1. The high stern castle was a riot of carved gods, demons, knights, kings, warriors, mermaids, cherubs;
    高耸的船楼上雕刻了令人眼花缭乱的神仙、妖魔、骑士、国王、武士、美人鱼和小天使，

2. The city at one time must have been prosperous, for it enjoyed a high level of civilization.
    这座古城肯定一度很繁荣，因为它曾享有高度的文明，

3. The price we pay for cheap food may be already too high:
    为了廉价食物我们付出代价已经太高了：

4. The article began: ´Hundreds of steps lead to the high wall which surrounds the president´s palace.´
    文章的开头是这样的："几百级台阶通向环绕总统的高墙。"

5. There are plenty of high-rise windowsills to fall from!
    有的是高层的窗槛从上往下坠落。

6. The Great Pyramid is over 450 feet high today, and it was once higher.
    今天我们看到的大金字塔有450多英尺高，过去还要高一些。

7. They can survive in this region of little water, little shade, and high day-time temperature.
    它们可以在这个缺水、少荫和白昼高温的地区生存。

8. The annual flooding is caused by the melting snows on the high Ethiopian plateau, from where the Nile originates.
    尼罗河发源于埃塞俄比亚高原，那里融化的冰雪致使河水年年泛滥。

9. The scanning laser beam was an ideal device for reading these markings, and so the Universal Product Code was born.
    能进行扫描的激光是一阅读这些标志的理想手段，因而通用条形码便应运而生了。

10. Thirty yards of board fence, nine feet high.
    三十码长的木栅栏，九英尺高。