| 1. | Average working hours in industry fell from 59.1 a week in 1897 to 55.2 in 1914 .
工业中平均劳动时间，从1897年的每周五十九点一小时，降低到1914年的每周五十五点二小时。 |
| 2. | Today the stock market took a nosedive and dropped 25 points
今天股票市场的价格猛跌，下降了二十五点。 |
| 3. | Today the stock market took a nosedive and dropped 25 points .
“今天股票市场的价格猛跌，下降了二十五点。 ” |
| 4. | Manulife financial reports 15 . 8 per cent return on shareholders equity
宏利金融今年首季股东资金回报达百分之十五点八 |
| 5. | " today the stock market took a nosedive and dropped 25 points .
这句话的意思是： “今天股票市场的价格猛跌，下降了二十五点。 ” |
| 6. | Return on shareholders equity for the quarter was 16 . 2 per cent , up from 15 . 3 per cent in 2000
第二季股东资金回报由二千年的百分之十五点三增加至百分之十六点二。 |
| 7. | Return on shareholders equity for the quarter was 15 . 0 per cent , up from 14 . 3 per cent in 2000
首季股东资金回报为百分之十五点零，较去年同期的百分之十四点三为高。 |
| 8. | Year - to - date return on shareholders equity was 16 . 2 per cent , up from 15 . 6 per cent in 2001
上半年的股东资金回报为百分之十六点二，较二零零一年同期的百分之十五点六有所上升。 |
| 9. | Year to date normalized return on shareholders equity was 15 . 9 per cent , compared to 15 . 5 per cent for 2000
年度至今正常化股东资金回报为百分之十五点九，而二千年度则为百分之十五点五。 |
| 10. | On a per share basis , earnings for the third quarter were cdn 0 . 69 . return on shareholders equity was 15 . 2 per cent
以每股计算，第三季的盈利为零点六九加元，而股东资金回报则为百分之十五点二。 |
