1. "Someone may have an estate of $1 billion and he may not want a second spouse to get a payment of half a billion.
    "有人可能有价值10亿美元的财产，而他又不想让第二个配偶分得5亿美元。

2. Among divorced fathers, three quarters in Japan, almost two thirds in Argentina, half in Malaysia and two fifths in the United States do not pay child support, the report said.
    报告说，在所有离了婚的父亲当中，日本有四分之三，阿根廷有大约三分之二，马来西亚有二分之一，美国有五分之二的人都不支付抚养费。

3. Actually, he lived a mile, or 20 minutes' walk, from his nearest neighbor; half a mile from the railroad; three hundred yards from a busy road.
    实际上，他最近的邻居离他只有一英里，走路也就20分钟；铁路离他半英里；交通繁忙的大路距他300码。

4. Although they didn't saw the room in half, near year's end, the two did end up in a screaming fight.
    虽然她们没有将房间一分为二，但是到了年末，她们还是大吵一场分手了。

5. At present, it is believed that genes account for at least half of what researchers call "g" — the general thinking ability that IQ tests are supposed to measure — while environmental influences account for the other half.
    人们目前认为，对于研究人员称为"g"的能力 -- 即智力测验所要衡量的综合思维能力 -- 基因至少起了一半的作用，而环境影响则起到了另一半作用。

6. You must be home at half past ten.
    你必须在10点半到家。

7. She could not understand her brother´s animosity against Bill.
    她不能理解哥哥为什么对比尔深恶痛绝。

8. She surpassed her brother in mathematics.
    她在数学方面超过了她的兄弟。

9. Spiders are busy for at least half the year in killing insects.
    蜘蛛至少有半年在忙于吃昆虫。

10. So when the north pole tips towards the sun, the northern half of the world (or the Northern Hemisphere) is warmer and has its summer (June, July and August).
    所以，当北极斜向太阳时，地球的北半部（北半球）就比较温暖，是夏季（六、七、八月）。