1. Sam is now a year and a half old, big enough to cross the playground's bouncy bridge himself.
    山姆现在一岁半了，有能力自己穿过操场上的蹦蹦桥。

2. Slavery is the price I paid for civilization, and the choice was not with me.
    黑奴的历史是我为文明生活所付的代价，而作出这一选择的并不是我。

3. Pollution is the price we pay for an overpopulated, over industrialized planet.
    污染就是我们为这个人口过密，过度工业化的星球所付出的代价。

4. Professor Michael Barber of London University said pupils could spend half their time at school, half at home as a way to solve this problem.
    伦敦大学的迈克尔·巴伯教授说，为了解决这个问题，学生可以一半时间待在学校，一半时间待在家里。

5. Mrs Young: Do you like coffee, Mrs Price?
    杨夫人:你喜欢咖啡吗? 普赖斯夫人?

6. Sixpence is a small price to pay for a satisfying bar of chocolate.
    用六便士买一条令人满意的巧克力糖，是算不了什么的。　　

7. Smashing half your best crockery and cutting himself in the process.
    将家中最好的陶瓷餐具半数摔碎，同时也弄伤了他自己。

8. More than half of the home computers sold in the United States in recent years will become essential to home life in the West. Future tasks computers already do at home include:
    近年来在美国售出的家庭电脑有半数以上将成为西方家庭生活的必需品。电脑已经在家庭中发挥的未来功能有：

9. More than half the kids in a national survey are.
    一项全国性调查发现，有一半以上的孩子考试作弊。

10. Mr. Abdy, a 27-year-old businessman, acquired the bulk of the properties for about half a million pounds, obtaining bank loans and striking deals with various people to pay only a part of what they are owed by Mr. Williams.
    27岁的商人阿布迪先生，通过获取银行贷款和与各种人做交易，只支付威廉斯先生所欠他们的一部分，最后以大约50万英镑的价格，买下了绝大部分房产。