1. "You used to say he was a man of wit," she said, still annoyed. "I expected him to be interesting, at least.
    "你常说他是个风趣的人，"太太仍在生气，"我以为他至少该风趣点。

2. "And where is the young man?"
    "那年轻人在哪儿？"

3. As we waited for our drinks, the blind man said,
    我们正等着饮料时，盲人说：

4. As the lights dimmed, the blind man asked,
    光线又暗下来，盲人问：

5. As I lowered my voice further and spoke close to his ear, the blind man leaned his head eagerly toward me.
    我把声音压得更低，凑近他的耳朵说话，他也热切地把头靠过来。

6. "Yes, yes, I see them," the blind man said quietly, smiling.
    "是的，是的，我见到他们了，"盲人微笑着轻声地说。

7. "On the tips of their fingers are golden nails perhaps 8 centimeters long," I told the blind man.
    "她们的手指上有金黄色的指甲，有八厘米长吧，" 我告诉盲人。

8. After taking a cab back to the inn, with my Chinese guest still with the others, the blind man patted my shoulder, then pulled me toward him and embraced me tightly.
    乘出租车回酒店后，我的中国客人仍然与别人在一起。盲人拍拍我的肩膀，把我拉向他，紧紧地拥抱着我。

9. Arranged marriages in India begin with matching the horoscopes (星座) of the man and the woman.
    包办婚姻在印度往往是先从匹配男女双方的星座开始。

10. Yesterday afternoon Frank Hawkins was telling me about his experiences as a young man.
    昨天下午弗兰克.霍金斯向我讲述了他年轻时的经历。