1. There are even stories of half-trained elephant calves who have refused to feed and pined to death when by some unavoidable circumstance they have been deprived of their own trainer.
    甚至有这样的故事：训练了一半的小象，由于不可避免的情况与他们的主人分离后，竟拒绝吃食，消瘦至死。

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. 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，

5. 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。

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

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

8. 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。

9. 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。

10. The heavier I was, the more I would make fun of my sister and mother for their imitating:
    我个头越长高，我就越要取笑姐姐和妈妈学"她们"的样子：