1. Let me try to describe three or four characteristics of the Japanese environment that in some way affect decision-making or direction-taking and problem-solving.
    让我来描述一下日本民族的三四个文化背景特征，它们以某种方式影响着决策或者取向，以及解决问题的方式。

2. I am taking an English course.
    我在学英语课程。

3. I happened to be walking in my garden when I noticed a huge number of snails taking a stroll on some of my prize plants.
    我在花园里漫无目的散步，突然注意到许许多多蜗牛在我的一些心爱的花木上慢悠悠的蠕动着。

4. In the seventh grade, I started taking drugs.
    上七年级时，我开始吸毒。

5. If iron levels are low, talk with a physician to see if the deficiency should be corrected by modifying your diet or by taking supplements.
    如果铁离子含量低，就要去看医生，以确定是否该通过调整饮食或服用铁离子补剂来校正不足。

6. It means trying to measure the impact of these forces on contemporary life, and also coming to grips with changes now taking place.
    它意味着试图评估这些因素对现代生活的影响，也意味着把握目前正在发生的变化。

7. In his recent book Earth Politics, Ernst Ulrich von Weizsacker wrote that "perhaps 90 percent of the destruction of animal and plant species, soil erosion, forest destruction and creation of deserts is taking place in developing countries."
    在其新作《地球政治学》一书中，厄恩斯特·乌尔里克·冯·魏茨泽克写道："动植物物种灭绝，土壤受侵蚀，森林被毁，沙漠产生，在这些破坏中，也许有90%正发生在发展中国家。"

8. Fifteen students are taking part in the contest.
    有十五个学生参加竞赛.