1. Although Britain and France both use the metric system and the same electrical voltage (220 volts), it sometimes seems as if they have little else in common.
    尽管英法两国都使用公制和相同的电压（220伏），有时候看上去倒是少有类同。

2. A mechanic strapped me into my harness, and plugged in the system that would allow me to breathe and talk at 35,000 feet.
    一名机械师帮我系上降落伞背带，插上能让我在35,000英尺高空呼吸和谈话的机械系统。

3. As I experimented with being an American, I bought into the American value system.
    在试着当一个美国人的同时，我也进入了美国的价值体系。

4. Saturn is one of the planets in the solar system.
    土星是太阳系中的一颗行星。

5. Sweden has evolved an excellent system for protecting the individual citizen from highhanded or incompetent public officers.
    在瑞典，已逐渐形成了一种完善的制度以保护每个公民不受专横的和不称职的政府官员的欺压。

6. Some iron is lost in sweat, and, for unknown reasons, intense endurance exercise is sometimes associated with bleeding of the digestive system.
    有些铁离子随汗液流失。另外，由于某些未知的原因，高强度的耐力运动有时是与消化系统内出血联系在一起的。

7. Someday people like me will thrive under a new system that will encourage them, not seek to convict them of cheating.
    总有一天，像我这样的福利救济对象将在一种新的福利制度下过上好日子，这种制度不是要千方百计证明福利救济对象在欺骗，而是要鼓励他们自立。

8. Pluto is the farthest planet in the solar system.
    冥王星是太阳系中最远的行星。

9. Moving has taught me I need a better filing system (系统). I plan to have a better filing system in the new office.
    搬家教育了我，使我知道我需要一个更好的文件归档系统。我计划在新的办公室里建立一个更好的归档系统。

10. Given the existing system, which links together all 51 U.S. motor vehicle agencies, "no other state agency tracks the movement of people more accurately."
    "现有的系统将美国所有51个汽车管理部门连接起来，在这一点上，"任何其他的政府机构都不可能比它更准确地跟踪人们的行为。"