1. Workaholism is a problem that has been evident since the Stone Age whenever people have sought to escape other parts of their lives through work.
    工作狂自石器时代起就成了一个很明显的问题了——每当人们试图通过工作来逃避他们生活中的其他部分时就会出现这个问题。

2. We were as different as two people can be; some 85 years and 8,000 miles apart.
    我们两人差别如此之大：年龄相差大约85岁，距离相差8，000英里。

3. When other people are finished and having fun is most likely the time when online students do their course work.
    别人已完成作业开始玩耍，而此时网络学生却很可能还在上课。

4. When someone "has a feeling" about someone else, people more often laugh than pay attention.
    当一个人对另一个人“有某种感觉”时，人们更多的是付之一笑，而不会太在意。

5. Women and youth in rural Southern communities now constitute the fastest growing segment of people with AIDS.
    南部农村社区的妇女和青年是数量增长最快的艾滋病患者群体。

6. What should I do? During this very difficult time, I couldn't tell anyone for fear I wouldn't be able to compete in the Olympics if people learned I was HIV-positive.
    我该怎么办？然而在这艰难的时刻，我却不能把这些告诉任何人，因为一旦人们知道我是艾滋病毒阳性，我便不能参加奥运会比赛了。

7. Whether or not they said anything I can't remember to this day, or whether people just automatically put their hands up I don't know. I put my hands up but I just didn't know what to do.
    有那么一会儿，那里一片寂静，而这寂静突然被电话铃声打断。我记得自己当时还曾想知道这会是谁打来的电话呢。没人接电话，于是它就在那原本死一般的寂静里不断地响啊响。

8. We did not dismiss these people; rather, we converted them to securities sales people and some of these are now our leading sales people.
    但我们并没有解雇他们；相反，我们将他们转为证券销售人员，其中有些如今成了这方面的骨干。

9. While white people had previously been used as models for most American coins, famed artist James Earle Fraser went against tradition by using three actual American Indians as models for his creation.
    此前一直是白人被用作美国硬币上的模特，而著名的艺术家詹姆斯·厄尔·弗雷泽却反传统而行之，起用了三名真正的美洲印第安人作为自己创作的原型。

10. We have six people testing every psychic every month.
    我们每月有6个人检测每位通灵大师的工作。