1. He could not find his fifty pence piece anywhere, and what is more, he could not get his arm out.
    但他摸了半天也没找到那50便士硬币，他的胳膊反倒退不出来了。

2. He hitchhiked to Dover and, towards evening, went into a boat to find somewhere to sleep.
    他搭便车到了多佛，天快黑时钻进了一条船，想找个地方睡觉。

3. Dimitri at once set out to find the thief.
    他马上出去找偷羔羊的人。

4. Descartes had unsuccessfully searched for certainty, first in the world of books, and then in the world of men. Then in a dream on November 10, 1619, he made the significant discovery that he could only find certainty in his own thoughts, cogito erg
    在这之前，笛卡儿一直在寻找确定性，先是在书本里，然后是在人群中，但均未成功。之后，在1619年11月10日的一个睡梦中，他有了一个意义重大的发现，即确定性只存在于自己的思想中，"我思，故我在"。

5. And find some grace and pleasure in our condition, not like a self-centered British poet but like a patient princess sealed up in a tower, waiting for the happy ending to our fairy tale.
    要在我们自身的条件下发现一些优雅和乐趣，不要做一个以自我为中心的英国诗人，而要像一个被关在塔楼里的公主，耐心地等待着我们的童话故事进入快乐的结局。

6. As a shipbuilder, Cockerell was trying to find a solution to the problem of the wave resistance which wastes a good deal of a surface ship´s power and limits its speed.
    作为一个船舶技师，科克雷尔在寻找解决波浪阻力的方法，因为波浪阻力浪费掉了船在水面行驶的大量动力，从而限制了船的速度。

7. A Frenchman, for instance, might find it hard to laugh at a Russian joke.
    譬如，法国人听完一则俄国笑话可能很难发笑。

8. Aunt Harriet could not find words to praise Bessie´s industriousness and efficiency.
    哈丽特不知该用什么言辞来赞扬贝西的勤奋与高效。

9. As the floods had put the telephone out of order, we could not find out how they were managing.
    由于洪水造成了电话中断，我们无法了解他们情况。

10. ´I find it beautiful,´ I said. ´A man can never have too many ties.´
    "我觉得它好看，"我说，"男人有多少领带也不会嫌多。"她回答。