【译文】在立足本国实际和借鉴海外经济合理成分的基础上，中国经济学者正致力于建立社会主义市场经济，要保证经济活动遵循价值规律的要求，适应供求关系的变化。
5)There are few moments in life that bring husband and wife closer in reflective communion than the first October moment by a blazing hearth when they inhale the odor of mothballs in each other’s sweaters and agree it’s time they once again had a long talk.
【译文】十月初临，夫妻俩傍倚着融融的炉火，都能闻到对方毛衣散发出的卫生球气味，默契地认为是他们在一起促膝长谈的时候了，如此亲密无间地沉浸在感情交流之中，一生能有几回。
1）No matter how bad the world may become, no matter how much the mass man of the future may lose such of the virtues as he still has, one fact remains. If one person alone refuses to go along with him, if one person alone asserts his individual and inner right to believe in and be loyal to what his fellow men seem to have given up, then at least he will still retain what is perhaps the most important part of humanity.
【译文】不管世界会堕落到什么地步，不管未来的人会丧失多少他们迄今还保留着的美德，有一个事实依然不变：只要有一个人不肯跟着随波逐流，只要有一个人还会坚持自己植根于心灵深处的权利，信守他的同胞似乎已经放弃的美德，那他至少还会保留着也许是人性中最宝贵的东西。
2) Four days after setting out, while the Titanic was sailing across the icy waters of the North Atlantic, a huge iceberg was suddenly spotted by a lookout. After the alarm had been given, the great ship turned sharply to avoid a direct collision. The Titanic turned just in time, narrowly missing the immense wall of ice which rose over 100 feet out of the water beside her.
【译文】“泰坦尼克”号起航后的第四天，正行驶在北大西洋冰冷的海面上。突然，瞭望员发现正前方有一座冰山。警报拉响后，巨轮急转弯，以避免与冰山正面相撞。“泰坦尼克”号这个弯儿拐得及时，紧贴着高出海面100英尺的巨大冰墙擦了过去。
1. How to explain that I was not a proud owner seeking admiration for his vehicle, but a tourist who had broken down?
【译文】真不知道怎么说好呢？我又不是一个得意的车主，专门让人家欣赏我的车子来着，而是个路途中有了难处的游客。
2. It is actually very, very old and was not always as beautiful as it is now. It is not certain how