1. Nothing of value was found, but the numerous items which were brought to the surface proved to be of great interest.
    但没发现什么值钱的东西，不过打捞出来的众多的物品还是引起了大家极大的兴趣。

2. Now after many centuries, the shining surface is worn away, and men have taken some of the huge blocks of stone to build other things.
    许多世纪后的今天，闪闪发光的表面已经剥落了，人们搬走了许多大石块去修建别的东西。

3. Now the slanting rays cover a much larger surface of the earth than the same number of rays coming straight down.
    此时，斜射的光线要比同样数量的直射的阳光在地表的照射面积大。

4. Despite their short time on Earth, however, people have brought about enormous changes to the surface of the planet — changes far out of proportion to the interval of time they have occupied it.
    然而，尽管在地球上的时日尚短，人类却已给地球表面带来了巨大的变化——这些变化与人类占据地球的短暂时间相比，是远远不成比例的。

5. Apparently what happened was that water collected on these tar pits, and the bigger animals like the elephants ventured out on to the apparently firm surface to drink, and were promptly bogged in the tar.
    显然，事情的经过是这样：沥青坑里积存了水，大象那样的大动物冒险到似乎坚固的水面上去饮水，立即掉进了沥青坑。

6. As a shipbuilder, Cockerell was trying to find a solution to the problem of the wave resistance which wastes a good deal of a surface ship´s power and limits its speed.
    作为一个船舶技师，科克雷尔在寻找解决波浪阻力的方法，因为波浪阻力浪费掉了船在水面行驶的大量动力，从而限制了船的速度。

7. An ocean wave passing through deep water causes a particle on the surface to move in a roughly circular orbit, drawing the particle first towards the advancing wave,
    穿过深水的海浪使水面上的一个微粒按照一种近乎圆形的轨道移动，先把微粒拉向前移动的海浪，

8. Above the surface of the water, the towers rise to a height of nearly 700 feet.
    塔身高出水面将近700英尺。

9. Although the limestone surface is gone, the huge stones are exposed and you could climb on them, like steps to the top.
    大金字塔表面的石灰石已经剥落，不过大石块裸露了出来，人们可以像登台阶似的一步一步地爬上顶端。

10. Since the sea covers the greater part of the earth´s surface,
    既然海洋覆盖着地球的大部分表面，