1. Me, I have yet to make my mark. I am still waiting to find a first.
    至于我，我还没有出名，还在等着找到我的第一。

2. Joan Reid felt self-conscious and awkward waiting on the dusty pavement outside the house whose two top rooms were her home.
    琼·里德站在楼前到处是尘土的人行道上等着，感到又难为情，又不自在。楼上顶层的两间房是她的家。

3. Currently, 700,000 Hungarians are waiting for phones.
    目前有70万匈牙利人等着装电话。

4. "And don´t keep a gentleman waiting."
    “动作快点儿，别让爷们儿等着。”

5. Others in public eating-places are waiting for you to finish so they, too, can be served and get back to work within the time allowed.
    在公共用餐场所，人们等着别人吃完，这样可以轮到他们，以按时赶回去工作。

6. One difference from California or Florida: Parts of Main Street and waiting areas to get into the attractions will be covered over as a concession to Paris's rainy weather.
    这一乐园与加利福尼亚州和佛罗里达州的乐园有一个不同之处：这条"美国大马路"的部分地区，以及入内游玩的等候区将会有遮棚，以对付巴黎的多雨季节。

7. I kept waiting for the alternative — "but you can come back after a couple of months," or "you could take a salary cut, a different position," or even, "April fool."
    我继续等待着他所可能提出的供我选择的各种解决办法--"但是你可以在1、2个月后再回来，"或"你可以选择减薪，去干另一件工作，"或者甚至"这是愚人节，给你开个玩笑。"

8. Imagine a few people sitting in a waiting room: one is tapping his fingers on his briefcase, another keeps rubbing his hands together, another is biting his fingernails, still another grabs the arms of his chair tightly and one keeps running his fing
    想象一下几个坐在一间等候室里的人：一个在用手指轻轻敲打公文包，一个在不停地揉搓双手，另一个在咬自己的手指甲，还有一个用手紧抓着椅子的扶手，又一个在不断地用手指梳理着头发。

9. I imagine standing in a gas station on Claiborne and Jackson waiting to pay the cashier when a black man walks up behind me.
    于是我转过身，既愤怒又恐惧，还未及细想就开了枪。我也许只是因为五十或一百美元就杀了一个人。

10. I do not turn around. I stare ahead waiting to pay. I try not to reveal I feel anxiety just because a black man has walked up behind me in a gas station in a bad neighborhood and he does not have a car.
    他曾试图抢劫我，可这一点并不重要。一个人因为钱而死，不一定是我的钱或者是他的钱，就是钱。是谁给他的生命如此标价的呢？