1. But studying my textbooks late at night in the library of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), I would dream, not of India, but of America, the land of opportunity.
    但是, 当我深夜在印度技术学院的图书馆里啃着书本的时候，我脑子经常想的不是印度，而是美国这个机会之国。

2. Believe me, all the girls at school wear makeup.
    给您说实话吧，学校的女孩子都化妆，

3. Because of my dark skin, kids at school called me names; I often got mugged coming home from school. My diving made me feel good about myself when my peers made me feel stupid.
    由于我肤色黑，常常遭到学校里孩子们的辱骂。放学回家时常常遭到欺负。尽管同龄孩子们让我觉得自己不如别人，但跳水却使我对自己有了信心。

4. But changes came to the family when I was thirteen, and I was sent to school in Jacksonville.
    但我13岁时，家里发生了变故，我被送到杰克逊维尔的学校去了。

5. By the time the children reach high school, something remarkable has happened.
    到这些孩子上高中时，引人注目的事发生了。

6. Was he absent from school last week?
    他上个星期没去上学吧?

7. Who was that blonde I saw you with last night?
    昨晚我看见和你一道的那个金发女郎是谁?

8. We played checkers and ate melon seeds and peanuts all night.
    我们整个晚上都在下西洋棋, 吃瓜子和花生.

9. We were in the same class at school.
    我们上学时在同一班.

10. We watched a cookery demonstration at school.
    我们在学校观看了烹调示范。