For far too long Asia has suffered from a delusion of specialists devoted to the idea that development is only a billion dollars or a billion birth-control devices away.
The United Nations is attempting to settle conflicts around the world that have taken a terrible toll and misused the earth''s resources.
*联合国正试图要消除世界各地发生的各种冲突。这些冲突有的造成可怕的后果，有的滥用地球的资源．
世界上各种冲突时有发生，有的造成可怕的后果，有的滥用地球的资源。联合国正试图要消除这些冲突。
This province intends to cash in on the ambitious economic renaissance being planned for the neighboring city. [=that is being planned…]
邻近的城市正在酝酿振兴经济的宏图大计，这个省份打算乘此机会也有一番作为。
动词词组cash in on意为“利用时机获利；乘机利用”。
*The very reason why the representation of nature can now be considered something commonplace should be of the greatest interest to art historians.
结构分析：句子的框架是The very reason why the representationshould be of the greatest interest to art historians.本句是个简单句，主语reason后跟why引导的定语从句。The representation of nature译为“再现自然”，of表动宾关系；something commonplace在此译为成语“老生常谈”较好。
Quayle has been the object of jokes and criticism ever since Bush chose him， seemingly from out of nowhere， as his running mate at the 1988 Publican Convention.
Many American firms have taken fright // at the prospect of being locked out of China // while companies from Japan and Europe crowd in.
日本和欧洲的公司大批涌入中国，而美国的公司却将被拒之门外。许多美国公司对这种前景深感惊恐。
*We might be inclined to attribute to the act of thinking complete independence from language if the individual formed or were able to form his concepts without the verbal guidance of his environment.
结构分析：句子的框架是We might be inclined to.if the individual formed or were able to form his concepts without…if引导条件状语从句。介词短语without the verbal guidance of his environment作状语。be inclined to意为“易于，倾向于”。attribute…to在此句中意为“把…归因于”，“把…认为是…的结果”。to the act of thinking是动词的状语，complete independence from language是动词的宾语。
