1. And because there is so much of it the function would seem to be important.
    睡眠占去那么多时间，所以其作用似乎还是很重要。

2. Despite all these unusual traditional ways of finding a marriage partner, one idea is the same throughout the world: Marriage is a basic and important part of human life.
    尽管有上述那些不寻常的寻找婚姻伴侣的传统办法，但有一个观点在全世界都是一样的：婚姻是人类生活中基本的、重要的一部分。

3. A child hears it spoken from morning till night and, what is more important, always in its genuine form, with the right pronunciation, right intonation, right use of words and right structure.
    孩子从早到晚都在听人们说这种语言，而且总是以其真实的形式，并且是正确的发音、正确的语调、正确的用词和正确的结构。

4. As we drove along, someone would single out to me a famous building, an important street, a park, a bridge that when built was thought to be a landmark.
    当我们驱车行驶的时候，有人指给我看那些建造时被曾认为是陆上的标志性建筑物：著名大楼、重要街道，公园和大桥。

5. "For me," says seventeen - year - old Gloria Marcato, "it's more important to learn to speak English and to live through this experience than it is to receive a certificate from the American government."
    "对我来说，" 17岁的格洛里亚·马卡托说: "学会讲英语及体验这种经历比从美国政府那里拿到一张证书更为重要。"

6. Although something going wrong in any aspect (方面) of your life now seems to push you into temporary despair much more easily than before, you have some very important things to hang on to — people who care, your sense of humor, your talents, your cat
    除此以外，你也得到了某些东西--增长了一点点的知识和大大加深了的对生活的领悟。

7. Also important are the ornaments a person wears: buttons, medals, jewels, etc.
    同样重要的还有一个人佩戴的饰物：徽章、奖章、珠宝等。

8. "In older people, an exercise program appears important for brain maintenance," says Daniel M. Landers, professor of exercise science at Arizona State University,
    亚利桑那州立大学的运动学教授丹尼尔·M. 兰德斯说，"对老年人来说，锻炼计划对维持大脑功能似乎非常重要。"

9. "But the most important educational purpose is giving children the ability to live in society.
    "但是教育最重要的目的，是教会学生社会生存能力。

10. Also important is an arrangement for family members to communicate if there is an earthquake.
    同样，安排好家人地震时的联络方式也很重要。