3. Ironically, Europe, which had bequeathed the rabbit as a pest to Australia, acquired this man-made disease as a pestilence. 具有讽刺意味的是,欧洲把这种兔子作为有害动物传给澳洲,而欧洲自己却染上了这种人为的瘟疫般的疾病。
4. Ice is only as safe as the water from which it is made, 冰块只有当制造冰块的水安全时才是保险的,
5. It was upon this principle that the first instruments were made, 根据这一原理,制造出了最初的地震仪器,
6. It can take as long as eight days to rig up rope ladders and to establish supply bases before a descent can be made into a very deep cave. 有时需要花费整整8天时间来搭起绳梯,建立供应基地,然后才能到一个很深的洞穴里。
7. It is not uncommon to hear that a shipping company has made a claim for the cost of salvaging a sunken ship. 航运公司为打捞沉船而提出索赔,这是常有的事,
8. I was not surprised to find that the machine still refused to work after I had reassembled it, 等我装完后,那台割草机仍然一动不动,对此我倒并不感到吃惊。
9. In 1975, a primitive machine called the Altair, was launched in the USA. 1975年,美国推出了一台被称为"牛郎星"的原始机型。
10. Which deals with claims from people who fed their money to a machine or to their dog. 负责理那些把钱塞进机器或塞给狗的人提出的索赔要求。