1. Each demanded some payment that was overdue: twelve shillings for the furniture and oilcloth; one pound four and one penny for the General District and Special Rates; and one pound one and fivepence halfpenny for Poor Rate.
    三封信都是催债的，而且每项款都已经过了期。家具和油布十二先令；统税和特税一镑四先令一便士；济贫税一镑一先令五个半便士。

2. Busmen have decided to go on strike next week.
    公共汽车司机决定下周罢工。

3. Busmen have decided to go on strike next week.
    公共汽车司机决定下星期罢工。

4. But the general is the dearest old man!
    不过那位将军倒是个好老头儿！

5. But when I went into his room, a carton of cigarettes in my hand, I discovered the "head waiter" in the uniform of a Major General.
    但是当我手里拿着一盒香烟走进他房间时，我发现那位“侍者领班”穿上了少将的制服。

6. B: Mm — I know. That was a historic strike, wasn´t it?
    B：我知道。那是一场有历史意义的大罢工，不是吗？

7. We have a general cleaning every Saturday.
    每星期六下午我们大扫除。

8. We are (going) on strike.
    我们正（要）进行罢工.

9. Without the air to stop some of the sun´s heat, every part of the earth would be burning hot when the sun´s rays strike it.
    假如没有空气吸收太阳的一些热量，地球在阳光照射下就会灼热不堪。

10. Weekly we read of unions that went on strike for higher wages, only to drive their employer out of business.
    我们每周都在报纸上读到, 工会在为要求更高的工资而罢工，结果却只是使他们的老板破了产。

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