1. (The only exceptions are egg and sperm cells, each of which contains half the genes to grow a new individual.)
    （惟一的例外是卵子和精子细胞，它们的每个细胞分别含有长成新个体的一半基因。）

2. Consider Dorothy Wordsworth, for instance, helping her brother William put on his coat, finding his notebook and pencil for him, and waving as he sets forth into the early spring sunlight to look at flowers all by himself.
    就拿多萝西·华兹华斯来说吧，她帮她兄弟威廉穿上外衣，为他找到笔记本和铅笔，向他挥手告别，目送着他走进早春的阳光去独自对花沉思。

3. "A serf! He forced my brother to draw upon him, and fell by my brother´s sword, " said the nobleman.
    "一个农奴! 他迫使我兄弟拔出剑来对着他, 然后就倒在我兄弟的剑下," 那个贵族说.

4. "If poor Hans is in trouble I shall give him half my porridge, and show him my white rabbits."
    “如果可怜的汉斯处境困难，我会把我的粥分一半给他，还让他看 看我的小白兔。”

5. "My brother," he said, "you are quite mistaken.
    说道：“老兄，你大错特错了，

6. Uncle Sam soon replaced Brother Jonathan as American's most popular symbol.
    很快，山姆大叔就取代了乔纳森大哥，成了最受美国人欢迎的象征。

7. One hour and seventeen minutes passed and we had not even covered half the distance.
    1小时17分过去了，走了还不到一半路程。

8. Our next obstacle was a shallow pool of water about half a mile across.
    下一个障碍是一片约半英里宽的浅水塘。

9. One and a half teaspoonfuls, please.
    请放一勺儿半。

10. One half of the world´s population are Asians.
    世界人口的一半是亚洲人。