1. The reader´s hair stands on end when he reads in the final pages of the novel that the heroine, a dear old lady who had always been so kind to everybody, had, in her youth, poisoned every one of her five husbands.
    当读者到小说最后几页了解到书中女主人公，那位一向待大家很好的可爱的老妇人年轻时一连毒死了她的5个丈夫时，不禁会毛骨悚然。

2. This was followed, at the end of the 1970s, by a machine called an Apple.
    70年代末，在牛郎星之后又出现了一种被称为"苹果"的机型。

3. The Ombudsman´s prompt action at once put an end to an unpleasant practice which might have gone unnoticed.
    司法特派员及时采取的行动，迅速制止了这一起不愉快的事件，不然这件事可能因未得到人们注意而不了了之。

4. They were also quite sure that a cigarette end did not start the fire.
    他们还十分肯定火灾也不是由烟头引起的。

5. This last scene shows you what will happen at the end of the harvest: the famous Calabrian macaroni-eating competition!
    这最后一个镜头向您展示了收获之后将发生的事情：著名的克拉布利亚人吃通心粉大赛！

6. The children compete against each other to reach the other end of the pool.
    孩子们比赛看谁先到达游泳池的另一端。

7. The ancient Egyptians compared the rising of the sun to the beginning of life and the setting of the sun to the end of life.
    这是因为古代埃及人把日出比作生命的开始，把日落比作生命的结束。

8. Then Columbus took the egg and struck its small end gently upon the table so as to break the shell a little.
    于是哥伦布拿起那只蛋，把尖的一头轻轻往桌上一磕，敲碎一点蛋壳，

9. The end result would be purer water than cities have today.
    因此会比今天城市的用水还干净。

10. Those little things — reading mystery novels, playing volleyball, spending time with family and friends, playing with the dog, going fishing — may seem relatively insignificant means to a healthy end.
    那些小事情——如阅读神秘小说、打排球、花时间和家人及朋友一起、跟狗一起玩耍、去钓鱼——对实现健康的目的而言, 似乎是一些不太起眼的方法,