1. So when the north pole tips towards the sun, the northern half of the world (or the Northern Hemisphere) is warmer and has its summer (June, July and August).
    所以，当北极斜向太阳时，地球的北半部（北半球）就比较温暖，是夏季（六、七、八月）。

2. 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。

3. 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。

4. Perhaps there is an element of truth in both these pictures,
    也许，这两种都像都有可信之处。

5. 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。

6. Smashing half your best crockery and cutting himself in the process.
    将家中最好的陶瓷餐具半数摔碎，同时也弄伤了他自己。

7. More than half of the home computers sold in the United States in recent years will become essential to home life in the West. Future tasks computers already do at home include:
    近年来在美国售出的家庭电脑有半数以上将成为西方家庭生活的必需品。电脑已经在家庭中发挥的未来功能有：

8. More than half the kids in a national survey are.
    一项全国性调查发现，有一半以上的孩子考试作弊。

9. Mr. Abdy, a 27-year-old businessman, acquired the bulk of the properties for about half a million pounds, obtaining bank loans and striking deals with various people to pay only a part of what they are owed by Mr. Williams.
    27岁的商人阿布迪先生，通过获取银行贷款和与各种人做交易，只支付威廉斯先生所欠他们的一部分，最后以大约50万英镑的价格，买下了绝大部分房产。

10. “We have a wait of half an hour, I think.”
    "我想我们要等半个小时。"