1. We felt sure that sooner or later a stone would rip a hole in our petrol tank or damage the engine.
    我们想念迟早会飞起一个石块把油箱砸开一个窟窿，或者把发动机砸坏。

2. The train cuts through infinite territory, most of it flat and boring, and it seems to me that the ceaseless rhythm of the wheels is like scissors cutting a three-thousand-mile rip through my life.
    列车飞快地穿过茫茫无际的大地——大部分土地平坦，但令人感到厌烦。对我来说，车轮不间断地发出的有节奏的声音就象一把剪刀，咔嚓咔嚓地在我的生命长河中剪出了一条长达 3.000 英里的口子。