1. Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc.
    黄铜是铜和锌的合金.

2. But a single optical fiber with a diameter of less than half a millimeter can carry more information than a large cable made of copper wires.
    但是单单一根直径小于半毫米的光纤电缆就可以比由铜丝制成的粗电缆负载更多的信息。

3. The actual figure was made of copper supported by a metal framework which had been especially constructed by Eiffel.
    这座雕像的主体是用铜制成的，由艾菲尔特制的金属框架支撑着。

4. The colored people gave no coins. They disapproved of any joyful tendencies in me,
    黑人不会给我钱，对我表现出的任何一点欢乐的苗头，他们都不赞同。

5. He never looked as fashionable as Prince Albert, though; he continued to look like a poor, overweight, hard working colored man with too large a family, black, with a very white cigarette stuck in his mouth.
    然而我父亲看上去从来就没有像阿尔伯特亲王那样时髦。他还是一个贫穷、过于肥胖、为养活一大家人而拼命干活的男人。他浑身漆黑，嘴里却总叼着一支雪白的香烟。

6. And the decks were soon covered with colourful rugs from Persia, silks from India, copper coffee pots, and beautiful handmade silverware.
    一会儿工夫，甲板上就摆满了色彩斑斓的波斯地毯。印度丝绸。铜咖啡壶以及手工制作的漂亮的银器。

7. And I described their violet- colored silk skirts, white blouses, and gold-colored hats like small crowns, with flexible points that moved in rhythm with the dance.
    我向他描述她们身着紫罗兰色丝裙，白色外套，头戴形似小皇冠的金色帽子，帽上的饰物随着舞蹈节奏有弹性地跳动着。

8. Despite a per person income of just $220 a year, all of the 300,000 lines Vietnam plans to add annually will be optical fiber with digital switching, rather than cheaper systems that send electrons over copper wires.
    尽管越南人均年收入只有220美元，它计划每年增加的30万条线路将全部为有数字转换的光纤电缆，而不是那些以铜线传送电子信号的廉价系统。

9. All-night golf courses, with brightly colored balls and blinking red lights atop the flag stick;
    通宵高尔夫球场，那儿的球色彩明亮，旗杆顶上还有闪烁的小红灯；

10. And so, seeing the sun, I got up and put on a dress, a gay dress made out of bright-colored cloth — the same sort of dress that I would wear if I were at home and starting out for a day in the country.
    所以看到了太阳，我就起床，穿上衣裙，那是一套用色彩鲜艳的布料做的华丽服饰——假如我在老家并在准备出发去乡下玩一天的时候，我也会穿同样的衣服。