1. The village seemed deserted, the only sign of life being an ugly-looking black goat on a short length of rope tied to a tree in a field nearby.
    村里似乎无人居住，唯一的生命迹象是附近田里一只面目可憎的黑山羊，用一截短绳拴在一棵树上。

2. The guest who arrives half an hour too soon is the greatest nuisance.
    客人提前半小时到达是令人讨厌的。

3. The only thing to do was ask them to come half an hour later than the other guests.
    唯一的办法就是请他们比别的客人晚来半小时。

4. The fish are not sharks or killer whales, but favourite eating varieties like cod and skate which grow to unnatural sizes, sometimes as much as twelve feet in length.
    这些鱼并不是鲨鱼或逆戟鲸，而是深受人们喜爱的食用鱼品种，如鳕鱼和鳐鱼，只不过它们长得出奇地大，有时长达12英尺。

5. These huge stone blocks weigh an average of two and a half tons each, as much as a small car.
    这些巨大的石块平均每块重２吨半，像一辆小型轿车那样重，

6. The recipient, a two-and-a-half-week-old baby boy, died six hours later.
    这个出生仅两周半的男婴在接受手术六小时后便停止了呼吸。

7. Then we see just half of the circle shining.
    那么，我们只看到圆月一半发亮，

8. The other half is dark.
    另一半是黑的，

9. The camp itself consisted of little more than hammocks strung between trees, the fires to keep off the jaguars, and half a dozen cooking pots.
    他们的营地设备只有拴在树间的吊床，防范老虎的篝火和五六只炊锅。

10. The creature was on the ground, some distance ahead of him, half hidden by undergrowth and deep shade.
    那只动物在前面离他不远的地面上；矮树丛和纵深的树荫将它遮住了一半。