1. Work on it had begun before my sister left.
    这栋房子在我姐姐离开之前就已动工了，

2. We are on the left.
    我们在河的左侧。

3. We are standing on the left.
    我们站在左面。

4. When all were assembled, the ruler stepped forward and raised his right hand.
    众人到齐后，国王上前举起右手。

5. When you go shopping on Saturday, you just take the money in your hand without knowing exactly what you´re going to do with it and when you come back it´s all gone and there´s next to nothing to show for it."
    星期六上街买东西时，你只是手里拿着钱，却不知道究竟怎么花手里的钱。而且回家时所有钱都花完了，却看不到你买回了些什么。”

6. When Kizzy was four or five, the African would take her by the hand and lead her round the farm and teach her names of things in his native tongue: one word for tree, another for rock, another for cow.
    当吉西四五岁的时候，老非洲就拉着她的手带她去农场转上一圈，教她用土著语说出各种事物的名称：一个词代表着“树”，一个词代表“岩石”，另一个词代表“母牛”。

7. We left Cairo on Saturday, November 27.
    我们于11月27日星期六离开了开罗。

8. When the Conference was over I was told by the President to hand out cigars and small favours to the staff that had helped us, and of course I hadn´t forgotten the Russian head waiter.
    当会议结束时，总统让我向帮我们忙的人员发送一些雪茄烟和小礼品。当然我并没有忘记苏联的侍者领班。

9. When Bonpland surfaced, the book in his hand, Sotto shouted to him, almost hysterically.
    当庞普朗露出水面时，手里面拿着那本书，索托几乎是歇斯底里地冲他喊了起来。

10. We weren't up to trying our act at an exclusive restaurant, so we wandered around the first floor and left.
    我们的演技还达不到上高档餐厅一试身手的水平，所以我们在底楼兜了一圈就走了。