1. There are many spots on the ceiling.
    天花板上有许多斑点。

2. The elephant is not like a wall, or a spear, or a snake, or a tree; neither is he like a fan.
    大象既不像高墙、长矛、蛇、大树，也不像扇子，

3. Two widely separated strings hang from a ceiling. Even though you can't reach both at once, is it possible to tie their ends together, using only a pair of pliers?
    两根相距甚远的绳子分别从天花板上垂下来。尽管你无法同时够到两根绳子，但有没有可能只用一把钳子就把两根绳子系到一起呢？

4. The first flush toilet (抽水马桶), the first radio, the first hat with a fan.
    第一个抽水马桶，第一部收音机，第一顶装有扇子的帽子。

5. He was a knowledgeable baseball fan and often took me to Ebbets Field to see the Brooklyn Dodgers play.
    他是一个见多识广的棒球迷，常常带着我到埃贝茨球场观看布鲁克林道奇队队员的比赛。

6. An electric fan keeps the air in circulation.
    电扇使空气流通。

7. A lamp was suspended from the ceiling above us.
    我们头顶上的天花板上吊著一盏灯.

8. "He is exactly like a huge fan."
    它实在就像一把巨大的扇子。”

9. Oddly shaped forms that are suspended from the ceiling and move in response to a gust of wind are quite familiar to everybody.
    人们所熟悉的是悬挂在天花板上、造型奇特、随风飘荡的雕塑品。

10. On both sides of the fireplace and opposite the window were crowded bookshelves, on the top of which packets of newspapers and manuscripts were piled up to the ceiling.
    在壁炉的两旁和窗户的对面挤满了书架，书架上面成捆的报纸和手稿一直堆放到了屋顶。