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(lái)在股票上揚(yáng)的時(shí)候買進(jìn)，虧損了兩萬(wàn)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(chǎng)調(diào)查和社會(huì)調(diào)查中，通常由采訪者提問。采訪者往往要接受培訓(xùn)才能更好地提問并準(zhǔn)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(dòng)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(shè)有可供應(yīng)各種中西菜肴和日本風(fēng)味飯菜的餐廳。還有一整套的服務(wù)設(shè)施，包括舞廳、健身中心、美容廳、桑拿浴室、游泳池、酒吧、商場(chǎng)及出租車服務(wù)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(jí)決策者指政治家、政府高級(jí)官員、機(jī)構(gòu)上層管理者，及其他那些手握權(quán)力、掌控資源、左右局勢(shì)的人。