1. Each demanded some payment that was overdue: twelve shillings for the furniture and oilcloth; one pound four and one penny for the General District and Special Rates; and one pound one and fivepence halfpenny for Poor Rate. 三封信都是催债的,而且每项款都已经过了期。家具和油布十二先令;统税和特税一镑四先令一便士;济贫税一镑一先令五个半便士。
2. Even his opponents were compelled to admit that he was a man of profound learning: and this not merely in his special field of economics, but also in history, philosophy, and the literature of all countries. 即使是他的对手们也不得不承认他是一个学识渊博的人:这不仅是指他的经济学专业领域,而且还包括历史、哲学以及各国的文学。
3. Every summer about a dozen journalists gather at a former army training camp north of London to spend the day watching the training of London's special armed police unit. 每年夏天,总有大约十几名记者聚集在伦敦北部的一个旧军训营,用一整天来观看伦敦特警部队的训练。
4. While being flown by a champion amateur cyclist in 1963, the plane crashed on an airfield. 在 1963 年,当一位业余自行车赛冠军驾驶这架飞机的时候,它坠毁在机场上。
5. When our plane landed in the storm , it hit the runway with a jolt. 我们的飞机在暴风雨中着陆时,颠簸着落在地上。
6. We make good use of special plastics in place of alloy. 我们充分利用特种塑料来代替合金。
7. Will you venture a flight in an air plane? 你敢坐飞机飞行吗?
8. We have special river birthday parties in the summer. 夏天,我们为这条河举办特殊的生日宴会。
9. When a plane from London arrived at Sydney airport, workers began to unload a number of wooden boxes which contained clothing. 当一架来自伦敦的飞机抵达悉尼机场时,工人们开始卸下装有服装的一批木箱。
10. When the fire had at last been put out, the forest authorities ordered several tons of a special type of grass-seed which would grow quickly. 在大火最后被扑灭后,森林管理当局订购了好几吨一种生长迅速的特殊类型的草籽。