1. Don´t lean on a reed. 不要依赖不可靠的人。
2. Mrs. Reed came. 里德太太来了。
3. John Reed was a schoolboy of fourteen: four years older than I, for I was only ten. 约翰·里德是个14岁的孩子,比我大4岁,那年我才10岁。
4. "Say ´What do you want, Master Reed´," was his reply. “说‘里德少爷,有什么事?’”他这样答道。
5. "You have no business to read our books," John Reed continued. “你没权看我们的书,”约翰·里德接着说,
6. "that you owe much to Mrs. Reed. “你受着里德太太的恩惠,
7. I was quite happy until I heard the voice of John Reed. 有一阵儿我很快活,但接着就听到了约翰·里德的嚷嚷声。