1. Having sold his ￡7,000 of stock in the company, he later bought back in at the top of the boom and down for ￡20,000.

　　譯文：他賣掉了自己在該公司占有的七千英鎊的股份，后來在股票上揚的時候買進，虧損了兩萬英鎊。

　　2. In market research and social surveys questions are usually read out by an interviewer. Interviewers are usually trained to read the questions out and then record the answers in a machine-like manner.

　　譯文：在市場調查和社會調查中，通常由采訪者提問。采訪者往往要接受培訓才能更好地提問并準確地記錄答案。

　　3. When Heaven is about to place a great responsibility on a great man, it always first frustrates his spirit and will, exhausts his muscles and bones, exposes him to starvation and poverty, harasses him by troubles and setbacks so as to stimulate his spirit.

　　譯文：天將降大任于斯人也，必先苦其心志，勞其筋骨，餓其體膚，空乏其身，行佛亂其所為，所以動心忍性，增益其所不能。

　　4. Available at the hotel is a variety of Chinese, Japanese and Western food restaurants, in addition to a complete set of service facilities including ballroom, physical fitness center, beauty salon, sauna, swimming pool, bar, shopping arcade and taxi service, etc.

　　譯文：飯店設有可供應各種中西菜肴和日本風味飯菜的餐廳。還有一整套的服務設施，包括舞廳、健身中心、美容廳、桑拿浴室、游泳池、酒吧、商場及出租車服務等等。

　　5. Senior policy-makers are politicians, senior government officers, senior institutional managers and others with the power and resources to influence events.

　　譯文：高級決策者指政治家、政府高級官員、機構上層管理者，及其他那些手握權力、掌控資源、左右局勢的人。