2. "Hey," I said, "just take it." As I spoke, I set the KFC box on the planter beside the pathway, contriving as I did so to toss my house keys into a bush. "嗨,"我说,"去吧。"我一边说,一边把肯德基快餐盒放在小路旁边的播种机上,同时设法把我房子的钥匙扔进灌木丛中。
3. It was a hideous act, but it helped the African to stay put on one plantation, since no calculating planter would care to part with a crippled slave for the current price of one dollar. 这是一种惨不忍睹的暴行,但却使他在一家种植园呆了下来。因为没有一个精于算计的种植园主,会愿意为了一个美元而卖掉一个瘸腿的奴隶。