1. The difference is that Western style decision-making proceeds mostly from top management and often does not consult middle management or the worker while in Japan, ideas can be created at the lowest levels, travel upward through an organization and h
    差别在于，西方式的决策多半源自高层管理人员，通常不征求中层管理人员或员工的意见；而在日本，最底层的人员也能提出想法，然后通过组织上传，对最后的决策产生影响。

2. They should regularly check and reinforce their homes, place heavy objects in low positions, attach cupboards and cabinets to walls, and fasten doors so that they will not open accidentally during an earthquake.
    他们应当定期检查和加固房屋，将重物放在低处，将碗橱和柜子贴墙放置，加固房门以防地震时突然脱开。

3. Two years ago, a 15-member team at the 115-year-old teaching hospital, under pressure to cut costs from a health maintenance organization (HMO), was given permission by the hospital's top manager to find a way to get the tube removed sooner.
    两年前，出于一家保健组织（HMO）要求减少成本的压力，这家有115年历史的教学医院组建了一支15人小组，他们得到医院总经理的许可来研制一种方法，以便尽早去掉导管。

4. Telecommunications is also a key to Shanghai's dream of becoming a top financial center.
    通信工程也是上海实现其成为一流金融中心这一梦想的关键。

5. The opening of Eastern Europe is another prize for the company, which thinks that millions of people will put Disneyland at the top of a list of places to visit on their first trip to Western Europe.
    东欧的开放对迪斯尼来说又是一大收获，他们认为几百万人将会把迪斯尼乐园作为其首次西欧之旅的首选之地。

6. There was a bar hanging from the top of the tower, and I seized it for balance.
    高塔上垂下一根竿，我抓住它以求平衡。

7. The top performers had a network containing a wide range of people.
    表现出色者都有广泛的人际交往关系。

8. No one could account for the fact that one of the boxes was extremely heavy.
    谁也不能解释为什么其中一个箱子特别沉重，

9. No one could account for the fact that one of the boxes was extremely heavy.
    其中有只箱子特别重，可谁也弄不清是怎么回事。

10. Keep a pair of heavy, comfortable shoes or boots in your home, at work, and in your vehicle.
    在住处、工作场所和汽车里放一双厚重、舒适的鞋或靴子。