1. Every morning, he left home dressed in a smart black suit.
    每天早晨，他穿上一身漂亮的黑色西装离家上班，

2. Everyone was curious to see those young men fresh from Europe, still wearing their white linen shirts and striped waistcoats and buckled shoes.
    大家都好奇地看着这两个刚从欧洲来的青年人，他们俩人依然欧洲打扮，身穿雪白细麻衬衣，花条呢背心，带靴扣的皮靴。

3. But other suns, stars as the astronomers call them, are bound to have planets like our own, and as the number of stars in the universe is so vast, this possibility becomes virtual certainty.
    但是，其他的太阳，既天文学家所说的恒星，肯定会有像我们地球一样的行星。因为宇宙中恒星的数目极其庞大，所以存在着产生生命星球的这种可能性是肯定无疑的。

4. Black.
    黑的

5. Behind him stood an enormous Russian, about six foot four, in the white coat of a Russian waiter.
    斯大林后面站着一个高大的俄国人，大约有六英尺四英寸高，身穿俄国侍者的白色礼服。

6. C.You call your doctor and ask for pills to keep you calm through the next few hours.
    c.你打电话给你的医生，要求开一些药丸，来使你在接下来的几个小时里保持平静。

7. But why is he a black man? Why is he a Negro male with a worn T-shirt and shining eyes? Why is he not a white man?
    我又想象另一种可能性。当我听见那个声音时，我正带着枪在街上走。那人一定没看见我的枪。

8. But no one made much money on the invention until a Canadian businessman decided to call it a "zipper (拉链)".
    但并没有人因此而发财。最后，一个加拿大商人决定给它起命为"拉链"。

9. But this killing leaves him confused—not because it is a murder, but because “good people” failed to call the police.
    惟独这桩谋杀使他百思不得其解──不是因为它是杀人案，而是因为"好市民们"没有打电话报警。

10. But after a few years in a system that practically requires people to lie, they become like the one I shall call "Suzanne", a detective in shorts.
    可是在这个实际上是要人撒谎的系统里干了几年后，他们就变得与那个叫苏珊娜的人一样了--一个穿运动短裤的侦探。