He held the line against his back and watched its slant in the water and the skiff moving steadily to the north-west. 他攥住了勒在背脊上的钓索，紧盯着它直往水中斜去，小船呢，不停地朝西北方驶去。 This will kill him, the old man thought. He
And was more startled when I heard a second affirm, with great vehemence, that if the Emperor of Germany was not going off, he should like him better than either of them. 然后，我又听到第二个人斩钉截铁地说，如果德国皇帝不退位的话
Ten, the flavor expected of the best tea is the delicate flavor of "baby's flesh." 第十，茶味最上者，应如婴孩身上一般的带着"奶花香"。 In accordance with the Chinese practice of prescribing the proper moment and surrounding f
This evening when my father burst in, his mood seemed even more thunderous than usual. 可是那天晚上父亲冲进门来时，似乎比往常还要愤怒。 An hour late for dinner, he could not sit down but circled the long dining-room table wi
He seemed a very plain honest man, and a person of good sense，had not his head been touched with that distemper which Hippocrates calls the Tulippomania;in so much that he would talk very rationally o
When I was eight or nine years old, I wrote my first poem. 我在八九岁时，第一次写了一首诗。 At that time my father was head of Paramount Studios. 那时我父亲是好莱坞的大亨，派拉蒙制片公司的经理。 My mother was involved in various intellectua
A Pirate's Tale-Talks-Accident 海盗者故事-话题-意外 A pirate walked into a bar and ordered a whiskey.The bartender noticed that,like any self-respecting pirate,this guy had a peg leg,a hook in place of one of
International Driver's License-Vacation 国际驾驶执照-假期 For more than 50years,travelers have been using the international driver's license to travel in foreign countries.The idea is that a driver with a dri
I LONG to go over there to the further bank of the river, 我渴想到河的对岸去。 Where those boats are tied to the bamboo poles in a line; 在那边，好些船只一行儿系在竹杆上； Where men cross over in their boats in the morning with
The moon was shining when we approached Pisa，and for a long time we could see，behind the wall，the leaning Tower，all awry in the uncertain light; 到达比萨时已是深夜。在好长的一段时间里，我们都能看到围墙后面的斜塔，在朦胧的月光中更加倾斜。 the shad
Wake Up-Home Monday 星期一 醒来 All of a sudden my alarm clock went off, it is six o'clock in the morning.I Should wake up. but I am still sleepy.I know that I have to get up,or I will be late 突然音我的闹钟响了，现在
Can it really be sixty-two years ago that I first saw you? 我们初次相遇，难道真的是六十二年前吗？ It is truly a lifetime, I know. But as I gaze into your eyes now, it seems like only yesterday that I first saw you, in t
Pharmacy-Health-Prescription 药局-健康-处方 I recently graduated from a pharmacy school.Now I work as a staff pharmacist in a local drug store.My supervisor has a Doctor of Pharmacy degree.He oversees the e
Far and near, high and low around the pool were trees, most of them willows. These trees had the pool entirely hemmed in, the only small clearings left being those by the path, apparently intended for
I had never seen a serviceman in a military coffin before. Mark looked so handsome, so mature. 我从未见过军人躺在军用棺材里的样子。马克看上去是那样英俊，那样成熟。 After the funeral, Mark's mother and father found me. "We want to show
Their whitened bones lay at the foot of the cliffs. 但他们陈尸石崖脚下，白骨累累。 The years came and the years went by. 日月流逝，年复一年。 Happily lived Mankind in the peaceful Valley of Ignorance. 在宁静的无知山谷里，人们过着幸福的生活。 Out
I couldn't stand it another second. 我实在无法再忍耐下去。 I ran from the dining room bawling. 我放声大哭的跑出餐厅， Up in my room I threw myself on the bed and sobbed. 回到自己的卧室，倒在床上悲泣。 That may have been the end of the an
His mind went back to that book-the book the Lord Himself must have put into his hands out of the hundreds of Army library books sent to the Florida training camp. 他又想到了在训练营时看过的一本书—《人性的枷锁》， Of Human B
He could not see the green of the shore now but only the tops of the blue hills that showed white as though they were snow-capped and the clouds that looked like high snow mountains above them. The se
Happy lived Mankind in the peaceful Valley of Ignorance. 在宁静的无知山谷里，人们过着幸福的生活。 To the north, to the south, to the west and to the east stretched the ridges of the Hills Everlasting. 永恒的山脉向东西南北各个方向蜿蜒绵亘。
