1. Short skirts are in fashion now.
    短裙现在很流行。

2. Suddenly we heard the commander say "enemy" aircraft had been sighted.
    突然，我们听到指挥官说发现"敌"机。

3. My books that a short time ago had seemed so tiresome, so heavy to carry, now seemed to me like old friends.
    就在刚才还觉得那么讨厌、那么沉重难带的课本，此时对于我却像老朋友一般亲切！

4. Money´s short, you know, very short."
    钱很紧张，你们知道的，很紧张。”

5. Much of the advertising of this year's return to heels as high as 6 inches focuses on the shoes and the short skirts that go with them as a statement by women of their sexiness and female charm.
    许多为今年重新流行高达6英寸的高跟鞋所作的广告把重点放在显示女人的性感和女性魅力的鞋子、以及与之相配的短裙上面。

6. Most people, in their youth, resent the Social Security deductions from their pay, yet a seemingly few short years later find themselves standing anxiously by the mailbox.
    大多数人在年轻的时候怨恨社会保障制度从他们工资中扣钱，然而好像只是短短几年后，他们就发觉自己正焦急地站在信箱旁边 (等待养老金支票)了。

7. Most often, there's Ann Estelle, a woman with short, straight hair, big glasses, hat and an acid tongue.
    卡片上最常见的是安·埃丝特尔，这个女人有一头短短的直发，戴着一副大眼镜和一顶帽子，说话尖刻。

8. Unfortunately, integrity is in short supply today — and getting scarcer.
    遗憾的是，正直这一品格如今已不多见——而且越来越难寻觅了。

9. Last year in another play, she had to wear short socks and a bright, orange-coloured dress.
    去年，在另一出戏里，她穿着短袜和显眼的桔黄色的长裙。

10. The graphic record shows three waves arriving one after the other at short intervals.
    曲线记录就能显示出前后相同的这3种地震波。