1. A few months later, a couple of almost comic body-thieves stole his body from the family burial chamber and held it for money: the police recovered it with more efficiency than Mack Sennett's clumsy Keystone Cops would have done.
    几个月后，几个近乎可笑的盗尸者从他的家庭墓室盗走了他的尸体以借此诈钱。警方追回了他的尸体，其效率比麦克·塞纳特拍摄的启斯东喜剧片中的笨拙警察要高得多。

2. A genetic trail visible on the maps shows that the breeding ground for this mixed population probably lies in Ethiopia or the Middle East.
    图谱上显示的遗传轨迹表明这一混血人种的发生地可能就在埃塞俄比亚或中东地区。

3. Yesterday the firemen examined the ground carefully, but were not able to find any broken glass.
    昨天，消防员仔细查看了火灾现场，但没能找到任何碎玻璃，

4. Yesterday the firemen examined the ground carefully, but were not able to find any broken glass.
    昨天，消防队员仔细查看了地面，但未能发现碎玻璃。

5. Yet the soft and wet ground of a marsh serves an important purpose in nature.
    然而沼泽地潮湿、松软的土地在大自然里起着重要作用。

6. She stooped to pick up her bag from the ground.
    她弯下腰把包从地上拣起来。

7. She was wearing a full-length skirt which swept the ground.
    身穿一条拖地长裙，

8. So he threw himself on the ground, closed his eyes and pretended to be dead.
    于是便倒在地上，闭住眼睛装死。

9. Such controversy is familiar ground to Brian Newman,
    这样的争论布赖恩·纽曼已习以为常了。

10. Perhaps most interesting, and most easily measured, is a chemical change in ground water before a quake.
    也许最有趣、也最容易测量的，是地震前地下水发生的化学变化。