1. Well begun is half done.
    好的开端是成功的一半。

2. We can perhaps forgive those who said the moons of Jupiter were produced by Galileo´s spyglass if we recall that in his day, as for centuries before, curved glass was the popular contrivance for producing not truth but illusion, untruth;
    如果我们回想一下伽利略之前几个世纪期间，曲面镜一直是一种用于产生幻影而不是产生真象的把戏装置，那么我们就会原谅那些当时把伽利略观察到的木星卫生说成是伽利略用他的小望远镜变出来的人们，

3. When he went outside half an hour later, he was astonished to find that the little black lamb was almost white.
    半小时后，当他从屋里出来时，他惊奇地发现小黑羔羊全身几乎都变成白色。

4. We had been in the hat shop for half an hour and my wife was still in front of the mirror.
    我们在这家帽店已经呆了半个小时了，而我的妻子仍在镜子面前。

5. We got there after half an hour´s walk.
    走了半个小时便到达那里。

6. We all know the importance of laying a solid foundation in everything we do, and in language study perhaps more than in anything else, a good beginning is half the battle.
    我们都知道，无论做什么事，重要的是要打下坚实的基础。语言学习尤其如此。俗说话：好的开端是成功的一半。

7. When the south pole is towards the sun, the southern half of the world (or the Southern Hemisphere) is warmer, and it has its summer (December, January and February).
    当南极斜向太阳时，地球的南半部（南半球）就比较温暖，处于夏季（十二、一、二月）。

8. Women now form more than half the workers; the percentage is rising as they start up small businesses of their own, often working from home.
    如今妇女占劳动者数量的一半以上；随着她们建立起了自己的小公司，且常常在家上班，这一比例还在上升。

9. Whatever the truth may be, planes and ships regularly disappear in the triangle.
    不论真相如何，飞机和船只仍常常消失在这个三角地带。

10. We found a table close to the stage. He ordered half a liter of beer and I ordered a grape soda.
    我们找了一张靠近舞台的桌子，他要了半升啤酒，我则要了一杯葡萄汽水。