1. Britain has allied itself with other western powers for trade and defence.
    英国与其他西方强国结成了贸易及防御联盟.

2. But the cause of malaria remained unknown to 17th-century medicine, and so there was investigation by experiment.
    但对于17世纪的医学来说，疟疾的起因仍属未知，所以便通过实验来进行调查。

3. By using pain-killing drugs that wear off quickly and a simple pain medicine, patients weren't driven into a long sleep and could breathe on their own sooner.
    使用药性消失得快的止痛药和简单的止痛片，病人不会沉睡太久，而且能更快恢复自行呼吸。

4. William S.Hart was, perhaps, the greatest of all Western stars,
    威廉.S.哈特大概是美国西部电影明星中的佼佼者。

5. The doctor gave him some medicine to abate the pain.
    那医生给他一些蕴含以减轻痛苦。

6. The medicine has a disgusting taste.
    这药有另人令人作呕的滋味,

7. The medicine is still effectual.
    那药仍然有效.

8. The sea indents the western coast of the island.
    大海把岛屿西部海岸线切成锯齿状。

9. The effect of the medicine on the sick man was magical.
    药对病人的效力是不可思议的。

10. The Western culture has been molded by the Bible.
    西方文化的形成受到《圣经》的巨大影响。