1·That is, for six months or so following a new job, a new residence, a new school, a new automobile, or a new route to work, the risk of traumatic mishaps goes up.
这是指，六个月左右的时间，一直接触一个新东西，工作，住处，学校，汽车，或者上班路线，那么痛苦的灾祸发生的可能性会升高。
2·Chronic alcoholics seems less at risk for mishaps than inexperienced binge drinkers, but please draw no strong conclusions about this finding!
长期酗酒者好像比没经验的饮酒作乐的人遭遇灾祸风险的概率要小，但请不要对这定论。
3·Sticking foot-pedals and floor mats accounted for some of the mishaps, but most were caused by “pedal misapplication”, or motorists mistaking the accelerator for the brake.
迟钝的脚踏板和汽车中的地毯是引起一些灾祸的原因，但大部分是由“错误使用踏板”引起的，或者说是驾驶员误将油门踏板当做了刹车踏板。
4·For some of Lorlene's older Trotskyite friends, it was simpler still. There were no such things as mishaps; life was a series of remarkable conspiracies.
劳莱恩有些年纪较大的托洛斯基式朋友把事情看得更加简单：世上本来没有所谓的灾祸，生活本身就是由一连串不寻常的阴谋组成的。
5·I had done my best to keep my own and everybody else's spirits up, and to keep us all from being too distracted by the tragedies, the trash, and the mishaps.
我尽我所能使自己和其他每个人振作精神，不让大家因为悲剧事件、中伤的话和小灾祸而心烦意乱。