1. Gail's father, David, whom I had not yet met personally, approached our decision with a father-knows-best attitude.
    盖尔的父亲戴维-我还未见过他的面-以知女莫若父的态度来对付我们的决定。

2. Charles is shy and does not take the initiative in making acquaintances.
    查尔斯怕羞不会主动结交朋友。

3. Building garages and making furniture. Some really keen enthusiasts go so far as to build their own computers.
    有些热衷于自己动手的人甚至自己组装电脑。

4. Communications figured largely in the Disney organization's decision to site its fourth theme park near Paris.
    交通因素在迪斯尼公司做出将其第四个主题公园选址于巴黎附近这一决定中起了重要作用。

5. On the last day I made a big decision.
    到了最后一天，我作出了一项重大决定。

6. One of them is making a shirt and the other is making a pair of trousers.
    一个做衬衣，另一个做裤子。

7. Older family members, who understood that the goal of marriage was to produce healthy sons, made the all-important decision of marriage.
    家里的长辈们认为结婚的目的就是要生下健康的儿子，因此有关婚姻的重要决定都是由他们作出的。

8. On the other hand, once a given agreement is made, it is the Japanese who sometimes wonder at the slow pace in which Westerners implement the decision.
    另一方面，一旦签署了某个协议，却常常是日本人惊讶于西方人履行协议时的拖沓。

9. Our engine roared to life, the powerful jet turbines making enough noise to waken the dead.
    引擎轰鸣着发动起来，强大的涡轮机发出的声音可以把死人吵醒。

10. Like a scientist bent on making a discovery, he must cherish the hope that one day he will be amply rewarded.
    就象一个决心要有所发现的科学家一样，他必须抱有有朝一日能如愿以偿的希望。