1. ----while our own compulsory school attendance became law in Germany in 1642, in France in 1806, and in England in 1876, and is still non-existent in a number of ´civilized´ nations.
    而我们的义务教育成为法律在德国是在1642年，在法国是在1806年，在英国是在1876年。

2. ----but only if you´re blessed with a sanguine disposition and won´t suffer sleepless nights over share prices.
    你必须性格开朗，不会因股票价格的浮动而夜不能眠。

3. ----if you put all of your money into Periwigs International, you´re setting yourself up as a hostage to fortune.
    如果你把所有资金投入佩里威格斯国际公司，你就把自己当成了命运的人质。

4. He described it as ´a very agreeable situation located within two small hills in the midst of which flowed a great river.´
    他对该港作了这样的描述："地理位置十分适宜，位于两座小山的中间，一条大河从中间流过"。

5. He usually takes a short walk in the evenings and is always home by seven o´clock.
    傍晚常常出去溜达一会儿，并且总是在7点钟以前回来。

6. He, too, arrived near Calais on the same day with a new ´Antoinette´.
    同一天，他驾驶一架新的"安特瓦特"号飞机来到了加来附近。

7. He insisted on the assistant´s counting the money before he left -- 30,000 pennies in all!
    他坚持要店员点清那些硬币后他才离去。这些硬币加在一起共有30,000枚！

8. Harry went on to explain that ´myrolite´ was a hard, amber-like substance which could be used to remove freckles.
    哈里便进一步解释"密诺莱特"是一种质地坚硬、状似琥珀的东西，可以用来除去雀斑。

9. He did not marry again and I was brought up without a woman´s care;
    父亲没有再娶，因此，我在没有母亲的环境里长大成人。

10. He asked if Mr. Gilbert´s operation had been successful and the doctor told him that it had been.
    他问吉尔伯特先生的手术中否成功，医生告诉他手术很成功。