1. It is recounted of Thomas Carlyle that when he heard of the illness of his friend, Henry Taylor, he went off immediately to visit him,
    据说托马斯.卡莱尔有过这么一件事：他听说朋友亨利.泰勒病了，就立刻跑去看他，

2. I have always regarded the country as something you look at through a train window, or something you occasionally visit during the weekend.
    总认为乡村是透过火车车窗看到的那个样了，或偶尔周末去游玩一下景象。

3. I — who had always performed especially well for my grandmother, danced and sung for her, presented her with kisses and good report cards — stopped writing to her, ceased to visit.
    我停止给外婆写信，也不去她家了。此前，我在外婆面前表现一直很好，为她唱歌跳舞，亲吻她，给她看优秀成绩报告单。

4. I put on my daughter's best dress for our visit, the way the best dresses were always put on me, and I filled my pockets with small cookies, in case my daughter started to cry.
    为了这次拜访，我给女儿穿上了最好的衣服，就像以前我穿最好的衣服那样。我还在兜里塞上小饼干，以备在女儿哭的时候用。