1. They had the English Channel as a barrier against the Nazi ground forces, and they had the Royal Air Force(RAF) to battle the Nazis in the sky.
    他们有着英吉利海峡这道抵挡纳粹地面部队的天然屏障，还有皇家空军在空中与纳粹作战。

2. The air exploded in blinding lightning and colour, the rays shooting outward as in a child's drawing of the sun, and Kaz was flung to the ground so violently that her two front teeth broke off; she had sunk into unconsciousness.
    天空中爆发出眩目的闪电和色彩，喷射出的一道道光就像孩子画笔下的一道道太阳光。和子被重重地摔在了地上，磕掉了两颗门牙。她陷入了昏迷。

3. They have also noticed that snakes come out of the ground to freeze to death and that dogs bark a lot, even normally quiet dogs.
    他们还注意到，蛇会爬出地穴而冻死，狗会狂吠不已，甚至那些平常很安静的狗也会叫个不停。

4. Now, smoke still rose up from the warm ground over the desolate hills.
    现在，在这光秃秃的山丘上，灼热的地面仍冒着烟。

5. Now, smoke still rose up from the warm ground over the desolate hills.
    而现在，发热的地面上仍然升腾着烟雾，弥漫在荒凉的山丘上。

6. He observed that feathers fell to the ground slowly, while stones fell much faster.
    他观察羽毛落地很慢, 而石头落地则快得多.

7. He wrestled his opponent to the floor/ground.
    他把对手摔倒在地上.

8. However, even if prediction becomes possible, people who live in areas where earthquakes are a common occurrence will still have to do their best to prevent disasters by building structures that are resistant to ground movement and by being personall
    然而，即使可以预测，居住在地震频发区的人们还是应尽力预防灾难，办法是建造能够抵抗地表运动的房屋，同时做好个人准备。

9. And we have to lower into the ground and haul out of the ground great lengths of drill pipe which are rotated by an engine at the top and are fitted with a cutting bit at the bottom.
    我们必须把很长的钻杆一节节地钻入地下，然后再从地下拉出来。钻杆顶部安装的发动机带动钻杆旋转，它的底部装有钻头。

10. And even so, some starting data has to be guessed, since ground stations and satellites cannot see everywhere.
    既使是这样，有些开始时的资料也不得不依靠推测，因为地面工作站和卫星不可能看到地球上的每一个地方。