1. It marked the end of the great tradition of ships with sails and the beginning of a new era.
    它标志着帆船伟大传统的结束与一个新纪元的开始。

2. I now wished I had not come. I felt myself beginning to sweat.
    这时我真希望自己没来这里。

3. Fortunately, people are beginning to realize just how serious the whole situation is.
    幸运的是, 人们开始认识到整个情况有多么严重.

4. Fortunately, people are beginning to realize just how serious the whole situation is.
    幸运的是, 人们开始认识到整个情况有多么严重.

5. From June to September the Nile rises and submerges the whole valley; then in the beginning of October it begins to fall, leaving the land saturated with water and covered with a layer of rich, black soil.
    从六月到九月，河水暴涨，淹没了整个流域；到十月初，河水开始减退，剩下饱含大量水分的土地，还覆盖着一层肥沃的黑土。