No shock there, considering how much work it is to raise a kid without a partner to lean on; yet to hear Sandra and Britney tell it, raising a kid on their “own” (read: with round-the-clock help) is a piece of cake.

这并不奇怪，因为个人养个孩子实在太麻烦了，有人可以依靠。然而，你听听Sandra和Britney说的话：自己" 个人" 养孩子，其实非常简单。

Because when your piece got taken that piece gets killed.

当棋子被吃之后就会被处死。

While some of us prefer complete silence, an uplifting piece of non-distracting music (without lyrics) may improve mood and increase the chances of information retention.

虽然我们有些同学更喜欢安静的环境，段振奋人心的纯音（有歌词）可以改善情绪，加深知识的记忆。

Here if ever was a man all of a piece.

要说真有表里如的人的话，那就是此公了。

This is an elegant piece of writing.

这篇东西 写得很优美。

I'm going to give him a piece of my mind.

我将向他抱怨番。

You can compose freely because your mind isn't cluttered with too many pieces.

刚开始时，你最大的长处之就是不知道事情该是怎么做的。

Two pieces of paper fell out -- a letter and a newspaper clipping.

两张纸掉了出来—— 张是信，张是剪报。

Usually we have a few little pieces of information dribble out.

般只有零星的信息片段透露出来。

Miguel tore off a piece of the bread and Dante chomped it down.

米格掰下块丢给它，丹丹立刻大快朵颐起来。

Dorothy was shocked to see that the cow had broken her leg off, and that the pail was lying in several small pieces, while the poor milkmaid had a nick in her left elbow.

多萝茜吃惊了，发现那瓷牛断了腿，那瓷桶摔得粉碎，可怜的挤牛奶的女郎，在左肘上出了个洞。

Break off means to separate: break off a piece of chocolate.

Break off的意思是分开：掰开块巧克力。

This piece of equipment does not conform to the official safety standards.

这件设备不符合官方规定的安全标准。

He paid 15 million dollars for this immense piece of land.

他花了1500万美元买了这片广袤的土地。

A professional company is putting on a show of modern pieces, with electronic music by young composers.

家专业公司正在举办场现代曲演出，其中包括年轻作曲家的电子曲。

The breast of each stuffed bird was adorned with a piece of white silk.

每种鸟类的胸前都用块白色的丝绸装饰。

Worthless pieces of paper we depend on to feed us, move us, entertain us.

是那几张用来满足我们温饱、交通、娱的毫无价值的纸张。

Synthetic plastic, the kind made by people, has been around since 1907, and scientists estimate that almost every piece of it made since then still exists.

这种人造的塑料从1907年开始生产，科学家估计当年产的塑料现在可能还消失。

The litter baskets were empty and the ground was covered with pieces of paper, cigarette ends, old tyres, empty bottles and rusty tins.

废物筐是空的，而满地都是纸片、烟头、旧轮胎，空瓶子和生锈的空罐头盒。

You can't exactly replicate something that is three dimensional, like our planet, on a flat piece of paper, because paper has only two dimensions, and that means there'll always be a certain degree of distortion on a map.

你不能在张纸上确切的复制出三维的效果，就像我们的星球样，因为纸上只能是二维空间，这就意味着在地图上总有定程度的失真。