1. Harsh regimes are still in place in Iran (under American embargo since 1979), Myanmar (since 1997), Sudan (since 1996), never mind Cuba (1962). 强硬政权依旧掌控着伊朗（自1979年便受到美国制裁）、缅甸（1997）、苏丹（1996），而古巴（1962）更是自不待言。
2. He hasn't been nominated since winning this award for 1999's American Beauty. And this is his best work since then. 之从1999年的《美国美人》得奖后就再以没被提名过了，这部影片是他之后最好的一部了。
3. At first it was but like a swallow, then a lark, then an eagle, then as vast as a spring cloud, and then it filled the starry heavens. 起初它是一只喜鹊，随后又变成一只云雀，之后变成了一只苍鹰，后来变成一朵轻盈的云朵，总后它覆盖繁星密布的苍穹！
4. then waits for stillness, then weighing. Second, Open the discharge gate and let materials out of the bucket; then waits stillness, then weighing again. 然后打开放料闸门，放出物料并且稳定后，再计重量，即得到此周期下料的精确值（静态计量值）；
5. Since then Perkin Elmer has changed name twice, first to PE and then to Applera. 此后伯金艾尔莫两次易名；开始改为PE，后来，改为阿普莱拉。
