2. New laws and police priorities are taking up so much time that many forces simply cannot afford to let their officers walk up and down the streets.
    新的法令和重点警务工作占去了大量时间，结果使得很多警队就是派不出警员上街巡逻。

3. He coaxed his elder sister into taking him to the circus.
    他诱哄他姊姊带他去看马戏。

4. He was impeached for taking bribes.
    他被控受贿。

5. He drank a cup of tea, put on his boots, overcoat and hat and taking his basket went out of the house.
    喝了一杯茶，他穿上皮靴，披上外衣，戴上帽子，提着饭篮子走出了家门。

6. 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。"

7. And when he flirts with fame, he is taking time off from living with himself, from the search for what his world contains at its inmost point.
    当他沽名钓誉时，他就脱离了自我生活，脱离了对自己灵魂最深处世界的探索。

8. And I acknowledge that some children are better off without a violent father, a family income wasted on drinking or gambling, or unhappy parents taking out their anger on everyone in the family.
    我承认，如果没有狂暴的父亲，家里的钱没有被浪费在酗酒或赌博上，父母感到不快时不会对家里每个人撒气，一些孩子会生活得更好。

9. Aleko denied taking it and led Dimitri into his backyard.
    阿列科不承认，并把迪米特里领进院子。

10. After taking off, we were flying low over the city and slowly gaining height,
    起飞之后，我们在城市上空低低地飞行，然后慢慢爬高。