1. Frank could hardly conceal his excitement, for he knew that he had made a real discovery. 弗兰克几乎无法掩饰自己兴奋的心情,因为他明白自己发现了一件珍品。
2. For Shakespeare his admiration was unbounded: he had made such an exhaustive study of the poet´s works that even the least important of his characters were familiar to him. 至于莎士比亚,他更是充满了无限的崇敬之情:他对诗人的作品进行了如此彻底详尽的研究,以致于即使是最微不足道的小人物他都很熟悉。
3. First, however, we made ourselves virtually unrecognizable to our friends and even to our families. 但是我们首先把自己打扮得几乎连朋友、甚至家人都认不出来。
4. Fiber-optic cable, for example — made up of hair-thin glass fibers — is a tremendously efficient carrier of information. 例如,光纤电缆 -- 由细如发丝的玻璃纤维制成 -- 是一种极为高效的信息载体。
5. Fuelled by the immense value attached to youth, it has made millions out of vacant promises of renewing faces and bodies. 青春具有巨大的价值,这大大刺激了美容业,使其得以从它的那些使我们面容、身体焕然一新的空洞许诺中赚了数百万元。