1. The taxcollectors can make mistakes or act over-zealously.
    税收人员可能犯错误或者把事情做过头。

2. Theatrical make-up and artificial blood had been used to make the injuries look realistic.
    用于化妆的油彩和人造血使的创伤非常逼真.

3. The telephone rings and this marks the prelude to an unforeseen series of catastrophes.
    电话铃响了，这就揭开了未预料到的大灾难的序幕。

4. The earth turns round at a uniform rate.
    地球以不变的速度旋转。

5. The best way to overcome it----so at least it seems to me----is to make your interests gradually wider and more impersonal,
    克服怕死的最好办法 -- 至少在我看来是这样 -- 就是逐渐使自己的兴趣更加广泛，

6. This shows how long it was before we deemed it necessary to make sure that all our children could share in the knowledge accumulated by the ´happy few´ during the past centuries.
    这说明，经过了多么漫长的时间之后，我们才认识到，有必要确保我们的孩子享有多少个世纪以来由1少数幸运者´所积累起来的知识。

7. They may even accuse them of disloyalty, or make some spiteful remark about the friends´ parents.
    他们甚至责备孩子不忠，或者讲些小朋友家长的坏话。

8. The third, or main wave, is the slowest and has travelled round the earth through the surface rocks.
    第三种波，即主波，是最慢的，是围绕地球通过表面岩石传来的。

9. 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。

10. The telephone rings and this marks the prelude to an unforeseen series of catastrophes.
    这时电话铃响了。它预示着一连串意想不到的灾难的来临。