| 1. | Our garden is bordered on one side by a stream. | 
|  | 我们的花园有一边以小河为界。 | 
| 2. | Our task borders on the impossible. | 
|  | 我们的任务几乎是不可能完成的。 | 
| 3. | Please don't break in on our conversation. | 
|  | 请别打断我们的谈话。 | 
| 4. | Although we bent over backwards to please her, our new manager was still very critical of our work. | 
|  | 尽管我们竭力讨好新经理,但她仍然对我们的工作百般挑剔。 | 
| 5. | In the recession, our firm went through a bad time. | 
|  | 我们公司在经济衰退时期历尽艰辛。 |