1. Now Alfred began a long series of skirmishes----and within a month the Danes had surrendered.
    这时，阿尔弗雷德发起一连串小规模的进攻，结果不出一个月，丹麦人就投降了。

2. No sooner had she finished reading the poem than students´ questions began pouring in.
    她刚朗诵完，学生们就接连不断地提开了问题。

3. Nobody did. But the next day people kidded him by saying it was the first time any fighter was urged to take a dive before the fight began.
    没有人坐下来和他对打。第二天，人们对他开玩笑，说是第一次听到在人们还没有打起来前，竟会有人要求他们收手。"

4. Knowledge began to increase as soon as the thoughts of one individual could be communicated to another by means of speech.
    人一旦能用语言同别人交流思想，知识的积累便开始了。

5. However, as the evidence began to accumulate, experts from the zoo felt obliged to investigate.
    然而, 当证据日趋增多时,该动物园的专家们感到有必要进行调查.

6. He began writing his biography after retirement.
    退休后他开始写自传。

7. He began to contemplate matrimony with her.
    他开始考虑与她结婚。

8. However, as the evidence began to accumulate, experts from the zoo felt obliged to investigate.
    然而, 当证据日趋增多时,该动物园的专家们感到有必要进行调查.

9. He began writing his biography after retirement.
    退休后他开始写自传。

10. He and his staff began throwing furniture out of the window.
    他和他的伙计开始向窗外投掷家具.