1·A nice muddle their slates'll be in before the trial's over!
审判还没结束，他们的石板就要被弄得乱七八糟的了！
2·On the other hand the behaviorists told us that children are MALLEABLE, kids are blank slates with nothing written on them until they are molded by their parents.
而另一方面，行为主义告诉我们孩子是有延展性的，是一个上面没有写任何东西的空白石板，一直到他们被父母所约束。
3·These “slates” — as Microsoft calls tablets — have gotten trounced by the iPad.
这些石板——也就是微软说的平板电脑，已经被iPad打压得够呛。
4·To maintain the building's familiar time-worn appearance, slates and timber salvaged from other outbuildings that were too damaged to be restored were used when resurfacing the roof.
为了保持建筑熟悉的饱经风霜的外观，石板和木材从其他附属建筑上被拆卸下来，由于这些材料有所损坏，所以当用于屋顶修复时也要进行修复。
5·In the roof there were little chunks of light between the slates.
屋顶上的石板之间有缝隙，透出光线。