1. Cutting up dead animals to find out how they are made was thought a disgusting thing to do, and to cut up a dead human body was thought wicked.
    当时，解剖死动物了解体内结构被看作令人厌恶之事，而解剖死人的尸体则被认为是邪恶。

2. He set off down the main street of the city riding a baby elephant called Jumbo.
    骑上一头名叫江伯的小象，沿着城里的主要街道出发了。

3. "Well, never mind, I shall go without it," cried little Hans and he put on his coat and hat and set off.
    “好吧，没关系，没有提灯我也去，”小汉斯一面大声说着，一面穿上大衣，戴上帽子就起身走了。

4. Rivers, land, and forests are so contaminated that many are now biologically dead.
    河流、土地及森林的污染是如此严重，以至现在其中的许多在生物学上来讲已经死亡。

5. Recently, the network began helping hair stylists throughout the Southeast set up similar programs in their shops.
    最近，这一教育网络已开始帮助整个美国东南部的发型设计师们在他们的美发店里实施类似计划。

6. One afternoon she set out from the coast in a small boat and was caught in a storm.
    一天下午，她乘小船从海岸出发，遇上了风暴。

7. Once inside the factory yard, Mother set her baskets down, wiped the sweat off her face and looked round.
    一进了工厂，母亲便放下篮子，擦去脸上的汗水，向四周环顾了一圈。

8. One afternoon I was on the 1023rd set of slave-ship records when I found a sheet listing 30 ship movements.
    一天下午，在第1023套运奴船的记录中我找到了一个列着30艘船的活动的单子。

9. On June 5, 1799, Humboldt and Bonpland set sail from La Coruna.
    1799年的6月5日，洪堡和庞普朗从拉科鲁尼阿开航。

10. One college student tied the pliers to one string and set it in motion like a pendulum.
    一位大学生把钳子系到一根绳子上，然后让它像钟摆那样摆动起来。