1. Abraham Lincoln, the son of a poor family, was born in Kentucky on February 12, 1809.
    亚伯拉罕 林肯于1809年2月12日出生在肯塔基州, 是一个贫苦人家的孩子.

2. A person who is deaf when he is born, is usually dumb as well.
    一个人在出生时就耳聋的话，一般他也会是个哑巴。

3. About 250 years ago, there was born a boy called John — the tenth child of a poor family in Scotland.
    大约在250年前，苏格兰一个贫苦家庭的第十个孩子——约翰出生了。

4. A daughter was born, who was given the name Kizzy.
    他们生了一个女儿，取名叫吉西。

5. All humans are born into families — and families begin with the joining together of a man and a woman in marriage.
    人都出生在家庭里——而家庭则是一个男人和一个女人以结婚的形式结合而开始的。

6. According to my mother, my natural parents were Samoan and only teenagers when I was born, so they gave me up for adoption.
    母亲告诉我，我的生身父母是萨摩亚人，我出生时他们才十几岁，所以他们把我送给别人抚养。

7. You could feel sorry for Alberto Torres (阿尔伯图·多里斯), who is blind. The last thing he remembers seeing was his daughter being born 13 years ago. Then the world went blank;
    您也许会为盲人阿尔伯图·多里斯感到难过，他记得他看到的最后一件事就是13年前他女儿出生的情景，然后世界就变得一片空白。

8. She was born in April.
    她是四月出生的.

9. So was born the echo-sounding apparatus, now in general use in ships.
    这样就产生了目前各种船舶上普遍应用的回声探测仪。

10. Such things provide an excellent outlet for pent up creative energy, but unfortunately not all of us are born handymen.
    这些东西为人们潜在的创造力提供了一个绝妙的用武之地。但不幸的是，我们并非人人都是能工巧匠。