1. When he saw a ship, he closed his eyes. He knew there could be no ship, no sea, here. An imagined picture, he thought.
    他看到海面上有一条船，他闭上了眼睛。他知道在这儿是不可能有船和海的。他想这一定是幻觉。

2. Word last week that a scientist named Ian Wilmut had succeeded in cloning an adult mammal — an achievement long thought impossible — caught the imagination of everyone.
    上周有消息说，一位名叫伊恩·威尔莫特的科学家已经成功地克隆了一只成年哺乳动物，而这项成就长期以来被认为是不可能的。

3. The old lady thought he was a fussy creature.
    老妇人认为他是个大惊小怪的家伙。

4. The mere thought of the ruffian made her shudder.
    她一想到那个恶棍就不寒而栗。

5. The monks never thought much about secular affairs.
    和尚从来不会过多考虑尘世。

6. The open sea was deep and mysterious, and anyone who gave more than a passing thought to the bottom confines of the oceans probably assumed that the sea bed was flat.
    无边无际的海洋深邃而又神秘，凡是稍稍想过大海海底的人大概都会认为海底是平坦的。

7. The noise had been so faint that no one thought that the ship had been damaged.
    由于这个声音非常轻，没人会想到船身已遭损坏。

8. Though Mrs. Bussman was fully acquainted with this story, she thought that there was a chance in a million that she might be right.
    尽管巴斯曼夫人熟知这个情况，但她仍然认为自己的想法仍有百万分之一的可能性。

9. The old lady thought he was a fussy creature,
    老妇人觉得巡官大惊小怪，

10. This, she thought to herself, is what teaching is all about!
    这就是教学的真正目的吧，她想。