1. Eliot says you can first make a list of 12 things, then cut it down to 6 and set your priorities.
    埃利奥特说，你可以先列出12件事，然后把它压缩到6件，要确定轻重缓急。

2. But people who are cut off not only from foreign tourists, but even from their own countrymen can be hostile to travellers.
    但是，那些不但与外国旅游者隔绝，而且与本国同胞隔绝的人们有可能对游客抱有敌意。

3. But before the Suez Canal was cut in 1869, Asia was also linked to Africa.
    而在这条苏伊士运河1869年开凿之前，亚洲与非洲也是连在一起的。

4. While you are on the phone, the baby pulls the table- cloth off the table, smashing half your best crockery .
    你接电话时，小孩把桌布扯下来了，把你最好的陶器打碎了一半.

5. Will the cut leave a scar?
    这伤口能留下疤痕吗?

6. We were cut off by the tide.
    我们让潮水截住了.

7. When Dickie was given the watch, he presented the assistant with the cloth bag.
    店员为迪基拿出了那块手表，迪基把布口袋递给他，

8. Without machinery, the ancient Egyptians cut and moved and lifted each of these stones.
    古埃及人是在没有机械装备的情况下，开采、搬运和抬起每一块石头的。

9. We budget it, save it, waste it, steal it, kill it, cut it, account for it; we also charge for it. It is a precious resource.
    我们安排时间、节约时间、浪费时间、挤抢时间、消磨时间、缩减时间、对时间的使用作出解释; 我们还要因时间而收取费用。时间是一种宝贵的资源。

10. They barter grains for cloth.
    他们用谷物换布。