1.血浓于水。
　　Blood is thicker than water.
　　2.为热烈欢迎外宾，准备工作已经做好。
　　Arrangements have been made to give the foreign guests a warm welcome.
　　3.这些早期的汽车速度缓慢，行动笨拙，效率不高。
　　There early cars were slow, clumsy, and inefficient.
　　4.约翰现与父母同住在纽约市；他不担任乐队指挥已经三年了。
　　John is now with his parents in New York City;it is already three years since he was a bandmaster.
　　Since 从句中的过去式联系动词was 或were 是指一种状态的结束。
　　5.要参加这个俱乐部并非易事-他们只吸收手头阔绰的人，而不是普通百姓。
　　It’s not easy to become a member of that clud-they want people who have plenty of money to spend, not just every Tom, Dick, and Harry.
　　Tom, Dick, and Harry都是英美常见的人名，这里泛指任何人，相当于汉语的张三、李四、王五
　　6. They have done their best to ensure that their children do not go without.(英译汉)
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