1】我们从书籍中可读到5,000 年前近东发生的事情，那里的人最早学会了写字。

　　　　We can read of things that happened 5,000 years ago in the Near East, where people first learned to write.

　　　　写作法则提炼：中文表达“我们（从书籍中）可读到5000年前近东发生的事情”；英文表达“我们可读 of 事情s that 发生在5000年前在近东”；完全转换“we can read of thing that happened 5,000 years ago in the Near East”

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　　　　2】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。

　　　　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.

　　　　写作法则提炼：中文表达“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。”英文表达“and因此这些工具s  of （很长时间以前）远古时代 have 保存ed了下来 when even 骨头s of 这些人 who 制造它们(工具)的 have 荡然无存ed”完全转换“so the toos of long ago have remained when even the bones of the men who made them have disappeared without trace”

　　　　3】你可能会觉得奇怪， 蜘蛛怎么会是我们的朋友呢？

　　　　Why, you may wonder, should spiders be our friends?

　　　　写作法则提炼：中文表达“你可能觉的奇怪，蜘蛛怎么会是我们的朋友呢？”英文表达“怎么，你可能觉得，should 蜘蛛是我们的朋友s？完全转换“why，you may wander, should spiders be our friends?”

　　　　4】它们一年中消灭了多少昆虫，我们简直无法猜测，它们是吃不饱的动物，不满意一日三餐。

　　　　It is impossible to make more than the wildest guess at how many they kill, but they are hungry creatures, not content with only three meals a day.

　　　　写作法则提炼：中文表达“它们（一年中）消灭了多少昆虫，我们简直无法猜测，它们是吃不饱的动物，不满意一日三餐。”英文表达“这是不能的 to 多于猜测 at how 多少它们杀死的（昆虫），但它们是饥饿的动物s，不满意with 仅仅三餐s一天”完全转换“It is impossible to make more than the wildest guess at how many they kill,but they are hungry creatures,not content with only three meals a day .”

　　　　5】我们今天很难想像昔日的登山先驱们是多么艰苦

　　　　It is hard for us to realize nowadays how difficult it was for the pioneers.

　　　　写作法则提炼:中文表达：“我们今天很难想像昔日的登山先驱们是多么艰苦？”英文表达“很难 for 我们 to 知道（想像）今天 how 艰难过去（昔日）for （登山）先驱。”完全转换“It is hard for us to realize nowdays how difficult it was for the pioneers .”