1. They equate self-worth and success with hard work.
    他们把自我价值和成功与拼命工作紧密相连。

2. Take a good hard look at yourself. Do you say "I" too often?
    仔细地观察一下你自己，你说“我”的次数是否过多？

3. This refusal to consider the issue logically makes it hard for even trained scientists and other experts to see the matter clearly.
    这种拒绝对此问题作理性思考的行为，甚至使训练有素的科学家和其他专家也难以看清这件事的实质。

4. The two were hard to combine and sometimes — as in his early marriages — the collision between them resulted in disaster.
    这两者很难结合在一起，有时这种冲突导致了灾难，就像他早期的几次婚姻那样。

5. Tokyo Roof is one of hundreds of amusement parks, sports centers, and resorts opening all over Japan as this hard-working nation brings its characteristic efficiency and intensity to the newly serious business of play.
    几百家游乐园、体育中心、度假地在日本各地相继开张，"东京屋顶"就是其中之一。日本这个勤劳的民族近来把游乐作为一件认真的事来做，体现了其典型的高效和激情。

6. No wonder cadets are always hard as nails even if they are young.
    难怪军校学生纵使年轻, 却都是铁石心肠.

7. No matter how hard I tried, it was impossible to fill this beautiful pen with ink and to this day it has never written a single word!
    然而不管我如何摆弄，那枝漂亮的钢笔就是吸不进墨水来。直到今天，那枝笔连一个字也没写过！

8. Not surprising in these hard times, the students' major objective "is to be financially well off.
    在这些经济不景气的年代，学生们的主要目标是想 "在经济上富裕一点。

9. Not only did learning another language teach me the value of hard work, but it also gave me insights into another culture, and my mind was opened to new ways of seeing things.
    它不仅使我懂得了艰苦努力的意义，而且使我认识了不同的文化，让我以一种全新的思维去看待事物。

10. None knew how hard it had been, except Ron and the friends I'd told I was HIV-positive.
    除了知道我是艾滋病毒阳性的罗恩和几个朋友，没有人知道这是多么的不容易。