1. She told me how the Chinese civil war kept him away from his mother for fifty years, so neither of them even knew that the other was alive.
    她告诉我中国的内战是怎样把他和他的母亲分开了50年，母子俩甚至都不知道另一方是否还活着。

2. She told me of my grandfather's devotion to his own children, and how difficult it was for him to send his daughter to America for her education, fearing that same separation (分离).
    她给我讲了我外公对他自己的孩子的爱，对他来说送女儿去美国受教育有多困难！他害怕发生与他和他母亲一样的分离。

3. Sandy told Autumn about her telephone conversations with her brother Bill.
    桑迪把她和哥哥比尔常在电话里聊的事儿讲给秋听。

4. She said, 'Who are you to say what goes? You're nothing but a trashman.' I told her, 'Listen, lady, I've got an I.Q. of 137, and I graduated near the top of my high school class.
    她说，“我倒什么你管得着么，你算什么东西？你不过是个垃圾工罢了。”我说，‘听着，太太，我的智商是137，高中毕业时是班上的尖子学生。

5. Students may be removed from in-school activities, and parents will be told.
    将被禁止参加校内活动，并通知家长。

6. She said she thought that her daughter was having a good time in this school, but continued, "If I told you I wasn't thinking about entrance examinations, I would be lying."
    她说她认为自己的女儿在这所学校里玩得很开心，但是接着又说，"如果我告诉你我没有想过入学考试的事，那我是在撒谎。"

7. Michael told us an incredible story about his grandmother catching a thief.
    迈克尔给我们讲了一个他祖母抓小偷的令人难以置信的故事。

8. My dentist had just pulled out one of my teeth and had told me to rest for a while.
    我的牙科医生刚给我拔了一只牙，并让我休息一会儿。

9. My dentist had just pulled out one of my teeth and had told me to rest for a while.
    我的牙科医生刚刚给我拔掉了一颗牙，叫我休息一会儿。

10. Mostly to make my mother happy, I told myself (certain patterns being hard to break).
    主要是为了让妈妈开心，我对自己说（有些规矩是很难打破的）。