1. The story began on a downtown Brooklyn street corner. An elderly man had collapsed while crossing the street, and an ambulance rushed him to Kings County Hospital.
    故事开始于布鲁克林闹市区的一条街的拐角处。有个老汉在穿马路时晕倒在地,一辆救护车把他急送到金斯县医院。

2. The door began to open. Swiftly Max pushed to free himself and drop to the balcony.
    门就要开了，马克斯急忙松手，跳向阳台。

3. The oceans began to develop an enormous system of living things, with many diverse forms of life, all dependent on one another.
    海洋中开始孕育出一个巨大的生物体系，包含各种各样相互依赖的生命形态。

4. The twentieth century began with powerful countries competing to take advantage of the Earth.
    从20世纪初起，各强国竞相利用地球资源。

5. Then "overseas people" began unloading carnations, he says, and virtually chased U.S. carnation growers out of business.
    据他说，后来"海外人群"开始倾销康乃馨，最终迫使美国的康乃馨种植商退出该行业。

6. That's when workmen using huge machines began clawing out 1,000 tons of clay every half hour as they bored from England to France.
    1987年开工时，工人们用巨大的机械设备以每半小时挖掘1,000吨泥土的速度由英国向法国掘进。

7. They have been gaining in acceptance in the United States since the early 1980s, when more states began passing laws that affected the division of financial assets in a divorce.
    自20世纪80年代初以来，婚前协议在美国被越来越多的人接受，因为当时越来越多的州开始通过关于离婚财产分配的法律。

8. Then as his gaze reached out into the darkness, he began to talk.
    后来，望着茫茫夜色，他开始谈了起来。

9. Then they began searching the man's pockets every time he crossed.
    他们每次都要搜查司机的衣袋，

10. Now Alfred began a long series of skirmishes-and within a month the Danes had surrendered.
    接着阿尔弗雷德开展了一连串的小规模战斗---不到一个月, 丹麦军队就投降了.