1. Because time was short — the patient was dying — the Red Cross man and an officer set out in an army vehicle.
    由于时间紧迫--病人已奄奄一息--红十字会的人和一名军官乘一辆军车出发。

2. But, as I walked out of the garage, KFC chicken in hand, a portly, unshaven young man in a stocking cap and dark nylon jacket emerged from the shrub by the parking pad and put his pistol between my eyes.
    可是当我手里拿着肯德基炸鸡走出车库时，一个肥壮、留着短髭、头戴绒线帽、身穿深色尼龙夹克的年轻人从停车处旁边的灌木丛中钻出来，把手枪顶在我的双眼之间。

3. Before I reach the door, I think I hear a voice say, money. Before I open the door I hear a voice and turn to see the man with a gun.
    我同样也很生气，因为那是一个我从未见过、也从未伤害过的人在用枪指着我。

4. But why is he a black man? Why is he a Negro male with a worn T-shirt and shining eyes? Why is he not a white man?
    我又想象另一种可能性。当我听见那个声音时，我正带着枪在街上走。那人一定没看见我的枪。

5. But no one could have possibly guessed the truth — that the man with endless money and a friendly manner was not a lord at all but a government employee living out a fantasy that he was a Scottish noble and paying for it by stealing funds from Scotla
    可是谁也没有料到这个事实：这个财源滚滚、举止友好的人并非什么勋爵，而是一名政府公务员。他幻想自己是位苏格兰贵族，并从苏格兰场（即伦敦警察总署）盗用钱财来买这个贵族头衔。

6. But another man takes a different approach on his trips to Latin America.
    但另一个人在他的拉丁美洲之行中却采用了不同的方法。

7. But only Charle Chaplin could have created the great comic character of " the Tramp ", the little man in rags who gave his creator permanent fame.
    但只有查理·卓别林才能塑造出了不起的喜剧角色"流浪者"，这个使其创作者声名永驻的衣衫褴褛的小人物。

8. Bad luck is no stranger to this warm and thoughtful 37-year-old man.
    厄运已经不是一次捉弄这位37岁、热心而又体贴的人了。

9. Because it was embarrassing to fail every time, he stopped checking the man when he crossed.
    一次次检查都找不出什么，这挺令人尴尬的，他也就不再在那司机过境时检查了。

10. For it produces a resentful animal who at a later stage may well turn man-killer.
    因为这种方法训练会使动物反感，在以后某个时期可能会变成伤人的动物。