1. He started training as a cabinet-maker because he was good with his hands; but when he was 20 he went up to London to work under his brother, William, a skilled medical teacher.
    由于手巧，他开始学做桌椅。但20岁那年，他到伦敦，在富有经验的医学教师——哥哥威廉的手下做事。

2. He began to reckon up his time: he started on Monday and today was Friday; five days, from seven to five, less half an hour for breakfast and an hour for dinner, eight and a half hours a day -- forty-two hours and a half in all.
    他开始计算自己的工钱：他从星期一开始干活，今天是星期五，共五天，早七点到下午五点，除去不到半小时的早饭时间，一个小时的午饭时间，一天干八个半小时，一共是四十二个半小时。

3. Her husband, already half undressed, asked:
    她丈夫的衣服已经脱了一半，问道：

4. Half the people on the ship came down with typhoid, and the destination had to be changed from Mexico to Venezuela.
    船上半数人因伤寒病躺下了，于是目的地只好从墨西哥改为委内瑞拉。

5. Her father with his burns had to lie outdoors on a tatami, but her brother's wounds refused to heal.
    她父亲因为身上的灼伤而不得不躺在户外的榻榻米上，但她的弟弟的伤口也不肯愈合。

6. He opened the bag, full of small pieces of gold. He left half the gold on a rock.
    他打开小包，里面全是小金块。他丢了一半在岩石上。

7. Dan is easy to teach, but his brother is not so docile.
    丹很容易教，但是他弟弟就不这么温顺了。

8. Don´t be so unkind to your brother.
    别对你弟弟那么凶.

9. Did you serve this gentleman half an hour ago, Caroline?
    卡罗琳，半小时前你接待过这位先生吗？

10. During a single crucial three-week period during our teenage years, chemical activity in the brain is cut in half.
    我们的青少年阶段有一个为期三周的关键时期，此时脑部的化学反应活动一分为二。