1. Bleached bones lay on the hot sands of the desert .
    白骨躺在炎热的沙漠中。

2. But the claim made by a local authority to recover the cost of salvaging a sunken pie dish must surely be unique.
    但某地当局为打捞一只焙制馅饼的盘子提出索赔，倒是件新鲜的事儿。

3. But there were times when not a single piece of dry wood could be found and even Humboldt lay with his eyes wide open, listening to the roars of the beasts that surrounded them.
    但也有一块干木也找不到的时候，就连洪堡也睁大了眼睛躺在那里，听着包围他们的野兽的吼叫。

4. For me and a classmate (and maybe for some who read this account), the experience made a common claim come alive.
    只是，对于我和我的一位同学（也许还有哪些看到这篇报道的人）而言, 这项活动使一个人皆知之的观点变得真真切切了。

5. When they passed the place where the dead boy lay, each soldier saluted.
    当他们路过停放着男孩尸体的地方时, 每个士兵都向他敬礼.

6. We lay on the beach, saturated in sunshine.
    我们躺在沙滩上, 沐浴在阳光里.

7. We would lay less stress on ´facts and figures´ and more on a good memory, on applied psychology, and on the capacity of a man to get along with his fellow-citizens.
    人们不会重视1资料和数据´，而靠好记性、实用心理学与同伴相处的能力。

8. The soldiers lay in ambush, waiting for the signal to open fire.
    士兵布下伏兵，等待开火的信号。

9. The beautiful glossy coat of the cat shone as it lay in sunlight.
    当小猫躺在太阳光下时，她那美丽光滑的毛闪闪发光。

10. This may seem a paradoxical claim to make at a time when mankind is so much preoccupied with weapons of destruction.
    在人类如此全力贯注于毁灭性武器的时代，这看来可能是一种自相矛盾的主张。