1. Ellis had no previous police record.
    艾利斯无前科，

2. Brittle things break easily.
    脆的东西容易破碎。

3. B. It´s far more than a record.
    B． 这绝不只是一个记录而已。

4. The sorry-looking, blackened figure that emerged, admitted that he had tried to break into a shop during the night.
    那个满脸愁容、浑身漆黑的家伙立刻承认，他企图在夜里闯进商店．

5. The police were called in to break up the fracas.
    警察奉命去制止骚乱.

6. They prophesy that war will break out between the two countries.
    他们预言这两个国家之间将发生战争。

7. The ideal to be aimed at was to devise an instrument that could record with a pen on paper, the movements of the ground or of the table as the quake passed by.
    理想的目标是设计出这样一种仪器：当地震发生时，它能用笔在纸上记录下大地和桌子运动情况。

8. The sorry-looking, blackened figure that emerged, admitted at once that he had tried to break into the shop during the night but had got stuck in the chimney.
    那个看来满脸沮丧、浑身漆黑的家伙从烟囱里一出来，就承认头天夜里他企图到店里行窍，但让烟囱卡住了。

9. The Ombudsman immediately wrote to the Chief of Police in the district asking him to send a record of the case.
    司法特派员立即写信给当地警察局长，请他寄送与此事有关的材料。

10. There was nothing in the record to show that the foreigner´s complaint was justified and the Chief of Police strongly denied the accusation.
    材料中没有任何文字记载证明外国人所说的情况符合事实，警察局长矢口否认这一指控。