1. He always meant to go back one day, but not to stay.
    他总想将来回国看看，但却不愿长期住下去，

2. He has surely set up a record for the thousands of children who dream of evading school.
    他无疑为成千上万梦想逃避上学的孩子们创造了一项纪录。

3. He can get up for about two hours each day,
    他每天可以起来两个小时，

4. He lived in a cottage all alone, and every day he worked in his garden.
    他独自一人住在一间农舍里，每天都在花园里干活。

5. He began to reckon up his time: he started on Monday and today was Friday; five days, from seven to five, less half an hour for breakfast and an hour for dinner, eight and a half hours a day -- forty-two hours and a half in all.
    他开始计算自己的工钱：他从星期一开始干活，今天是星期五，共五天，早七点到下午五点，除去不到半小时的早饭时间，一个小时的午饭时间，一天干八个半小时，一共是四十二个半小时。

6. He hasn´t sent a bill yet, but you can work it out: we have two pennyworth every day."
    他还没有把帐单给我们，可是你也能算出来，因为我们每天喝二便士的奶。”

7. He held that a man of learning, if he does not wish to degrade himself, must never cease to participate in public affairs — he must not shut himself up in his study or laboratory and shun the social and political struggles of the day.
    他认为，一个有学问的人，除非他自甘落伍，应该从不停止参加公众活动——他不能把自己关在书房或实验室中，逃避现实社会和政治斗争。

8. He went to work sick, and despite nasty weather. He almost never missed a day, and would make it to the office even if others could not. A matter of pride.
    他生病或气候恶劣时也坚持上班，几乎从不缺勤。他总是准点到办公室，尽管别人做不到。这是可以引以为荣的事。

9. He postponed that day as long as possible:
    他尽可能地推迟那一天的到来：

10. He had company in and out of the hut all day, asking him how he could possibly be so noble.
    整天都有人进出他的小屋，请教他何以能够如此高洁。