1. According to the survey based on responses from over 188,000 students, today's college beginners are "more consumeristic and less idealistic" than at any time in the seventeen years of the poll.
    根据以188, 000多名学生的答卷为基础的调查，当今的大学新生比这项民意测验开始以来的17年中的任何时候的大学新生都 "更主张消费，但少了点理想"。

2. Accordingly, today the most popular course is not literature or history but accounting.
    因此，如今最受欢迎的课程不是文学或历史，而是会计学。

3. Americans in the future will probably not live as Americans do today.
    未来的美国人可能不会像现在的美国人那样生活。

4. "Yeah, but you didn't ask questions today."
    "是的，可你今天没提问。"

5. And today, some will wonder whether they cost $10 or $100.
    而现在，有人要猜想这花是10美元还是100美元了。

6. Yet residents would not feel crowded, because they would not be jostled or inconvenienced by others as much as they are today.
    居民不会感到拥挤，因为他们相互推挤和彼此妨碍的程度没有现在这样严重。

7. Sam and I had lunch together today.
    我和萨姆今天一起吃的午饭。

8. Some young lovers today dream of the former freedom of the Hopi, and some wish that a marriage counselor would help them find the perfect mate.
    还有些年轻恋人向往着以前霍皮人的自由，并且还有人指望媒人会帮助他们找到完美的配偶。

9. So were school-age children. I thought this might mean more exchanges as I made the rounds today.
    上学的孩子也一样。我心里琢磨，这可能意味我挨家挨户收垃圾时可以和人们多搭上几句话了。

10. Practically every package today, every can and bottle, has these unique symbols.
    现在几乎每个包装上、每个罐头盒和瓶子上都有这个独特的标志。