1. "Ben, I´d like to; but Aunt Polly — Well, Jim wanted to do it, but she wouldn´t let him.
    “本，我是愿意；但是波莉姨妈——吉姆想干，但是她没同意。

2. Ross first wanted to answer the simple question whether plasmodium could be found in a mosquito after it had bitten a malaria-infected person.
    罗斯首先要回答在蚊子叮咬过被疟疾感染过的人后，会不会在蚊子体内发现疟原虫这一简单问题。

3. Others wanted to see the Great Wall.
    又有人想去长城。

4. One man wanted the right to get a divorce if his bride-to-be gained more than 15 pounds once she became his wife.
    一名男子要求，如果他未来的新娘成为他妻子后胖了15磅以上，他有权离婚。

5. I had no sooner got off the ship than I was assailed by a man who wanted to sell me a diamond ring.
    我刚下船就一个人缠着要我买他的钻石戒指。

6. If possible, he wanted proof before he would believe something.
    如有可能, 他在相信某种事物之前总要先看到证据.

7. I wanted very much to get a new suit and throw off my old clothes.
    我很想买一套新衣服, 好赶快脱掉这身旧衣服.

8. I had no sooner got off the ship than I was assailed by a man who wanted to sell me a diamond ring.
    我刚下船，就被一个人截住，他向我兜售一枚钻石戒指。

9. I wanted to find out everything I could to put into a book.
    我想要找出所有我能找出的东西，并把它们记录到书里。

10. I didn’t know if the two women wanted to go on talking.
    我不知道这两位姑娘是否还想继续和我的谈话。