1. I have just received a letter from my old school, informing me that my former headmaster, Mr. Stuart Page, will be retiring next week.
    我刚刚收到母校的一封信，通知我说以前的校长斯图亚特.佩奇先生下星期就退休了。

2. I dropped in at our local police station and in less than two hours received my "resident permit", good for two years.
    我只是顺道去了一下我们当地的警署，不到2小时就拿到了有效期为2年的"居住证"。

3. It was 3:50 by the time the police received their first call, from a man who was a neighbor of Miss Parry.
    警察第一次接到电话时已是3：50。报警的是个男人，是帕里小姐的一个邻居。

4. I have never seen Mrs. Clark before, but I know from her medical chart and the report I received from the preceding shift that tonight she will die.
    我从未见过克拉克夫人，但看过她的医疗记录和上一位值班医生交给我的报告后，我知道她今晚会去世。

5. For two years it was there that we had received all the news of battles, of victories and defeats.
    这两年，我们就是在这儿得到关于战争的各种消息，有打胜仗的，有吃败仗的。