1. But the paper was wrapped round a drum which rotated slowly. As long as all was still, the pen drew a straight line, but while the drum was being shaken, the line that the pen was drawing wriggled from side to side.
    但是纸是卷在慢慢放置的圆筒上的。只要一切都是静止的，笔就会划出一条直线；但是，圆筒受到震动，笔所画出的线就会左右摆动。

2. But he has never managed to get enough money to have the church clock repaired.
    但始终未能筹足资金把教堂的钟修好。

3. Captain Alison will set out at eight o´clock, so we´ll have plenty of time.
    艾利森船长将于8点钟启航，因此我们有充裕的时间。

4. (If each calendar year were to be several days shorter than the time it takes the earth to go round the sun, the coldest winter days would soon come round in the middle of October in some twenty years!)
    （如果每个日历年都比地球围绕太阳旋转一周所花费的时间少几天，那么二十年后，冬天最冷的几天就会在十月中旬左右出现！）

5. "Five o´clock, I think.
    “是5点钟吧，我想。

6. "It is very plain to me that he is round and tall like a tree."
    我现在才清楚，大象又圆又高，像棵树。”

7. "Well, I hope the clock won´t stop in the night," Easton said as he undressed.
    “好吧，但愿半夜里钟可别停了，”伊斯顿边脱衣服边说。

8. "I´ve got to get to work at seven and our clock stopped during the night."
    “我七点钟上班，可是家里的钟夜里停了。”

9. Round about, piles of lime- stone glistened in all the colours of the rainbow.
    周围一堆堆的石灰石，在彩虹一样的斑斓色彩中闪闪发光。

10. Round about, piles of lime- stone glistened in all the colours of the rainbow.
    周围一堆堆的石灰石，在彩虹一样的斑斓色彩中闪闪发光。