1.While this law is not without humor by today's standards, it clearly shows an awareness of the problem in times gone by.

2.the motives for suicide can be categorized into areas such as failure, wrath（暴怒）, the need for attention, stress, and so on.

3.To make the problem even more involved, people will often camouflage（掩蓋）their true feelings, thus causing their friends to disregard problems that should be viewed as serious.

4.Henry's goal was to design and equip vessels that would be capable of making long ocean voyages without having to hug the shore.

5.Coal was one of the first minerals to be mined on a big scale, to provide fuel for heating homes.

答案：

1.盡管這個法律按當今的標準來看是很滑稽的，但它卻表明很久以前人們就已經估計到這一點了。

2.人們自殺的原因分類很多，例如失敗，暴怒，需要關注，壓力等。

3.這個問題更為棘手的是，自殺的人往往掩蓋自己的真實情感，結果使周圍的朋友也沒有把需要嚴肅對待的問題當回事兒。

4.亨利王子的目標是要使設計和裝備的輪船能進行長途的航行，而不需要經?？堪?。

5.煤炭是人們更早大規模開采的礦物質之一，其目的是為供暖提供原料。