1. I bought two expensive dictionaries here half an hour ago,
    半小时以前我在这里买了两本很贵的辞典，

2. I had lunch at half past twelve.
    我在12点半吃的。

3. In half an hour Delia came, her right hand in a bandage.
    半小时后德丽雅回来了，右手打着绷带。

4. It is half past six.
    6点半。

5. I am looking at the half-empty package of Camels tossed carelessly close at hand.
    我看着那包已抽了一半、她随意扔在紧靠手边处的骆驼牌香烟。

6. In a letter to a friend in 1821, Ludwig van Beethoven wrote about thinking of a beautiful tune while half asleep in a carriage:
    1821年，路德维格·范·贝多芬在一封给朋友的信中谈到他在马车上打盹时想到了一首美妙的曲子的情形，

7. In fact, more than half of all roses are sold in groups of fewer than a dozen, says the Floral Index, a private firm that researches the flower industry.
    据一家名为"花卉指数"的研究花卉业的私人公司指出，事实上，一半以上的玫瑰都不是成打出售的。

8. In the United States, a survey released earlier this month found that nearly half of employed married women contribute half or more of their family’s income.
    在美国，本月初公布的一项调查表明，将近一半的已婚职业女性的收入占家庭总收入的一半或更多。

9. If you must travel to remote areas where taxis are few, or if you plan to make many stops throughout the day, you will probably find it easier and cheaper to hire a taxi for the day or half-day.
    如果你一定要到出租车稀少的偏僻地区旅游，或者你一天中打算做多次停留，你会发现包租全天或半天的出租车更方便、更便宜。

10. In the first half, the company earned 75 million francs, mainly from investment income and sale of construction rights on its site.
    在前半年里，公司共赢利7,500法郎，主要是投资收入和出售公司地盘上的建筑权所得。