1. The idea of colonising Mars----a world 160 times more distant than the Moon----will move decisively from the second phase to the third, when a significant number of people are living permanently in space.
    如果有相当数量的人永久性地住在太空，征服火星的计划 -- 一个比月球远160倍的星球 -- 就可以明确地从第2阶段进入第3阶段。

2. Traditional custom, taken the world over, is a mass of detailed behaviour more astonishing than what any one person can ever evolve in individual actions, no matter how aberrant.
    从世界范围来看，传统风俗是由许多细节性的习惯行为组成，它比任何一个养成的行为都更加引人注目，不管个人行为多么异常。

3. Twenty or thirty pages of information handed to any of the major world powers around the year 1925 would have been sufficient to change the course of world history.
    如果把二三十页的情报交给1952年前后的任何一个世界强国，就足以改变世界历史的进程。二三十页材料中的思想和情报会便当今的世界翻天覆地，甚至毁灭这个世界。

4. These days, advertisers not only offer free samples, but free cars, free houses, and free trips round the world as well.
    目前，做广告的人不仅提供免费样品，而且还提供免费汽车，免费住房，免费周游世界。

5. The deepest known cave in the world is the Gouffre Berger near Grenoble.
    世界上最深的洞穴是格里诺布尔附近的高弗.伯杰洞，

6. The Scandinavian countries are much admired all over the world for their enlightened social policies.
    斯堪的纳维亚半岛各国实行开明的社会政策，受到全世界的推崇。

7. 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。

8. 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。

9. 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。

10. 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。