1. Alfred had learned many of their ballads in his youth, and could vary his programme with acrobatic tricks and simple conjuring.
    阿尔弗德年轻时学过许多民歌，并能穿插演一些杂技和小魔术使自己的节目多样化。

2. Alfred stayed in the camp a week before he returned to Athelney.
    阿尔弗雷德在敌营呆了一个星期后，回到了阿塞尔纳。

3. So, faced with the Danish advance, Alfred did not risk open battle but harried the enemy.
    因此，面对丹麦人的进攻，阿尔弗雷德没有贸然同敌人作战，而是采用骚扰敌人的战术。

4. It is the kind of moment in history when, to summarize in the words of Alfred North Whitehead, familiar patterns fade, familiar solutions fail, and familiar options disappear.
    一个引起恐慌的时刻。我们不妨用阿尔弗雷德·诺思·怀特海德的话来加以归纳: 在历史上的这种时刻，熟悉的模式在消退，熟悉的解决办法在失效，熟悉的选择在消失。