1. However, even if prediction becomes possible, people who live in areas where earthquakes are a common occurrence will still have to do their best to prevent disasters by building structures that are resistant to ground movement and by being personall
    然而，即使可以预测，居住在地震频发区的人们还是应尽力预防灾难，办法是建造能够抵抗地表运动的房屋，同时做好个人准备。

2. Demolition work has begun on the old building.
    那座旧房子的拆除工作业已开始。

3. Are there any elevators in your apartment building?
    在你们大厦里有没有电梯?

4. Are there any elevators in your apartment building?
    在你们大厦里有没有电梯?

5. At the top of the building there is a red flag.
    大楼楼顶有一面红旗。

6. As a great many people will be visitint the country, the government will be building new hotels.
    由于有众多的人要来这里参观，政府将兴建新的旅馆.

7. A flag was hoisted on top of the building.
    大楼顶上升起了一面旗帜。

8. As a great many people will be visiting the country, the government will be building new hotels, an immense stadium, and a new Olympic-standard swimming pool.
    由于将有大批的人到我们国家来，所以政府准备建造一些新的饭店、一个大型体育场和一个新的奥运会标准游泳池。

9. As we drove along, someone would single out to me a famous building, an important street, a park, a bridge that when built was thought to be a landmark.
    当我们驱车行驶的时候，有人指给我看那些建造时被曾认为是陆上的标志性建筑物：著名大楼、重要街道，公园和大桥。

10. Also, to prevent property damage, architects now design buildings so that the building's columns and horizontal beams are of equal strength, and vertical support columns are inserted deep into solid soil.
    同样，为了预防财产损失，建筑师如今设计楼房时会使房屋的支柱和横梁力度相等，而垂直支柱则深深插入坚实的地基中。