1. 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。

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

3. 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。

4. He simply voiced the quiet truth of the city's existence.
    他只是沉着地告诉人们一个事实: 这个城市依然存在。

5. 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。

6. 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？

7. 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。

8. As a rule David clocks out at half past four on Saturdays.
    每逢星期六戴维总是在四点半时在自动记时钟上签退。

9. At last we´ve elicited the truth from him.
    我们终於从他那里探得真相.

10. At last I winkled the truth out of him.
    最后, 我从他口中套出了真相.