1. By the time I was sixteen, my daughter's age, his breath was a wheeze, embarrassing to hear; he could not climb stairs without resting every third or fourth step.
    到我16岁, 也就是我女儿现在这般年龄时，他一呼吸就呼哧呼哧的，让人感到不安；他上楼时每走三、四级楼梯就得停下来休息一会儿。

2. For five of her sixteen watertight compartments had already been flooded!
    16个密封舱已有5个进水。

3. There are sixteen apples in the basket.
    筐里有十六个苹果.

4. These alone took sixteen months to build.
    仅这两座塔就花了16个月才建成。

5. As it is, they have been drilling for sixteen hours and they still have a long way to go.
    实际情况是，他们已连续钻了16个小时了，但离钻透还早着呢。

6. At sixteen, I knew I had a shot at the 1976 Olympics.
    记得在1976年奥运会上我参加比赛十分努力，那时我十六岁。

7. She was married when she was sixteen and she had six children.
    她十六岁时嫁人，并有了六个孩子。

8. But was regarded as unsinkable, for she had sixteen watertight compartments.
    而且也被认为是不会沉没的。因为船由16个密封舱组成，

9. I could answer sixteen of the questions.
    我能回答其中的16道题。