1. Imagine their dismay when they found a beautifully-cooked wallet and notes turned to ash!
    可以想像他们发现一只煮得很好看的钱包，钞票已化成灰时的沮丧心情。

2. It had been wrapped up in newspaper and it contained half the money he had lost,
    钱包是用报纸包着的，里面有他丢失的钱的一半，而且还附着一张纸条，

3. 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，

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

5. 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。

6. It is half past six.
    6点半。

7. 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。

8. I stayed for dinner which was cooked in a black iron wok (锅) over the furnace.
    我留下来吃了晚饭，饭是在火炉上那个黑色的铁锅里煮的。

9. 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，

10. 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。