1. Apparently the main point of his nobility was that he had neither wife nor servants, used his own axe to chop his own wood, and washed his own cups and saucers. 显然,他的高洁之处主要在于:他既没有妻子也没有仆人,自己动手用斧头砍柴,自己洗杯碟。
2. "Hide it? That's just the point, I didn't hide anything at all." "藏?算你问到点子上了。我什么也没藏。"
3. Precisely at noon an infinitely powerful computer takes all the data and calculates what will happen at each point at 12.01, then 12.02, then 12.03... 在正午时分,一个功能巨大的计算机搜集了所有的资料,并算出在每一个点上12:01、12:02、12:03时可能出现的情况。
4. “Thank you,” I said, my face turning red. I wondered what I had thanked them for, as I made my way to a seat. “谢谢,”我回答道,我的脸涨得通红。当我朝座位走去时,我在想:我干嘛要谢她们呢?
5. "Marquis," said the boy, turning to the man, his eyes opened wide, and his right hand raised, " 男孩转向那个人, 眼睛瞪得大大地, 举起他的右手, 说道: "侯爵,
6. "People would jump on you, and others would drive by in the car and point at the house. 人们会拥到你跟前,有人驾车路过,也会用手指一指这座房子。
7. "And here´s the point. “我要说明的是这样一点。
8. Unfortunately, this is a point often overlooked by teachers of language, who demand faultless accuracy from the beginning. 不幸的是,这一点却常常被讲授语言的老师们所忽视,他们从一开始就要求完美无缺的准确。
9. Usually at this point in your adjustment to a new culture, you devise some defense mechanisms to help you cope and to protect yourself against the effects of culture shock. 通常在你适应一种新的文化的过程中步入这一阶段时,你会想出一些帮助你对付和保护自己免受文化冲击的影响的保护性办法。
10. Not so much because of different people even, but because of the different thoughts that exist in the minds of their inhabitants. This is the point I wish to emphasize. 这倒不是因为人民不同,而是由于居民头脑中的思想不同。这就是我要强调的论点。