1. Only a small canal separates Africa from Asia.
    把亚洲和非洲分隔开来的不过是一条不大的运河，

2. On his desk were small plates containing the bacteria.
    在他桌上放着一些装有细菌的小盘子。

3. On the opposite side of the street was a small cheap restaurant.
    这条街的对面有一家卖廉价饭菜的小饭馆。

4. On the outer edges of the plantation was a small river and when they were out there, it was pointed to her as Kamby-Bolongo, and Kizzy knew that this meant river.
    在种植园的边上外面有一条小河，当他们走到那儿时，他会给她指着说Kamby-Bolongo，吉西就会知道这个词的意思是河。

5. On one weird occasion in 1881, the cargo steamer Ellen Austin discovered a small sailing ship, sails waving uselessly in the wind.
    1881年一个诡异的日子里，货轮"艾伦·奥斯丁"号发现了一艘小帆船，帆在风中无望地飘动。

6. One beats a small drum, another plays a wooden stringed instrument, and the other three have smaller, violin- like pieces they play with a bow."
    他们中一个击鼓，另一个奏着木制的弦乐器，另外三个用琴弓拉着一种类似小提琴的小小的乐器。"

7. One researcher is attempting to show this experimentally with a study in which groups of parents are taught how to have beneficial conversations with their small children.
    一名研究人员试图通过实验论证这一观点。在他的研究里，几组家长学着如何与自己的幼小子女作有益的交谈。

8. I had an amusing experience last year. After I had left a small village in the
    去年，我曾有过一段有趣的经历。在我离开法国南部的一个小村庄以后。

9. In a small village, a woman picking blackberries saw ´a large cat´ only five yards away from her.
    在一个小村子里，有位采草莓的妇女曾看到一只"大山猫"离她只有五码远.

10. I have just retired. I want to buy a small house in the country.
    我刚刚退休. 我想在家乡买一幢小房子.