1. It is important, if one does not wish to inconvenience and to bore one´s friends , not to tell lies.
    如果一个人不愿去打扰朋友或使之厌烦, 那么要紧的是不撒谎.

2. In Thailand rice is an important commodity for export.
    米是泰国的一项重要出口商品。

3. I can not evaluate such an important antique.
    我不能对如此重要的古董做出评价。

4. It is important to meditate on the meaning of life.
    思考人生的意义很重要。

5. In football teamwork is even more important than individual skill.
    在橄榄球比赛中, 协力工作要比个人技术更重要。

6. It was an important reference work and Humboldt made an instinctive grab for it.
    那是一本很重要的参考书，洪堡本能地去抓它。

7. It would not have been very important if he had merely found plasmodium parasites in the tiny stomach, but the parasites were multiplying — suggesting that the mosquito´s stomach was one of their natural homes.
    如果在蚊子微小的腹内他只是发现了疟原虫寄生虫，这个发现还不是个很重要的发现，但是寄生虫在繁殖——这就意味着蚊子的腹内是它们的一个自然之家。

8. In traditional Chinese society, sons were important because they would take positions as head of the family and keep the family name alive.
    在传统的中国社会里，儿子很重要，因为他们将继承家长的位置并把家族的姓氏世世代代地传下去。

9. In a time of increasing specialization, a time when 90 percent of all the scientists who have ever lived are currently alive, more than ever, we need to know what is truly important in life.
    在一个日益专业化的时代，在一个本时代所有科学家的90%现在都还健在的时代里，我们比过去任何时候更需了解什么是生活中真正重要的东西。

10. I poured a stiff drink and, soon, two uniformed officers of the LAPD arrived. They took a report and admitted the "important thing" was nobody was hurt.
    我刚为自己倒了一杯烈性酒，两个穿制服的洛杉矶警察局的警察就到了。他们对此事作了笔录，说 "幸好"没有伤人。