1. ´You needn´t have said that,´ my wife answered. ´I needn´t remind you of that terrible tie you bought yesterday.´
    "你没必要这么说，"我妻子回答说，"我也不必提醒你昨天买的那条糟糕透了的领带。"

2. As soon as I went outside, I forgot all about Madam Bellinsky because my wife hurried towards me.
    我一走出帐篷，就把别林斯基夫人给算卦的事忘得一干二净了，因为我的妻子正匆匆向我跑来。

3. ´Good heavens!´ exclaimed his wife. ´And where were you at the time?´
    "天啊！"他的夫人惊叫，"那你当时在什么地方？"

4. As he entered, his wife met him in the passage and asked him not to make a noise as the child had just gone to sleep.
    他进门时，妻子在过道里迎着他。因为孩子刚睡下，她叫他别发出声响来。

5. "Is she your mother's sister or your father's?" asked the wife.
    “她是你妈妈的姐妹还是你爸爸的姐妹？”妻子问。

6. Arriving from work, he might announce, "Wife, I am home!" And she, restraining the desire to complain about housework, would respond, "Husband, I am glad!"
    丈夫下班回家会说，“老婆，我回来了。”而妻子呢，也会克制自己，从不因家务辛苦而向丈夫发牢骚，只说“我真高兴，老公！”

7. "A friend of my wife yelled at her kids one day when they ran out to meet a trash truck.
    “有一天，我妻子的一个朋友见到她孩子从家里跑出来看垃圾车，她就大声叫嚷起来。'

8. A husband and wife both said, “Frankly, we were afraid.”
    有对夫妇说，"坦白讲，我们很害怕。"

9. 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。

10. You picture yourself going home to your parents or spouse and being informed, "Your services as our daughter / my wife are no longer required. Pick up your baby pictures as you leave."
    你想像着你正回家去与父母或配偶团聚，却听到他们说："再也没有人需要你来尽一个女儿或妻子的义务了。走时把你儿时的照片也带走吧。"