1. It was two hundred years to the day since Kunta-Kinte, my forefather, had come to this city.
    从我的祖先孔塔-肯泰来到这座城市算起，已经过了200年。

2. In fact, all people's lives change a lot when they move to the city.
    事实上,搬到城里，所有人的生活都改变了很多。

3. It seemed impossible for any city to take so much punishment and continue to endure.
    在遭受如此重创后仍能继续坚持战斗，这对任何城市来说都似乎是不可能的。

4. It seemed impossible for people of the city to do their daily jobs, to work and eat and sleep and carry on the business of life, with the crash of bombs all around them and planes spitting fire in the skies above.
    炸弹在四周爆炸,飞机从空中向下扫射，市民们似乎不可能照常工作、上班、吃饭、睡觉、从事日常的事务。

5. It was about midday. I'd left work early in the morning to cash (兑现) a cheque. I walked along to the bank and found there were only about ten or eleven customers in there, a pretty unusual number for those central city banks.
    当时大约是中午时分，为了兑现一张支票，上午我提前下了班。我一路走到银行，发现那儿只有十来个顾客，这个数字对市中心的银行来说是相当不寻常的。

6. If an earthquake happens in a large city, many of the telephone lines within the city are likely to be down.
    地震若发生在大城市，市里的许多电话线路很可能中断，

7. It might, however, be possible to call outside the city.
    但是可能可以与市外通电话。

8. I have never been good at guessing weight, but I know Sam feels awfully heavy when I carry him around the city all day.
    我从不擅长猜测体重，但我知道我整天抱着他在街上走时感觉他非常重。

9. I'm going to the city in the morning to have my spring dresses fitted.
    明早我进城去试春装。

10. In Berkeley, California, the city's Community Memory Project has placed computer terminals in public buildings and subway stations, where a message can be sent for 25 cents.
    在加利福尼亚的伯克利，"社区存储器项目"已在公共建筑物和地铁站里安装了电脑终端，花25美分就可发送信息。