Sir, 先生： I was a witness of the execution at Horsemonger Lane this morning. 我是今天早晨在贩马商巷监狱实施绞刑的一名目睹者。 I went there with the intention of observing the crowd gathered to behold it, and I had excellent o
For my brothers Carl and Johann Beethoven 献给我的兄弟卡尔和约翰贝多芬 Oh you men who think or say that I am malevolent, stubborn, or misanthropic, how greatly do you wrong me. You do not know the secret cause whic
I had to giggle about my “bravery” in bombed London. I live here, work here, and there isn’t anything else to do but live here and work here, and like most things up to a point, you get used to it. 身处
Where shall we go, of course I’d choose north Devon 我们该去哪儿呢？当然，我会选择北德文 sea, country and air 那里有大海，乡村景色，还有新鲜空气 but March raises the question of weather, might we go to a largish town, I prefer villages
19th of November, 1957 1957年11月19日 Dear Monsieur Germain: 亲爱的杰曼先生： I let the commotion around me these days subside a bit before speaking to you from the bottom of my heart. 在我由衷的感谢您之前，我让我最近躁动的内心稍稍平静了
I like elegant, flowery words, such as estivate, peregrinate, elysium, halcyon. 我喜欢雅致、华丽的词。比如estivate（夏眠），peregrinate（漫游），elysium（极乐天堂），halcyon（太平盛世）。 I like wormy, squirmy, mealy words, such as crawl
Just stop thinking 停止思量 worrying 担忧 looking over your shoulder 谨小慎微 wondering 迟钝, doubting 怀疑, fearing 害怕, hurting 伤心, hoping for some easy way out 妄想找到捷径逃脱, struggling 不要挣扎, grasping 固守，攫取, confusing
In the film tonight there was a joke that the state of being in love was the happiest way of being miserable. So be miserable happily, don’t look over your shoulder too much, enjoy what is, so far as
My dearest one,I've just heard the news that all the army men who were held POW are to return to their homes. 我的挚爱，我刚得知一个消息。战俘们就要返乡了。 Because of the shipping situation we may not commence to go before
That shows you how my mind works — quick, and away from the point. I read simply voraciously, and can drum up an opinion afterwards. 这能告诉你们我的思维方式—灵敏，与众不同。我如饥似渴地博览群书，并能在阅读后得出自己的见解。 Since I have bought
How good for us to see each other before I am completely bald. I've some fine little wisps of hair on the top of my head. 万幸，在我老去前还能再见到你。我头顶上还有几缕头发。 It's not much good me trying to write about recent
But I'll 'Just 'touch it 'lightly every 'morning—to see if it's 'still 'there. 'Ha 'Ha. 'Life's 'sweet. 'Just the 'thought that 'Lucille is 'through with her 'little 'Hindrance—and soon "be well and '
Dear Nick, 亲爱的尼古拉斯， I hope things are clearing. It did cross my mind, last summer, that you were under strains of an odd sort. I expect, like many another, you’ll spend your life oscillating between f
I don't know how long leave I shall get. I could get as little as 14 days, and I may get as much as a month. I'm wondering how I shall tell you I'm in England. Probably it's still quicker to send a te
In answer to your questions, my real name is David Jones and I don’t have to tell you why I changed it. “Nobody’s going to make a monkey out of you” said my manager. My birthday is January 8th and I g
Dear Sir, 尊敬的先生: Your letter is an insoluble puzzle to me. 您的信对我来说是个难解之谜。 The handwriting is good and exhibits considerable character, 这封信的字迹隽秀，个性十足， and there are even traces of intelligence in what
By the age of just 22, influential novelist Virginia Woolf had already suffered two nervous breakdowns – brought on, 著名小说家弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫在22岁之前，已经历过两次精神崩溃 it’s believed, by the deaths of her mother and half-
Of course 'one of the 'Deacons would 'rush over and 'grab her—'hold her in his 'Arms and 'fan her until 'she'd 'Come 'to. 当然，'有'执事'会冲过去'抓住她' - '用胳膊抱着她'扇她，直到'她''清醒过来'。 Then there were those "Baptisms—t
Dear Andy, 亲爱的安迪， I'm really pleased you can do the art-work for our new hits album. Here are 2 boxes of material which you can use, and the record. 很高兴你能接手我们的新热门专辑的艺术工作。这里有两箱供你使用的材料，还有唱片。 In my short
Dearest, 最亲爱的： I feel certain that I am going mad again. I feel we can’t go through another of those terrible times. 我一定是又要发疯了。我不觉得我们还能再挺过一段饱受煎熬的日子。 And I shan’t recover this time. I begin to hear voi
