1. The second felt about the elephant´s tusk. 第二个盲人摸了摸象牙,
2. The third happened to take hold of the elephant´s trunk, "both of you are entirely wrong," he said. 第三个盲人碰巧抓住了大象的鼻子,说道:“你们两位都不对,
3. The fourth reached out his arms, and grasped one of the elephant´s legs. 第四个盲人伸出双臂,抱住了一条象腿,
4. The fifth, being a very tall man, happened to take hold of the elephant´s ear. 第五个盲人身材高大,一下子就抓到了大象耳朵。
5. The monster cities of the future horrify planners struggling to cope with today´s metropolises. 未来的巨城使得正在努力应付目前大城市困难的设计人员感到恐惧。
6. The world´s largest city now — Mexico City — currently has 18 million people and a huge array of problems. 现在世界上最大的城市是墨西哥城,目前人口已有1800万。问题成堆。
7. Today´s cities operate largely on a single plane — the ground. 现在的城市主要在一个平面上活动——即地面。
8. There would be windows, of course, but they might be fairly expensive; besides, most people wouldn´t feel the need for them provided there were suitable interior decorations. 当然窗子还是有的,但可能相当贵。何况,假如有合适的内部装饰,大部分人就会觉得不需要窗子。
9. The operation caught the imagination of the world, and there was a story that a television company offered a million dollars for one single photograph of Washkansky´s old heart. 这一手术轰动了整个世界,据说一家电视公司曾出一百万美元的高价来购买沃什坎斯基原来心脏的一张照片。
10. The main problem facing Christiaan Barnard was how to prevent the body´s rejection of the new heart. 现在,克里斯蒂安·巴纳德所面临的主要问题是,如何防止人体对新心脏的排斥。