1. I had been stranded on this little island for quite some time when one day I put myself upon thinking whether it was not possible to make myself a boat.
    我已经困在这座小岛上有相当一段时间了。一天，我琢磨着，是不是可以为自己造一条船。

2. In time another village was built, called to this day Kinte-Kinda Janneh-Ya.
    另一个村庄又建立了起来，直到今天还仍然叫肯泰-库丹霍 詹内尔-雅。

3. It was two hundred years to the day since Kunta-Kinte, my forefather, had come to this city.
    从我的祖先孔塔-肯泰来到这座城市算起，已经过了200年。

4. In the course of the day he slept for an hour or two on the sofa.
    白天，他会在沙发上睡上一两个小时。

5. It was my first day.
    这是我来到这里的第一天。

6. I retreat into sleep; I sleep through the day and the night, and my parents can't shake me out of it.
    我又蒙头睡觉,从早睡到晚，连父母都无法把我从睡梦中摇醒。

7. I felt better when dusk fell, knowing that another day had passed.
    夜幕降临后，我感到好受些了，因为我知道又一天过去了。

8. I had no other class that day and I didn’t want to go back to the loneliness of the McKnight house, so I explored around the grounds.
    那天我的课都上完了，但是我不想回到麦克奈特那幢房子里去，孤孤单单的一个人呆在那里。所以我就在校园里四处转悠。

9. Indian taxpayers footed the bill in the hope that one day the graduates would help reconstruct the nation.
    印度的纳税人支付着税单，希望有朝一日大学的毕业生们能帮助重建这个国家。

10. I become faster and neater each day. I'm outdoors in clean air. And, contrary to what people think, I don't get dirty on the job.
    我越干越快，越干越利索。在室外干活还可以呼吸新鲜空气。而且完全不像人们认为的那样，我干的活儿其实很干净。