①A survey of the children’s parents and teachers found that those who as four-year-olds had enough self-control to hold out for the second marshmallow generally grew up to be better adjusted,more popular,adventures,confident and dependable teenagers.
②There was a huge library near the riverfront,but I knew that Negroes were not allowed to patronize its shelves any more than they were the parks and playgrounds of the city.
③Think of the luxury with which for a time,at least,fate rewarded Napoleon, the man who ruined France and looted Europe;and then perhaps you will agree that a few thousand dollars’ worth of debts were not too heavy a price to pay for the Ring Trilogy.
④This intuition that looks matter little may be another instance of our denying real influences upon us,for there is now a file drawer full of research studies indicating that appearance is a powerful determinant of initial attraction.
⑤These modern means of communication ensure that English speakers around the world have a vested interest in communicating with each other in a common language.
这些现代通信工具确保全世界讲英语的人互相交流时使用一种共同语言的既得利益。
⑥The stepped-up pace of invention, application and diffusion, in turn, accelerates the whole cycle still further.
反过来，发明、应用与推广的速度的加快进一步加速了整个过程的循环。
⑦In America, plans by the government to allow government agencies and intelligence sevices easy access to telephone conversations and electronic mail have caused considerable concern.
在美国，政府允许政府部门和情报机构方便地监听电话和电子邮件的计划引起了相当的不安。
⑧Some priests, nuns and researchers spend a great deal of time shepherding or observing shopping-bag ladies and are doing what they can to better the life of the lady hermits who are down.
It is mark of Rembrandt’s entrepreneurial achievement that he managed to get so many artists to adopt his idiosyncratic style and pass themselves off as him.
”。如果拿着翻译题就一味想着把英文往中文里套，却没有意识到自己对原文的理解实际上就有偏差，这就很难得到理想的分数了。
