1. The first trip to the employment agency, the first friend you tell, the first interview and, most fearful of all, the first trip to the unemployment (失业) office.
    第一次到职业介绍所去，第一个听你说你已失了业的朋友，第一次求职面试，最可怕的是第一次到失业办公室去。

2. I grew a beard during the trip, but I shaved it off when I came home.
    我旅行时留了胡子, 但我回到家就把它刮了.

3. I went on an excursion recently, but my trip took me longer than I expected.
    最近我作了一次短途旅行，但这次旅行所花费的时间比我预计的要长。

4. I grew a beard during the trip,
    我在旅行时留了胡子，

5. I have learned to say to ring a bell, but to beat a gong; to attend a meeting but to join in a conversation; to take a walk but to make a trip or to go on a journey.
    我学会了用英语说“打铃”和“打锣”，“参加会议”和“参加谈话”，“散步”和“旅行”时要用不同的动词。

6. I began to understand that this trip to China was not just for me; it was for my mother, and her father, and his mother.
    我开始意识到这次中国之旅不仅仅是为我自己、也是为我妈妈、她的爸爸和她爸爸的妈妈安排的。

7. Forty-two had died on the crossing, which was about average for slavers making the trans-Atlantic trip in those days.
    越过大西洋，死了42人。这个数字不高也不低，那时渡洋运奴的船，走一趟差不多都要死这么多人。