1. Scientists in Scotland recently announced that, for the first time, they have cloned an exact copy of an adult mammal.
    苏格兰科学家最近宣称，他们第一次克隆了一只成年哺乳动物。

2. She left her husband and his guest, for the most part, alone together, only to find that Gouvernail hardly noticed her absence.
    她只得大部分时间让丈夫陪着客人, 但发现自己不在场几乎并未引起古韦内尔的注意。

3. She became an ambassador for women's political rights, giving speeches before women's groups and going from door to door, handbag in hand, spending hours at a time giving a combination of speech and government lesson.
    她成为捍卫妇女政治权利的使者，向妇女团体发表演说。她会挎着手提包，挨家挨户地去做演讲，并给他们讲解政体，一讲就是数小时。

4. She also takes credit for being the first person to use both legs of a pair of stockings at the same time, one leg for onions, one leg for potatoes or garlic.
    她还居功说她是第一个将一对长筒袜的两只同时利用起来的人，一只袜筒做洋葱袋，另一只放土豆或大蒜。

5. Some time ago a British car manufacturer was accused of operating a fund to pay bribes, and of other questionable practices such as paying agents and purchasers an exaggerated commission, offering additional discounts, and making payments to numbered
    早些时候，一家英国汽车制造商被指控经管一笔基金行贿，还有其他一些可疑运作，如给代理商和客户高额回扣、提供额外折扣、向一些在瑞士银行开的匿名账户汇款等。

6. Sometimes he would be obliged to wait a long time, and on occasion the officers even unloaded his entire truck!
    有时还得等上老半天。间或海关官员还要他卸车检查。

7. Perhaps it will solve my problem, but I just haven´t had time to read it!
    也许这本书能解决我的问题，但我一直还没时间去看这本书！

8. Probably at one time the earth was blazing hot, like the stars we see in the sky at night.
    大概曾经有过一个时期，那时地球和我们看到的夜空里的群星一样的炽热。

9. Probably the first way of keeping time was to count days.
    最初可能就是用计算天的方法来记录时间的。

10. Parents who both hold down full-time jobs may feel guilty about the amount of time they spend away from their children and, as accommodation for being away so much, may attempt to compensate by showering them with material possessions.
    都是全日上班的父母也许会因为不能常常和孩子在一起而感到内疚。他们可能想通过给孩子们大量物质的东西作为对他们的补偿。