Stone does not decay,

石头是不会腐烂的。

If this facilitates forgery, it is the bank which will lose, not the customer.

如果因这种作法出现了伪造的话，受损失的将不是储户，而是银行。

It can be unpleasant to live even several miles from an aerodrome;

即使住在离机场几英里以外的地方，机场的噪音也会使人难受。

The remains of plants and animals that lived on land are much more rarely preserved, for there is seldom anything to cover them over.

曾在陆地上生活过的动植物的遗体被保存下来的更为罕见，因为陆地上几乎没有什么东西覆盖它们。

But can we blame those who looked and failed to see what Galileo saw, if we remember that to use a telescope at the limit of its powers calls for long experience and intimate familiarity with one's instrument?

但是，如果我们想到，便用一架倍数有限的望远镜需要长期的经验和对自己仪器的熟悉程度，那么我们怎么能去责备观察了天空但没有看到伽利略所看到的东西的那些人呢？

international standards of water treatment are usually followed at bottling plants.

装瓶厂通常遵循国际水处理的标准。