1. Susan: Good heavens! It´s raining. That´s means you needn´t water the garden.
    苏珊: 天啊! 下雨了. 这就是说你不需要浇花园了.

2. Since few shoppers know what the UPC means, there is a sign on the shelf giving the name of the product, its weight and its price.
    因为顾客几乎不知道条形码所指代的东西，所以货架上一般有一个小牌，写着商品的名称、重量及价格。

3. She had no hopes, no means of being understood, loved and married by a man of wealth and distinction.
    她没有希望，也没有条件让一位既富有又有显职的男人理解她、爱她、娶她。

4. So the ninth month is still called September, although the word means seventh.
    所以9月份仍然称作September，尽管这个词是第七的意思。

5. Such ornaments are often the means by which a person announces a variety of things about himself: his convictions (campaign buttons), his beliefs ( religious tokens ), his membership in certain groups ( club pins or badges ), his past achievements (c
    这些饰物常常是一个人显示其各种情况的手段：他的信念（竞选运动徽章）、他的信仰（宗教标志）、他作为某一特定组织成员的身份（俱乐部饰针或徽章）、他昔日的成就（大学毕业纪念指环或PBK联谊会钥匙），以及他的经济地位（钻石）。

6. Parents would be greatly surprised and deeply touched if they realized how much belief their children usually have in their character and infallibility, and how much this faith means to a child.
    意识到孩子们的这种信念会对孩子产生多么大的影响，那么家长会大为吃惊和深受感动的。

7. Preventing one case of AIDS means preventing many future cases, while preventing a case of measles(麻疹) or malaria(疟疾) in Africa would have little effect on its spreading, since those diseases are already common in many countries.
    预防一例艾滋病意味着为以后减少许多例艾滋病。而在非洲，预防一例麻疹或疟疾病对于防止疾病的蔓延起不了多大作用，因为这些疾病在许多国家已经是常见病。

8. Many strange new means of transport have been developed in our century,
    本世纪已研制出许多新奇的交通工具，

9. Modern means of transportation, communication, advertising and credit have all played a part in the growth of a giant new industry, tourism.
    现代交通、通信、广告以及信用手段对新兴的庞大的行业——旅游业的发展起到了作用。

10. Modern means of communication have enabled the travellers to reserve a plane seat or a hotel room from a long distance.
    现代通信手段使得游客可以从遥远的地方预定机座和旅馆房间。