注意：除以上基本方法外，必须配合逻辑分析（尤其是连词、惯用搭配结构的使用）。

1. The reality that has blocked my path to becoming the typical successful student is that engineering and the liberal arts simply don't mix as easily as I assumed in high school.

2. Robert Foss, a scientist at the University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center, says the higher death rates for teenage drivers have less to do with “really stupid behavior” than with just a lack of driving experience.

3. Both he and the author of the study believe that the way to mitigate¹ (缓解)the problem is to have states institute so-called graduated licensing² systems, in which getting a license³ is a multistage process.

4. What is most important, different layers of ocean water can act as channels for sounds, focusing them in the same way a stethoscope （听诊器） does when it carries faint noises from a patient’s chest to a doctor’s ear.

5. The key to preventing or treating behavior problems is learning to teach the dog to redirect its normal behavior to outlets⁴ that are acceptable in the domestic setting.

6. Non-smokers⁵ remembered 19 percent more of the most important information than active smokers, and deprived smokers bested those who had smoked a cigarette just before testing.

7. Deeply involved with this new technology is a breed of modern businesspeople who have a growing respect for the economic value of doing business abroad.

8. The employee posted abroad who speaks the country's principal language has an opportunity to fast-forward certain negotiations⁶, and can have the cultural insight to know when it is better to move more slowly.

9. Historically, most physical-fitness tests have usually included measures of muscular strength and endurance, not for health-related reasons, but primarily because such fitness components⁷ have been related to performance in athletics⁸.

10. “But those who want to ban the bomb for American citizens claim that if you have one locked in the cabinet, with the fuse in a drawer, you would never be able to assemble it in time to stop an intruder （侵入者）”.

11. The report cites two main causes: increasing physical isolation—brought on by high divorce rates and less involvement in community, among other things—and a growing perception that the world is a more dangerous place.