1. The muscles will ply the short wings with irresistible power.
    这肌肉不断地给短翅膀提供非常坚强的力量.

2. The first term begins in September.
    第一学期自九月开始.

3. There are no ´illiterates´----if the term can be applied to peoples without a script
    因而没有"文盲"（如果这个字眼儿可以用于没有文字的民族的话）。

4. Travellers on short trips to areas with water supplies of uncertain quality should avoid drinking tap-water, or untreated water from any other source.
    短途旅行到水质不保险的地区时，应避免饮用水龙头的水或未经处理任何其他来源的水。

5. The latest exhibitions, films, or plays are only a short bus ride away.
    坐公共汽车几站路，就可看到最新的展览、电影、戏剧。

6. 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。

7. The days are long and the nights are short.
    因为此时白天长而夜晚短，

8. The days are short and the nights are long.
    因为此时白天短而夜晚长，

9. The last person to approach the couple was a short, elderly woman who smiled as she congratulated them — not by name but as "wife" and "husband".
    最后一个走到新婚夫妇跟前的，是一位矮矮的、上了年纪的妇人。她笑着祝贺他们，不是直呼其名，而是称他们为 “妻子”和“丈夫”。

10. Then quickly, for such a short, portly, elderly person, she disappeared.
    接着，这个又矮又胖的老太太蓦地不见了。