1. I felled a cedar tree, and I doubt whether Solomon ever had such a tree for the building of the temple at Jerusalem.
    我砍倒了一棵杉树，心想所罗门在耶路撒冷修建宫殿时恐怕也没有用过这么大的树。

2. In Manhattan the subway station was the basement of his office building, and he would not have to go outside again until we met him in Brooklyn on his way home.
    曼哈顿的地铁站正是他们办公楼的地下室, 他不用出站。下班回家时，我们会去布鲁克林的地铁站口接他。

3. I am an independent businessman, slowly building up my market.
    我是一个独立的生意人，正在慢慢建立起自己的市场。

4. Facing it across the square stands another new building, the one that takes pride of place in the hearts of all Beijing — the Great Hall of the People.
    广场西侧与历史博物馆相对，耸立着另一座新建筑物，这就是在北京所有居民的心目中占有最重要位置的人民大会堂。