1. It spins like a top with a stick poked through from top to bottom.
    它转动起来好似从上到下插过一根棍子的陀螺。

2. In cities, homes are built on top of one another -- in enormous apartment buildings.
    城里一幢幢巨大的公寓大楼里的每个家都建造在另一个家的顶上。

3. In general, the "21st Century Technology Resources and Commercial Leadership Act", which Sen. John McCain brought to the Senate in late 1999, is designed to keep the U.S. high-tech industry on top by filling the need for skilled technology
    总的说来，参议员约翰·麦凯恩在1999年下半年递交给参议院的"21世纪技术人才资源及商业领导人才法案"是为了填补美国对熟练技术人员的需求, 以保持美国在高科技工业中的领先地位而制订的。

4. I was at the top of my class for two years.
    两年中，我的成绩一直名列前茅。

5. Increases in information and knowledge-based businesses are reducing levels of middle management. Top managers get all the information needed to work together with front-line staff.
    随着以信息和知识为基础的行业的不断增多，中层管理者数量在不断减少。高级管理者掌握着与一线员工协调所需的所有信息。

6. It was a small room, on the sixth and top floor, and scarcely a setting for a romantic figure.
    艾伯特的房间很小，位于6楼，旅馆的顶层，不像是个传奇人物的住处。

7. From his position on the cliff top, he had a good view of the harbour.
    他位於悬崖顶上, 海湾看得清清楚楚.

8. For many years she has been puzzled as to why so many of the children in her study should be boys — at the top level, there are more boys than girls by a ratio of thirteen to one.
    多年来，她对为何她的研究中有那么多的男孩感到困惑 -- 高级组中男孩女孩之比为13比1。