1·Once upon a time there was a wicked sprite, indeed he was the most mischievous of all sprites.
从前有一个邪恶的精灵，他是所有精灵中最淘气的一个。
2·When you created a variable in scratch, you could either make it for this sprite only or for all sprites.
当你在 scratch 中创建一个变量，你可以仅针对该精灵或针对所有精灵进行创建。
3·With image sprites, you will have CSS selectors for each link that display only a portion of the image Sprite - effectively showing just the image you need.
有了图片精灵，你将要用CSS选择器对每个只显示精灵中部分图片的链接进行处理：只要你需要的那部分。
4·A natural weather phenomenon, sprites appear as flashes high in the sky.
这是一种自然的天气现象，精灵表现为出现在高空的闪烁。
5·Using image sprites is sort of a last resort after you have done as much as you can with other optimization techniques.
使用图片精灵是在你尽可能地使用其他的优化策略后最后的一招。