1. After all, here we are. It may not be where we expected to be, but for the time being we might as well call it home. 毕竟,事已至此,这或许不是我们所期望的局面,但眼下我们不妨称之为家吧。
2. At present, it is believed that genes account for at least half of what researchers call "g" — the general thinking ability that IQ tests are supposed to measure — while environmental influences account for the other half. 人们目前认为,对于研究人员称为"g"的能力 -- 即智力测验所要衡量的综合思维能力 -- 基因至少起了一半的作用,而环境影响则起到了另一半作用。
3. A full 80 percent comes from other factors, including what I call emotional intelligence. 而其他因素占了整整80%,包括我所说的情感智能。
4. You malign a generous person when you call him a stingy person. 当你说一个慷慨的人吝啬时,你是在诋毁他。
5. You could always make a phone call. You could always buy something. You would never be broke. 你总可以用它打个电话,总可以用它买点东西,你决不会身无分文。
6. Sometimes you may want to borrow a book but you don´t know its call number. 有时你可能想借某本书,但不知道它的书号,
7. She had to speak to him and make sure that the M.P. would call to see her rooms on his visit to Zeta Road the next afternoon. 她务必要跟他谈谈,并确保议会议员明天下午到泽特路访问时到她的房子去看看。
8. She halted. Then, nervously, she headed up the street, where there is a police call box. 她停下了脚步,接着紧张地向街头走去,那儿有一个报警电话亭。
9. Pretending to speak seriously, one of the workmen asked if he might make a telephone call before being taken to the station. 其中一个工人装模作样地问道,在被带往警察局之前,是否可以打一个电话。
10. Many new arrivals to the States will miss the opening exchanges of a business call, for example. 许多刚到美国的人会怀念诸如商务拜访等场合开始时的寒喧。