1. My favorite is the kind who say, "Ladies and gentlemen. I'm very happy to be here" — while looking at their shoes. They don't look happy. They look angry, frightened or depressed.
    我觉得最有意思的一类演说家是那些看着自己的鞋子说："女士们、先生们，我很高兴来到这里。"而他们看上去并不高兴。他们看上去或气愤、或恐惧、或是沮丧。

2. Oil rigs have to be repaired frequently and divers, who often have to work in darkness a hundred feet under water, have been frightened out of their wits by giant fish bumping into them as they work.
    钻井平台需要经常修理，潜水员常常要在水面100英尺以下摸黑工作，他们曾在工作时被撞到他们身上的大鱼吓得惊惶失措。

3. Laurie is just one year old, but she has seen enough of the world to know that people in beds are not meant to be so still and yellow, and she looked frightened.
    劳里刚满一岁，但她见过的世面使她知道，躺在床上的人不该一动不动，不该是黄色的，因此她显得很害怕。

4. I am used to travelling by air and only on one occasion have I ever felt frightened.
    我习惯了乘飞机旅行，只是有一次把我吓坏了。

5. I asked what it was. She stared at me. I thought she was deaf and spoke louder. She seemed frightened as she turned coldly away.
    我问她那是只什么动物，她双眼定定地盯着我。我以为她是耳朵聋，所以提高了声音。她却好像给吓着了似的，冷冷地转身走了。

6. I turn and without really thinking, angry and frightened, I shoot. I kill a man for $50 or perhaps $100.
    我又设想另外一种在我的公寓前遭遇歹徒的情景。当一个人向我要钱时我正带着枪。

7. I became frightened by the whole process. Who was I then? This face?
    整个这一过程使我感到害怕。做完后我是谁？这张脸？