1. The village seemed deserted, the only sign of life being an ugly-looking black goat on a short length of rope tied to a tree in a field nearby.
    村里似乎无人居住，唯一的生命迹象是附近田里一只面目可憎的黑山羊，用一截短绳拴在一棵树上。

2. The village which had seemed deserted, immediately came to life.
    刚才还似乎空荡荡的村庄一下子活跃了起来，

3. The first question to answer is whether a planet can actually support life.
    第一个需要解答的问题是一颗行星是否有能够维持生命的条件。

4. The life forms most likely to develop on a planet would be bacteria.
    行星上最容易生存下来的是细菌。

5. Tazieff has often risked his life in this way.
    塔捷耶夫经常冒这样的生命危险。

6. The ancient Egyptians compared the rising of the sun to the beginning of life and the setting of the sun to the end of life.
    这是因为古代埃及人把日出比作生命的开始，把日落比作生命的结束。

7. They play an important part in people´s life.
    他们在人民生活中发挥着重要作用。

8. The flood, laden with rich earth, reaches the lower valley about 15 June — at a time when the whole land has been burnt black by the sun. It brings "the water of life".
    大约每年六月十五日，尼罗河水挟带着肥沃的泥土流到了下游，给已被太阳烤得焦黑的土地带来了“生命之水”。

9. The moon was above, cold and beautiful, and the music reminded Soapy of those days when his life contained such things as mothers and roses and clean thoughts and collars.
    皓月当空，月光清冷而美丽。音乐使苏比想起了昔日的时光；那时他拥有母爱，享受着幸福，怀着纯洁的思想，还穿着衣领干净的衬衫。

10. The explorers found that the local missionary was always happy to welcome them for a night, for life in the jungle was tedious for many of these men.
    探险家们发现，殖民地传教士都高兴接待他们过夜，因为对这些人来说，丛林中的生活是枯燥的。