1. My shoulder hurt wickedly each time I put another full barrel on it, and my legs occasionally trembled as I was heading to the street. But the rest of me said, "Go, trashman, go." 每次我将满满的一桶垃圾扛上肩,肩膀就痛得厉害,有时侯扛着垃圾朝街上走,腿都打颤,可我心里却对自己说:“挺住,垃圾工,要挺住啊。”
2. Most looked approachable enough. There wasn't time for lengthy talks but enough to exchange greetings that go with civilized ways. 多数人看上去是可以说说话的。虽没有工夫聊很久,但问候几句以示礼貌还是有时间的。
3. Most students think about cheating at some time. It could be copying someone else's answers; it could even be giving answers to somebody else. 多数学生曾经想过要作弊。这种作弊可能是抄别人的答案,也甚至可能是把答案告诉别人。
4. Just then I noticed, for the first time, that our master wore his fine green coat and his black silk embroidered cap. 这时我才发现,老师第一次穿上了他那件漂亮的绿上衣,戴着黑色绣边丝帽。
5. James Cameron of the London News Chronicle, who was in China in 1954, reported even then the pace of building was unbelievable; how four new hospitals, six factories, and eleven full-scale blocks, had been laid out, started and completed in a matter 一九五四年访问中国的伦敦《新闻纪事报》记者詹姆斯·卡麦隆报导说,当时建设速度之快是难以令人置信的:四家医院,六座工厂和十一个完整的街区仅在数周之内就设计、建造并完工了。
6. Just add them straight onto the brain, and you save lots of time and money. And if you want to teach any other kind of skills, like electrical theory for electricity workers, well, there's a pattern for that too. 把它们直接输入孩子的大脑就行了,这样你既省时又省钱。如果你想向孩子教授任何一种其他的技能,如教电工用的电气理论,那么,它同样有一套现成的头脑模式。
7. “I swear I'm going to raise the devil with the management this time; I am angry,” he said. "我发誓,这一次我一定要找管理部门大吵一场,真让人生气," 他说,
8. “This is the second time in a month that somebody has gotten into my room off that damn balcony!” "这是一个月内第二次有人从那该死的阳台进入我的房间了。"
9. “Kids fall all the time.” "孩子们总是会摔跤的。"
10. “I kept playing the same disk in my CD player for a whole day once just to test her because she was so timid,” says Noel. “It took her until dinner time to finally change it.” "我曾从早到晚用CD机播放同一张碟,就是为了试试她,因为她太羞怯了," 诺埃尔说,"直到那天晚饭时,她才终于改变了她的羞怯。"