1. Two British scientists developed a sulfa that could cure pneumonia, a disease that up to that time had caused thousands of deaths yearly.
    英国两位科学家研制了一种可以医治肺炎的磺胺药。在研制出此药之前，每年都有成千上万人死于肺炎。

2. The sixth was very blind indeed, and it was some time before he could find the elephant at all.
    第六个盲人实在太瞎了，过了好半天才摸到象。

3. They can survive in this region of little water, little shade, and high day-time temperature.
    它们可以在这个缺水、少荫和白昼高温的地区生存。

4. The flood, laden with rich earth, reaches the lower valley about 15 June — at a time when the whole land has been burnt black by the sun. It brings "the water of life".
    大约每年六月十五日，尼罗河水挟带着肥沃的泥土流到了下游，给已被太阳烤得焦黑的土地带来了“生命之水”。

5. They had learned little since the time of Galen in the 2nd century A. D.
    从公元2世纪加伦那个时代以来，他们在这方面的的学问长进不大。

6. They remained at the table in silence for some time, and then Easton asked:
    他们默默地在桌子边坐了一会儿，这时伊斯顿问道：

7. The next time he woke up the ticking had ceased.
    再醒来时，嘀嗒声已停。

8. The time was exactly seven o´clock.
    这时正好七点整。

9. The African kept trying to escape — which in those days was to attempt the impossible — and each time he was caught and brought back.
    “老非洲”一直企图逃跑——但在当时要逃走是不可能的——每一次他都被抓住给带了回来。

10. The fourth time he fell into the hands of a professional slave-catcher, who promptly had the man´s foot cut off with an axe against a tree stump.
    第四次逃跑时，他落到了一个职业奴隶捕手的手上。那人立即用斧头将他的一只脚放在树桩上砍了下来。