1. Some parents threaten to punish for bad grades or offer rewards for good marks.
    许多家长吓唬孩子，说如果考不好就要惩罚他，或是向孩子许诺，说考得好就给奖励。

2. Some years ago, the Matsushita company was having a very bad time.
    几年前，松下公司遇到难关。

3. People will do anything to see a free show----even if it is a bad one.
    人们总要想尽办法看不花钱的演出--哪怕是拙劣的演出。

4. 5. What does a bad neighborhood mean here?
    我记得有一个晚上和朋友一起开着她父母的车停在了卡尔顿街和图兰街交叉的红灯前，这时有一个黑人在我们前面横穿马路。

5. My brother has infected me with a bad cold.
    我哥哥把重感冒传染给我。

6. Money is a good servant but a bad master.
    要做金钱的主人，莫作金钱的奴隶。

7. So that we look even more foolish when we slip back into our bad old ways.
    这样一旦滑回到那些老习惯上去，我们在别人的眼里会显得更加难堪。

8. My friend, Hugh, has always been fat, but things got so bad recently that he decided to go on a diet.
    我的朋友休一直很胖，但是近来情况变得越发糟糕，以致他决定节食。

9. Monday morning Charles forgot about the little girl and said the bad word himself three or four times, getting his mouth washed out with soap each time. He also threw chalk.
    星期一早晨，查尔斯已忘了那个小女孩，而且是他自己说了这个下流字三、四次，每一次都被用肥皂洗嘴巴。他还扔粉笔。

10. Moving is bad — in the sense of carrying furniture, equipment and hundreds of boxes out of one place and into another.
    搬家苦，苦就苦在要将一件件家具、设备和数百个箱子从一个地方搬出来，又搬进另一个地方去。