1. Why fool around for years drilling kids, when all education really is made up of is a set of very mixed brain patterns?
    既然一切教育实际上是由一套错综复杂的头脑模式组成的，那何必还要浪费那么多年的时间来训练孩子呢？

2. And that fool, Horst, aimed a fire extinguisher at me.
    但那个傻瓜霍斯特把灭火器对准了我。

3. You can´t fool me with that old trick!
    你玩弄那种老花招骗不了我!

4. I kept waiting for the alternative — "but you can come back after a couple of months," or "you could take a salary cut, a different position," or even, "April fool."
    我继续等待着他所可能提出的供我选择的各种解决办法--"但是你可以在1、2个月后再回来，"或"你可以选择减薪，去干另一件工作，"或者甚至"这是愚人节，给你开个玩笑。"

5. I had deliberately (故意地) got myself into this jam. What a fool!
    我感到自己开始出汗。我这是自投罗网，我真是个大笨蛋！