1. Years ago, any open field, any vacant lot, any group of trees -- these were the places where children played.
    几年以前，任何开阔的地方、任何空地、任何树丛都是孩子们玩耍的地方。

2. Years ago, he had seen his future as "jail, not college".
    几年前，他还觉得自己的前途"是在监狱，而不是在大学"。

3. Yet, six months ago, she did a most revolutionary thing: She ran for mayor of Embu, Kenya, and won.
    然而就在6个月前，她做了一件极富革命性的事情：她参加了肯尼亚恩布市的市长竞选，并且当选。

4. You could feel sorry for Alberto Torres (阿尔伯图·多里斯), who is blind. The last thing he remembers seeing was his daughter being born 13 years ago. Then the world went blank;
    您也许会为盲人阿尔伯图·多里斯感到难过，他记得他看到的最后一件事就是13年前他女儿出生的情景，然后世界就变得一片空白。

5. Some time ago, an interesting discovery was made by archaeologists on the Aegean island of Kea.
    前不久,考古学家们在爱琴海凯尔岛上发现了一件令人感兴趣的东西.

6. Salesman: We had some shoes like those a month ago, but we haven´t any now.
    售货员: 一个月前象那样的鞋我们有一些. 但现在一双也没有了.

7. Some time ago, an interesting discovery was made by archaeologists on the Aegean island of Kea.
    前不久,考古学家们在爱琴海凯尔岛上发现了一件令人感兴趣的东西.

8. Six hundred years ago, Sir John Hawkwood arrived in Italy with a band of soldiers and settled near Florence.
    六百年前,约翰,霍克五德爵士率领一帮兵士到达意大利, 并在佛罗伦萨附近驻扎下来.

9. Some time ago, however, a peculiar fish was caught near Madagascar.
    然而，不久前，在马达加斯加岛附近的地方捕获了一条奇怪的鱼。

10. Stone does not decay, and so the tools of long ago have remained when even the bones of the men who made them have disappeared without trace.
    石头是不会腐烂的。因此，尽管制造这些工具的人的骨头早已荡然无存，但远古时代的石头工具却保存了下来。