1. After switching on powerful arc lights, they saw great stalagmites---- some of them over forty feet high ---- rising up like tree-trunks to meet the stalactites suspended from the roof.
    他们打开强力弧光灯，看见一株株巨大的石笋，有的高达40英尺，像树干似地向上长着，与洞顶悬挂下来的钟乳石相接。

2. All these cats had one experience in common: they had fallen off high buildings, yet only eight of them died from shock or injuries.
    所有这些猫有一个共同的经历：它们都曾从高层建筑上摔下来过，但只有其中的8只猫死于震荡或跌伤。

3. At high speeds, falling cats have time to relax.
    在高速下落中，猫有时间放松自己。

4. A school day at Mrs. Cox´s high school is divided into six periods of one hour each.
    科克斯夫人所在的学校，一天六节课，

5. All of them go for the same reasons -- to become fluent in English, complete high school, and understand everything they can about the American way of life.
    他们都是因为同样的原因赴美的——学会流利的英语、完成中学学业以及尽可能了解有关美国生活方式的方方面面。

6. Apparently, wearing high heels pushes your breasts (胸脯) out by changing your center of gravity (重心).
    虽然，穿高跟鞋可以通过改变人的重心而使乳房突出来。

7. And when male high-school students are asked what kinds of careers they would like to have, the only two job fields that consistently receive large numbers of responses in open surveys are "professional athlete" and "media personality&
    还有，当问到男中学生他们想从事什么样的职业时，在公开调查中仅有两类行业的工作经常收到大量的反馈，那就是"职业运动员"和"媒体从业者"。

8. "The texts of my broadcasts," I said, " ... every page, as you can see, stamped for approval by the High Command and two ministries (政府的部)."
    "我的广播稿，" 我说，"…… 你们可以看到每一页都盖上了最高司令部和两个政府部门的核准图章。"

9. Automobile production is down; bicycle production is up. Crowded highways, high gasoline costs, and ease of bicycling are three reasons for this change.
    汽车产量在下降，自行车产量在上升。导致这一变化的三个原因是：拥挤不堪的高速公路、价格昂贵的汽油以及方便自如的自行车出行。

10. Athletes in high-impact sports such as running may also lose iron through a phenomenon where small blood vessels in the feet leak blood.
    运动员从事高度剧烈的运动，比如跑步时，也可能会因为足部细血管失血的现象而使铁质流失。