注意語氣

1.  Say that again and I』ll part with you once for all.（警告）

你敢再說一遍，我就跟你一刀兩斷！

2.  You are stubborn.  He is pig-headed.  I am strong-willed.（褒貶）

你這樣叫頑固，他那樣叫死腦筋，我這樣才是堅定不移。

3.  He is a postgraduate, but speaks no English at all.（驚奇）

他堂堂一個研究生竟然一句英文也不會講！

4.  If you are not going, I am not either.（條件）

你不去，我就不去。（這種句子中文往往不用如果假使等等字眼）

5.  There are at most fifty people on the playground.（不屑）

整個操場頂多隻有五十個人。

注意通順

6.         This nation』s best-loved author was every bit as adventurous, patriotic, romantic and humorous as anyone has ever imagined.

這位舉國愛戴的作家本人就喜歡冒險，熱愛國家，既浪漫又幽默，蠻符合大家的想像。

7.         The study found that non-smoking wives of men who smoke cigarettes face a much greater than normal danger of developing lung cancer.  The more cigarettes smoked by the husband, the greater the threat faced by his non-smoking wife.

研究顯示，丈夫要是吸菸，妻子就算不吸菸，罹患肺癌的危險也比正常高很多，而且丈夫吸得越多，妻子罹癌的威脅就越高。

8.         In a free country there will always be conflicting ideas, and this is a source of strength.  It is conflict and not unquestioning agreement that keeps freedom alive.

自由國家裡總會有觀念上的差異對立，這是國家力量的來源。也就是說，讓自由蓬勃發展的，是差異對立，而非馴順的共識。

9.         The purpose of a test is to show what you have learned about a subject.  The world won』t end if you don』t pass a test.  So don』t worry excessively about a single test.

考試的目的就是要顯示你在這個科目裡學到了多少東西。一次考試不過，並不就是世界末日，所以別太憂心忡忡吧。

10.     The invention of machinery had brought into the world a new era—the Industrial Age.  Money had become king.

機械的發明帶領世界進入新紀元──工業時期，從此，金錢統治世界。