1. The creation of new playground will benefit the local children.
    新游乐场的建立将给当地的孩子带来益处。

2. They held a bazaar and gave the proceeds to the local charities.
    他们举行了义卖, 并把所得捐给了当地的慈善机构。

3. The local butcher had lost his wallet while taking his savings to the post-office.
    当地的肉店老板在带着存款去邮局时，丢失了钱包。

4. To visit to the local cinema -virtually the only form of entertainment .
    去当地电影院看看电影――实际上，此乃唯一的娱乐形式。

5. The pie committee telephoned a local garage owner who arrived in a recovery truck to salvage the pie dish.
    馅饼委员会给当地汽车修理库老板打电话，他闻讯后开着一辆急修车前来打捞盘子。

6. There he was picked up by a policeman and sent back to England by the local authorities.
    他在那儿被一个警察抓住了，之后被当局送回了英国。

7. The explorers found that the local missionary was always happy to welcome them for a night, for life in the jungle was tedious for many of these men.
    探险家们发现，殖民地传教士都高兴接待他们过夜，因为对这些人来说，丛林中的生活是枯燥的。

8. How much democracy is there in local government.
    在地方政府中有多少民主权利.

9. He speaks the local patois.
    他会说当地方言.

10. ----sometimes with the local priest (who was usually as poor as his parishioners),
    有时同当地牧师 （他通常和他的教民一样穷）住在一起，