1. And mechanical systems like a wound watch, or the sun, do in fact run out of energy in accordance with the second law of thermodynamics (whether the whole universe does so is a moot point at present).
    像上紧发条的手表那样的机械装置，或太阳，也都会消耗完其能量（整个宇宙否如此，目前沿有争论）。

2. A daughter was born, who was given the name Kizzy.
    他们生了一个女儿，取名叫吉西。

3. At San Fernando, Humboldt´s party was joined by a Spaniard, Don Nicolas Sotto, brother-in-law of the provincial governor.
    在圣费尔南多，洪堡的队伍里又加入了一位名叫唐·尼西拉·索托的西班牙人，他是省长的妹夫。

4. And when he learned of my problems with the Citizenship Department, he immediately suspected that I was marrying his daughter in order to remain in the United States.
    当他得知我在公民身份部门遇到的问题时, 就怀疑我是因为想留在美国而娶他的女儿的。

5. Any mother would be proud to have him for a son-in-law.
    任何一个母亲都会因为有这样一个女婿而感到脸上有光的。

6. "Did you notice how much makeup our fifteen-year-old daughter was wearing this morning?
    "你注意到了吗，今天早晨我们那15岁的女儿都化了什么样的妆？

7. "It's Dorothy's daughter, Kathleen," I shouted, because she doesn't hear well anymore, but I could see that no explanation was necessary.
    这是多萝西的女儿，凯瑟琳，" 我高声喊道，因为她耳朵已经听不太清了。然而，我看出没有必要解释。"

8. "It's because divorce has such great economic consequences, and successive marriages have become so common," said a family law lawyer.
    "这是因为离婚会带来巨大的经济后果，而再婚又如此常见，"一位家庭法律师说。

9. A lawyer in a London law firm that often handles divorces for British-American couples noted that in Britain, prenuptial agreements were "just about ignored" by the courts because English law says that circumstances of a marriage aren't sta
    伦敦一家法律公司的一名律师经常为分处英美两国的夫妇处理离婚事宜。他注意到，在英国，法院"几乎忽视"婚前协议，因为英国的法律认为婚姻状况不是静态的，因此应由法官来决定资产怎样分配。

10. As one writer points out, "your video renting habits are better protected by law than your medical records."
    正如一位作者所指出的那样，"你租借录像带的习惯都能比你的医疗记录得到更好的法律保护。"