1. While this eliminates risk and helps to insure that the man and woman will be similar in background and outlook, the theory is that the personalities of the couple provide enough differences to make the relationship interesting.
    虽然这种做法排除了风险，也有助于确保男女双方有相同的背景和观点，但从理论上来说，是夫妻个性方面的差异才使得婚姻关系引人入胜。

2. What is the most valuable contribution employees make to their companies, knowledge or judgment?
    员工对公司最有价值的贡献是什么，是知识还是判断力？

3. They make an annual pilgrimage to Mecca.
    他们每年都去麦加朝圣。

4. The boy was cutting a branch of a tree with his knife to make a cane.
    这个小男孩正在用一把小刀削一根树枝, 想做根手杖.

5. The mural was a composite effort of all the children in the class.
    这幅壁画是全班孩子们共同努力的结果。

6. The success was due not to one man but to corporate effort.
    成功非一人之功, 而是集体努力的结果。

7. This shows how long it was before we deemed it necessary to make sure.
    这表明经过了多么漫长的时间之后, 我们才认识到有必要搞清楚.

8. They may even accuse them of disloyalty, or make some spiteful remark about the friends ´parents.
    他们甚至责备孩子不忠诚, 或者心怀恶意地评论那些小朋友的父母.

9. The elimination of the bad customs will make our society progress more quickly.
    去掉不良风俗可以使我们的社会更快地发展。

10. The chairman was asked to make an impromptu speech.
    主席被邀请作即席演讲。