1. I never heard of anyone making a ´skeleton´, as we were taught at school.
    我从未听说过任何一位作家像我们在学校那样，

2. It seems that man was making a real effort to understand the seasons 20,000 years earlier than has been supposed.
    看来人类早就致力于探索四季变迁了，比人们想像的要早20,000年。

3. I bound the base of the tree with sticky tape, making it impossible for the ants to reach the aphids.
    我用一条胶带把桃树底部包上，不让蚂蚁接近蚜虫。

4. In the new country he became absorbed in making a new life for the two of us, so that he gradually ceased to grieve.
    在这个新的国家里，父亲专心致志地为我们俩开创一种新的生活，慢慢地不伤心了。

5. I´m making a bookcase.
    我正在做书架。

6. I´m making a shopping list, Tom.
    我在写购物单，汤姆。

7. I thought he was making fun of me and ran faster than ever, reaching the schoolyard quite out of breath.
    我以为他是同我开玩笑，便跑得更快了。到学校的时候，已经上气不接下气了。

8. I'm not complaining, only making a point.
    我不是在抱怨谁，只是在表明一种观点。

9. It was not the sort of bright yellow sun making everything lift up at the edges, almost in fear, that I was used to, but a pale yellow sun, as if the sun had grown weak from trying too hard to shine; but still it was sunny.
    这不是那种我所习惯的、使每一样东西的边缘几乎是颤巍巍地向上翘的那种金黄色的太阳，而是那种淡黄的、好象是一个因过分卖力地想发出灿烂的光芒而变得软弱无力的太阳，但它毕竟也是灿烂的。

10. It's impossible to jump off welfare and suddenly be making two thousand dollars a month.
    要脱离福利救济，一下子做到每月能挣2, 000美元是不可能的。