1. During her "free" period from 2 to 3 p.m., Mrs. Cox has to meet with parents, order supplies, make out examinations, check assignments, and take care of many other things.
    下午2点到3点是她的“空闲”时间，她在这段时间里会见家长，定购教学用品，出考试题，批改作业，还要料理许多杂事。

2. During this period, white people differed from black to me only in that they rode through town and never lived there.
    那段日子里，在我看来，白人和黑人的不同只不过是他们路过镇上，但从不住在镇上。

3. During a single crucial three-week period during our teenage years, chemical activity in the brain is cut in half.
    我们的青少年阶段有一个为期三周的关键时期，此时脑部的化学反应活动一分为二。

4. Although no period or place in American history has been more absurdly romanticized.
    虽然美国历史上没有一个时期, 没有一个地方, 蒙上过比老西部更可笑的浪漫色彩,

5. After a long period of rain the river may overflow its banks.
    在一个长时间的降雨之后，河水会漫过河岸。

6. And although no period or place in American history has been more absurdly romanticized,
    虽然在美国历史上没有任何时期或地区像西部拓荒时期那样被荒谬地浪漫主义化了，

7. After a long period of rain the river may overflow its banks.
    久雨这后，河水会泛滥成灾，

8. As our classes were very large, I was only able to answer a couple of questions in each class period.
    由于班大，每堂课能轮到我回答的问题寥寥无几。

9. Some of the rubbish, such as food, paper and iron, rots away over a long period of time.
    有些垃圾, 如食物, 纸张和铁器, 时间久了就烂掉了.

10. So Mrs. Cox works steadily from the time she arrives at school in the morning until she leaves for home late in the afternoon, and her "free" period isn´t really free at all.
    实际上，科克斯夫人从早上一到校就不停地工作，一直到下午很晚离开学校为止，她的“空闲”时间实在一点也不空闲。