1. Many people pretend that they understand modern art.
    有很多人装成很懂现代艺术的样子，

2. Modern means of transportation, communication, advertising and credit have all played a part in the growth of a giant new industry, tourism.
    现代交通、通信、广告以及信用手段对新兴的庞大的行业——旅游业的发展起到了作用。

3. Modern means of communication have enabled the travellers to reserve a plane seat or a hotel room from a long distance.
    现代通信手段使得游客可以从遥远的地方预定机座和旅馆房间。

4. Modern medicine owes a great deal to the discovery of certain tiny disease-carrying organisms.
    某些传染疾病的微生物的发现，对现代医学的发展作出了巨大的贡献。

5. Modern communications "will give countries like China and Vietnam a huge advantage over countries stuck with old technology".
    现代通信技术将使像中国、越南那样的国家与那些困于旧技术的国家相比拥有巨大的优势。

6. Meanwhile, Hungary also hopes to jump into the modern world.
    与此同时，匈牙利也希望跃入互联网世界。

7. John Hunter was the world´s first modern surgeon.
    约翰·亨特是世界上第一位现代外科医生。

8. You will realize that a modern navy is a good place to study noise.
    你就会认识到现代海军是研究噪音的好地方。

9. Convinced of the importance of education, modern states ´invest´ in institutions of learning to get back ´interest´ in the form of a large group of enlightened young men and women who are potential leaders.
    现代国家深深懂得教育的重要性，对教育机构投资，收回的1利息´便是培养出大批有知识的男女青年，这些人可能成为未来的栋梁。

10. Equipped in a manner which would make a modern climber shudder at the thought,
    而他们装备之简陋足以使现代登山者一想起来就胆战心惊。