1. Why does the idea of progress loom so large in the modern world?
    为什么进步这个概念在现代世界显得如此突出？

2. When you visit London, one of the first things you will see is Big Ben, the famous clock which can be heard all over the world on the B. B. C.
    当你游览伦敦时，首先看到的东西之一就是"大本"钟，即那座从英国广播公司的广播中全世界都可以听到它的声音的著名大钟。

3. We also study Chinese and World History.
    另外我们还学习汉语和世界史。

4. When the south pole is towards the sun, the southern half of the world (or the Southern Hemisphere) is warmer, and it has its summer (December, January and February).
    当南极斜向太阳时，地球的南半部（南半球）就比较温暖，处于夏季（十二、一、二月）。

5. When I travel to Third World countries I see many people like my father and daughter.
    我到第三世界国家去旅行时，看到了许多像我父亲和女儿那样的人。

6. When European explorers first came to the New World, the fishing grounds off what would become eastern Canada and New England held abundant cod and other species.
    当欧洲的探险者刚踏上新大陆时，后来成为加拿大东部和新英格兰的沿海渔场盛产鳕鱼及其他鱼类。

7. What you communicate through your kind of dress definitely influences others to accept the picture of yourself you are projecting: in the business world, the person who dresses like a successful manager is most likely to be promoted into a managing p
    你通过自己的服装所传达的信息肯定会影响到其他人，使他们认可你正在传递的自己的形象：在商界，一个穿着就像个成功经理的人是很有可能被提升到经理职位上来的。

8. WHO believes that, as AIDS becomes more common, the disease promises to unite the world to a degree never seen before.
    世界卫生组织认为随着艾滋病越来越常见，它有可能使整个世界以前所未有的程度联合起来。

9. What problems will our world encounter in the next 1000 years?
    在今后的1000年里，我们的世界会面临哪些问题呢？

10. Why? "One should always respect one's ancestors," she says, "regardless of what they did to bring one into the world."
    为什么呢？"不论他们用什么方式将你带到这个世界，" 她说，"人总得尊敬自己的祖先。"