1. One apparent exception to the general trends is Japan, where single-parent households and unmarried mothers have remained relatively rare.
    对于这一总体趋势，日本明显是个例外，该国的单亲家庭和未婚妈妈一直相对较少。

2. On the ground before you is the pile it held — so much like the piles in the other bags, could they be emptied, that all might be combined and mixed in a single heap and the bags refilled without altering the content of any greatly.
    面前的地上则是袋中所装的那堆东西的--它与其他袋子中所倒出的一堆堆东西几乎一模一样，如果把它们混成一大堆，再重新装回各自的袋中，也不会有多大的不同。

3. 1. Be open-minded about sharing life, work, and learning experiences as part of online learning.
    1. 作为网上学习的一部分，与人分享生活、工作及学习经验。

4. It´s time to take politics out of the hands of the plutocrats of the Right and the woolly-minded idealists of the Left.
    该是从右派财阀和头脑朦胧的左派理想家的手中把政治夺过来的恰当的时候了.

5. I spent the whole day in my room, but I did not write a single card!
    我在屋里呆了一整天，可连一张明信片也没写成。

6. It is as if a single unimportant event set up a chain of reactions.
    好像是一件无关紧要的小事引起了一连串的连锁反应。

7. It is hard for energetic, quick-minded people to waste time,
    精力充沛、头脑敏捷的人极不愿意浪费时间，

8. I spent the whole day in my room, but I did not write a single card!
    我在房间里关了整整一天，然而竟连一张明信片也没写成！

9. In my family, success is weighed by a single standard: the ability to be first.
    在我家里，成功与否只由一种标准来衡量，这就是争取第一的能力。