His father is a machinist in an aerospace plant.
他的父亲是一家航空工厂的机械师。
A crusade left Europe in an attempt to reconquer the Holy City.
一支十字军离开了欧洲企图重新夺回圣城。
In an automated car plant there is not a human operative to be seen.
在全自动汽车制造厂，一个工人也看不到。
She broke a leg in an accident.
她在一次事故中摔断了腿。
I am filling in an application form for a new job.
我正在填写一份新工作的申请表。
You can curl up in an armchair, or in bed, with a good book.
你可以蜷缩在扶手椅或床上，读一本好书。
Receptionist in an attorney's office and a welder at a construction site.
律师事务所的接待员和建筑工地的焊工。
In the end, it was an easy delivery: a fine baby boy.
最终，分娩顺利——一个健康的男婴。
An idea for a novel began to germinate in her mind.
一部小说的构思已经在她的头脑中萌发。
An unattended backpack was found in a rubbish pile.
在垃圾桶里发现了一个无人看管的背包。
A dipstick is used to measure how much oil is left in an engine.
量油尺是用来探查引擎中的剩余油量的。
He called for a clean fight in the election and an end to "negative campaigning."
他呼吁在竞选中公正交锋，停止“消极竞选”。
I saw an article in a magazine about wise ideas about recycling.
我在一本杂志上看到了一篇关于回收的明智想法的文章。
I took a bath in a bathtub for an hour.
我在浴缸里洗了一个小时的澡。
Mirrors in a room often give an illusion of space.
房间里的镜子常给人一种空间增大的错觉。
Sheila found some work as a secretary in an insurance company.
希拉在一家保险公司找到了一份做秘书的工作。
He is due to hold a news conference in about an hour.
他应该在大约一小时之后召开一次记者招待会。
There is no reason why an aircraft designer should also be a good pilot. In the same way, a good pilot can be a bad driver.
没有理由期待一个飞机设计师同时也是一个优秀的飞行员。同样的道理，优秀的飞行员可能是个糟糕的汽车驾驶员。
They placed an advertisement in the local paper for a secretary.
他们把一则秘书招聘广告登在当地报纸上。
The pilot made an emergency landing in a field.
飞行员在一片农田里紧急着陆。
Upbringing plays an important part in determining a person's character.
后天培养对于一个人性格的形成起着重要作用。
These days work plays an important part in a single woman's life.
现今，工作在一个单身妇女的生活中起着重要作用。
For an hour I was walking around in a daze.
我茫然地走了一个小时。
He did part-time work as an usher in a theatre.
他曾在一家剧院做兼职引座员。
He was born an untouchable in a very poor village in south India.
他出生时是印度南部一个极其贫困的小村的贱民。
It was an object lesson in how to use television as a means of persuasion.
这是利用电视作为劝导方式的一个实例。
There was an electricity black-out in a large area in the north of the country.
该国北方有一大片地区都停电了。
Our school does an exchange with a school in France.
我们学校与法国的一所学校进行交流。
Is it worth fighting a big war, in the name of an abstraction like sovereignty?
以象主权这样一个抽象概念的名义，值得打一场大战吗？
She lives in a tower block on an estate in London.
她住在伦敦某住宅区的一栋高楼里。
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