1. Each demanded some payment that was overdue: twelve shillings for the furniture and oilcloth; one pound four and one penny for the General District and Special Rates; and one pound one and fivepence halfpenny for Poor Rate.
    三封信都是催债的，而且每项款都已经过了期。家具和油布十二先令；统税和特税一镑四先令一便士；济贫税一镑一先令五个半便士。

2. Even his opponents were compelled to admit that he was a man of profound learning: and this not merely in his special field of economics, but also in history, philosophy, and the literature of all countries.
    即使是他的对手们也不得不承认他是一个学识渊博的人：这不仅是指他的经济学专业领域，而且还包括历史、哲学以及各国的文学。

3. Every summer about a dozen journalists gather at a former army training camp north of London to spend the day watching the training of London's special armed police unit.
    每年夏天，总有大约十几名记者聚集在伦敦北部的一个旧军训营，用一整天来观看伦敦特警部队的训练。

4. While being flown by a champion amateur cyclist in 1963, the plane crashed on an airfield.
    在 1963 年，当一位业余自行车赛冠军驾驶这架飞机的时候，它坠毁在机场上。

5. When our plane landed in the storm , it hit the runway with a jolt.
    我们的飞机在暴风雨中着陆时，颠簸着落在地上。

6. We make good use of special plastics in place of alloy.
    我们充分利用特种塑料来代替合金。

7. Will you venture a flight in an air plane?
    你敢坐飞机飞行吗？

8. We have special river birthday parties in the summer.
    夏天，我们为这条河举办特殊的生日宴会。

9. When a plane from London arrived at Sydney airport, workers began to unload a number of wooden boxes which contained clothing.
    当一架来自伦敦的飞机抵达悉尼机场时，工人们开始卸下装有服装的一批木箱。

10. When the fire had at last been put out, the forest authorities ordered several tons of a special type of grass-seed which would grow quickly.
    在大火最后被扑灭后，森林管理当局订购了好几吨一种生长迅速的特殊类型的草籽。