1. That proved to be my undoing, for I soon got back to my old bad habit of dozing off in front of the screen.
    这证明了我的失败，因为我不久就回到电视屏幕前打瞌睡的坏习惯去了。

2. Technology trends may push Silicon Valley back to the future.
    技术的发展趋势有可能把硅谷重新推向未来。

3. The man let out a cry and jumped back several paces.
    那人大叫了一声，惊退了几步。

4. The use of gloves was not introduced until 1860, when the Marquis of Queensberry drew up the first set of rules.
    1860年昆斯伯里侯爵第一次为拳击比赛制定了规则，拳击比赛这才用上了手套。

5. True eccentrics never deliberately set out to draw attention to themselves.
    真正古怪的人从不有意引人注意。

6. The lorry was loaded with empty beer bottles and hundreds of them slid off the back of the vehicle and on to the road.
    卡车上装着空啤酒瓶。成百只瓶子顺势从卡车后面滑出车外落在马路上。

7. The hospital had been bombed and Hans had made his way back into Western Germany on foot.
    医院遭到轰炸，汉斯步行回到了西德。

8. The rough road across the plain soon became so bad that we tried to get Bruce to drive back to the village we had come from.
    穿越平原的道路高低不平，开车走了不远，路面愈加崎岖。我们想劝说布鲁斯把车开回我们出发的那个村庄去。

9. Turning back down the main street, we quickened our pace and made our way rapidly towards the stream where we hoped the boatman was waiting.
    便掉转身子，沿着那条主要街道加快步伐，快速地朝深溪边走去，希望船夫还在那儿等着我们。

10. The journalist immediately set out to obtain these important facts,
    记者立即出发去核实这些重要的事实，