1. We can't really call a friend to say we got a parcel from our sister, or it's getting dark earlier now, or we don't trust that new Supreme Court justice.
    我们不会真打电话给一位朋友，告诉他我们收到了姐姐的一个包裹，或者说现在天黑得比较早，或者说我们不信任最高法院新来的法官。

2. The board disavowed the action of the executive.
    董事会拒绝对总经理的行动承担责任。

3. They waved farewell to their friends on board the ship.
    他们对船上的朋友挥手告别。

4. The Greens´ wireless telephone is ready for a call.
    格林家里的无线电话做好了通话准备.

5. Two main techniques have been used for training elephants, which we may call respectively the tough and the gentle.
    驯象有两种主要的方法，我们分别称之为强硬法和温柔法。

6. The sea bed was scoured with powerful nets and there was tremendous excitement on board when a chest was raised from the bottom.
    他们用结实的网把海床搜索了一遍。当一只箱子从海底被打捞上来时，甲板上人们激动不已。

7. This was what they had posted on the bulletin board then!
    原来布告牌上讲的是这么回事！

8. The spots where the stick would come out we call the poles — the north and south poles.
    棍子穿出的两个点我们称之为极点——南极与北极。

9. This air we call the atmosphere.
    我们称之为大气层。

10. Thirty yards of board fence, nine feet high.
    三十码长的木栅栏，九英尺高。