1. Since then, AIDS has killed more than 204,000 Americans — half in the past few years alone.
    自那时以来，艾滋病已夺走了20.4万多美国人的生命--其中有一半是在过去几年中丧生的。

2. 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。

3. 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。

4. My sister and I have diverse ideas on how to raise children.
    在养育孩子问题上, 我和姊姊有迥然不同的看法。

5. Mary was always envious of her younger sister´s beauty.
    玛丽老是嫉妒妹妹的美貌。

6. 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。

7. My sister is only seven, but she always tells me whether my pictures are good or not.
    我的妹妹只有7岁，但她总能说出我的画是好还是环。

8. My brother and my sister go to school.
    弟弟妹妹都上学，

9. My mother has dressed my sister and me in our best clothes — identical navy blue dresses with sailor collars and gray coats.
    我母亲给我和我妹妹穿上了我们最好的衣服——两人的衣服是一样的——都是有水手领的海军蓝裙子和灰色外套。

10. My sister, perhaps recoiling even more deeply from all this strangeness, is ill with a fever and can hardly raise her head.
    也许是因为更想往后退缩、远离所有这一切陌生的东西，我妹妹发热生病了，几乎连头都抬不起来。