1.頻繁爭執不利于婚姻幸福。(Constant arguing doesn’t make for a happy marriage.)

2.文化交流有助于相互了解。(Cultural exchanges make for//are beneficial to//are conducive to mutual understanding.)

3.我認為我們可以和他們做生意，但在做出任何舉動之前我們需要派個人去進一步摸摸情況。(I think we can do business with them, but we need to send someone to spy out the land before any further step is taken.)

4.銀行結算單使你清楚你的錢是怎么花的。(Bank statements help you keep track of where your money is going.)

5.我可以聽到他們在壓低了聲音說話，但聽不清他們在說些什么。(I could hear them talking in very low voice, but I can’t make out what they are talking.)

6.他頗帶諷刺地沖我笑了一下，這使我真的很不舒服。(He cast me a sarcastic smile which made me really uncomfortable.)

7.‘你認為我們的電腦在夜里這么晚了還喜歡工作嗎？就我所知，它想睡覺了。’我諷刺地對還在打電腦游戲的兒子說道。(‘Do you think our computer enjoys working at such a late hour of the night? I think, to the best of my knowledge, it wants to go to bed’ I said sarcastically to my son who was still playing computer games.)

8.從那時起，這座偉大的紀念碑對通過紐約港來到美國安家落戶的千百萬人來說就成了一個自由的象征。(Ever since then, the great monument has been a symbol of liberty for the millions of people who have passed through New York Harbor to make their homes in America.)

9.他跟別人說話總喜歡帶一種教訓人的語氣。(He likes to speak to others in an instructive tone.)

10.全世界都屏息而待，看哪個城市會贏得2010年世博會的承辦權。(All the world held its breath to see which city would win the right to host the 2010 World Exposition.)

11.賽跑運動員們腳尖抵著起跑線準備起跑。(The runners toed the line, ready to start.)

12.建議漂亮女性與自己的男性上司保持一定距離。(It is suggested that beautiful females should keep their male bosses at arm’s length.)

13.我想提醒我們中那些說的多做的少的人，你們的職位不可能永遠為你們保留著。(I want to remind those among us who say a lot but do very little that your positions cannot be kept for you forever.)

14.映入眼簾的景象使我不禁倒吸一口涼氣。(I gasped with shock at the scene coming into my eyes.)

15.哨聲響起時我們的足球隊正在做最后的掙扎//拼搏。(Our football team are at their last gasp when the whistle went.)

16.她聽到那消息后大驚失色。(She paled with shock at the news.)

17.那個問題比較起我們正在討論的這一個來就顯得無足輕重了。(That issue pales into insignificance beside the one we are discussing now.)

18.我現在心緒煩亂如麻。(I’m in a confused state of mind.)

19.多好的機會呀，可讓我給搞砸了。(It was such a good opportunity, but I messed it up!)

20.一絲淡淡的笑容從她臉上掠過。(A faint smile drifted across her face.)