1. The man was ordered to pay $3,500 for the cost of the trip. The normal price of a ticket is $2,000! 此人被责令交付旅费3,500英镑,而正常票价是2,000英镑!
2. The busmen have stated that the strike will continue until general agreement is reached about pay and working conditions. 司机们声称此次罢工将一直持续到就工资和工作条件问题达成全面协议的时候为止。
3. These huge stone blocks weigh an average of two and a half tons each, as much as a small car. 这些巨大的石块平均每块重2吨半,像一辆小型轿车那样重,
4. The recipient, a two-and-a-half-week-old baby boy, died six hours later. 这个出生仅两周半的男婴在接受手术六小时后便停止了呼吸。
5. Then we see just half of the circle shining. 那么,我们只看到圆月一半发亮,
6. The other half is dark. 另一半是黑的,
7. The pleasantest was to get a good meal at some expensive restaurant, and then, after saying that he could not pay, be quietly arrested by a policeman and sent to prison by the judge. 而最令人愉快的方法莫过于在一家昂贵的餐馆里美餐一顿,然后因付不出钱让警察抓起来。以后,法官自会把他送进监狱。
8. The camp itself consisted of little more than hammocks strung between trees, the fires to keep off the jaguars, and half a dozen cooking pots. 他们的营地设备只有拴在树间的吊床,防范老虎的篝火和五六只炊锅。
9. The creature was on the ground, some distance ahead of him, half hidden by undergrowth and deep shade. 那只动物在前面离他不远的地面上;矮树丛和纵深的树荫将它遮住了一半。
10. They put half a dozen Gestapo seals on my suitcases. I tried not to thank them too much. 他们在我的箱子上盖了6个盖世太保的图章。我尽量使自己不对他们的感谢过了头。