1. A little of every thing is nothing in the main.
    每事浅尝辄止，事事都告无成。

2. ´Just one more thing, Mr.Eames. Let us suppose that a child suddenly crosses the road in front of you.
    "埃姆斯先生，只剩1项了。让我们假设一个小孩子突然在你前面穿过马路。

3. Anyway, as Brian pointed out, it is the easiest thing in the world to give up smoking.
    不管怎么说，正如布赖恩指出的那样，戒烟是世界上最容易的事情，

4. "That was the smartest thing I ever did," she says now.
    "这是我一生中干的最漂亮的事,"现在她对人这样说。

5. "a word or words expressing some quality considered characteristic or descriptive of a person or a thing, often expressing approval or disapproval."
    "表达某种特点的一个或几个字, 这种特点被认为反映了某人或某事的本质、或描述了某人某事，常表示嘉许或不喜欢的意思。"

6. "Why do you have to listen to such horrible stuff? It's the same thing over and over. I'm not sure it is really music though it does have rhythm.
    "你为什么一定要听这么糟糕的音乐？一样的东西，听了一遍又一遍。虽然有节奏，可恐怕不是真正的音乐。

7. Albert was, for one thing, fat. Very fat. And then there was his accent. Though he spoke French and German fairly well, he had never altogether lost the American accent he had brought to Paris twenty years ago.
    一来艾伯特很胖，非常胖；二来他带有口音。他的法语和德语都说得很好，但从来没有完全改掉他20年前初到巴黎时的美国口音。

8. "It's not an ideal thing to send your kids to such a place," said one mother, asking not to be identified for fear of criticism from other parents.
    将孩子放在这种地方并不理想，"有一位母亲说。她因担心招来其他家长的指责，要求不要泄露她的身份。

9. "Fuss!" she hotly replied. "Nonsense! How can you say such a thing!
    "大惊小怪！" 她急急回道，"瞎说，你怎么这么说！

10. Yet, six months ago, she did a most revolutionary thing: She ran for mayor of Embu, Kenya, and won.
    然而就在6个月前，她做了一件极富革命性的事情：她参加了肯尼亚恩布市的市长竞选，并且当选。