1·Since the Yuan Dynasty, it became a fad of the time to invite famous scholars or political circles to write preface for genealogy.
自元代始，邀请著名学者、政界人士作谱序的风气日益盛行。
2·Because Ron Paul is one of the few men in public life who truly understands the problem and is willing to fight to cure it, it is truly a pleasure for me to write the preface to this booklet.
因为罗恩·保罗是公共生活中极少数能够真正理解这个问题并愿意为治愈这个顽疾而奋斗的人之一，我十分荣幸能为这本小册子作序。
3·"I hoped to write novels," Ms Munro admitted in the preface to her "Selected Stories". But her life didn't seem to allow for them.
门罗在自己的《故事选》序言中这样说道，“我希望进行小说写作”，但是现实生活却并不允许。
4·One of my last tasks for the Regular Expression Cookbook was to write the preface, including my author bio.
即将完工，剩余的工作之一是作序，包括写我的作者小传。
5·To the benevolent reader-greetings. It would seem superfluous, if the practice of so many learned men had not made it almost mandatory, to write a preface explaining the purpose of this work.
尊敬的读者：写个前言说明著作的写作目的，看起来是必要的，众多学者的实践甚至使它变得不可或缺了。
6·My poet - friend Wang Xuezhong sent me his selection of poems, which have been selected by my old friend Shen Shen, and asked me to write a preface.
王学忠诗友寄来了他的诗选稿，是我的老友申身挑选的，要我写序。
7·As I write this preface for Farewell Yunnan, the first exhibition this year, it is snowing heavily outside.
落笔为今年的首展《出云南记》作序时，窗外正是大雪纷飞。
8·It was snowing heavily outside my Windows when I began to write this preface for the debut of "On Departing Yunnan".
落笔为今年的首展《出云南记》作序时，窗外正是大雪纷飞。