1. The latter name particularly bothers me since my name is Joe, which some think makes me more qualified to be a baseball player than, say, an art critic.
    后面的那个名字特别使我烦恼，因为我的名字也叫乔。有些人认为这个名字使我更适合于做一个棒球运动员而不是，比如说，艺术评论家。

2. He is a trenchant critic.
    他是个一针见血的评论家。

3. Actors feared the critic´s mordant pen.
    演员都惧怕这位批评家辛辣尖刻的笔调。

4. Yet, despite this disadvantage, I did manage to become an art critic for a time.
    然而，尽管有此不利，我确实曾一度努力想成为一名评论家。

5. He submits himself to a more ruthless discipline than any critic dreamed of,
    就应该按任何评论家想像不到的无情规范约束自己写作；