1. Giving way to a stretch of plain where the only obstacles were clumps of bushes.
    前面是一片平地，唯一的障碍只有一簇簇灌木丛。这使我们长长地松了口气。

2. Smith but I ve never spoken to him.
    我见过史密斯先生，不过我从来没有和他说过话。

3. Modest and soft-spoken, Agatha Muthoni Mbogo, 24, is hardly the image of a revolutionary.
    24岁的阿加莎·墨丹妮·姆波戈，为人谦虚，谈吐温柔，算不上是个革命者的形象，

4. "It is very plain to me that he is round and tall like a tree."
    我现在才清楚，大象又圆又高，像棵树。”

5. Once waves have been generated, gravity is the force that drives them in a continual attempt to restore the ocean surface to a flat plain.
    一旦波浪形成，地球引力是持续不断企图使海面复原为平面的力量。

6. I need fifty sheets of plain paper and a ruler.
    我需要50张白纸和一支尺.

7. I felt human then. But most often the response was either nothing at all, or a surprised stare because I had spoken.
    这种时侯，我还是感到自己是个人。可多数情况下，人们的反应要么是不理我，要么是因为我这垃圾工竟然也说了话而惊讶地盯着我看。