1. Each believed that he knew just what the beast looked like; and they called each other names because they could not agree.
    每人都认为只有自己了解大象。由于不能统一看法，他们就相互谩骂起来。

2. But other suns, stars as the astronomers call them, are bound to have planets like our own, and as the number of stars in the universe is so vast, this possibility becomes virtual certainty.
    但是，其他的太阳，既天文学家所说的恒星，肯定会有像我们地球一样的行星。因为宇宙中恒星的数目极其庞大，所以存在着产生生命星球的这种可能性是肯定无疑的。

3. But the old numerical names of the months were unchanged.
    但旧的月份数字名称依然不变，

4. C.You call your doctor and ask for pills to keep you calm through the next few hours.
    c.你打电话给你的医生，要求开一些药丸，来使你在接下来的几个小时里保持平静。

5. Because of my dark skin, kids at school called me names; I often got mugged coming home from school. My diving made me feel good about myself when my peers made me feel stupid.
    由于我肤色黑，常常遭到学校里孩子们的辱骂。放学回家时常常遭到欺负。尽管同龄孩子们让我觉得自己不如别人，但跳水却使我对自己有了信心。

6. But no one made much money on the invention until a Canadian businessman decided to call it a "zipper (拉链)".
    但并没有人因此而发财。最后，一个加拿大商人决定给它起命为"拉链"。

7. But this killing leaves him confused—not because it is a murder, but because “good people” failed to call the police.
    惟独这桩谋杀使他百思不得其解──不是因为它是杀人案，而是因为"好市民们"没有打电话报警。

8. But after a few years in a system that practically requires people to lie, they become like the one I shall call "Suzanne", a detective in shorts.
    可是在这个实际上是要人撒谎的系统里干了几年后，他们就变得与那个叫苏珊娜的人一样了--一个穿运动短裤的侦探。

9. For they came and went with such frequency that I never even got a chance to learn their names.
    因为他们来匆匆，所以我甚至都没有机会知道他们的姓名。

10. We must call the doctor.
    我们得请医生.

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