1. (If each calendar year were to be several days shorter than the time it takes the earth to go round the sun, the coldest winter days would soon come round in the middle of October in some twenty years!)
    （如果每个日历年都比地球围绕太阳旋转一周所花费的时间少几天，那么二十年后，冬天最冷的几天就会在十月中旬左右出现！）

2. "It is very plain to me that he is round and tall like a tree."
    我现在才清楚，大象又圆又高，像棵树。”

3. Until modern times, a trip was often a long and difficult adventure.
    直到近代，旅行还常常是个漫长而又艰难的历险。

4. Round about, piles of lime- stone glistened in all the colours of the rainbow.
    周围一堆堆的石灰石，在彩虹一样的斑斓色彩中闪闪发光。

5. Round about, piles of lime- stone glistened in all the colours of the rainbow.
    周围一堆堆的石灰石，在彩虹一样的斑斓色彩中闪闪发光。

6. Round about, piles of limestone glistened in all the colours of the rainbow.
    周围是一堆堆石灰石，像彩虹一样闪闪发光。

7. Only when a great deal more information has been obtained, will it be possible to plan a manned trip to Mars.
    只有取得多的多的资料以后,才有可能计划载人的火星之行.

8. Our earth is a huge round ball, spinning in space.
    我们的地球是一个巨大的圆球，在宇宙中转动。

9. Once inside the factory yard, Mother set her baskets down, wiped the sweat off her face and looked round.
    一进了工厂，母亲便放下篮子，擦去脸上的汗水，向四周环顾了一圈。

10. Officials won't tell reporters the time at which the queen and president will make their trip.
    官员们不愿向记者们透露女王和总统的行程时间。