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1. This continental slope usually starts at a place somewhere near the 100-fathom mark and in the course of a few hundred miles reaches the true ocean floor at 2,500-3,500 fathoms.
    大陆架慢坡一般是从差不多100英寻水深的地方开始的,一直延伸到几百英里远深达2,500至3,500的地方,那里才是真正的海底。

2. Travelling at a height of 30,000 feet, far above the clouds, and at over 500 miles an hour is an exhilarating experience.
    腾云驾雾,在30,000 英尺高空以500英里的时速旅行,这种经历令人心旷神怡。

3. The old farmhouse the family lived in was to be replaced by new $500,000 home.
    这家人住的旧家舍将由一座价值50万美元的新住宅所取代。

4. The man was ordered to pay $3,500 for the cost of the trip. The normal price of a ticket is $2,000!
    此人被责令交付旅费3,500英镑,而正常票价是2,000英镑!

5. The first animals on this living sphere, the Earth, were primitive marine animals, and then around 500 million years ago these sea animals developed shells.
    在地球这个有生命的星球上,最早的动物是原始海洋动物。后来,在大约5亿年前,这些海洋动物进化成甲壳动物。

6. The book features more than 500 maps that show areas of genetic similarity — much as places of equal altitude are shown by the same color on other maps.
    此书的一大特点是提供了500多幅图,显示相同的遗传基因所处的区域。这很像其他地图上用同样的颜色表示同样海拔高度的地区。

7. Now, 500 years later, excessive fishing has reduced the number of fish to dangerously low levels.
    500年以后的今天,过度捕捞已使鱼的数量减少到危险的程度。

8. How much does this house cost? $68,500.
    这座房子卖多少钱?68,500英镑。

9. As there were not enough lifeboats for everybody, 1,500 lives were lost.
    由于没有足够的救生艇运载所有乘客,结果,1,500 人丧生。

10. "There are mysterious and strange things going on out there," admits Richard Winer, author of The Devil's Triangle, a book that has sold 500,000 copies since its publication three months ago.
    "那里的怪事、奇事层出不穷,"《魔鬼三角》的作者理查德·文纳说。他这本书从三个月前出版以来,已经售出了50万册。