1. The world had to wait almost another 100 years for the Channel Tunnel.
    世界不得不再等将近100年才看到海峡隧道竣工。

2. The Crystal Palace was different from all other buildings in the world, for it was made of iron and glass.
    这座水晶宫不同于世界上所有的其他建筑，因为它是用钢和玻璃建成的。

3. Thousands of lanterns slowly drift out to sea guiding the dead on their return journey to the other world.
    成千上万只灯笼慢慢漂向大海，指引着亡灵返回另一个世界。

4. The world´s great religions originated from Asia: Buddhism from India, Christianity from Palestine, Islam from Arabia.
    世界上的几大宗教起源于亚洲：佛教源于印度，基督教源于巴勒斯坦，伊斯兰教源于阿拉伯。

5. There was a time when Asia led the world in civilization.
    过去，亚洲的文明进程曾一度居世界领先地位。

6. Then he began to talk to us about the French language, saying that it was the most beautiful tongue in the world, and that we must keep it among us and never forget it.
    然后他开始对我们讲起了法兰西语言。他说法语是世界上最美的语言，我们一定要经常讲，永远不要忘掉。

7. The Red Cross did much work for prisoners-of-war during the two world wars.
    在两次世界大战中，红十字会都为战俘提供了很多救助。

8. The discovery started scientists in many parts of the world on the search for new and better sulfas, and a number of them were found and perfected.
    这一发现促使世界许多地方的科学家去寻求更新、更有效的磺胺药，他们也确实发现了若干种磺胺药，并做了改进。

9. 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。

10. Today, many wealthy people who could live anywhere in the world cannot tear themselves away from those cities, even though they continue to have many problems.
    今天，虽然那里依然存在许多问题，但很多可以住在世界上任何其它地方的有钱的人们仍选择这两个城市居住。