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Whenever encountered with natural phenorpena they could not explain , the ancient Chinese people tended to create various legends with their imagination to show their conjectures.The abovementioned is a legend vMdly showing their spec-ulation on the cosmic structure .

当古人对自然现象的成因不能理解时，他们往往会借助想象，创造出各种各样的神话传说，以表达他们对自然界发生的各种现象的揣测。这则神话生动地反映了古人对于天地结构的推测。

At Hilltop Elementary , a racially and economically diverse school in Glen Burnie , Melissa Maenner said she had found that teaching kindergartners too many straightforward academic lessons tended to flop .

在格伦伯尼的希尔托普小学（HilltopElementary），族裔和经济背景均比较多元。梅利莎·门纳（MelissaMaenner）说，她发现给幼儿园里的孩子上太多完全和学业有关的课往往会搞砸。

People tend to work hard at this stage of life .

人在这个人生阶段往往发奋努力。

People tend to think that the problem will never affect them .

人们往往认为这个问题绝不会影响到他们。

Most people in this kind of job tend to work long hours .

很多从事这种工作的人往往工作时间很长。

Government reports tend to make dry reading .

政府报告读起来往往枯燥无味。

When I 'm tired , I tend to make mistakes .

我累了就容易出错。

Middle children tend to get lost in the shuffle .

排行居中的子女往往得不到充分的关注。

Women tend to live longer than men .

女人往往比男人长寿。

Children from certain backgrounds tend to be stereotyped by their teachers .

教师往往模式化地根据学生的某些背景把他们归为某一类学生。

She tended to take her frustrations out on her family .

她心里不痛快总是在家里人身上发泄。

Americans were always welcome because they tended to tip heavily .

美国人总是受欢迎，因为他们往往给很多小费。

Prices have tended downwards over recent years .

近年来物价趋于下降。

We tend to be traditional rather than fashion-forward in our designs .

我们的设计往往流于传统而没有超前意识。

His views tend towards the extreme .

他的观点趋于偏激。

I tend to work in bursts .

我的工作劲头往往是一阵一阵的。

The girls in a class tend to have a civilizing influence on the boys .

班上的女生往往能让男生文雅起来。

Some television programmes tend to patronize children .

有些电视节目往往以大人的观点对待儿童。

The drugs tend to cause drowsiness .

这些药常常使人昏昏欲睡。

She tended to sleep lightly nowadays .

她如今睡觉容易惊醒。

Doctors and nurses tended the injured .

医生和护士护理受伤者。

He tended to dominate the conversation .

他往往左右着交谈的内容。

Such jokes tend to reinforce racial stereotypes .

这样的笑话容易渲染种族偏见。

It isn 't that he lied exactly , but he did tend to exaggerate .

他不见得是真的说谎，但他的确是有意夸大。

Comics tend to perpetuate the myth that ‘ boys don 't cry ’ .

连环画往往在延续着“男儿有泪不轻弹”的神话。

Obese people tend to have higher blood pressure than lean people .

胖人常常比瘦人血压高。

In Britain today we tend to consider old age as a social problem

在当今英国我们往往将老龄视为社会问题。

I tend to have a different answer , depending on the family

根据家庭的不同，我往往会给出不同的答案。

I tend to go for large dark men .

我非常喜欢身材魁梧、肤色偏黑的男人。

They will tend to model their behaviour on the teacher 's behaviour .

他们会倾向于模仿老师的行为举止。