1) The village is so close to the border that the villagers lived in constant fear of attacks from the enemy.(这个村子离边境很近，村民一直担心会受到敌人攻击。)
2) In only twenty years the country was transformed into an advanced industrial power.（这个国家仅用了20年的时间就发展成了一个先进的工业强国）
3) Seeing the project successfully completed, those who had invested so much time and energy in it felt very proud. （看到项目顺利完成，那些为此投入大量时间和精力的人们都感到非常自豪。）
4) Given the current financial situation, it is inevitable that the US dollar will be further devalued.（鉴于目前的金融形势，美元进一步贬值是不可避免的。）
5) There are so many vehicles nowadays that the roads in this area are barely adequate to cope with the present traffic. （现在的汽车太多了，这个地区的道路几乎无法应对当前的交通状况。）
6) The weather showed no signs of getting better so the government called upon us to get prepared for floods.（天气没有出现好转的迹象，所以政府号召我们做好防洪准备。）
7) Alice had been confined to bed for over 10 years after the traffic accident, and so her recovery seemed nothing short of a miracle.（那场车祸以后爱丽丝十几年卧床不起，所以她的康复真是一个奇迹。）
8) The students were all very much concerned about the World Cup, spending at least two hours every day watching the live matches on TV.（这些同学对世界杯十分关注，每天至少花两个小时看比赛的现场直播。）
9) Thomas said that his family had settled in Florida more than half a century ago.（托马斯说他家半个世纪前就在弗罗里达定居了。）
10) Ask for help. Don’t tough it out yourself. I learned this lesson early in my life.（寻求他人的帮助，别一个人扛着。我很早就吸取了这个教训。）
