1. Even though the noble was expected to read the letter at each performance,
    尽管那个贵族每场戏都得念一遍那封信。

2. Bad man, the accidental, noble outlaw.
    有坏人啦, 出人意料的逃.

3. But a watch could never repair itself----it does not consist of living parts, only of metal, which wears away by friction.
    但是，手表决不会自行修理，它不是由有生命的部件组成，而是由金属组成，而金属可以随着磨擦而磨损殆尽。

4. But no one could have possibly guessed the truth — that the man with endless money and a friendly manner was not a lord at all but a government employee living out a fantasy that he was a Scottish noble and paying for it by stealing funds from Scotla
    可是谁也没有料到这个事实：这个财源滚滚、举止友好的人并非什么勋爵，而是一名政府公务员。他幻想自己是位苏格兰贵族，并从苏格兰场（即伦敦警察总署）盗用钱财来买这个贵族头衔。

5. For the simple reason that I was left with several curiously shaped bits of metal which did not seem to fit anywhere.
    原因很简单，因为还剩下几个形状奇特的零件似乎哪里也装不上去。

6. When he was a child, his life contained noble ambitions and immaculate thought.
    当他小的时候，他的生命包含高贵的理想和纯洁的思想。

7. The clatter of metal plates was heard from the kitchen.
    金属盘碟的哗啦声自厨房传出。

8. The speaker had a really noble voice which he could modulate with great skill.
    这位演说者有副相当好的嗓子，他能很技巧地调整它。

9. They poured the hot metal into the mould.
    他们把熔化了的金属倒进模子里。

10. The trainer stands in front of the elephant holding a long stick with a sharp metal point.
    驯练员手持一根有锋利金属尖头的长棒，站在象前。