1. She left her brother behind, and dashed down the slope of the hill toward the flames. 她留下弟弟,冲下了山坡,往熊熊火焰奔去。
2. Sandy told Autumn about her telephone conversations with her brother Bill. 桑迪把她和哥哥比尔常在电话里聊的事儿讲给秋听。
3. Since then, AIDS has killed more than 204,000 Americans — half in the past few years alone. 自那时以来,艾滋病已夺走了20.4万多美国人的生命--其中有一半是在过去几年中丧生的。
4. Soon they departed, in a borrowed car. With money loaned by the groom's brother, they could afford a honeymoon at a state-park lodge. 没过多久,新娘新郎坐上借来的汽车离开了家。拿着从新郎的哥哥那里借来的钱,他们可以在国家公园的小旅馆里度蜜月了。
5. Sam is now a year and a half old, big enough to cross the playground's bouncy bridge himself. 山姆现在一岁半了,有能力自己穿过操场上的蹦蹦桥。
6. Professor Michael Barber of London University said pupils could spend half their time at school, half at home as a way to solve this problem. 伦敦大学的迈克尔·巴伯教授说,为了解决这个问题,学生可以一半时间待在学校,一半时间待在家里。
7. My greedy brother has eaten all the sweets. 我那贪嘴的弟弟把糖块都吃了。
8. My brother has infected me with a bad cold. 我哥哥把重感冒传染给我。